Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-09
Special to the JournaI-Miner.

SDeclaI 10 the JOuTnal-D1lnef.
 PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 4.-After a prolonged fight over the question of percentages and the attempts to embody the so-called "Home Rule' plan into the Initiative, the conven- tion in Committee of the Whole adopted 10 per cent for the Initiative and per cent for the Referendum. The real fight was over the amend mentS, which were designed to make the present segregation act apply to the Initiative, while the drys were behind the committees substitute for Bakers proposition, which gives the Initiative to cities, towns, counties and municipalities.
 The first test vote was on Cobb s motion to strike out the word 1FCounty.' It was lost by a vote of 12 to 40.
 The second was the minority Is port, headed by Cunniff, which was defeated fl to II.
 Webb's amendment, which took away the Initiative and Referendum from cities, and applied it solely to State and county, was lost, 14 to 30.
 There were other motions designed to cover the same idea of preventing they were lost by practically the same vote. Finally all the proposed amendments were killed and then the committees substitute report came up.
 The first question was that of percentages. They ranged from , per cent, proposed by ElIinwood, to 15 per cent, proposed by Moeur. The , per cent was lost by to 50, the s per cent was lost by to 49, and the 10 per cent carried by 36 to 16. This was the result of caucus held the other evening, when it was de- cided that the percentages should be 10 per cent for the Initiative and per cent for the Referendum. This latter percentage was adopted by a having been disposed of, the Commit tee of the Whole arose and will vote on the main proposition tomorrow.
 Before rising, Kingan of Tucson made a splendid speech opposing the proposition, on the ground that it would delay, if not defeat, Statehood. He quoted the Enabling Act. which prescribes that the Constitution shall provide a Republican, form of govern ment, which is purely representative, and not direct legislation. The lat ter destroys the law making power and so may the law cOnstruing and the law enforcing power. He did not believe the President would approve of such a Constitution.
 Judge Doe followed him, and made an able speech, giving unanswerable evidence to show that the Initiative and Referendum were unconstitu- tional, and would be so construed by the United States Supreme Court.
 Eloquent Plea of Jurist.
 He said: "'The Initiative and Referendum are neither copyrighted nor created by any political party, l but both without party lines, and | 1t has been demonstrated that the people of this Territory favor them to the extent of demanding their em- bodiment in the Constitution, even | though not in accord with the views of the President and of Congress, un | der the belief that the President and | Congress would not dare disapprove a Constitution solely by reason of its embOdying such popular provis- ions. It was under such conditions and by reason of such belief that a majority of the members of this convention were instructed to favor these measures.
 "During the recent campaign, at least 99 per cent of the voters were unaware of the probable uneonstitu- of these measures. There can be no doubt that the over majority of the people of this Territory want Statehood, and | I cannot but believe that if made aware of the situation as it exists, they would release the instructed | delegates from their instructions in that regard.
 "In the campaign which resulted m our selection as delegates, the peS