Arizona republican., 1911-09-30

Out of the various rumors of 8 disposition on the part of some oi the professional politicians in tho democratic party to repudiate the principle of an advisory vote foI United States senators. comes the definite report from Cochise county that at least one candidate for the legislature frankly confesses his pur- pose to outrage the people if he is elected and it happens to suit his wishes to vote for somebody other than the peoples choice. The Repub- lican is in receipt of a letter from one of the most reputable citizens of Cochise county, from which We sub- join a quotation:
 Along the line of your editorial al the 27th C. NJ. Roberts of Wilcox, a member of the late con- stitutional convention, who is up for the nomination for state senator from this county, openly says that under no circumstances, if elected, will ht vote for a republican for United States senator, even if such republi- can receives an overwhelming ma jority of the advisory vote He has not attempted to conceal his atti- hg game, Heads I win, tails you lose
 Roberts, our readers will remem- Der, was one of the radical mem bers of the constitutional convention In that convention he was one of tho most affectionate friends of the peepul" That convention wrote into the constitution a provision that there must be an advisory vote of the people on United States senator. His attitude now reveals one of the phases of the hypocrisy with which The Republican has had frequent oc- casion to charge these professional reformers.
 Roberts. if elected. will hear some thing later from the people of AIizo- ma. The people of this territory are a unit in their determination that there shall be obedience to the con stitution and enforcement of the law all laws. The Republican, in fore ing a discussion of this question of obeying the popular mandate in the election of senators, is taking a strictly non-partisan attitude. We don't know how the advisory vote will go. We don't know what the political complexion of the legisla- ture will be The legislature is quite as likely to be republican as demo- cratic There has not been a legis- lature for years which would not have been lost to the controlling party if q total of five hundred votes in certain counties had gone the ether way. And a total of five hundred votes. distributed in the close coun- ties for the republican candidates last fall, would have given control of the constitutional convention to the re- publicans. Therefore it is idle to say that any paper, in advocating the proposition that the members of the legislature must be forced to obey the popular will in the matter of choosing senators, is advocating something of a partisan nature. Ii is more than possible that the ad- visory vote at the general election may be for democratic senators. and at the same electlon lne repuDlCdHs may elect a majority of the legisla- ture on joint ballot Should that be the case, The RepGhlican will then advocate, just as resolutely as now that the republican legislature must obey the mandate of the people as given at the ballot box.
 If republican institutions are to en- dure in the United States there must be respect for constitutions and re- spect for statutes, and obedience tc both.
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