The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-07

ciary. the United States senate, in
its Vste tomorrow upon the joint
Statehood resolution, will tack on an
amendment providing that the recall
provision Of the Arizona constitution
must be construed as not applying
TO the Judiciary, This amendment
must be agreed to by the people of
Arizona before they get Statehood,
but as their constitution provides for
its amendment at any time within
three months they Will probably in
terpose no objection. Statehood at
the present session is the wish Of
every one In the territory, and the
recall Of the Judiciary can be left
out or put hack, "a the majority
wishes. once Statehood Is attained
The Arizona constitution Is utadel-
ed largely after the Oregon consti-
tuition. and ia admitted TO be, by
those who have examined it. the
mos. modern OF ali the present day
popular government experiments. 1t
provides for the initiative. referen-
dunn and the recall. which is ex-
tended to include the judiciary of
the territory. II was this last feature
that President Taft opposed. and
while he has been committed all along
to Statehood for the two territories.
he insisted he could not and would
not approve this extreme constitu
tional provision, and il is tn be cut
out TO secure presidential sanction.
New Mexico Conservative.
New Mexico goes almost as far to
the other extreme In her constitution.
Il IL staid. practically unamend-
able. fundamental law, containing a
variety OF the best features from the
constitutions of other States, with the
- # Il {E,,.r
with corporations. In which II stands
alone among the States. The New
Mexico constitution provides for
corporation commission Of three
elected by the people and having d.
rect supervision over all corporations
doing business In the new State. The
peculiar feature consists in an auto
matte transfer of matters before the
commission TO the supreme court OF
the territory in cases where a cor
poration fails TO carry out the In
struction Of the commission within q
time specified. This, II LIZ claimed hx
the drafters OF the constitution. will
do away with the interminable delay
which can be brought about In other
States by injunctions sued out by cor
porations.
Nominailv New Mexico is Republic
can by about 5000 majority. while
Arizona IL about equally divided be-
tween the two parties. with the Dem
ocrats having a slight advantage. Ari-
IONA. however. has a large number
If rrogressives In both parties. and
contains greater proportion of Ameri-
can born citizens than does New Mex
leo, where probably so per cent. OF
the people are of Spanish descent. al
Though u ast9es# nj sas territory, de-
seendants Of the early Spanish set
tiers
There Is spirit OF concession among
all elements in Congress, and where
as few weeks ago II was practi-
caiay decided that the question of
statehood could wait until the next
session. just as we'll as not, the ter
ritories Jointly have waged such a
campaign for immediate statehood
that II probably will be given them
at this session.
AS a consequence OF the unsettled
condition OF the statehood question.
hundreds of kilograms and letters not
only from the territories, but from
every one they could influence In ths
States. have poured into Washington
was pointed out that all business was
at a standsttll, outside capital was not
being invested. enterprises all over
both territories were being held in
allegiance pending statehood. and ev-
erything was In \ generally democrat
lied condition. This has had Its ef-
feet, and when the agreement for a
vote on reciprocity ard other meas,