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horse, foot and dragOon. But, in Cali
fornia the recall provision is less dras-
tic and much more fair, from the
standpoint Of the milder radicals, than
is the Arizona recall
Under the original provision OF the
Arizona constitution a recall petition,
If II contained the names Of % percent.
of the number Of electors who voted
at the last election was sufficient to
put any officer on the defensive. I'M
mediately a candidate would be nOmi-
mated against him. and he had the priv
llege Of placing his defence on the
ballots, in not more than 200 words.
And this applied to judges and ali
other elective officers.
As is pretty generally understood
Arizona's entrance into the union is
upon condition that the people vote
out the judiciary recall
That viii be done. Of course. The
Democrats say that It viii be reinsert-
ed, Immediately. however, in its
original form. That is, they say that
in their platform But not many Dem
ocrats Of any standing are saying So
Generally, they say such a recall as
the eXigencies of the times demand
viii be placed in the constitution.
The Republicans say the recall viii
be submitted at the earliest oppOrtu-
nifty, and that the people will deter
mine whether they want It.
Williams Fighting Recall.
And If the recall De voted out OF
the cOnstitution-and more particularly
=
liams, Republican candidate for repre-
sentative in congress, is the man who,
more than any one else, will be re-
spOnsible. Jack Williams may or NAV
not be making votes for himself
said George H. Clements, In charge Of
the Republican press bureau ~but
there is one thing quite certain, he is
making votes against the judiciary
recall"
Williams has been calling the at
tention of his audience to what he calls
Cot
measure Why, you give a sneak
thief a better chance than you give
the justices Of your supreme court ..
says Jack, and his audiences are be
to it.
More than that when he is ar
rested, he is taken before a magistrate
and the magistrate holds an eXamina-
ton to determine whether there Is a
probability Of guilt If these is he
holds the man to the grand jury. Then,
when the grand jury comes to the /
case, it decides whether there is SUI
ficient evidence to warrant Sending the |
man to trial, and if the grand jury
decides there is warrant in law for i
taxing that course, cne man is sent ]
10 trial. But remember that all the
time he has the privilege of giving i
bond and enjoying his freedom He 4
thus has the chance TO work up the
best case possible in his defence
The Jury Trial.
Now after the grand Jury has sent
The man to trial he is brought mo
court and they start 20 select a Jury
oI II men TO try him. And I call your 4
to the fact that no prejudiced /
man can get on that Jury. Every man /
must have mind that is absolutely
open and free from prejudice And !
even if the jury finds him guilty. this
defendant has the right OF appeal-he
has the right to take his case to the
highest tribunal in the state to have
Il determined whether he was con-
Victed justly.
NOW, what about the recall? You
bring a recall petition against a man,
no matter now good an officer and !
low upright a man ne may be. And |
you allow him 200 words to make MS |
iefence- Why, the sneak thief. has
counsel. and his counsel, or he himself
las the right of using just as much
ence, but here, where the office and
equation of an h5nOra bic man are
1t stake, you limit him in his defence
@ zoo words. And you put another
nan up against him, perhaps a less
ompetent but more popular man and
,ou say he has to try to hold the OF
ice in the face Of that Opposition
The Recall Petition.
on can get your recall petition
igned in the saloons and the dives IL
ired thugs If you WISH. You can ana
Vii get 1T signed by this mans per
onal and political foes You can get
c signed by men who have voted
gainst him in the original egection-by
len VINO are only too glad to get an. !
Their chance to put their own man IN !
gainst him. And this is the kind 81
MEASURE to which the Democrats have
lodged themselves.
As Others See the Race.
Don Kedzie, editor of the Lordsbura
LIBERAL who has had ample opportu-