Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-03-20
ROOSEVELT SCORES
THE RECALL
But Declares That Il Furnish
es No Reason for Keep
ing Arizona Out
HITS RIGHT FROM SHOULDER.
Manifest Injustice Perpetrated
Upon Territories Of
Southwest.

Phoenix. Ariz.. March 2O.-C0ionel
/ Roosevelt addressed one OF the iarg-
est thrones ever assembled in the
southwest on the Plaza here today,
his theme being Arizona statehood,
Colonel Roosevelt arrived from Mesa
at noon and attended luncheon CIV
en- in his' honor by members OF his
former Rough Rider regiment and
then proceeded TO the Plaza.
Arizona Should Be Given Statehood.
! Phoenix, March 20.-The emphatic
reiteration of his belief that Arizona
should have received statehood from
the hands OF the last Congress. des-
pite inclusion in It's proposed constl
:. tuition OF the initiative, the refereh
r dun and the recall provisions, mark
ed Colonel RooseYelt's address.
He however, declared his disap'
proval of the extension OF the recall
to the judiciary so far as Arizona is
] concerned. There were places, ne
said. where the ends to be served
I would Justify even this measure, but
t in a general way, lie frOWned upon
1.-THE recall of the judiciary as tending
/. to produce "timid' courts and judges
/ who kept their ears TO the ground.
/, Colonel Hoosevelt's Address.
Il Phoenix. Ariz., March 20-Colonel
J. Roosevelt said: Il regret that Arizona
( was not admitted to statehood by the
{ last Congress. and I trust that the
u next Congress will without fail admit
The objections to admitting it regard
as without warrant of justice. Ap-
parently these objections have been
- chiefly or entirely due to the fact thai
Arizona has adopted in its constitu
. ton the referendum, initiative anC
:, recall.
Il do not agree with the form in
:, which Arizona has adopted the recall
~ especially as regards the judiciary
II but while / regret that Arizona shoulo
. have adopted the recall in this fash
ion, | not merely admit, but insis
that this is a matter purely for Ari
zonas own decision and that neithe
the opinion Of myself nor any othe
pr outsider has the slightest bearing ol
II, Arizona's right to the privileges o
w statehood What the views OF New
York and Texas upon the question
m may be has nothing whatever to d.
n with Arizona's right to it's own views
ID 1T is difficult for me to discus
iseriously the assertion that the adop'
vs. ion of the initiative, referendum an
,g recall make a form of government
n. which is not Republican. Switzel
land has adopted all three and to sa
nd that Switzerland is not republic l
simply a contradiction in terms Sur
M. ly no one can expect to be taken SCI
nm icusly if he asserts that Oregon Q
le- California in it's form of governmen
iu- is not as absolutely Republican a
eir Connecticut or Pennsylvania or Mis-
,ul issipDi This being so, II re can b
to no ground for refusing 10 admit
it territory to statehood when its pr
cir posed constitution does not essentia
lst ly differ from the actual constitution
of certain states already within tn
Union.
ial ..r,, .;o;,,,o. If tho Initiative an
>, referendum may or may not be ada
'e ted to the needs of a given state u
VI der given conditions believe the
~ are useful in some communities, ar
l,,t RI u tnTI Ifn
the right of statehood because it hf
adopted these principles is as Wrof
as to say that Vermont should n
be a state because its government
az system is based upon the principle
AL the town meeting. If the constit
IN ton of the United States forbids t
use of the referendum or initiatiy
then the constitution should be amen
,e- ed without delay According to t
varying conditions in each state a
according to the limitations upon t
use of the initiative and referendu
this use may or may not be wise
nn any given instance: but the right
k1 it's use is inherent in every eommu
ty: and no community should be
lowed to dictate to any other co
Ity munity on this matter.
at is so with the principle OF
call. | do not believe in its Wisdt
here in Arizona, as provided in [
Arizona constitution, but Arizona b
ent an absolute right to try the eXpe
DAY ment if it sees fit. Indeed, syst'
cen under which judges are appointed
'ent life differs more from one under viii
they are elected for a very sh'
term than the latter does from S
'esi- TEN which provides for the rec;
the Each state should have full liberty
con- act as it chooses in such a matt
re- and therefore each territory desire
to of being admitted as a state sho
par have the same liberty.
ling 81 am strong nationalist, but
ting am no less a believer in the rights
rec the states wherever the rights cf
,ard states mean the rights Of the peoI
/, is and in this same case the rights
the the people include the rights of
con. people of any state to decide upon {
ariff course of action they deem best in
sion matter The United States govt
ap- ment is in honor bound to admit A
on ona under the present constitution
ting Now my friend" while in the
est way | thus acknowledge y