Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-20
Condemns Arizona Constltu.
tlon for Making Judges Sub.
servient to Will of Popular
Fancy and Desire.
SAYS ARIZONA SHOULD
BE ADMITTED ANYWAY
Form of Government Not I'm
portant, II Is After All a
Question of Honesty and
Fair Dealing Among Men.

Phoenix. Att1 March % colonel
Euostvrlt addressed the largest
throrgs "vcr assembled IN the south.
west ON the Plaza hcr" today, his
theme being Arizona statehood.
colonel Roosevelt arrived from
Mesa at noon. attended luncheon
given ia his honor by members ~
tn" former Rough Rider regiment.
ANA then proceeded to the Plaza.
An emphatic reit.ration OF his be-
lief that Arizona should nave rccciv-
cd statehood AZ THE hands of the last
congress. dospitc the inclusion IN its
proposed constitution of the initiative
and referendum and recall provisions.
ma ~ Colonel Roos,volts address.
H.. however. declared hs disapproval
of the recall of tn" Judiciary, so lar
as Arizona " concerned There were
places. hc said. Wh'r, the ends 20 bc
solved could Justify even this meas
uro. hut IN general way he frowncd
upon the recall OF the judiciary ~
tending 10 produce ";lmid'' courts anS
judges who Kept their ears 10 the
ground FOR popular opinion His
speech follows:
n regret that Arizona was not adj
Rrcss aud / trust that the next con.
gross will without fail admit. The oh.
jcctions OF admitting 1t / regard ns
without warrant of Justice Appar-
emily these objections have been
, chiefly or entirely due to ;hc fact that
Arizona hats adopted in lts constlsu-
, ton the referendum. initiative ana
| rsrall
- do not agree with the form In
| which Arizona has adopted tn. re-
| call. especially a. regards the judici-
AIRY, but while { regret that Arizona
suould have adopted the recall IN this
! fashion. ! not merely admit, but IN
s'~t thut This Is = matter purely for
! Nrilunas own decision ana that nei-
/ th'r tnr opinion OF myself nor amy
other outsider has the slightest hear
ing "n Nrizouas right to The priv
il'g's uf statehood What the views
OF Ncw YORK and Texas anon the
! question may ne hats nothing what.
ever tn de- with Nrizona's right 20 Is
/ own views
"lt is Umcu't for m, To discuss
seriously The assertion THAI the adop-
i u"n "t tho initiative. referendum and
/ recall make FORM of government
which .- NOT irpublicau switzerland
has adopted all three and to say that
: switzerland b. not . republic is sim
! plN contradiction IN terms surely
mo- one can expect 20 be taken scr.-
! ousiy it ne asserts that Oregon or
| 1pllfornis iu Its form of government
Is not as absolutely republican a.
connecticut or Pennsylvania or Miss.
i-~ipp. Th, being So. there can he
uu ground fur refusing 90 admit a
territory Ia statehood when ts pro-
posed constitution does not essentially
diuer from the actual constitution of
certain states already within the
union
'Thr pr nDIplcs Of the Initiative tud
referendum NAV or MAY not be- adapt.
ed 10 tho needs oi q given state uu-
dor giyru Dunstitutions--I believe they
are useful .n some communities. ana
not iu uth,r---hut to icuV - territory
%, right OF statehood because 10 has
adopted these principles b. a. wrong
ts tu SAY tba Vermont should not
b.. 90 state brotus, IT'S governmental
~ St"u 's based upon the priucipl, II
the town meeting If the coustltu-
ton of tbr United states ,forhidS tho
Ms" of the referendum or initiative.
then the constitution should hr
amended without delay According o.
thc v'ry'ng Conditions u each state,
tnd according t. the limitations mp
ON th, us' Of The inb,g'N, and rof.
"rrndum, thi. use MAY lr may unf
be- wise zoe any given instance. but
| Tue tight 90 ts uac o. inherent m
'NrrE community and no community
should "a" allowed - dictate Goo tn,
other community on this matter.
'lt ie so VIth the principle of re-
IutI ! du not pc!IeN, lu .ts wisdom
hDrv .u Nri2unu. ~ provided iu the
Arizona constitution. hlt Arizona has
IHu absolute right 90 tr, th, oNpcri.
mcuf H 10 secs nt Indeed. a system
uud'r WhIah Judges are appointed Tor
iitr differs more from one under
which tho, are elected for yerS
short t.rms thtn the latter does from
II system which provides for the rr-
.lll Each state should have uu
hh.rN Go art as Il chooses in such
matter. and therefore each territory
d'-lrpu- of being admitted rs b stute
/ -hHulI have thp Hamr liberty
% ann g. strong nationalist hut I
ava mo- less t believer in tho rights
|oi fhe state Whenever the rights Of
Jh. states mean tho rishta of ga, pco-
plr. aud n TINS casc tb, rights ~
| th, p,oplc include the right or the
y propl' ol amy stat, 90 decide pnon any
, course lf action IL decm~ best IN This
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