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During the debate upon the
question OF admission OF New
Mexico and Arizona into the
Union, Representative kinkaid,
made a speech in which he went
thoroughly into the constructive
policies Of governments, and N
the application Of these fund
amental principles as applied to
the formation, or creation OF new
states. His plea was largely dl-
rected against the recognition OF
the provision III the Arizona Con
stitution in reference to the re
call of judges. The feature OF
Kinkaid's speech different from
others was his c%learness IN defin-
ing the amalgamation upon which
II superstructure of government
rests. lie said that he did not
believe that the radical Democra-
tic tendency of the Arizona Con
s~titution made it @unrepubll-
can in other respects. In the
course of his remarks he went on
to say while our Government
is denominated republican III
form. it is not distinctly repub-
liean; it is rather a compound OF
different forms of government,
the republican and the democra-
tic: and it even retains some OF
the features of British arlstoc-
racy. We did not emancipate our
selves in a day from m~onarchical
characteristics. Not be promul-
eating the Declaration Of indie
pendence, neither by the victory
of the Revolutionary War did we
become at once a republican form
of government. Not at all. As
high an authority as the elder
Adams said: I'VE have a mon
archial republic. 1t has been by
evolution as well as by revolution
that we have become more OF a
republic, and that the people
have been adapting themselves
more to the principles of the re-
public. Our eolonists did not re-
bel against the forms of the Eng
lish Government or the English
constitution, but rather against
the administration, the tyranny
of the King ind isregard of the
British constitution. The colon
lists, in fact. invoked the consti-
tuition and laws Of England IN
justification of the Revolution.
Certainly in the establishment OF
our institutions titles Of nobility
were interdicted, and primogeni-
ture and entail, conspicuous dis
tinguishing features of British
institutions, were abolished, and
in general aristocraey in form re-
pudiated. But it is a fact that
we remained, both in form and
principle, somewhat tory and arts
tocratic.
In the discussion of the ques-
ton of the election of Senators
by direct vote Of the people, Re
preventative Norris, who usually
has something of sufficient merit
to add to the debates, to make
his argument differ from that OF
other speakers, cited the Demo-
cratic party which in its plat
forms of 1900, 1904 and 1908 de-
clared that it favored the cleo
ton of United States Senators by
direct vote of the people. Mr..
Norris said that the similarity OF
the declarations and different
platforms indicated that the plat
form makers might just as well
have had "a rubber stamp and
slap this proposition on every
time they adopted a platform. ;,
He added that it had not been
his intention to speak in disre-
spect of this course of the De
mocratic party, but on the con
trary found it commendatory OF
them. However, he remarked
that 1.-THE day of promise has
passed, the time of redemption is
here" Mr.. Norris told the De-
mocratic side of the House that
they had pledged to the people
that if they had the power they
would change the Constitution of
the United States to elect Unit
ed Mates Senators by direct vote
of TN people. This is now the
proposition before the House and
a vote to concur in the Senate
amendment to bring about the
redemption of that pledge" Mr..
Norris said that while the Demo
Gratis declared that they were in
favor of the election of Senator's
by the people, yet their position
has been that they are not going
to give that right to the people
unless there is coupled with it
an amendment of different por-