The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-03-25
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IONA CONSTITUTION

IONA CONSTITUTION
Phoenix. Atiy. March %. Throdorc
R"",c,clt completed his tour through
New McNir" and Arizona when hc dc
parted Monday Tor I.os Angeles
The private ear In which be- aud h,
party are travelling, was attached TO
the santa f. train which lett here ur
$3.50 T., ~. aud is due tu arrive iu Los
Angeles nt lo:li tomorrow.
Colonel Roosevelt ,unhnrnod 70 o.
ruddy hu" hv his long mntor ride, or
ih" last two or three dnys. spru, O. very
busy lime ia rhocuiN
Ills address to gathering of moro
thnu 5000 people IN the city plaza m
midday was the feature at the dnv. hui
II was hy no means an that the Colonel
WIS called upon Ia de-. IT, attended
S luncheon given him boy the members
ut his Rough Riders regiment who are
located IN this part ~ the territory:
visited Goyctuor Sloan nt the executive
mansion. motorcd about the great vat
lev irrigated hy the Roosevelt dam aud
arrived NJ hi, ear just Lcfurc the train
started The last event of the busy dn,
was talk ~ the dedication ot St
Lulr', home for Tuborcu'ur patients.
fustrrcd hy Bishop Atwood
Mrs Roosevelt aud Ethel did not par
ticipatr today in amy of the ceremonies
uf MIR. Ruu,nyclt = reception. They ~.
manned throughout the day ~ Mesa.
whcr" Archie Roosevelt resumed hi.
school work this morning.
Mr. Ruoscvct's idcn uf Arizona =
statehood constitution ~ expressed In
his speech today have aroused no little
interest in Phoenix The dcclnrat ion
that the federal government should i'm.
mcdintclv accept the territory into the
union. although he opposed the recall
provision, ~ applied ~ the Judiciary.
wa, the main topic of conversation
about Phoenix this afternoon
Tho nddr,s. was rulIycurd hv In
tcrrogntions from the rowds m m"
shape Of question, 81 sugg stious, nn
Mr. Hunscycli answered every one.
when he declared himself ~ to the
recall Of the Judiciary q voice from the
crowd declared:
I'VE are going to have o. 'uu.
From uuo'hcr section of ,hr uudirur"
camc the additional statement:
1--WE need H.
NIr Roosryrli paused % mum"u' and
thcr replied:
"Whcn YOU say vou are going 10 have
II, ugrcc with YOU.
II j., your righ'. ii vou want IT,
Bu, when vou say you need IT, I 'Io not
agree with you
\ few minutes later another voice
broke in. The owner wn~ of foreign
birth aud his English wa. so hroEcu
that those on the stand could not an.
dcr,taud him. M Roosevelt asked him
to repeat his remark, the shook his
head. saving that nu interpreter srcm.
eel necessary. A. h" caught NJ" drift
- the remark Nj Roosevelt said that
il had been suggested that working men
should hclp each other, tie promptly
agreed
~ will 20 ever farther" be- said.
will sny that all Americans should
help the workinpman. lIut the work
ugmuu should be- u good American. u
be- seeks only to have other, help him
aud does not attempt 20 help himself
then heaven help him
There was no reply from the man IN
the crowd. Following is the full text
of the specch'
~ regret that Arizona was not nj
mittcd to statehood by the last Con
prrss. aud ! trust that the next Con
urrss will without fail admit IL, The
hicctions 10 admitting !. ! regard ~
without warrant ~ Justice. Apparent
~ these objections have hccu chiefly
or entirely due to the fact that Ari
youu has adopted in its constitution
the referendum, initiative aud recall
- dn not agree with the form r
which Arizona has adopted the recall
especially as regards the iudielnrv; hu'
while / rcgrc, that Arizona should have
adopted the recall in the fashion, ! moi
merely admit but insist, that this u
II matter purely for Arizona \, own de
cisiuu aud that neither the opinion oi
mysclf nor any other outsider hns thu
slightest hearing on Arizona : prlv'
lrurs of statehood What the view
of New York aud Texas upon the qucs
tion mnv hr has nothing whatever 10 d'
with Arizona right to its own view.
"It is difficult for me 10 discuss ser
inusly the assertion that the adoption q
the initiative. referendum and rccal
make. n form of government which i
not republican. switzerland has adopt
cd all three, aud 10 say that SwitIer
lnnd Is not republic is simply a eon
trndiction In terms, surely NO one ea'
rxprct 20 be taken seriously II he as
srrts that Oregon or California IN u
,corm of government il not as absolutel.
republican M Connecticut or Pensyl
yania or Mississippi. This being sf