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Show SAYS ARIZONA SHOULD NOW BE ADHITTED Teddy's Only Objection to " KeV CbnsUtutlon Ii : Judiciary FecalL PHOENIX. Aria, March tt. BmohatJo relte ration of hi" belief that Arlaona ahoukt have reoelved atatebood at the hands of the laat con areas deaplta tha Inclusion In-clusion In Jts proposed eonatltutlen of the Initiative, referendum and recall provision provi-sion marked Theodore Roosevelt's ad dress today to a crowd that overflowed tha city ptaaa, Mr, Roosevelt, however, declared his disapproval of the extension of the reratl to the JiMMary, ao far as Art son a is conrerned. There were place, he said, where the ends to be served would Justify even this m mi attire, but In a general way 1m fmwned upon the recall of the ihiflirlavry as tendlnc to produce "timid" court and Ju4ee who kept their ears to the gmunrt. Mr. Honeevflc said In part: "I rearet (hat Arisona was not admitted to statttood by the laat inKreea, and I trust that the nett conarees will without fall admit H. The ohjecllotiv to admit tlna It 1 regard aa without warrant of Juntlie. ((ioutimied on page 8.) ARIZONA fontlnunl from pay I.) Apparently th-M objection hava btn chit-ny mr antlrelT du to ttim fact that ArUoiia haa adopttd In lis constitution tl rrr?ndoni. Inltlattv and rocalL "I do not mri with th form In which Arizona has adopted th rc aU. espMlaUy aa recards the iKHclarv; but whll 1 re-rat re-rat .tlmt Aiii-xt ahould hav adopted tlie recall tn tht fmasUkm. I not merely admit, but imt-t, that this im a matter purely fr A rixoiia' o w n decision, a nd that nelilter thi "opinion of myself nor another an-other outsider has the sllghte-at beaiitiff on An sons a Hsht to tl pHvlte-gv of stat-hood. stat-hood. With the views of Mew Yorfc and Texas upon lit uucstlon may b has ooihinc whatever to do with Arisona s rlicht to Its own views. "It is difficult frr me to dlscusn nerl-otisly nerl-otisly the aartion that th adoption of tit InlOatl.. refcrerMjura and reiall insk a form of vovtrnnent which Is not K-puMkan. K-puMkan. Hwlixertand has adopted all three, and to sy that 8w.ltaer.and la no a republic la simply a con tradition in lrma. Surely no one can expect to be taken acrioosly If he asserts that Oregon nr Calif iH-nta In its form of (ovrnment Is not aa atiaolutely repuhlt-n as t'ounectl-rut t'ounectl-rut or Pe n nay Kan m or afMslsstpri- Tht beitva: so. tlwre can be no routed for re-fuan( re-fuan( to admit a .Verritoi y to atatchood wrten Its propose"! constf'.utlon does not essentiallv dilTcr from th actual cvnstl-tutWHk cvnstl-tutWHk of certain atatos alKady within the union-" |