Arizona republican., 1911-03-12
RECALL OF JUDICIARY
That Is Main Objection to
Constitution and There Is
Little Chance for State
hood Until 1t Is Elimi-
mated.

public statement defining his position
on the Arizona constitution before the
special session Of congress convenes
on April {, and that there is little
chance Of Arizona being admitted To
the Union until the judicial recall pro-
vision has been eliminated from the
document. is the opinion of Dwight
B. Heard. who spent the last ten days
of the recent congressional session
working among his friends in Wash
ington To advance the cause of early
statehood. Mr.. Heard returned to
Phoenix yesterday morning.
AT the request of the Arizona Cat
tie Growers association. / went to
Washington to confer with the secre-
tary of agriculture regarding grazing
in the national forests" said Mr.
Heard Il had several very satisfac-
tory interviews with Secretary Will
son. who has for many years been a
strong friend Of the stockmen, and
feel convinced that no ruling will be
made by the secretary which would
be prejudicial to the cattlemen.
Il arrived i'm Washington on the
23d. and as soon as my business
with the secretary was over. gave
my entire time to the very
intricate statehood situation.
on the advice Of Secretary Mac
Neagh. one of the most progressive
members of the presidents cabinet.
and through the assistance OF Senator
Crane of Massa chusetts. a close friend
Of the president. I obtained a personal
with President Taft. in
which he discussed the Arizona stu
alton with great frankness.
AS is well known. one of my pur-
poses in going To- Washington. in
view of my keen desire for statehood.
was to ask the presidents approval
Of the present constitution. and in
talking with President Taft. as a
friend Of his administration, earnest
~ urged his approval of the present
in the interest of imme-
date statehood. stating frankly that
while l personally had been opposed
to the judicial recall. l had absolute
in the good judgment of
the people OF Arizona and felt that as
they had shown by their vote they
wanted to try this principle. they
should have the opportunity To do so,
as they were the only
ones who would suffer should the idea
in practice prove disastrous. l en-
ieavored to impress upon the presi- |
dent that the citizens of Arizona were
by no means an irrational, anarchis- |
tic bunch of people opposed To prop |
erty rights. but on the contrary, were
!, law-abiding. self-reliant and self |
people. whom | felt could |
De relied upon to promptly remedy |
any defects which might develop in |
he operation OF the constitution which |
hey had approved.
Last Tuesday | called at the White |
House and asked permission on my |
-eturn To the territory to make public |
he presidents statement To me. He
however. that as he then !
lad the Arizona matter under most |
.arefur consideration. he should pre-
er no publicity be given his views
until such time as ne was prepared |
o make them publicly known. My |
opinion is that on or before
he special session of congress on
April 4th President Taft will make a |
'ery frank statement as To his posi-
ion on the Arizona constitution. When |
his statement is made officially. | am
iure that il will be of such a char
,cter as will receive the hearty en-
lorsement of all loyal friends of state
rood.
THE vote in the senate last Satur-
lay on resolution approving the
constitution Of New Mexico and Ari-
.ona, was probably one of the most
dramatic incidents which has ever oc-
.urred in the senate. Senator owen
# Oklahoma by a daring and deter
mined filibuster. forced the senate to
his vote before he would allow sew
raj of the great appropriation bills /
o pass. The vote. which was As to
titution, would undoubtedly have had
m entirely different result had the
Iew Mexico constitution been voted
lpon separately. or if the judicial re-
all had not been included in the
Arizona constitution. All OF the dem
'crats present but three voted for the
approval. as well as all of the re-
publican insurgents.
Il have talked with "a number of
enators who voted against this. and
hey advised me frankly that their
-otes would have been cast for us
judicial recall was included in the
arizona constitution. Senators Borah.
Sewlands, Jones, Tillman, Stone and