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Show PUERILE REQUIREMENTS. Tho ITouso of Representatives has given to New Moxico and Arizona a sort of tickct-of-lcavc; that is, they will bo allowed to conic into the Union provided they do certain things that the House requires. There is no particular par-ticular reason lo suppose that tho Senate Sen-ate will disagree. Tho only danger, so far as the Senate is concerned, is in the likelihood of a delay that will'chcat those Territories out of a voice in next year's Presidential election. Evidently the House action is taken with a view to having tho two. Territories take, tho action called for- at tho election of next fall, so that they will bo prepared fo apply on Ihe assembling of Congress in regular session next December for full Statehood. 1 Ari.ona is required by this action of the House io lako out from its constitution consti-tution the provision for the recall of tho judiciary. New Mexico is required lo make Iho amending of its proposed Slato constitution easier than fho pcoplo pco-plo of New Mexico desiro to have it made. It is difficult io sec why the Congress Con-gress of Iho United Slates coinjioscd of eminent citizens, none of whom resides re-sides cither in Arizona or New Mexico, should concent itself so very earnestly about the provisions in thoso local constitutions. con-stitutions. There is nothing against a republican form of government about, cither of the so-called objectionable points, and there is iiobodj- but the people peo-ple involved who cap possibly Suffer from these alleged objectionable pro-visioiif pro-visioiif since they apply only to tho people of these two commonwealths re spoclivcl'. , At Iho same lime, doubtloss, the pcoplo pco-plo both of Arizona and New Mexico will readily accodo lo tho requirements in this House resolution. They will all tho more readily do this since, if their fixed determination is, on Iho ono hand, to have a provision for the re call of the judges, they can speedily amend their constitution- to securo it. On the other, jf thoy do not want lo havo their constituion easily amended, they enn provide restrictions iiumodi-alaely iiumodi-alaely after Statehood. ' Tho whole proposition seems to be so childish on tho part of Congress, so impractical as a matter of discipline, that it is quilo impossible, lo soo anv point whatever in tho objections raised before the President or in Congress. Oregon has a. provision for the recall of tho judiciary; California is about to adopt a similar provision, and there can bo no power in Iho United States Government to forbid it, Tho requirement require-ment with respect to Arizona on this qucsiion appears to be a mere assumption assump-tion without any real ability lo make tho injunction pormanent. "While as lo ' New Mexico,, if tho pooplo there don't want easily to amond their constitution, con-stitution, if they aro satisfied with it ns it is. it, is impossible io understand why a facticious obstacle like this should be put in their way. What is it to the people of the liastern, of the Southern, or of the old Western States that New Mexico wishes to adopt a constitution, and provide that il shall, be extremely difficult to amend it 7 At Iho worst, the constitution of Iho Stalo of New Mexico would not be harder lo amend than ia the constitution of tho United Stales; so why should there be this objection? It is a clear case that there must bo something back of it all, some political game being played with tho counters moved on tho political chessboard without with-out regard lo tho real game that is going go-ing on. It is a disreputable pieco of work on the part of Congress, and the; people both of Arizona and of New i Mexico havo a right to feel aggrieved at being ircalod liko naughty school boys who are to be whipped on general principles, and without the least regard re-gard as to whether they descrvo a flogging flog-ging or not. |