Arizona republican., 1910-12-07

| form the duties imposed upon it by this ordinance, those duties should devOlve upon George w. P. Hunt, the president | of this convention.
 | It was the consensus of opinion that this amendment had not been offered in sOlemnity of spirit, but that it had | been inspired by the frequency with which the name of MT Hunt appears in the ordinance relating to the first state election.
 Mir. Ashurst's Approval. A long communication to the presi- dent from Henry F. Ashurst was read. It was eulogistic of the action of the convention and it recited among the achievements of the convention all those more progressive" measures which their opponents call pOpulistic. In the opinion of Mir. Ashurst. the con ventiOn had immortalized itself in lay ! ing broad and deep the foundation of the democratic party in this territory. The convention could have asked nothing more flattering than this. But MT. Ashurst is or has been. given to extravagant encomium. It is recalled that not so long ago. when the Hearst craze was at it's height in this terri lpIS anu MutH UldiN UT lilc men Wuo are now back of the more extreme measures which have been adopted by the constitution were of the Hearst party. MT. Ashurst in the course of a speech delivered at Flagstaff instituted comparison between William Ran dOlph Hearst and Jesus Christ. In this comparison Mir. Hearst was not given the worst of it. Mir. Ashurst is more over looked upon as an aspirant for the office of United States senator in the improbable event of statehood. Respect for the People. Some time after the usual hour for converting in the afternoon another in stallment had been received from the printer, including executive department, judicial department. the irrevocable ordinances. the recall and impeach- ment These along with 'legislature," which had not been finished the night before were taken up in the whole com mittee and were disposed of No important amendments were of- fered or proposed in the proposition relating to the legislature, but there was one incident which illustrated in an amusing manner the peculiar atti- tude of the convention toward the people" Now and then the convention gets out of that attitude, but once its attention is called to it it hurriedIy re- sumes it.
 Section 19 of the proposition is. or was: The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in the following cases:" which were then enumerated There was no difference of opinion as to the prOpriety of the provision, but on second thought it appeared to be an insult to the people" in that they had not been mentioned in connection with the legislative power. In order to show proper deference to the people" it was proposed to amend as follows: The legislature or the people under the ini- tiative shall not" etc. But on third thought this show of deference might be more stinging insult, for was not the provision a restrictive one? Would it be proper to prevent the people from doing anything? Finally a happy way was found out of it. Legislature" was cut out and people was not put in. The problem was sidestepped in this wise: No local or special laws shall be enacted,' etc.
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 minor amendments. Messrs. Kingan and EllinwoOd in the course of the ju- dicial proposition rose frequently for purposes of inquiry to ask if this or that proposition did not conflict with one elsewhere or to inquire what this or that section meant. The reply was not always enlightening and frequently no reply was deigned.'
 It was made plain that the evil of the pocket veto by the governor had been abolished. So if a legislature has in mind a particularly vicious measure which it fears will not pass the governor all it need do is to wait until a few days before adjournment and pass it. The governor is then robbed of his veto power.
 Dr. Tuthill secured one amendment. In fixing the salaries of the superior judges. Greenlee county was classed with several of the smaller counties for which the salary of the judges was fixed at $3,000. pr. Tuthill moved that Greenlee be put into a class by itself and that its judge be allowed a salary of $3.500. That was carried. Previous to that an effort was made to increase the salaries of the supreme court justices to s6,OO0 That failed. as did another proposition to reduce the salary to $4.OO0.
 Then the recall and impeachment ar ticle was disposed of after which the report of the committee was made to the convention which took up the work and put the finishing touch on it.
 In the morning session Chairman Short of the printing committee pre- sented a resolution which was adopted providing for the printing of a large number of copies of the constitution for distribution to all voters in the ter ritOry whose names can be found on the great registers. Copies are to be sent to all senators and representatives and to the secretaries of the various states. There shall be printed for the use of members of the convention. one copy each bound in leather. with the name of the member stamped on it. For the newspapers of the territory there will be one copy each bound in calf
 Chairman Wood of the finance com mittee made a statement of the eX- penditures from the S100, 900 apprOpria- tiOn to date and covering an estimate of the exDenSeS tO be incurred at the