Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
The Form of the Initiative Petition May, in Certain Circumstance Prev t Submission of Question Before November, 1914
KINNEY MEASURE
 IN THE SAME BOX
The Error Is Made in the Provision That Both Sub jects Shall Be Voted on at the Next General Elec- tion

If one is to judge by the circum- stances these having charge of the work of securing an election the com ing fall on the proposed woman suff- rage amendment have overlooked quite Q large bet in the preparation of their petitions. In fact, tue oversight is CT such character that it is up to the supreme court to say whether there shall be q suffrage election at all.
 It all comes about thusIy and on this wise. which is to say as follows, tc- wit:
 The suffragette simply say the amendment is to be voted on at a gen. eral election to be held in Arizona the Tuesday after the first Monday in No vember But suppose there is no gen- era1 election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November? If gen eral election means an election of state and county and precinct officers, and that is V hat it is generally supposed to mean, it would look as though the suffragattes and their hackers might find themselves left at the post. It would be too bad, of course, but it can- not be helped now.
 The usual form in the matter of pe- titions for providing for the submis- sion of amendments is that followed by the legislature In all those bills the nrovisiOn is made that the proposed amendments shall be voted at the gen eral election in November, or, IT no general election occurs at that tune, then at q special election on the same date to be held for tn express purpose of voting on the said amendments. That saves the situation, for. so far as the legislative bills are concerned IL does not matter if there is to be gen. eral election or not
 But it is different with the suffrage petition It simply provides for the submission of this amendment at the general election and it makes no pro vision Ut all for it's submission at a special election in the event there IS no general election.
 That is one feature of the matter tho feature that has to be done with the slip-mp If the equal rights people. But there is another feature in which the supreme court is directly interested.
 As must be generally known by this time the whole question of saying IT there shall or shall not He a general election the coming fall is in the hands of that dignified tribunal If 1t says yea. there will be an election. Ii It Say $ nay. there will not.
 And as it now develops the court will also say. indirectly. whether there Shdil or shall not be this suffrage electon for if will decide that matter at the same time it decides the Davis Osborn iniunction suit. Of course it will all be done automatically, for the court Will not have even to refer to the equal suffrage question. But it's work VIII be none the less effective.
 And if the supreme court uecides against . general election and thereby blasts the hopes of the suffragettes VIII the said suffragettes hold the supreme court responsible? It's big dollar to the hole in a doughnut that they Will And if there is to be no general eiec- tion and consequently no suffrage elec- tion the managers of the late campaign win have had all their troubles TOT their pains Their petitions Will DC worthless and if they want to call a special election for the submission ol this nroposed amendment or lf the! will ask to have it submitted at the general election in 1914 thelr laoor Wii have to be performed all over again In the language of the poet It's tousi awful tough
 Tn the event already forecaSted T 1 will also be hard lines for the promot CTS of the Kinney idea of shutting non
 English speaking people out of th' mines. Initiative petitions of this kln' can be submitted only at general eiec
 tions: and if there is to be no genera
 election this fan that mattr will haV
 to go over for a couple of years.
 It is not known yet, however. Ii tn Kinney petition has a sufficient mum
 Der of signatures to entitle it to plac on the ballot. The question or the de
 layed petitions, however. will be decld ed by the attorney generals offlc
 within the next day or two.