The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-20
STATEHOOD
 BILL PASSED
NEW RESOLUTION ELIMINATES THE RECALL OF JUDGES IN
 ARIZONA.
New Mexico's Constitution Also Maoe Easier to Amend-BilI Will Now
 Go to President for
 Signature.

Washington, D. C., Aug. lS.-State hood for Arizona and New Mexico now only awaits the prefunctory ap- lproval of President Taft. The .>lood- ISmith resolution admitting thec> ter lritories into the union with the judi. lciary recall of the Arizona constitu- ltion eliminated to meet the objection which caused President Taft to veto the original statehood bill, was passed by the house today without the for mality of a roll call. Having been passed by the senate in the identical language, the resolution will go to the White House as coon as the vice president and speaker attach thefs signatures to the measure. No at tempt was made in the house to pass over the presidents veto the original bill.
 The joint resolution provides for Arizona's admission with the constitu- ton adopted by the convention of June 20, 1911, and later ratified by the Arizona voters upon the "funda- mental condition, ''that article of the constitution, relating to the recall of public officers shall be held and construed not to apply to judicial officers and that the Arizona people shall give their assent to that con. Istruction.
 The president is required within 70 1 days after the approval of the meas ure to certify the fact to the gover- nor of Arizona, who within 30 days thereafter must proclaim an election to be held between so and 90 days after the proclamation the vote upon article and to vote for state and other officers. If majority of the voters ratify the judicial recall con- lstruction-that is, to except judi cial officers from the secall-such a construction shall become part of the constitution.
 The result of the elbction must be certified to the president and if the proposed construction of article mas been adopted, the president will is sue proclamation. Upon it's issu- ance Arizona will become state.
 The resolution admits New Mexico into the union with provisions making It's constitution easier of amendment. The resolution was passed after q spirited two hours debate. Represen. tative Flood of Virginia, chairman. of the territories committee declar- ed the democrats favored passing the original bill over the presidents veto, but knowing such an attempt would be useless. they had decided to take the step that would insure i'm mediate admission of the territories to the union. He and other demo- Icratic speakers insisted the question was not the judicial recall, but whe- lther the people had the right to make flaws to suit themselves so long as they did not violate the federal con- stitution. He said that before sssssa original bill was drafted the sub com mittee having it in charge had called
 upon the president and he had given
 them no intimation that he would
 disapproye any of the provisions later
 included in the measure.
 The republicans headeG 5y Leader
 Mann and former Speaker Casaon,
 lauded President Taft's veto and de lnounced the judiciary recall as de.
 structive of republican form of gov.
 ernment.
 Chairman Flood explained later that
 If the Arizona people still wanted the
 judiciary recall after coming into the
 union. they could provide It by their
 own initiative within few weeks af
 ter Arizona becomes state in spite
 of the opposition of the president or : anybody else. He read teIegrams
 from Arizona. democratic leaders urg-
 ling that the objection of the presi.
 dent be met immediately if the veto
 could not be overriddsQ.