El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-23
Wilson's Opposition to Ju-
dietary Recall May Lose
Him Vote.

j
Him Vote.
Phoenix, Ariz, July 2S.AIf there is
any state in the union that has a more
complicated and at the same time a
more interesting situation with re-
gard to national politics than has Arr
iona it has not yet been heard from.
About every complication that afflicfs
any Of the other states is in evidence
here; ana in addition. the baby state"
has few side issues Of its own that
60 a long way toward resolving the
daWning campaign into a regular ZOO
logical garden of politics.
And the trouble is not all with the
Republicans True, they have their
ol1ficultles and they are not by any
means small ones or few in number
But at all events the Republicans will
nave their path pretty well cut out
Tor tnem- There will be the regulars
and the bull moose" or Roosevelt.
1actlon and II is pretty certain these
VIII act entirely independently of each
other- There viii be no attempt on
on the part Of the Roosevelt faction
20 ooiIuuct lts campaign with the ma
cnlnery OF the regular Republicans, as
IN california and some of the other
states. A distinct third party with
tnlrd party candidates for presidential
electors is the program of the Roose-
Welt men in this state.
ifferent With the Democrats.
In the Democratic camp it is alto
gether different Just now there is
not the Democratic division that IS
apparent among the Republicans; but
that such division can be escaped
seems out Of the question. The truth
is the Arizona Democrats viii be called
upon TO meet a crisis in which party
loyalty and devotion to an often eX-
pressed principle Will war for su-
premacy. And the outcome is some
tnlng that no one can predict with
certainty
The recall Of judges is the final test
Of Democracy in this state and the
man who doesn't accept IL is, in the
view Of the party dictators, an
came into being prior to the election
OF delegates to the constitutional con-
Venuon in September, 1910, and il has !
been expanding ever since. 1t was
made the subject of a bitter fight In |
the convention, which met in October |
of that year and 1t was put in the 1
constitution in defiance Of the appeals /
Of the few conservative Democrats and /
as a direct challenge to the RepUbli- /
can administration. The bitterness en-
gendered by the fight in the cOnYen-
ton was accentuated a hUndredfold 1
when president Taft vetoed the state J
hood bill because of the presence of 1
the judiciary recall section in the con- /
stitutiOn; and it was expressly de- I
clared when the amended constitution 4
was notified that the recall section /
possible moment.
Well, it was taken mp by the first
legislature and after many difficulties
an acceptable bill was drawn and
passed and will be voted on at the
election November 5.
This bill provides for the reinser-
ton Of the original section. It pro-
vides that any judge may be recalled !
and a recall election must be ordered
on the petition of % percent Of the
voters.
SO. that is the status with respect
TO the recall. The proposition Of re-
inserting the recall section in the con-
stitution Just as it was originally
drawn was made part of the Demo-
cratic party platform in the first state
campaign, the campaign that resulted
in the election of the entire Demo-
cratic ticket And time and again 1t
has been Vehemently asserted that the
party would surrender any one feature
of the progressive program rather than
the judiciary recall
An Unexpected Difficulty.
But in their intense devotion to this |
proposition the Democrats have met
with an unexpected difficulty. They
are confronted with the attitude of
Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic
nominee for the presidency, who IS on
record through speeches and letters
as being unqualifiedly and unreserved-
ly opposed to the recall and particu-
larly to the recall of judicial officers.
It is a crucial situation and one
which the Republicans viii use to the
limit in the campaign which is just
starting. This advantage will not be
a direct advantage, however. as IN the |
state of bitterness existing here
against the administration it is not |
that any Democrats other
than a few of the straight out con-
servatives will support the president;
but it is believed, and there seems
good ground for the belief, that a /
large proportion of the more radical /
Democrats, those who win stay with |
the recaD through thick and thin, will !
cast their fortunes with the Roosevelt
people
This brings US down to the situa
ton with reference to the Roosevelt
movement in this state. 1t is already /
we'll under way. A conference has
been held and it has been decided 10
hold a state convention in this city l
Tor the purpose Of electing delegates
10 the convention at Chicago July >, !
and for the transaction Of such other
business as may properly come before
The convention"
The county conventions, which VIII
send delegates to the state convention,
will meet next Saturday and the state
convention will be held in this city
he following Tuesday. There will be
2 delegates in the state convention,
ipportioned to the various counties as
follows:
The Roosevelt Convention.
Apache 2; Cochise, u; Coconino. 2;