Arizona republican., 1911-05-26
Congressman cameron's Socech.

SCCSCh.
 We print this morning the speecl made by Delegate Cameron in tn house of representatives on the state hood resolutions proposed by the tw, parties in congress.
 The speech is well worth reading
 MT. Cameron first makes clear in, difference between the two resolu. tions- He points out that the repub. hcan resolution provided for the ad mission of Arizona on condition tba- the provision for the recall of the Judiciary be stricken out at the frs; state election.
 The democratic resolution, on the other hand-the resolution which passed the house-provides for the admission of the territory in any event It merely requires that at the first state election there shall be a vote on the question of striking out the judiciary recall provision. The territory would be admitted. under the provisions of this resolution, regard less of the fate of the recall amend ment.
 Having thus pointed out the dis tinction between the two resolutions, MT. Cameron proceeds to explain why he and the other republican members of congress supported the minority resolution. It was because they were convinced that President Taft will not approve the democratic resolution if it reaches him.
 Our readers understand. of course, that a joint resolution. such as the statehood resolution. which has passed the house, must pass both houses and must receive the approval of the president in order to become effective precisely the same as a bill In the matter of joint resolution, therefore, the president must be reckoned with. as well as the two houses of con- gress.
 The republican position is that it would be useless to pass up to Mir Taft the democratic resolution, because he would veto it For him to approve it would be in effect to approve the constitution as it stands in the mat ter of the recall of the judiciary, since the resolution does not require that this provision shall be stricken from the constitutional simply re- Quires that there shall be a vote on the proposition.
 Mir. Cameron fortifies his position as to the attitude of the president. by uOting from the speech of Mir Taft in New York on the 18th of this month. in which the president de- nounced in unmeasured terms the proposal that occupants of the bench shall be subject to the recall. Mir. CamerOn's views are in harmony with l the conclusions which have been | reached by the best posted repub- licans in Washington: namely. that | while the president is opposed to ] other features of the Arizona consti- | tuition. he would be willing to waive his objections. for the sake of state hood. if the people here would elim- | mate the judiciary recall. They are i positive. however, from their confer ences with MT. Taft, that he would | not approve such a resolution as has i been passed by the house of repre- sentatives.
 It is the contention of MT. Cameron. therefore, that the merits of the dis puted features of the constitution are not really in issue-it is not a ques- ton whether the recall, for instance, is a desirable thing, but it is a ques- ton of obtaining statehood by meet ing the objections of the president.
 It is evidently the opinion of our delegate that, even if the senate should accept the resolution passed by the house, statehood would still be defeated through veto of the reso- lution by the president
 Mir. Cameron's sincere desire for statehood-statehood under any terms obtainable-is not open to question. Nor, would it seem, is any resident of Arizona in a position to disprove the soundness of his conclusions as to the impossibility of gaining statehood by passing up to the president the resolution which the democratic ma 5ority in the house has sent to the senate. Mir Cameron has been con Btantly on the ground and in touch with official sentiment from the be- ginning of the statehood legislationi