Arizona republican., 1910-11-16

ed and the convention ordered the
bill to be engrossed for third read
ing. An adjournment was then taken
until 1880 last night.
Other Business.
In the afternoon an invitation from
DR.. Godfrey, the territorial health
officer, to lecture by DIR. McCor-
mack at the Elks theater tonight was
read. and the work of DR.. McCor-
mack was explained in the invitation.
There was circulated among the
members a letter from ]. II. Briggs,
Jr.. SUPERINTENDENT of the immigra-
ton restriction league of Arizona, in
favor of the exclusion of foreigners
from the mining camps, for which
territory wide propaganda has been
established. The letter follows;
Phoenix, AriZ., Nov. IA. 1910.
Constitutional Convention,
d" Phoenix. Arizona
Dear Sir: We beg to call your
attention TO proposition number 81,
introduced by Mr.. Alfred Kinney of
ella county. relative TO alien labor.
1T is the unanimous opinion of the
people of Arizona that some restric-
ton must be made against the whole
sale employment VI amen i>NS'F
dav that goes by sees the American
citizen workingman displaced by out
and out alien labor-aliens who come
from countries whose laws. institu-
tions and ideals Of living differ ut
terly from our own. Ii has come 10
pass i'm Arizona that some large IN
dustrial concerns have denied to Am
erican workingmen their God given
privilege 10 work in their own coun-
try under their own flag. Unless
some protection is extended to the
American citizen workingman in the
constitution now being formulated
in a very few years Arizona will be
an alien state peOpled by an alien
race 1t will be New Mexico over
again only a great deal worse.
When negroes were shipped into
the south the American laborer was
forced into poverty and degradation
that the south might be exploited for
the benefit of the few. The back
bone of the citizenry of the south
land were forced TO exc out miser-
able existence in the hills or go west
ward. Today there is no westward
and the American citizen workingman
knows that he must stand and fight
or starVe!
This convention, of which you are
a member, is being flooded with petit
tons from all over Arizona. II your
body acts promptly on this propssi-
ton, the opportunity for Vigorous and
possibly unwise antiforeign agita-
ton will be removed, and our coun-
try may be spared a repetition of her
rA Ian9n
There is at present no personal objec-
ton to the alien. II is merely that
large companies persist in displacing
the American wOrkingmen in favor
of an entire alien force Now is the
time to settle the question forever
and peaceably. Arizona is OF one
mind i'm this matter. How in all
fairness can her wishes be ignored?
Your convention is an absolutely rep
resentative body. You are dealing
honestly and justly by the people.
The people are demanding that some
restriction be made. They are vitality
interested in this more than any
other question, for it means their
future welfare and happiness. Ari-
IONA has more than enough Ameri-
can citizens to man her industries,
and when it becomes known through
out our land that we have taken an
attitude of protection toward the
American workingman, the very best
of that class from every section of
our country will flock to Arizona.
ITO pass proposition number 81 is
to make Arizona state without
equal in America, populated by a
God-loving. home building, prosper
Gus and happy people. amply able to
settle with JUSTICE every question
that arises. Will you not, in the
name of the common people of Ari-
IONA. vote for this measure?
Yours very respectfully,
IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION
LEAGUE OF ARIZONA.
j. II. BRIGGS, JR.. Supt."
Mr. Crutchfield presented a long
petition by women of this territory
protesting against the open saloon
and urging the submission OF the
question of prohibition.
The Night Session.
There was a larger attendance at
the first night session of the con-
vention than the most sanguine of
the constitution makers had expect
ed A quorum would have been re-
garded as a godsend. Beyond that
there was a good working force.
The executive committees bill pro-
Viding for officers of the state gov
eminent was taken up in the com
mttee of the whole and was dis
posed of. In the nature of things
il was a feature about which there
could not be acrimonious discussion
or even little difference Of opinion
on only a few points was there
varying views of policy.
One was on the length of the term
OF the governor which had been fixed
at four years. A majority of the
whole committe was unwilling to
trust one governor that long and the
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