Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-04

important TO the people than the
state AJAX commission and there Is no
| place whore provision can be made
more fittinRly. more appropriately, or
more tffieicntly thar 10 r. eoHsiitu-
ton. The legislature OF a state.
elected 0t the people must OF neeess-
ity provide ftsuds for The use Of this
commission from time 20 time. just
as the legislature VIII provide funds
for the incidental expenses It the
governor. and the people through
the legislature viii from time to time
Idirect < tax commission ne itE aetiv-
iti.s. hut no Legislature by whomso-
pvet controlled VIII ever he able 70
abolish Il tax commission elected by
the people and clothed with certain
power mud authority by virtue Of onr
| conrtitation 1t NIL come into being
at Your beh.st, and II VIII be- IS fund
amenialiy "a part Of the machinery Of
government as ANY oiiice which may
be created. We have no quarrel With
anybody on the proposition Of a tax
commission aud we agree With our
friends ~ oil parties thai such a eon-
mission should be created By the con-
atitutien.
we are perfectly IN accord with
our friends as "a the deslrability OF
the adoption Of tho Australian ballot
ISyHtem for the new state becauae we
believe Il is the best method which
has % far been developed through
the experience OF the democratic PEG
Plies of the earth by which they can
rcgigtef thcir mandates; but the
world - moving On ana laws govern
Ing elections and a~sscmbiages 81 the
people are intricate. yoluminous, va
ried and progressive. What H. 4
gca iaw to-day may he obsolete 10
morrow Election laws after all and
IN The final analyses are rules Of
conduct prescribed by the people for
their own government, and afe not
Fundamental IN character or Ia any
Bat an essential part % the maehln-
,fN OF ii5a state. Tho essential thing,
the fundamental thing. is 20 define
the right Of suffrage and the quaiifi-
cation If the voters and when that Is
done IN the constitution II should he
left "a the people from tim" t. Time
through the legislature % define the
conditions under which votes shall be
cast. tiHe methods under which thelr
wishes shah be registered, ana their
mandates shall he spoken, and these
methods. these election laws Of what
soeVar character. whether u be the
Australian ballot system OF nnE other
system. should be found IN the stat
lie law 81 the state and should be
always easily within tho control al
the peopie who constitute the state.
I eonia 80 on through the list Of
meoted auestions which are attract
ing the attention 81 our reading
thinking people ana at great length
classgfy their suggestions, but these
two illustrations are sufficient "a
make uiear the difference between
thG constitution OF q stare and the
%ftatnte law 81 the state and We must
remember thuf we ere making ready
to build n constitution ana moi 20 fr
vise ui oddly the avs
Mt friends. New Mexico IS aroused
over the questions of the initiative
referendum l.nd recall u al some
later date. when Va the Judgment 81
your committee the dime is oppor-
tune, ! shall ho pleased TO discuss
those propositions nt length. For the
present II seems 80 me sufficient TO
say that New Mexico has been fer
sixty years practically " colony Of our
great country. IL has governed its
cities. It's villages ana It's counties and
A. q rule has governed them we'll
hnf e. has hpd no experience either
in gtrte or national affairs. a great
many "a our people are widely read
anu wei infnftiitN - To- Rit Hfhkifsf
at government IN the other states
with east and west, and the develop I
ment Of newer and hotter ideas af-
footing the Institutions of a liberty
loving people; hut we have a great
number 10 citizens whose knowledge
ls limited hy their experience and
hgs been too limited 10 attempt eN-
pefimenis New York has had its
state and municipal problems OF gov
srnmtnt which have haffled It's big
gest men The changing conditions
OF New England have brought With
them per ploNitiss and problems The
south Is struggling with great prob
lens which are as Vet unsoiVcd. And
while Re profit from lessons
learned fram an OF the states with
which We MAY be familiar. Il is never
theless true that New Mexico. Just
being born into the sistcrhood q
Is confronted with problems
Peculiar unto Itself. the solution of
which can not DO reached m a moo
meut and impulsiNc notions in regard
60 which must not be embodied i'm
an uualterahle constitution Poster
ttN ~ looking 90 YOU and ie me and