The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
House Passes the Flood
Smith Resolution and Sig
nature of President Is
Sure to Be Affixed.
NO EFFORT MADE
TO OVERRIDE VETO
Arizona Expected to Elimi-
nate Recall Feature of
Constitution Until After
Being Admitted.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press
Va JASHINGTON, Aug. l9.-State'
NM hood for Arizona and New
Wv Mexico now only awaits the
perfunctory approval of Presi-
dent Taft. The Flood Smith resolution
admitting these territories in the union
with the judiciary recall feature OF the
Arizona constitution eliminated TO meet
the objection which caused Presldent
Taft to veto the original statehood bill
was passed by the house today without
the formalty. of roll-call. Having
been passed by the senate in the identi-
cal language the resolution will go to
the White House as soon as the wee
president and speaker formally attach
their signatures to the measure. No at
tempt was made in the house to pass
over the president IS veto the original
provision.
Up to Arizona.
The joint resolution provides for Ari-
zoua s admission with the constitution
adopted by the convention of june 90,
1910, and later ratified by the Arizona
voters, upon the fundamental condi~
tion that article eight OF the constitu"
tion relating to the recall Of public of
fccrs shall be held and construed not
20 apply to judicial officers and that
rho Arizona people shall give their as
sent to that construction.
The president is required within
thirty days after approval Of the meas
ure to certify the fact TO the governor
of Arizona, who within thirty days
thereafter must proclaim an election to
he held between sixty days and ninety
days after the proclamation, to vote
npon article eight and to vote for state
and other officers. If majority of the
voters ratify the construction TO except
judicial officers from the recall, such a
construction will become part Of the
Arizona constitution. The president
VIII then issue proclamation and upon
IFS issuance Arizona will become state
The. resolution admits New Mexico
INTO the union with provisions making
Its constitution easier of amendment
Spirited Debate.
The resolution WAS passed after n
snrited two hours debate. Represen.
lative Flood of Virginia, chairman of
the territories committee, declared that
'he Democrats favored passing the or
ieinal bill over the president IS veto, but
knowing such an attempt would be use
less, they had decided TO take the step
tbat would insure immediate admission
or the territories TO the union. He
and the other Democratic speakers in
sisted that the question at issue wa:
not the Judiciary recall, but whether
the people had the right to make law.
to suit Themselves so lang as they did
not violate the federal constitution
He said that before the original bill!
was drafted the subcommittee having
IT in charge had called upon the presi,
dent, and he had given them no init,
nation that he would disapprove any
OF the provisions later included in the
measure.
The Republicans. headed by Leader
Mann and former. Speaker Cannon,
lauded President Taft g veto and de.
nouneed the judiciary recall as de.
structive Of republican form of gov.
eminent.
Representative Lenroot of Wisconsin
Republican insuTgeDt. said the Dem.
ocratic majority would be blamed AZ
much as the president for the failure
of the people Of Arizona to get the
constitution to which they were en-.
tilted, because 20 attempt was made
to pass the original bill over the veto.
Representative Sims of Tennessee
and Representative Baker of Califor,
MIA also favored a vote on the notion
to override the veto.
Chairman Flood explained that if the
Arizona people still wanted the Judi.
ciary recall after coming into the
union, they could have it by their own
initiative within a few weeks after
the opposition Of the president or any,
body else. He read kilograms from
Arizona Democratic leaders urpinp tha,
the objection of the president he met
immediately if the veto could NOT hs
overridden. os