Arizona republican., 1910-12-08

"Oh. ye stiffnecked and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken"
 The foregoing warning by Senator Bailey of Texas, repetition of the advice steadfastly giveneby The Re publican from the outset of the cam paiSn was contemptuously and even indignantly rejected yesterday by the constitutional convention, strengthen ing an assertion made by this paper weeks ago that if a messenger from congress and the White House ac- companied by an angel from heaven were sent to the convention, that body would still proceed upon its course to ruin.
 The telegram from Senator Bailey was in response to one sent him by Messrs Cobb and Webb as follows:
 Nov. 29, 1910. Hon. Joseph w. Bailey,
 Gainesville. Texas.
 Constitutional convention has adopted initiative referendum-has proposition to insert recall applicable to all officials including judiciary. Would these provisions in your opin- ion endanger approval of constitution by president and congress? Will treat answer as confidential for democrats or for publication as you indicate.
 (Signed) w. T. WEBB.
 LAMAR COBB.
 Democratic Members"
 The telegram from MT. Bailey was received on Monday The recipients were in doubt until yesterday morn ing as to the disposition to be made of it. They hardly believed that it would avail anything in the evident temper of the convention but later they regarded the disclosure of it as a duty they owed to the territory. Even then it was not their purpose to give it publicity but to make it known only to the members of the majority.
 Rumors of the existence of the tel agram had reached the ear of most of the radicals and they assembled in needless nervousness yesterday morning for if there was to be an assault upon the sacred recall it would be made then. The article had been reached in the afternoon before in the going over the printed articles of the constitution for the last time. A half dozen members of the con- vention were absent and a call of the house. was demanded ny the rad icals, though the majority of the absentees would probably have voted for a modification of the recall arti- cle
 Nearly an hour was lost during the call and MT. Webb sought to secure a suspension of the rules in order that there might be a conference of the members of the majority: he had something to show them Half the democrats wanted to see the curi- osity. But the leaders of the pro gressives' did not want it placed on exhibition and joined by the repub- licans who felt no interest in the communication. the motion to sus- pend the rules failed
 The Opening Round.
 A little later the proceedings under the call were dispensed with and the recall article was taken up. Judge Baker moved that it be stricken out and he offered a substitute for it in the terms of the platform Of the Maricopa county democratic conven- tion which instructed its delegates to direct the legislature to enact a recall measure.
 Judge Baker spoke briefly in favor of the substitute but it was defeated by a vote of Is to 31 The repub- licans with the exception of MT. Curtis voted against it. Thus it was clear that the minority would sup port no tempOrizing measure or one looking to a modification Of the re- call article for purposes of eXpediency. In the face of this hopeless situa- tion. Mir. Cassidy offered a motion to refer the article to the committee on separate submission that it might be placed before the voters separately