Bisbee daily review., 1910-06-22
MAKING CONSTITUTION IMPORTANT DUTY

MAKING COHSTlTO ION
 IMPORTANT DUTY
 There will be plenty of time to star, the political campaign for state oncers and United States senators after the constitution for the new state of Arizona has been framed. The greatest responsibility resting on the people of Arizona in connection with the assumption of the right of self government is their duty in lay ing ,he foundation upon which the fu- ture government of the new state shall rest. In the selection of mem bers of the Constitutional convention the greatest care should be taken. Men of known ability and integrity should be chosen in each county, be they democrats or republicans. The responsibility for the constitution. whether # be good or bad, will nat urally rest on the party which elects the majority of the members of the constitutional convention, hence 1t behooves all parties to exercise pa trio,ic judgment in selecting candi- | dates. While there will no doubt be questions arise in the constitutional i convention upon which members will disagree on party lines the great bulk of the work to be done will have nothing to do with politics. Perhaps the most important duty in the con vention will be in providing for the future courts of Arizona. h provid- ing for the election of the judiciary we believe it should be so ordered that the judges of every character should be chosen at times when the political fights which are always in evidence when state officers, con gressmen and senators are to be chosen are not in evidence. In many of the old states judges are chosen in what are known as the "off years" In the state of Missouri the supreme and circuit judges are chosen al the elections when only the judges, the state school superintendent. land commis- sioners ard railroad commissioners are voted for along with the coun- ty of eials This plan is a good one as the office of school superintend- ent and commissioners as well as the Judiciary should be kept out of pol itics as much as possible.
 1t is to be presumed that the sev- eral political parties will give up their candidates for the constitution but in selecting them there should be no attention or preference given because of their political activity il either party. It should be agreed now that the constitutional eonven tion of Arizona should not be thu time or place to play politics. Thh convention should be composed o men distinguished for their abilit, and patriotic love of Arizona, rathe than for their standing as politica bosses or ability to carry a city O county for their party.
 Arizona has plenty of men in bot parties who would do credit to then selves and their constituents in th constitutional convention and onl such men should be chosen for tht responsible work.
 After the foundation for the f
 ture government of the state (
 Arizona tas been fixed then wi
 come the time for opening the ?
 litical game which shall determi-
 whether the first state governmel
 shall be trusted to the democrats 
 70 the republicans and whether Al
 zona shall send members Of one
 the other of these parties to repr
 sent the new state in the Unit
 states senate and in the low
 house of congress.