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Show TAKES UP PROBLEMS OF NEW CONSTITUTIONS PUEBLO, Colo., Aujj. 30. Warning the people of New Mexico and Arizona acninsr. the danger of having an ironclad iron-clad constitution not easily amended, Colonel Roosevelt took occasion to speak of the afTairs of thoKc now states hero today, explaining that ho would bo unable on this trip to visit them. A largo crowd met the colonel at the station and ho whb escorted to tho public pub-lic park, whoro a stand had been erected for this occasion. Colonel Roosevelt snid: "T want to call attention to the admirable ad-mirable work done by tho forest service serv-ice in connection with these grout forest for-est fires. Not only has tho forestry bureau done everything humanly possible, pos-sible, with the preparation given them, but in fighting fires, tho men of the servico have shown just tho same abilities abili-ties of endurance, courago and entire indifference to their own lives ns shown by the best fire departments in our big cities. There is no body of public servants serv-ants of which the public has a right to feel moro proud than the men of the forest service. "I wish I could go down to New Mexico and Arizona, but this is the nearest place to them that I will reach on this trip. Many of my friends there have written, asking mo to advise ad-vise about their constitutions. I havo not felt familiar enough with the conditions con-ditions to do so. But there is one point upon which 1 would like to advise ad-vise them, and that is to leavo tho constitutions easy of amondmont at actinic, ac-tinic, when tho people feel that the' should be amended. Exponenco has shown that not only doctrinaires, but also designing corporation attorneys, often get put into constitutions matters which are not thoroughly understood by the peoplo at tho time, and my plea is that tho peoplo of the now states should be left with their hands freo so that if at an' timo they find that something has been put into their con stitutions which they did not know was there, or if they find that something is working badly which they believed would work well, they shall havo an opportunity to easily make anr change that is necessary. ' Upon the conclusion of his remarks Colonel Roosevelt laid the corner stone of n Young Men's Christian association building, and after a visit of three-quarters three-quarters of an hour, boarded tho train for Osawatomie, Kan. |