Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-16
JOINT RESOLUTION No. ii
KING OF THE "JOKERS"


,rsU, ot t.c cno,ia ~, tcrgus,"u
'iof"~. 'inui im' ro",uan tIUu Ill
appointed committee un pub,ic safety,
vino wouId save .hc ,r,opi. III >cu
N,Ni,o from their own ruit, IN adoia-
i0g u constitution which duc> to, cN-
Rc,,, -mt the a,o,r~aid oonmnt,r.
,as ~ ia-i come 4" iiphi and tho i.li
text thereof appeared IN yesterday,
Herald
u ~. io D. conservative, - ~ur,wis-
Ing do,umrm and - careful pcru.a,
of " diss'io--- u amazing iu,rn.
Duriug the recent campaign when
~. i--w wa. wh' iiwr az not the
constitution .houid he adoptrd. W.
I,car,i rrcqucnil, oi "jokcr-" and that
Instrument wu~ u, this very coinbina-
ton ~ patriots. said u aioun,icd with
ioLr,~ and dprk hi,isicn ucauinu~
which s,cam burdens upon tho pcu.
pie nmi u preventative III nmioril,
rule
rut how about tile ,s,'po-cd amend
n'm~ contained in hou-r Joint rc~u-
iu,,un W. ~ mere casual rcading
oI u VIII ~i,uu iIat u abouud~ with
"iokcr-" and tia, " l. tntcn'ird a.
siclih-rptci, trirI the people 81 New
McNico in,o aholt,ns amendments
whic, are drW,a,,si,d b ii,c>r sell
appointed rcpr, -cUiati,r> 81 the mi
iwrii, iu the Nt-t uratr thi> rc-o.
,utiun make u vast difference br.
tween the proposed -ubnis- s-lon uf
amendments IN the two ,rrritori'-.
IN the .a-c ~ New Nr>ico II goc.
in,o Icngth, dciaii ~ 4" how the vote
~h,l' br taken. 1hkri. are to In
lot ~S>,rm plan. \on. are Ia h.
gi,rn oui except when demanded D.,
tin iudiN i,iWaI voter ftoiu ~, election
unic,r- and then ont, one Ia -uch
vottr Ca ,o,ins Tor state aud county
oncrr~ uu ~uci, restriction - made
hut lnilui~ ma, b oii,aiurd and car.
rcd u, ii," Nariou- workers ~ In,
aiwa>. bc,n done ~ New Mexico rtcc-
tioU-. The reason Tor titi. L. plnin
u l. imcnd,d to carr, these ancnd-
sncut- not h, ~ uH'iorii, bnt b., u
'ninOsi,. vote. tnjrr this pro-, isioi,
u onl, ten per cent ~ the vote unst
nj the election wrr" east on the ssiop.
lion ar rejection al ,hr~c amendments
aud o,'c vote more than iIaii OF t,,o-c
were Tor ih" amendments they would
prevail and therefore the amcnd-
D'nis b> an insignificant minority
vote would In ioi-,.d upon the pro.
~" al th state. u j. notorious chat
In an, cu,ununii, comparatively, tcw
people vote On questions ~ this kind
aud that generally ,i,o-c Interested
vote for, while tlo-c who do MOI IN.
der stand ur those who ar, conirutcd
viii, existing provision. do not vote
~ al On such questions, consequent,
| II j. n~ari, always provided that a
nMjoruN voting at the election j.
nccc-snr, Ia amend the ,sn-tituii.u,
which lm~ been adopted. i,ui u, this
resolution. a> Ne have -ccn ~ .uali
mtnorii, may accomplish thi. result
| THIS resolution i. especially intend
ri Ia disfranchi.c our na,i,c people
~ - tar ~ voting en- tn. proposed
anniuinrut. ARE concerned. Nhiic
II prov Nisl'~ that the amendments stall
bc printed ~ both Cnyii-h and span
i-h on IN, ticket. ,ct u co,npli,s,t =
the VI, ~iion- Involved 80 ~ io make
u - iG,rd ~ possible Tor the native
citizen 4" vote and put II upon him
"a demand - ticket from, thu election
baWrd, ~ dsn,and which Ia snmir -cc.
tiom> would prohabl, ~, br complied
with. " congress wanted a free, lair
cNp,v--io of the propi. ui New McN-
ic" nn the question al the adoption
~ thcsr Amendments, why are they
Iloi submitted the same a. any other
/ question j. submitted ,o the people al
New NcNico; In \riSoun, On the
other hpnd. none al these restrictions
ARE placed. ricsc II no pro,i~io,