The border vidette., 1910-09-03
to the Constitution of the United

intelligence of the plain people of
the United States, and of the pro-
posed State of Arizona; and be
lieving that all political power
springs and of right should spring
from the people, and having an
abiding faith in ability of the
people to govern themselves, we
pledge our candidate as nominee
of this Convention, to devote every
atom of his Intelligence and ability
to the placing what is known as
the Initiative in the Constitution
of the new state: The initiative
because it preserves and reserves
to the people of the state the
power to legislate for themselves
directly, thereby protecting them
selves against corrupt legislature.
Believing that legislatures some
times fail to carry out the will
of the people who elect the mem
bers thereof, we favor the Refer
endum which will give the people
an opportunity to pass on any
legislation that may seem inimical
to their interests.
Believing as we do that all
public officers should be directly
responsible to the people at large
and not to political bosses, and
knowing that sometimes men are
to carry out the expressed will of
the people, and realizing that it
is sometimes impossible to find
evidence enough to make con-
victions in criminal courts where
officials have been dishonest, we
favor the recall provision for all
state county and municipal officers.
We favor a direct primary law,
and a provision in our Constitu
ton insuring a popular expression
of choice for the election of United
States senators.
We favor a clause in the Con-
stitution of the State in the form
of a corrupt practices act as a
safeguard against dishonesty in
elections, and publicity of CAM
paign contributions before election.
We favor a provision OF the
Constitution to the effect that the
right of action to recover damages
for injuries resulting in death or
otherwise shall never be abrogated,
not be subject to any statutory
regulation or limitation.
We favor Corporation Com
mission like the provision in the
Constitution of the State of Okla
homa particularly and speci ficallY
setting out the powers and duties
of the Commission so that the
meaning of the law can not be
misunderstood or misinterpreted;
and we particularly favor the
"fellow-servant" clause of the Okla
homa Constitution and also the |
clause with reference to forcing
telephone, telegraph, express, rail |
road or car corporations to in
corporate under the laws of the !
proposed State of Arizona before |
they will be allowed to exercise the !
right of eminent domain in the
State of Arizona.
We favor a clause in our Con-
accused of violating or dissobeying,
when not in the presence or hear
ing o. the Court, or Judge sitting
as such, any order of INDUCTION,
or restraint, made or rendered by
any Court or Judge of the new
State, shall. before penalty or
punishment is imposed, be entitled
to a trial by jury as to the guilt
or Innocence of the accused, and
in no case shall a penalty or
be imposed for con-
tempt, until an opportunity to.
be heard is given; and we further
believe that no INDUCTION should
issue without the hearing of COM
plete testimony from all parties
in interest except in cases where
it is made perfectly clear that a
restraining order is
absolutely necessary to prevent the
immediate destruction or life and
property, and in these cases a
final hearing should be required
within ten days; and we favor
a provision in the Constitution
the deportation of citi
zens without the State except by
due process Of law, and after hear
ing in Court with due notice, if
prayed for.
The dominant feature of the
must be that govern
ments are made for the protection
Of the citizen, and not the citizen
made for the benefit of the govern
ment; written in the light of ex-
perieDce of all the ages, taking