Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-05-12
The Majority Resolution.

washington, May ll,-rhe majority
| statehood resolution which win be re-
ported to the house tomorrow, reads
as follows:
Resolved. by the senate and the
house Of representatives of the United
| States of America in congress assemb-
led. that the territories Of New Mexi-
| co and Arizona are hereby admitted
into the union upon an equal footing
with the original states in accordance
with the terms of the enabling act up
on the terms and conditions herein
after set forth. Tsf admission herein
| provided for shall take effect upon
the proclamation of the president OF
the United States when the conditions
explicitly set forth In this joint reso-
luton shall have been complied with,
which proclamation shall issue at the
earliest practicable time after the re-
suits of the election herein provided
for shall have been certified to the
president, and also after evidence shall
have been submitted to him of the
compliance with the terms and con.
ditions of this resolution.
'"The president is authorized and di-
rected to certify the adoption of this
resolution to the governor OF each ter.
rltory as soon as practicable after the
adoption hereof. and each Of said
governors shall issue his proclamation
for the holding Of the first general
election as provided for in the con-
stitutions respectively heretofore
adopted by each territory and for the
submission to a vote of the electors OF
said territories of the amendments OF
the constitutions Of said states respec-
lively herein set forth in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this
joint resolution. The results of said
election shall be certified to the
president by the governor OF each of
the territories and iw the terms and
conditions of this joint resolution shall
have been complied with, the procla-
nation shall Immediately issue by the
president announcing the result of
said elections so ascertained, and
upon the issuance of said proelama-
ton, the proposed states shall be
Qttiltu Nv touSTtSs.
Before the proclamation of the
president shall issue announcing the
result of said election in New Mexico,
and at the same time that the state
election aforesaid is held, the electors
of New Mexico shall vote upon the
following proposed amendment to
their state constitution as a condl-
ton precedent to the admission Of
said state, to-wlt.'
Here follows the amendment which
Is substituted for section XIX of the
present constitution. This provides
that an amendment may be proposed
in either house of the legislature, and
that majority of each house voting
separately shall cause the amend
ment to be entered on the respective
journals with the yeas and nays
thereon. The amendment shall be
voted on at the next regular election
to be held not less than six months
after the adjournment of the legisa-
ture. A majority Of the electors vot-
ing at such an election ratifles the
amendment without regard TO the
vote In any different counties Amend
ments affecting the elective franchise
or sections and 10 of article 12, on
education. must be proposed by al
three-fourths vote of the members
elected to each house.
II is further provided that the fifth
clause of section two of the enabling
act be amended so as to cut out the
language qualifications so as to read
as follows: That said state shall
never enact law restricting or
abridging the right of suffrage on ac-
count of race color or previous con-
dllion of snrvilnhn.