Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-08-11

FL SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, GA.
practice act to suppress unlawful
methods in campaigns.
! I'VE entertain no unreasonable hos
/ tility to capital individual or organ
lied, and we recognize its rights to
equal protection under the constitution
as any other interest in order to insure
| its influx into the new state and pro-
; mcte the growth and development of
1 the state, but we insist that flinda-
mental rules and restrictions be placed
| in the constitution guaranteeing to the
| people security against the dominance
of corporate and corrupt control of
public affairs, state and municipal; to
provide for the reasonable regulation
and control of all public and quasi
/ public utility corporations and trans
! portation companies not in conflict
/ with the United States interstate COM
merce law; to provide for the payment
of just and fair proportion of taxes
| by all corporations making it manda
tory on the legislature to pass efficient
| laws for the enforcement of such gem
eral provisions as are not self-eXecut-
| ing.
I'VE favor the partisan election
/ of judges of our courts and the super
! intendents of public. instruction for
terms of office not to exceed four years.
| Furthermore, we do not believe that
| the term of any state official should
exceed four years.
1--WE favor a constitution that pro-
Vii l,,t fro
tensions or renewals Of the same ex
cept By general law, then for a term
not TO exceed twenty years.
I'VE favor constitution that pro-
vides that no private corporation shall
\ be created or a foreign corporation
| licensed to do business except by gem
eral law.
we favor a constitution that pro-
vides that the power of taxation shall
not be suspended. surrendered or con-
troled, nor the bonding power of the
state or municipalities used for the
promotion of any private enterprise. In
| fact, we want all those provisions that
! the test of experience and use in 9TH
er states have proven of value as pro-
| lection tc PROPERTY. the person and
! life of their people.
The question of state-w wide prohi-
bition should be submitted TO the peo-
pie for their approval or rejection un
der a suitable proposition distinct and
separate from the constitution. to be
voted on at the same time as the con-
stitution
I'VE believe that the constitution
should be concise. plain and simple
and confined to fundamentals, among
which we recognize the above enuner-
/ ated provisions, leaving the legislature
the widest scope in the enactment of
purely statutory laws.
THE dominant and prevailing fea-
ture of the constitution must be equal
! rights to all men and special privileges
to none, and the makers thereof must
address themselves to the great task
unperpleXed and unbiased by any
party consideration and formulate
constitution republican in form. lib
eral. fair and equitable, and modelled
after that one without an equal in the
written or unwritten constitutions OF
the world-the constitution of the
United States-and to this end we in
vite the cooperation of all the peo-
of party affiliation."
A Way Out.
At this juncture, J. III. LangstOn in
qured what had become of the equal
suffrage resolution. Mrs. Cooke and
other ladies of the suffrage association
were on the stand and it was under
stood that Mrs. Cooke would deliver
an address Replying to the inquiry
of Mr.. Langston, Judge Baker replied
that the committee had decided to re-
fer the resolution back to the conven-
ton for action. A debate was avoided
by motion to dispose of it in the
same manner that the prohibition
question had been laid aside, and that
motion having carried almost unani-
mously, the ladies seemed satisfied.
Mrs Cooke was asked to address the
convention and she did so briefly,
without discussing the merits of the
resolutions She thanked the conven-
ton for its kindness toward the
resolutions, whereupon, when she had
been stead, Judge Baker moved vote
of thanks 10 the speaker for her very
courteous, brief and eloquent address.
There was a noticeable emphasis given
the WORD "Drle1. CHAIRMAN Lopez
similarly emphasized it in putting the
motion. which was unanimously
adopted.
The report OF the rules committee
was next offered. II was amended as
to the matter OF counting majorities
in the selection of candidates and |
should have been still further amended |
as events turned out. In fact an ex post |
was later found neces-
sary to correct an oversight of the |
mathmaticians.
The Nominations.
Now the real business of the con-
vention was at hand and the nomina
ton of candidates for delegates to the |
convention was begun.
There was never before such a carni
val of eulogy in Phoenix. Frank Lyman !
entered upon a flight of adulation and
before he had half finished it was sus-
pected that the IMAM he had in mind
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