Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-11-28 | Page 3 | Arizona Will Have Brief Constitution

ARIZfll WILL HAVE BIIEFCOjSTlTUTION "Horrible Example of-. Oklahoma' Okla-homa' as Pointed Out )y President, Heeded. PHOENIX, Ariz.. Nov. 27. Arizona's constitution will bo the brlcft writton In recent years by any state. According Accord-ing to 03llniatcs of statistically inclined members, it will contain less than 16,000 words, as against 25,000 for Now Mexico's constitution, and 101,000 In that of Oklahoma. Okla-homa. A significant fact in connection with these figures Is that the constitution of New Mexico was written by a majority elected on a ilcxlble platform declaring for a short constitution, while the Democrat Demo-crat delegates who controlled tho Arizona Ari-zona convention were elected on platforms plat-forms promising reforms, variously designated desig-nated as "progressive" anil "radical." The Democratic mombors also snilling-lv snilling-lv point with something akin to" pride, that the convention has followed the nd-vico nd-vico of President Taft, who when in Arizona Ari-zona held up the Oklahoma constitution ns a "horrible example" and advised Arlaonans lo make their constitution as brief as possible and free from legislative details. The convention tomorrow will take up reports of the. style, revision and compilation com-pilation committees and Indications point to 'the completion of the constitution late this week, although' the linal adoption will not uciur boforc tho middle of noxt