Arizona republican., 1910-12-10
The Document.

We print in full this morning the
 constitution for the proposed state of
 Arizona, in the form of its final adop-
 tion yesterday.
 From The Republicans superb
 stories of the conventions proceed
 ings day by day our readers should
 be fairly familiar already with the
 leading features of an unusual nature, and we have no doubt they are. Our news of the convention was so full, accurate and fair that nearly all the
 delegates took pains to compliment
 this paper therefor. As a whole, The Republicans accounts of the conven- tion's proceedings comprise one of the best pieces of reporting ever done in here that this work was performed during the first week of the conven- tion by MT Howe Williams. one of the most conscientious and able men we have ever had on our staff. and during the remainder of the session by MT J w Spear, whose strongly during the past fifteen years has made him famous with the newspaper pro- fession throughout the western coun- try.
 Unapproachable as these news ac- counts have been, however. our read CTS will find it more than worth while to read the finished constitution in detail Indeed, all citizens of Arizona owe it to themselves to read this document most carefully.
 A responsibility of no little gravity confronts the voters of the territory in the matter of passing upon this constitution On account of the terms of the enabling act, paradOxical sit uation is presented, inasmuch as a majority vote for the ratification of the constitution will in all probability cause the defeat of statehood. Fol- lowing ratification here, the constitu- ton must be judged by the president, and if approved by him, passed on to congress. Thus two dangerous hur- dles are to be passed, and we cannot believe that a third of the conven tion's membership held any expecta tion yesterday, as they closed their labors, that the constitution will get by the president-not to speak of con- gress So we have the curious anom- ally that, according to the present out look, Arizona's prospects for state hood will be improved by voting down the constitution and thereby make it | imperative that the convention which | adjourned last evening must assemble | again-a second constitution thus framed would make it necessary that | the president and congress again pass upon our application, in conformity | with the enabling act.
 That this constitution by no means | represents the sentiments of all the men responsible for it is a well set tied fact On the other hand, it is also unquestionable that the socialist leaders who dominated the convention and forced their more conservative party associates to accept it are men who firmly believe in the radical doc trines it promulgates. So earnest are they that they are half inclined to l. arof of independence" is an inspired dOcu- ment They are not yet in a frame of mind to consider the practical question of Arizona's future as re- lated to the shipwreck of statehood at Washington. Possessed of a sort of religious frenzy. their present mood is to say to Washington: Turn it down if you darel and if you do dare to turn it down, we prefer to lose statehood rather than lose the initia- tive, the referendum. the recall, and the many other advanced notions of which we have proposed.
 Nor is it apparent that there has been any material subsistence of the wave of radicalism which swept these hitherto unknown men into power. A { period of sixty days or so will elapse 8 before the election, however. and dur !. ing that period there will be time for some sober thinking by the people of s the territory.