Weekly journal-miner., 1910-06-29

It Is pernaps possible that some or
 our people have been misled by the
 statements of Territorial politicians to
 the effect that the refusal of Con
 gress to admit us in the past was
 iniquitous and constituted a depriva-
 ation of our constitutional and legal
 right, but the courts are always open
 for the enforcement of such rights,
 and mad we possessed them appliea-
 tion for their enforcement would
 have been made and granted years
 ago.
 For over a century there has arisen
 no precedent for the admission to
 the Union of a state possessed of
 so small a population as ours, save
 in the ease of Nevada, the admission
 of which was deemed necessary and
 expedient owing to exigencies arising
 by reason of the Civil War then be-
 ing waged.
 It has been claimed by some that
 we have no moral claims to admis- sion; that under our form of gov ernment the majority should rule, and that it would be unfair to give us the same representation in the Senate as is possessed in the most pOpulous states in the Union. Seen through the eyes of the people of the large states, this objection may seem not entirely destitute of plaus- ibility. The people of the large states, with their widely diversified manufacturing and other industries, may naturally fear that Arizona, practically destitute of manufaetur- ing industries, may want protection for its raw material and object to protection as applied to the manufae- tured products of the East. The tar if question practically no longer pre- sents party but sectional issues.
 Perhaps the most persuasive appeal that has been made in our behalf is that the two great political parties, through their national conventions, in a temporary enthusiasm, engendered at such times, promised us state hood. We are now somewhat in the position of one to whom a friend in a moment of enthusiasm has prom ised a valuable present, which in ealmer moments he dislikes to part with, and who, while perhaps an nOyed at being importuned to keep his promise, feels that his honor de- mands its fulfllment, but who might regard favorably any reasonable ex- euse he deemed consistent with his honor for avoiding the promise
 l call attention to these matters solely for the purpose of impressing upon your minds the fact that we are not yet admitted to the Union, but that in this matter we are prae- tieally the arbiters of our own des- tiny.
 Never in our history mas wise, pru- dent and tactful caution been so imperative as now.
 To assume the attitude that we have wrested that which is our due | from unwilling givers would be most unhappy. Rather should we assume the attitude of grateful recipients of that which the President ana Congress are graciously willing to be- stow. Assuming this attltude, ana | presenting for approval a constitu- tion eOnservatively drawn in accord anee with such similar instruments as are generally conceded to constitute the best preeedents which shall be in accord with requirements and re- strictions contained in the enabling act, and as well with the views and wishes of the President and Con- gress as indicated by their words and acts; an instrument so cOnserv- atively and wisely framed as to demonstrate our fitness to assume the duties of self-government, our spec admission is as certain as that the day succeeds the night.
 It has been said that the glory of the common law is its flexibility and to changing conditions, and our statutory laws, general fol lowing in the line of changing condi- lions, are intended to meet the re- luirements of the times of their 
 The laws of the state furnish the pest test of the enlightenment of ts people, their mutations, reflect ng the business and ethical standards 'f the community.
 A constitution, however, should consist primarily of declarations of natural right and for the safeguard ng of person and property, and peeifeally prohibit legislation in of such right.
 From it's very uatura en1afifutinor |