| Show r EQUAL SUFFRAGE MEASURE VETOED in Arizona Legislature With Handsome Majority I co WiTh ORGANIC ACT 0 II Ko lio livid l 17 1 iet of or Veto yett yettI I Co ArU AtIL March ct or ot equal UIL Is II e eI tl A the Ui I of great eat at to ta our people v Wt pre prent sent ant nt herewith a copy of ft letter received from Governor A 0 O Brodle In explanation C tion for lor vetoing th Ih the bill hll which both boltl on the l met Int st II th closing hours hourt hou of o the legisla legislature la lature handsome majority in each lach ture with a In r to 10 a telegram and ur ut lIt letter by Andrew the to sign the Wll JUI titu following has hili h been beell received Phu March 11 SI 1 IMS My iy Dear IJar l t ar Mr Jr to 10 4 yours of ot March 1 17 which I 1 Inn forced Corce to do tit In a vary vy a few Cell HUM 1111 I have Isae to o lAY aay y c that thai on en account nt of ot the held By uy Byu u It t territory directly under tinder he the l 11 I s I of ot o Congress 1111 1 the Constitution of the AI 1 I haVe been bean forced to 0 ve ire veto veto to tu th the g bill It 11 to 10 toh I 1 h and cud believing that until eick time M aa can en be bt b teci fled It wo bring too to allow th the of oC Its III It PlU p vige 1 g tit I 1 haw hand a 11 copy of oC my m men mee 0 HUd If it you win will take Lake the trouble to look up 1111 Ibe cases m ml 8 and par Mr r the Ill one In la terri tern territory tory torr as iii III a territory had the Mime organic net 8 CA ouN At the time a womans om bill Jill pa l there you will Mill understand bettor the reasons I of nf my v veto to Lt While writing I to tuy efly 1 that thit county could coult nover bo ho represent sent I nt 1 by a more energetic ert and painstaking man than Utan Mr Webb Web th Ih the only member In the rhu and from rein the Intercourse 1 I lure have hi ve had Iii with him I 1 hav derived pleasure 1 I him thoroughly as RI a a Ii Rood good man urn And I hid lied the pleasure of ot In Mrs yester yeater yesterday day for Cor or a moment and u as won tool ai u a Mrs Ir 11 rod Is Ia I and ami ml wit out again we I hope to lit Imre hn her nt RI our house houlf With kind personal persona regard Yours sincerely N 0 0 O To ro Hon lion Andrew Thatcher Arizona FR Following I In IM the hO full tull text text of oC the gov goy governors meli vetoing the bill i of ot the iha P 4 i March 19 1901 To the the House of a i Tw I J Uc of ot s a hav tin honor hOllor to re ire return reo turn to you Y tt hous bill No o 81 SI 0 without my m r signature I l At Aati a reason fealOn 1 t wish WIeh to brIefly 4 t stall that filet In Iii my judgment the Ihl subject I of the bill Is III tint lint one within the power of or the tIlt legislature to if legislate l upon 1 15 IS section Isril of or the Ih Or OrI I AI of ArIeon the Mie he legis power of oC the territory ns ne extend extending ing Iu In to all 1111 rightful subJects or of legisla legislation I tion not Inconsistent with the Conch Conall Constitution ConchI I and laws of the United Jolted State Sial The Tor auction therefore to li be determIned Is II Is Th the th subject matter iatter of house houlle hill lull No tl SI 1 giving the suffrage to fc fe d by the mu nil laws lawi of oC the States a night ful tul of or legislation not nut Inc h ent nt with the Constitution and anI hawK of ot tho As A the th lh que Hon itself to my mind wh n th the territorial legislature dues does or t to 10 legislate lell upon a It not dIrectly dl lIy out or con coil by till tile Constitution or laws lawe of or the Ihl J It IL IH IC I legislating upon a IbI t which is Ii I not consistent therewith The organic oraDIe act of th the territory fur nisheN a limitation be beyond yond YOlK alid which wIlleTt h he Ule of the Ih t rrt tory proceed role ion Coil lIe greg gr s cr at 3 territorial government and tId tic tho nilos I IIII of ot conduct by Which Is It I to exist tind provided a limitation to 10 each lIch branch brench thereof n of If course must not 1101 be he in IP with the t Ie laws law II w of or 1 under pr and bv hy b It Il I Is organized and nd the power lower to legislate Is