The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-21
5000 ARl0NANS
HEAR ROOSEVELT
FORMER PRESIDENT DECLARES
PEOPLE HAD RIGHT TO ADOPT
RECALL CONSTITUTION.
SHOULD Be MADE STATE
Doubts Wisdom of Permitting Recall
Of Judciary-But U. S. Senate
Had Nothing to Do
With That


Phoenix, Arizona, March 20.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt completed his tour
through Mexico and Arizona tonight
when he departed for Los Angeles,
His private car in which he and his
party are travelling was attached to
Santa Fe train and is due to arrive
in Los Angeles Tuesday morning.
His midday address to more than
5000 people in the city plaza was by
no means all that the colonel was
called upon to do. He attended a
luncheon, visited Gov. Sloan at the
executive mansion, rode around the
great valley, and arrived at his car
just before starting time.
The last event OF the day was at
the dedication of ST. Lukes home for
tuberculosk patients.
Mr. Roosevelt's ideas of Arzona's
constitution as expressed in his
speech have aroused no little interest
here.
Mr.. Roosevelt's Speech.
Colonel Roosevelt said, in part;
Il regret that Arizona was not ad
mittel to statehood by the last con
gress and 1 trust that the next con
gress r1ll admit it, The objection
to admitting IL, l consider withou
justice. These objections have beer
chiefly or entirely due to the fact tina.
Arizona has adopted in its ccGsun,
tion referendum, initiative and rec ~
II 90 not agree with the form 10
which Arizona adopted the recall, es
pecially as regards the Judiciary; b.
while | regret that Aazona should
have adopted the recall in this
fashion, not merely admit but in
sist that This is a matter purely fol
Arzonas decision and that neitne-
the opinion of myself nor of any 9th
or outsider has the slightest bearing
on Arizona's right to the privilege
Of statehood. What the views of New
YCck and Texas upon the question
may be has nothing whatever to dc
with Arizcnas right to it's owr
views.
"The principles of the initiative and
referendum may or may not be adopt
ed TO the needs of a given state under
given eonditions-l believe they are
useful in some communities and MOI
in others-but to deny territory the
right CT statehood because it has
adopted these principles Is as wrong
as to say that Vermont should not
lie state because its government
system is based on the principals OF
town meeting. II the constitution
the United States forbids the use o
the referendum and initiative, ther
the constitution should he amended
without deiay.
Il am a strong nationalist, but
am no less a believer in the rights Vi
the states wherever the rights of the
states mean the rights of the people
and in this Gaze the rights of tht
people include the right of the pc,
pie Of any state to decide upon AM
course of action it deems best In thii
matter The United States govern
ment Is in honor bound to admit All
2ona under its present constitution.
Nov, ray friends, while in the full
est way thus acknowledge your right
to form the constitution that you have
formed and to be admitted Hereunder
to full membership in the Fedora
Union still wish it distinctly Under
stood that there may be many pro
Visions in your constitution with
which | heartily agree there are those
with which I disagree, and among
these is the provision of the recall
especially affecting the judiciary.
Il admit the melancholy fact that
there are states where judges &rr
have acted as to make justifiable anl
necessary for the people to adopt
measures fer retiring all such judges
from Office But, sreading generally
and as regards most communities un
der normal conditions, ] feel that
Is to the interest OF decent citizens
who want nothing but justice in its
I. brcadest and truest sense, not 10
adopt any measure which wonle
make judges timid; which woal1
make them fearful lest deciding rig.i7
ly In some given caAe might arouse
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