The border vidette., 1911-11-25
A FEW FACTS WORTH KNOWING
Why Wells, Doe. Cameron Et. Al. Should Not Be Trusted with the Attempt to Garry Out the Provisions Of the
 Constitution.

During the progress of tEo formulation of the Arizona Con stitution, Mr. Mulford WinSor troduced in the Convention tho following Iesolution:-
 Whereas, under the terms of the enabling act, approved June 20, 1910, providing for admission into the Union, on an equal footing with the other States. of Arizona and New Mexico. the Great Registers of the several counties Of Arizona, as they at present appear shall constitute the Great Registers of the first State Legislature and lSepreSen- tative in Congress.
 And Whereas, many hundreds of citizens of Arizona, possessing all the qualifications of electors save and except that their names will not appear upon the Great Register as required by law, will be denied the right of suffrage
 And Whereas, the said Great Registers which were originally prepared in 1910, contain thous- ands of names of persons now deceased, or whose residences are no longer in Arizona, and many Implications.
 Therefore be it resolved, by the Constitutional Convention of Arizona in session assembled, that the Congress oc the United States be and hereby is petition ed to enact legislation authoriz- ing a registration of the qualified electors of the Territory of Ari- zOna, for the first election of State and County officers, mem bers of the legislature and re- presentative in Congress.
 And be it further resolved that the Secretary of the Terri tory be and he is hereby re quested to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the president of the United States, and one each to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Senate Com mittee on Territories, the Chair man of the House Committee on Territories, and to the Hon. Ralph Cameron delegate to con gross from Arizona.
 Copies of this resolution were forwarded by Secretary Young, to the officials designated at Washington; but tb.ere is nothing of record to show that the ap- peal was needed by it's receip- ants. On the contrary, it is a fact succepta ble of proof, that Ralph Cameron used what small influence he possessed, to SUD- press consideration of the reSo- lution and prevent any remedial measure for the enfranchisement of thousands of Arizona citizens.
 Can MT. Cameron point out wherein he at any time attempted to have the resolution considered. Every act of his in relation thereto, was anatagoniStic; the will of the Convention was ign ored by MT. Cameron and his stand pat" colleagues, and Ari- zona manhood and her bona -fide residents and suffragiStS were debarred the rights of American citizenship, in the exercise of the franchise in the first State election.
 Judge Wells and Judge Does record in the Constitutional Con vention should forever preclude the possibility of their having anything whatever to do with the enforcement of the mandates of that instrument.
 They bitterly opposed it's crea- tion section by section and fought with tongue and pen against it's adoption.
 On Monday afternoon Novem- Der g, 1910 Judge Ed. Wells, in opposition to the Constitution, Said
 'If adopted, in it's final results it would mean the deSintegration of our national government. ' Judge Wells meant what he said then, and he knows within his heart he thinks so still.
 On Friday Dec. 9th, 1910, .Jud- ge Doe, on the floor of the Con- vention chamber delivered a speech in which he exacted the right to disaprOve the Constitu- tion: not against the initiative: not against the referendum not against the recall: but expressly