The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-08-12

\lr smith he, called 4, political meet
rug ot the senate t"rilorlc, committee
i"t '"m"Ir"W morning O." consider he,
hil.. vhrh was introduced following 70
conference he had viii, President Tart.
Nj smith .nid although m attempt 4"
pas, ~" .iatrh"od hill over the pr"sr
dent D., veto should tail thrr" still va.
% g""d rhuurr ct ,intrh""d Legislation
~ mi. ,"~si"u
~rnut"t BACON ni ,r"rpia declared
'"iu, r the senate that man, .rnn.
tor. were being misrrpr".rntrd hrrnu,r
~ their ,thud "u the ,tntrh"ud hill lie
'""t "hirr'io ION to publication, that those
who ,"i" tor IA, admission nf New
MrNic" aud Ar,l"un waite ~ favor oi
the Irrull oi mdgr,
II am opposed n" the ul,in,ivr. ref
"rrudmu aud recall ni iudgrs. he d"
clar"d "nud Vet voted fnr the hill
hrrau-" of the opinion. although di,
ogirrd with 'h" Arizona Constitution
wr had t." rrght 10 keep the people "i
Arizona FROM having ~" rrrnll it they
vrut"d II.
The president. veto message ,nid'
10 the House of Representative.
! return herewith withnut my ap
provul. house point r"s"lutiuu N". lI
go admit th" I"rrituric, 1T New MrVirr
aud \rlyoun q. states into the union ou
nu equal footing with the original states
Conprr,, h, ~ enabling act approx
cd Jan" 20, 1910, provided for the call
| ing at constitutional convention M
rnot 81 in',r territories. the submission
oi the constitution proposed hv th,
convention =" the electors "f the terri
tory, ih" approval ut th" constitution
by 'hc l'r", id"ut aud congress. the pr"
rinuiHiin "t the fact hv the president
aud III" election "t state officers. Ruti
~ Arizona and New Mexico convention,
nave hcru held constitution. adopted
nti fled ly ~" pr"p" aud submitted -
'hr president aud iu congress
hoy" approved 'hr constitution 81
New N"Nico aud 81" did the house 81
representatives "f 10" sixty first rnu
grr-, The senate. hnw"Ncr. failrd I,
take rcriou upon It.
have not approved NJ" constitution
"f Arizona. nor have the ~" h"u>"
ot r"uprr,,. except ~ they have dom
| a.
rrarion,
Th" rc,nhriou admits both" tcrr,,ol
c, ~ ,tatcho"w with their constitution,
uu ruudtiuu 'hni ~ the time of clc,
tinn at the state uGircr.. New M"Nir
shalt submit io H. rlrrior, an amen,
mrui ~ its new constitution wndItvm
aud altering its provision for futur
nmcndmeut~ aud IN the further rond
tiou that ARIZONA shall submit "a II
rlrrior, ~ ~. time Of election of II
stat" officers proposed amendment :
IL. constitution 6y which iudicinl a
ID Icrr- .hnll be- excepted from the secliu
b permitting q recall of all elective oH
y crr-
70 II SIGN this rcsolutinn I do not ~
u how ! can escape responsibility {,
the judicial recall IT the AriIoun col
Sttutiou The Joint resolution ndmi
Arizona with the judicial recall hut =
quircs the submission of the question
ts wisdom to the voters In other wor,
y the r"Snlution approves III" suhmissi'
II of Arizona with the judicial recall u
- less the vntcrs themselves r"pudiutc
Under the Arizona constitution 4
- elective officers. and this includes roun
aud state iudges, ,iS months after III,
clcction, are subject 10 III" recall II
- initiated hy petition signed ~ elerio
y equal to 20 per cent of the total mn
~ her of Votes east for nll the candidnt
far the office ~ the previous geneI
u election, within hv days after the pc
= tion j. dlcd, the officer may resil
'' Whether he does or not m election ,
~ sues In which his name, II he does n
resign, il placed on the ballot wi
H. that II al lother candidates.