granted and the rules rule ena t J by Congress 8 lint lim limit lintt I it t the power p er of oC to make malo taws Ia Paragraph 25 section lAM 1851 of ot the or organic ganic law of at Arizona Izena reads reada as All follows Collon Every inal n above a th Ih the age BBS of I 31 21 who are actual residents re of ot such luell l at tt the time of the or snail halt be he 1 to tn vote vole at atthe atthe atthe the fueL first election In III such territory C C C etc subject to the limitation In station ethon 14 JO 26 section H 1880 0 provides that at al all subsequent elections the of oC voters shall IMS he such as alt asar alln ar n el by hy tile the legislative as liS of the subject to ln In on the i Power v r of or the legislative a mentioned In sold said sectIon the Oral first of or which Is la The fhe right of or suffrage shall be exercised only by h citizens lIUz if f tho the United States above the age ae of ot 21 31 1 years There shall hall be no denial of ot the elective franchise to a 1 n on oil of race color or previous condition ll of servitude The territorial legislature lg II there therefore therefore therefore fore restricted to confer the elective franchise only ani upon or those thole wIse wt have h hiv declared their Intention to become The privilege of voting III la not a natural right night but a privilege e conferred by IJ b law In IV Who hi are art cItizens ng within the mien Intention tion and contemplation of oC the organic act actU U It 1 evidently wee was In III the lh mind of ot Con ConK gree K nt at th the enactment of oC sections lUG 1350 and 1860 that It I was IU dealing with Ith the subject of or male citIzens exclusively Females were and would be residents of the territories at the tIlt time tinie of or this the Ih con Coil elections and anti to certain acceptations of or the word wort of or th the territory It If Congress Conf to 10 give the elective franchise to citizens regardless of or MX sex It would not hot have ha VI placed the express limitation to 10 the tho male citizen courts In III passing upon the tho question of ot the subject matter of or title this I bill hili have given ven construction to 10 the term cItizen In Its relation to the Ibe elective franchise They The make a 1 die dis distinction between bel political and Hilt civil 1111 rights The rhe latter con the citizen while the tile former an tire not lot necessary Ingredients The rhe territory may deny all alt her political rights to on n Individual and yet he ho may ilia maybe IN lit a citizen The rights rl hl of or office and suffrage are political purely end and are ure de tIe denied nied flied by Homo me or nil all of oC the states to Part lIart of It their population are still MV Z Vail IIII 1111 n v vs Drown 43 3 Calif Cahit r vs VI Todd et Ct ill III 19 IaCo Hep nep nepI I That Intended to restrict the tho franchise to ho male Is IH fin evident of ot Its on own limit in legislating upon the i 2 of or Article 14 H of ot the Constitution or of t the United Stale reade UH us f shall b hi among amoni the he several tat to their Ih 11 respective number numbers w But the Ih right to 10 vote ole Is 8 5 do lie nitI to any male inhabitants m ct I woh UChI mate ta tutt tE l 21 years u of ot oge tiTAns or of the United tates taleA th thO of therein shall be bo re reduced reo reduce duce etc eta It will IH hi 11 seen that by b o tile the ote vote to 10 the basis bailS and guile of federal r JlII to 10 wh 1 ench state in III cannot bo be without n ii hangs hange in tins tilt article of ot the Constitution I of the United 1 States t p A ATo To my mint mind thai It I H ii t dt I I lat It was wal We the hhie Intention of on reu to limit the to that the r d Its 1111 PoWers to legislate from Conree i anti and that ibid the th legislature In house hou bill No 81 Id Into a 1 law upon Litton a n subject not nol with Ith the Constitution of nf the tile United Bolted and the acts of or Congress CongressI I therefore return the tile bill Wll to In your e lion on body bOlly without approval Very Verr ery respectfully Signed BIed ArT n 0 Governor of ot Arizona |
