Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-11-01
ARIZONA WILL
ADOPT RECALL
Minority Report Is Expected
to Exclude Judiciary From
y Operation of Clause
MANY MORE PROPOSITIONS
Twenty Five Per Cent Petition to
Be Required to Call Election
to Gust Official.

Phoenix, Ariz, Nov. Provision
for the recall of any elective officers
in the state is made in a proposition
introduced in the constitutional con-
yention today by the executive com
mittee as a substitute for all similar
measures presented. There was ex-
pected to be a minority report. ex-i
cluding the judiciary from the peti-
ton recall but the only minority re-
port presented provided that the re-
call election and the election to fill
the vacancy be held separately. Under
the provisions of today's proposition,
any officer may be recalled at an cleo
ton initiated by petition containing
% per cent of the voters.
The constitutional convention en-
ters into the midst of things this week.
flood of propositions is expected.
Among others, it is expected that the
Republican members will present one
in the form of complete draft of
constitution. They will not likely be
very sanguine of it's adoption in it's
entirety, or even in many of its parts.
But it will be an expression of the
sentiment of the minority on which
they will stand, believing that they
will be vindicated by future events.
Democratic members were uncer-
tain whether the legislative commit
tees initiative and referendum prop
osition would reach the committee of
the whole today. They rather believ-
ed that the printer could not complete
| the proposition and its amendments,
which were also ordered printed, in
| time for their return today, but it is
certain that the matter will be taken
/ up tomorrow, when line can be OBJ
tanned on the sentiments of the mem
bers and some idea be gathered of the
manner in which they will divide on
other questions. In fact, some idea
can be formed of the kind of a con-
stitution that will be ultimately adopt
ed.
The Jones railroad commission
proposition may be returned at any
time this week. It was reported last
week and was about to be sent to the
committee of the whole when objec-
ton was raised by Mr.. Ellinwood
that he had not been given an oppor-
tunity to make minority report. 1t
was then stated by another member
ho thof tho
| port was premature and the PROPOSE
| ton was returned to the railroad com
mittee.
Notwithstanding the great mass of
matter which has been proposed,
much of which will not find it's way
into the constitution, there is much
! that should be in a constitution but
which has not yet been proposed. The
committees will likely look after that
lif it should happen that some thing
should escape the attention of the in
dividual members today.
| Regarding the committees direct
| Legislation measure. one of the Demo
cratic members of the committee was
asked why there had been omitted a
clause providing that the courts of
the new state should not sdeclare un-
constitutional any initiated or referred
law. He replied that no member OF
the committee so far as he knew fa-
vored such a clause. There is, how
ever, a proposition covering that mat
ter and an effort is to be made in
the course of the committee substi-
tute's progress through the convention
to have it amended in that respect.