Arizona republican., 1911-05-24
Resolution Passes House
Without q Roll Call
AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN
Though Democrats Roasted
Recall Feature of the Ari
zona Constitution, They
Refused to Insist Upon
It's Elimination.

Washington. D. c.. May 2s-The
Joint resolution admitting Arizona and
New Mexico 10 immediate statehood.
but Withholding approval of the con-
stltutIons Of both until the people
have voted on the proposed amend
ments. passed the house Of repre-
sentatives this afternoon bv a viva
Voce vote No roll call was demanded
on the final vote.
The resolution requires Arizona TO
vote on an amendment removing the
recall provision. as it applies To
judges. New Mexico will have 70 vote
on an amendment making its consti-
tuition more easily amenable Neither
state is required 10 adopt the amend
ments proposed by congress- Whether
they are approved or rejected by the
proposed referendum. the cOnstitu-
ttons of the new states will stand
finally approved when the respective
votes have been taken.
The resolution passed in the form
proposed by the democratic majority
of the committee on territories. Ef-
forts were made by the republicans to
force Arizona to vote out of its CON
stftution the recall of judges: and to
give the immediate and unqualified
approval Of congress to the New Mex
lean constitution. Both provisions
We're rejected and later when Mr..
Mann embodied them in a motion 10
recOmmit the measure they were vot-
ed down. The democrats said the
proposal to force Arizona to reject
the recall was an effort to keen that
state out of the union Nevertheless.
leading democratic orators bitterly de-
nounced the recall of judges to Join
Minority Leader Mann in the pro-
posal 10 force Arizona to give it up
Representative Martin W LittIeton
Of New York made a strong attack
in the afternoon not only on the re-
call but on the initiative and refer
endum.
1T will strike from the splendid
structure of free government the arch
upon which it has come TO rest with
unknown confidence declared Mr.
Lttleton of the recall provision.
The seasoned and staid traditions
Of Impeachment are to be translated
into trial by tumult." he said 1.-The
orderly processes of regulated Justice
ebi' W bt toliNtIlcu lllIO SIlDTdOic as
saults born of hate and disappOint-
ment. The misguided ,or malignant
passions of an unimpOrtant fragment
of 4 community may reckleSsly ac-
cuse the most stainless judge. and by
groundless charges put suspicion in
place of confidence distrust in place
of fact. We look in vain for pree-
edents. for no other people ever dared
write such into their history"
Quoting from Saint Luke, telling
how PLATE. bending before the cries
of the mob. permitted Christ 10 be
taken away and crucified. the speaker
concluded: God forbid that the
sanctuaries of America shall ever be
ravished by the sibilant hiss of the
mob. crying. Cruelty him, cruelty
him."
In urging the immediate approval
'Of the New Mexican constitution
Representative Mann said the house
had passed a resolution approving
that constitution before the close Of
the last session and that the repub-
licans were prepared now to act
again for the immediate approval of
the document and for the immediate
admission of the state.
The house adjourned until Friday