Arizona republican., 1921-07-13

To the Editor:
 am a subscriber to your valuable paper and in your issue of Sunday, July 3. 1921, notice your editorial. No Double Referendum" and also in another edition of same paper tho opinion as handed down by Attorney General W. J. Galbraith. on the much discussed constitutional amendment. house bill s3. This opinion has been anxiously looked for and we are glad | that it Is now public matter. The attorney general is right in his opinion and you are right in your ed- itorial. You both say that the people | have no right to a referendum pc tition on a constitutional amendment submitted by the legislature. That this must go to the next general cleo tion or a specia. election. if ordered I by the. legislature. We will admit | this, becaus. 1t is right
 But, as I understand 1t. this peo- | ple's referendum is not on this amendment. and is entirely foreign to this amendment. The referendum is | on a clause or outline of said amend ment, which says that a special cleo tion shall be held next November te pass on the adoption or rejection o the amendment
 This identical clause surely won be written into the constitution ever if adopted by the people. It would look funny if it did. and as this clause is statute law, can't be anything else the people have a right to a referen. dunn on this particular section. you and the attorney general ar wrong when you speak about the a, !, surdity of the people in trying l vitiate the power of the legislature The dear people are nor trying to ( 1 anything wrong. They are simply giv , ing lively evidence that they kr' their constitutional rights and tha their veins are flowing with trt } blood Americanism.
 I You and the attorney general ser to have lost sight of the fact tn this clause is not a constitutional D or the new amendment, even if
 put into the constitution. it is mere " statute law, and as such is ana proper for a referendum.
 not lawyer, but just palm citl zen, ana It would seem to me that tn mistake of the whole thing was maj : in the legislature. They should hay l adopted this amendment by itsel verbatim. as it would be put in tn constitution. and then passed a stat ute law besides. calling for this spe cial election. as they had a lees right, then this amendment would . before the people at q special cleo tion. provided tn. people had no ref erendum on this statute bill passe,
 You see, therefore. it is a bad rnattf to bring any constitutional amend ment to snecial election. T sboul think the general election is in pIent of time to take a vote on it If lool as If there was a hidden motive abo,
 it. Maybe we know what it is
 I suppose this opinion of the a.
 torney general viii stand, and Il
 special election come off. As it VI
 De state wide election. the peop
 who sot uo this referendum can st
 nave their American rights protec
 eo. Go 10 the polls and give Il
 aHehomenf the solar plexus. which
 Justy deserves. Thus the same resll
 Will be attained, but the pity will
 that the stat. treasurer will have
 pay out taxpayers S. money to hold
 useless and good for nothing speci
 election.
 do not see line in the attorn,
 generals opinion about the .actr,
 facts in the case, that of this ne
 pes referendum simply on the pa
 ticular clause or section referred ,
 think a common school boy won
 have seen this, and brought if in
 the question fo an opinion also I a
 simply speaking of the attorney 70,
 eral now in public view. Nothing De
 sonal The whJl. mistake is in tl
 legislature. in the makeup of f
 amendment. CITIZEN