The San Francisco call., 1909-10-14

TAFT MAKES GOOD
WHILE IN ARIZONA
President in Speech at Phoenix
Says He Will Help in State
hood Fight =
Refers tc Oklahoma constitu-
ton as Being a Geological
Garden of Cranks

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Oct. 1s.-Presi-
dent Taft won a. hearty welcome into
arizona today by proclaiming wher-
ever he went that he was heartily in
iaVor Oh statehood for each of the ter
sitorles of Arizona and New Mexico.
when the joyousness which greeted
this statement had died away, Taft had
sober words for his audience, in which
ne sought to impress upon them the
necessity for deliberation in framing
state constitution.
he declared that all such constitu-
tions should follow the simplicity of
the constitution of the United States
ana should be merely fundamental laws
with simple rules of limitations
iait urged the people of Arizona
20 proht by what he termed the mis-
| take of Oklahoma in constitution MAX
ing. He characterized vthe Oklahoma
constitution as "a zoologicaI garden OF
Cranks.' &
MET BY GOVERNOR
The territorial officials, headed. by
governor Sloan. met the presidents s
train at Yuma before daylight, and
Will continue with him until after his
visit to the Grand canyon tomorrow
POSTMASTER General Hitchcock Joined
the party today. With him was Victor
Mason, who had charge of the repub-
lican national headquarters in New
York during the campaign of last fall.
Another prominent republican who
greeted the president today was Hoval
Smith, the territorial chairman. who
had charge of the campaign here.
In his principal speech, delivered at
Phoenix today, President Taft said:
1T is a new sensation for me to
talk to the people of a territory. and
I may say, thus far IL is very pleas
ant sensa tion. l want to congratulate
you on having such a territory, such
energy and such enterprise as has
called forth from the republican party
a pledge that you shall have statehood,
and In order to establish my relation
with you early, want to say that. so
far as i am concerned, 1 am going
to help carry out that promise as far
as 1 can.
GIVES WORD OF CAUTION
"You have got to formulate a consti-
tuition after the congress says you shall
come in, and want to say a word
about that constitution. In saying so.
I give you an earnest knowledge or
the seriousness with which / say that
1 believe you will be made state
"A constitution Is for the purpose
of laying down fundamental limitations
upon your Legislature and your execu-
tive. Now. IL you think that in that
constitutional convention you ought to
Law down all the Limitations that are
ordinarily included in the statutes, you
are going to make great mistake.
The greatest constitution that was ever
made is the constitution of the United
States and you can go through that in
a very short time. You take the last
constitution that was made--it is the
xF n a, nd If q q
geological garden OF cranks. / don't
mean Co say that 1t has no good ideas
In it; II has. But the idea of tying
down legislature. which is an ex-
pertinent, so to speak. with the laws
that are to be adopted to new terri
tory, with a long discourse imposing
all sorts of limitations, is a mistake
which you ought to profit by
Troops at Ell Paso
Ell PASO. Tex. Oct. 1s-In addition
to the lavish display of flowers and
bunting of both nations which floats
from every building in Juarez, magnif1-
cent Grecian columns surmounted by
the Mexican eagle and coat OF arms
stand at the foot of the Santa Fe bridge
on the Mexican side and in front or
the banquet hall in which President
Diaz will receive President Taft. A
magnificent display of electric lights
has been arranged.
Thirty cars of troops. including two
bands, arrived this morning The. only
other troops yet to arrive are those
composing the escort of President Diaz,
who arrived at Chihuahua this morning.
The Mexican troops are commanded by
General Ruiz
Both towns are already thronged with
thousands of visitors, and every in
coming train Is crowded.
The 5000 school children of this city
will be assembled on San Jacinto plaza,
andl President Taft will pass around
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