Bisbee daily review., 1911-01-06
MORE LIGHT ON THE RECALL.

If our farmer subscribers will take down their copy of the Constitution of the United States. which they keep ordinarily lying beside their Bible. and read it. they will see that the right of recall is the supreme function of tn government to be exercised over all it's parts, the Con gress exercising it over all the other parts of the government the execu tive and the judiciary-and the peo ple exercising 1t, every two and siA years, over the epitome of all the people, men as well as women, the Congress They will see that this principle, so loudly prated about nov by those who want to be above the law, or want others to be, is appl cable, according to the Constitution to 'ho highest as well as the low est, "a both elective eud appointite e office E, in every department
 They will see that the principles of representation and reclsi are the oripciries upon which the whoie gov ernment is founded. Thsy are the .~o lrineipe,s which distinguish American government from others. Those, then, who ask that the re- call provision in the State Consti- tion of Arizona should not apply to judges, ask that the American form of government should prove abor- tive, and that the Constitution of the United States should be defed in the making of the State Consutu- tions.-Southwest Stockman.
 The Nogales Oasis. commenting on the above clearly points out that the recall provided for in the Ari- zona Constitution and the power Of impeachment which Is lodged in con gress are not the same. One pro vides for the trial of a delinquent before the senate after charges are preferred by the house while tha recall as proposed in Arizona pro vides for decision of the people, ar bitrarily, regoI Hess ri the gui.t pr innocence of the accused.
 Says the Oasis:
 While it is true that the Consti. tuition of the United States fixes in the very fabric of government the principle of the recall, yet as out lined in the vey article under con sideration, it's operation is subject to such limitations as are no gro vided at all in the proppsed fa1- damental aIw fer Arizona While the Constitution of the UciteI Sta'- es established the recall, the hnii- atious impoesi up1n It's 1psratiaa prevent it's invocation lightly and without adequate cause. or through sudden gusts of popular passion such as sweep over the public mind at times
 ~As set forth Tn the article the subject Of this comment Congress exercising 1t (the recaID over all the oths< parts of the government, he executive and the judiciary snd the people exercising it every two and sx years over Congress-
 But the power of recall given Congress over the executive and tudscaary requires presentation oi an accusation by the House, and trial of the accused by the Senate; and to convict requires an affirma dye vots Of two-thirds Of the Sena tors preesnt The recall as framed in the consultation of Arizona gives the power of impeachment to twen ty-sve per cent of the electors. And the high court to try that impeach ment is ali the people at the polls At the same time any other aspirani for the office may go before the people, and if his personal popular ity be sufficient to give him one more vote than teh impeached offi ciaI receives, the latter is displaced without regard to his guilt or inno cence of the offence charged. Nol does the verdict require a concur renee of two-thirds of the judges oi ths accussd, as in the case of an impeachment before tAe sss&ts. bui