Arizona republican., 1911-11-06

u NJ. Roberts, ID. l.. Cunningham
Coconino-C. c. Hutchinson, L.
NJ. Doe
Gila-George w p. Hunt AL
fred Kinney. ]. J. Keegan. John
Langdon, Jacob Weinberger.
Greenlee-A NJ. Tuthin. Lamar
Cobb.
Graham-w. T. Webb, Nit
Simms. a. r. Lynch.
Maricopa-JOhn p Orme. A. C.
Baker, Lysander Cassidy. +. a.
Jones, Sidney +. Osborn. b. b.
Moeur, Alfred Franklin. James +.
Crutchfield, Orrin l.. Standage.
Navajo-James Scott. William
Morgan
Mohave-Henry LOvin.
Plma-Carlos c. Jacome, James
{. White, s. l.. Kingan. George
Pusch. w. F. Cooper.
Santa CruZ-Bracey Curtis.
Pinal-Elmer w. Cocker. Thomas
y. Wills.
Yavapai-E. w Wells. NJ. G..
Cunniff, II. r. Wood, A A. Moore,
Morris Goldwater. Albert NJ. Jones.
Huma-Fred L. Ingraham. T. L.
Short, Milford Windsor.
The convention was called to
order i'm the legislative hall of the
capitol building October 10. 1910.
and was quickly organized into
working body with George w. p
Hunt of ella county as president.
Sity-one days-one day more
than was provided for i'm the con-
gressional appropriation for eX-
penses-were consumed i'm framing
the constitution. The constitution
was adopted by popular vote on
February IL. 1911.
The document i'm the main does
not depart from the phraseology
employed in most state constitu-
tions. and is largely a compilation
from other constitutions. In some
features. however, il is distinctive
ly new. 1t provides for the syS-
TEN of direct legislation" in adj
dition to law making by the legis-
lature and governor. That is To
say, by initiative n proposed law
may be placed before the people
if ten per cent of the voters sign
a petition to that effect. If. at
the necessary general election. a
majority of those voting cast their
ballots for the Initiated law. it
goes into effect. Under the re
ferendum,' the Legislature, or five
per cent of the voters may order
the submission to the people at
the polls of any measure, or item,
section or part of any measure
enacted by the legislature-except
laws immediately necessary for the
preservation of the public peace.
health or safety. or for the sup
port and maintenance of the de-
partments OF state government and
state institutions And i'm order to
allow for referendum appeals from
Legislative enactments. no act pass
ed by the legislature can go into
effect until ninety days after its
passage. excepting the classes of
laws already described. And even
in the case of the excepted laws,
they cannot go into immediate eff
feet unless the legislature shall
declare an emergency. and two
thirds i'm each house vote for the
bill. In other words, five per cent
of the voters may compel a re-
ferendum on legislative enactments
generally.
Another new feature Of the
constitution is the recall" which
provides that all public officers,
including judges, may be recalled
from office by the process of filing
against them a petition containing
twenty-five per cent of the elect
ors who voted at the preceding
election. and compelling such Of
ficers to submit their case to a
special election. At such special
election, il is provided, there may
be other candidates for the office.
a majority of the votes cast de-
cides the question of recall
The constitution as thus framed |
having failed to receive the APP
prevail of President Taft and of /
congress, as provided by the state
hood bill although there had as
yet been no disapproval. either). 4
congress at the late session passed |
a joint resolution providing for
the admission of Arizona under the |
as framed and adopt
ed, provided that at the general
election of state offices the voters
must declare for or against the
recall prOViSion as il aDDlieS TO II
the judiciary. The resolution as
thus passed would not have inter
fered with the completion Of the
steps to statehood-it merely call
ed for n vote on the recall provi-
sion, and in any case the territory
was to be admitted under the coi:-
stitution. When this resolution
reached President Taft he inter-
posed a veto. because of his oppo-
sition to the proposal to make
Judges subject to the recall, and
he sent to congress a vigorous
setting forth his reasons
for disappearing the recall Of
Judges To meet his objections
congress then august 81, 191D
passed a resolution providing for
he admission of Arizona under the
present constitution. but requiring
he people to adopt an amendment
20 the constitution excepting the
judiciary from the provisions of
he recall 4 general election of
state and county officers will he
held on December u. next. and il