Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-05-23
The Pending Statehood Resolution.


The house Of representatives may
dispose Of the statehood question to-
day by a final vote on the pending
resolutions.
Having been disposed of in the
house, such resolution as MAJ finally
emerge from that body viii 60 to the
senate and will be referred to the
senate committee on territories. The
senate committee may or may not re-
port it at this session. If a report is
made, ii Will. OF course. when taken
up lead TO a prolonged debate-much
longer than the debate in the house.
for there are no rules to limit debate
in the senate. The weather has be-
come extremely hot in Washington:
members Of the house and senate are
very anxious TO get away; the demo-
cratic program, exclusive of state
hood, which viii be put up" to the
senate is a long one, and it does not
now appear probable that the senate
Will dispose Of the statehood matter
at the extra session.
We find that there is both a gen.
eral curiosity in this territory as to
the meaning of the statehood resolu-
tions which have been presented to
the house, and not a little misinfor-
nation concerning. them
Inasmuch as the house is democratic
by a large majority, the resolution Of
fered by the republican members of
the committee on territories may be
dismissed from consideration here
with the statement that it provides
that Arizona shall be admitted under
the pending constitution after the
people of the territory have con-
scented to the elimination Of the re-
call of the judiciary.
The resolution reported by the
democratic majority Of the committee
the pending resoluuon-does not
provide for the immediate and uncon-
ditional admission of this territory.
This, Of course, is contrary to the
prevailing belief and especially dis
appointing to our democratic friends.
who insisted all along that not only
would President Taft approve the
constitution, but that the democrats
and insurgenr republicans in con-
gress would forthwith pass a resolu-
ton Internationally and Instantly
approving the constitution.
The democratic resolution which we
print below-the resolution which
probably viii pass the house today
provides that the electors OF Arizona
shall vote on an amendment to the
constitution as "a conditi n prece-
cent to the admission Of thu terri
trry. The resolution in full reads as
follows:
Resolved, by the senate and house
of representatives of the United
States Of America in congress assem- |
bled, that the territories Of New
Mexico and Arizona are hereby ad- |
United into the Union upon an equal |
footing with the original states in ac-
cordance with the terms OF the enab- |
ling act, approved June 20. 1910, upon |
the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth. The admission herein pro- |
vided for shall take effect upon the |
proclamation of the president of the |
United States when the conditions |
explicitly set forth in this joint reso- |
luton shall have been complied with |
which proclamation shall issue the |
earliest practicable time after the |
results of the election herein provided |
for shall have been certified to the |
president, and also after evidence |
shall have been submitted to him of |
the compliance with the terms and |
conditions Of this resolution.
The president is authorized and di- |
rected to certify the adoption Of this |
resolution to the governor of each |
territory as soon as practicable after
the adoption thereof, and each of !
said governors shall issue his procla-
nation for the holding Of the first |
general election as provided for in
the constitutions respectively hereto |
fore adopted by each territory and ,
for the submission to a vote of the
electors of said territories of the
amendments of the constitutions OF
said states respectively herein set
forth in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this joint resolu
ton The results of said election
shall be certified TO the president by
the governor of each OF said terri
tories and if the terms and conditions
of this joint resolution shall have been
complied with. the proclamation shall
Immediately issue by the president
announcing the result of said election
so ascertained. and upon the issuance
of said proclamation the proposed
states shall be deemed admitted by
congress into the Union upon equal
footing with the other states.
Before the proclamation of the
president shall issue announcing the
result OF said election in Arizona and
III the same time that the state cleo