El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-05
ARIZONA AND
NEW MEXICO
EXPECIAnI.
Boosters From Both States
on Hand to Welcome the
Vote.
TROUBLE PROMISED
ARIZONA'S RECALL
President Taft Is Said to Be-,
Opposed to the Recal
Feature.

Washington. D. c., Aug. 5.-A poll OIL
the senate today indicates that the joint
resolution, admitting the territories OF
Arizona and New Mexico to statehood,
will pass the upper house with eolOrs
flying when it comes up Monday for
consideration. Only some unforeseen
contingency, say the hackers of the
measure, can defeat the favorable legis-
lation conceded ON all Sides If the
resolution does pass the senate, 1t will
end a fight for statehood that has en-
dured for. over so years In the case OF
New Mexico and for nearly 90 IN Ari-
zona-
So sure are the hackers of the measure
that success awaits them in the senate
that large delegations from New Mexico
and Arizona are today preparing to cele-
brate the history making legislation on
an extensive scale. Conferences with
their respective delegates, Ralph Henry
Cameron of Arizona and William h. An
drews Of New Mexico, are in order; and
everywhere about the hotel Hobbies
cussing the optimistic outlook of Mon
day.
Cause of the Delay.
The cause OF the long delay IN admit
ting New Mexico and Arizona to state
hood lies IN the constitution of fhe4er-
ter. Exception was taken by the leglsr
lators in Washington to the Arizoniani
provision for the recall OF the Judiciary,
and in many quarters the initiative, ref
erendum and recall features in general
were also viewed askance. The antag-
onism that these features called forth,
coupled with a refusal of certain mem
bers of congress to permit the admission
of either territory separately, for long
time defeated their efforts TO gain ad-
mission to statehood
The Senate Amendment.
To obyiate discussion upon that moot
question, the recall of the judiciary,
the United States senate, In its vote
Monday upon the Joint statehood resolu-
ton will tack on an amendment p-ovid-
ing that the recall provision of the Arr
iona constitution must be construed as
not applying to the Judiciary. This
amendment must be agreed to by the
people of Arizona before they get state
hood, but as their constitution provides
for its amendment at any time within
three months they will probably inter
pose no objection. Statehood at the
present session is the wish of everyone
in the territory, and the recall~of the
Judiciary can be left out or put back, as
the majority wishes, once statehood is
attained
The Arizona constitution is modelled
largely after the Oregon constitution,
and is admitted to be, by those who
have examined 1T, the most modern of
all the present day popular government
experiments. 1t provides for The mi
tiative, referendum and the recall. which
* extended to include the judiciary OF
the territory. 1t was this last feature
that president Taft opposed, and while
he has been committed all along To
statehood for the two territories. he in
sisted he could not and would not ap-
prove this extreme constitutional pro-
vision, and 1t Is to be cut out to secure
presidential sanction
New Mexico's Conservatism
New Mexico goes almost as far to the
other extreme In her constitution It IS
staid, practically unamendable, funda-
mental law, containing a variety of the
best features from the constitutions of
other states, with the exception of the
method OF dealing with corporations, in
which 1t stands alone among the states.
The New Mexico constitution provides
for a corporation commission of three
elected by the Deople and having direct
supervision over all corporations doing
business in the new state The peculiar
feature consists in an automatic transfer
OF matters before the commission to the
supreme court of the territory in cases
where corporation tails TO carry out
the instructions OF the commission with
IN time specified This, it is claimed
by the drafters of the constitution. will
do away with the interminable deIav
which can be brought about in other
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