Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-10-10
new MEXICO
GREETS ARIZONA
Constitutional Conven t o n
Telegraphs God-speed to
Phoenix
PROPOSITIONS INTRODUCED
Among Them Statewide Prohi-
bition, Initiative and
Referendum

The constitutional convention re
convened this afternoon at 2;25
o'clock,
President Charles A. Spiess in the
chair
Invocation by Rev. Julius Hartman.
G. A. Richardson introduced a reso-
luton of greeting to the constitution
al convention of Arizona.
File No. 2 was introduced by G. A..
Richardson in reference to judicial
departments, providing that the judi
cial powers of the state should be
vested in the Senate in impeachment
proceedings, in a supreme court, dis
trict court and justice of the peace
courts, the supreme judges to be three
in number, to be elected for ten years.
The reading of the minutes was up
ON motion dispensed with.
File No. 3 was introduced by q. A.
Richardson, providing for a depart
ment of agriculture, commerce and
labor 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on corporations.
File No. 4 by G. A. Richardson with
reference to executive departments
was referred to the committee on ex-
ecutive.
File No. 5, introduced by A. A. Sc
dillo, with reference to the initiative
was referred to the committee on
legislation.
File No. g. introduced by A. A. Sc
dillo in reference to amending the
constitution, was referred to the
committee on legislative department.
File No. Z, introduced by A. A. Sc,
dillo, in reference to the referendum,
was referred to the committee on leg
islative department
File No. s, in reference to state
wide prohibition to be submitted sep
arately was referred to the committee
on counties and municipal corpora
tions.
The files were ordered translated
and printed
File No. by Nestor Montoya with
reference to bill of rights, was re
ferred to the committee on elective
franchise.
File No. 10, with reference te
schools by Nestor Montoya, was re
ferred to the committee on education
File No. Il, with reference to resi-
dents within national forests by Mes
tor Montoya, was referred to the com
mittee on public lands.
C.. r. Brice suggested that files or
prohibition and local option be re
ferred to the committee on water
rights.
File No. IL, by E. ID. Patton, relating
to education went to the committee
on education.
Resolution No. s, by H. o. Bursum
in reference to employees was read.
gave the list of the employees to con
stitute the working force of the con
vention.
The committee on rules reported al
follows.
Your committee on rules to whom
was referred the question of granting
the pTlNllSStS VI IuS llOOI VI LuO COll
vention to representatives of variou
railroad employees organizations, hav
had the matter under consideration
and respectfully report that the presi
dent of the convention be authorizes
to give the representatives of organ
cations of railroad employees nor
transferable cards of admission to tn
floor of the convention.
Upon motion Of HI. o. Bursum an
Charles Kohn the resolution wa
adopted.
The convention then adopted unan
mously the resolution of greeting an
Godspeed to the convention at Phoeni
Ariz. 1t was transmitted by telegraph
H. o. Bursum reported that F. F
Winston had worked out schedule G
meetings of committees so that the
would not conflict with each othel
The schedule was embodied in Resi-
luton No. 9, which was referred t
the committee on rules.
The president announced a smoke
and Dutch lunch to the delegates 9
the Commercial Club rooms at
o'clock tonight, the invitation bein
extended to the entire convention. II
also announced reception by Mrs. /
Bradford Prince on Wednesday evel
ing from to II p. m. to the ladie
OF the convention and their husband
G.. E. Moffet was excused from a
tendance.
A compilation by Mr.. Chung, seer
tary of A. B. Fall, giving list of mer
bers, committees on which each
serving, ETC., was offered and referre
to the committee on rules
G. A. Richardson announced that
had compiled all the constitution
provisions on water rights in the ar
states for the use of the committee {
irrigation.
The convention then adjourned to
n m. tomorrow afternoon.
OLD BATTLING NELSON