Arizona republican., 1911-09-22

from the time of the recent of the
presidents notice of the passage Of
the joint resolution as a reasonable
time, and, therefore. selected the 10Th
of September as the date upon which
the proclamation should issue. This
makes the time for the holding of
the primary on the oath day OF Oc-
tober. In a territory as large as
ours six weeks are none too many
for a political campaign involving.
as does ours, SO many matters of
vital concern To the people of the
territory. Allowing one week, there
fore, in which the results of the
primary may be ascertained, and six
weeks for the actual campaign. then
December 18th is the earliest date
upon which the first state election
could safely ana with propricty be
held.
Permit me also in this connection
To suggest that | am a firm believer
in the observance of all our cleo
ton laws in the utmost good faith.
and this | believe To be the attitude
of the republican party in this ter
ritOry. as it is undoubtedly the at
titude OF the great body of our con-
scientious citizenship. At any rate.
So far as my official conduct is
concerned, and / am sure | speak in
this behalf for the secretary of the
territory, ana shall be guided by the
spirit and intent Of the primary law
as amended and made applicable 10y
Ordinance No and the Flood
Smith joint resolution. Not only So.
but l am in favor or carrying out
in absolute good faith all the pro-
visions of the constitution which
are in any way applicable To the
first state election Whether these
provisions of the primary law or
these provisions of the constitution
be wise or not makes no difference.
Having been adopted they become a
part OF the law of the land and are
binding upon us. In this connection
/ also wish L. state that ] am in
favor of carrying out the spirit Of
Ordinance No >, which undoubtedly
was intended To- BE- supplemental To
the constitutional provision relating
IL the advisory vote for United
States senator's. l understand full
well that neither the ordinance nor
the constitution makes il legally
binding upon the legislator that he
shall follow the expressed will of the
people in this matter of an advisory
vote for United States senator's. but
take il that it was the purpose
and intent of the makers of the CON
stitution and Of the ordinance that
the members elected To- the legisla-
ture should follow the expressed Will
of the people in that behalf Ger
tainly il was not the purpose and in
tent that this machinery provided for
aSccrtaiuing the will of the people
should go for naught believe
therefore. that every candidate for
the Legislature who shall refuse To-
follow the spirit and intent of the
constitutional provision will put him
self ON record as being opposed To- its
spirit and intent. ana consequently
to the general policy Of the selection
Of United States senators by a direct
vote Of the people. II the people II
the territory are in earnest and sin
ccrcly believe that the Legislature
should follow their expressed will in
the selection Of United States sena-
tors: if all this movement looking
towards a larger participation of the
people in governmental affairs which
has found expression in 50 many
ways in our constitution is not mere
buncombe. then | believe that they
will insist upon that at this first
election this policy shall he carried
out absolutely and in good faith. and
that no man shall be elected to the
legislature who will seek to evade
it's provisions or endeavor through
resort TO speCious reasoning To
excuse his refusal to be bound there
by Furthermore, while | am upon
this subject. permit me to say that
while. personally, ! may differ from
some others as To- the wisdom or un-
wisdom of certain provisions of our
constitution, ! am in favor of giving
each and every one of them a fair
and fun test to the end that such
as may prove to be wise shall become
the permanent law Of the land, and
therefrom. and others better suited
to our conditions and to the cause
Of good government may be substi-
tuted therefor
We are here tonight to express our
appreciation and gratitude to those
men whose effort thought and Coun-
sci have brought us so near To state
hood that we may see il through the
open door, 50 near i'm fact that we
know that only the people Of the
territory may close that door
think / know as fully as any man
here present except the gentleman in
whose honor we are assembled, the
way by which we have arrived at
this last stage of our journey towards
statehood.
| am familiar with the history of
the efforts which have been made
for twenty years looking to the ad-
mission of Arizona as a state. / give
full credit to the efforts Of all our
delegates to congress and others
during these twenty years, yet ii
seems to me only fair, decent and
right that we should acknowledge
here and now that we owe To two
men especially deep sense of
gratitude and appreciation. The first
is William II. Taft. president of the
United States. and the second is
Ralph H. Cameron, our delegate in
Congress am familiar with the
history of the enabling act. | know