Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-02-25 | Page 1 | President Approves Constitution Adopted

PRESIDENT APPROVES CONSTITUTION ADOPTED Recommends That New Mexico Be Admitted Ad-mitted to the Union of States. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. President Taft transmitted to congress today tho certificate of tho officers of. the territory of New Mexico as to tho vote on the constitution of the new stato at the elections held January 21. and accompanied accom-panied It with the recommendation that congress approve tins new constitution. The president pointa out that the enabling en-abling act provides that the constitution constitu-tion shall be submitted to the president and congress for approval and that If the president approves It and congroaa falls to do so at thla session Ihe president presi-dent shall have power to authorize tho governor of New Mexico to Issue his proclamation for an election of stato office of-fice is. ' ... The president says the constitution was prepared lu accordance with the act of congress, has been duly ratified by tho people of New Mexico and should receive tho approval of congress.