Weekly journal-miner., 1908-10-28
,orR ASKS YAvAPAI
 TO SWAMP MARK SMITH

.utt- dUtIVn dn eNtn DTeth, u ,,.t Cameron by from 1900 ,w rUality. l have no doubt of Nou may tell the Journel. Mr me that Ralph Cameron i. n .amc very nearly carrying s aun'y.'
 r.t. lloval Smith chairman of ,,u.,or.al Republican committee ;. ip,cNi few with a Journal Miner representative tonight. Mr. ,, rhe ideal bachelor big and in every way popular with nev. thought of making himself so, not of 70 hours work in every twcn. ur lf he has fight on his hands, he statement while sitting in l,,helor den of his bungalow.
 |, bungalow interior is the most .te spot in all southeastern .-ri.
 Ii tells of Hoval Smith, the of au inner man he is, of his .i li,ers,ure, of music, of beauti. ,s,urss, of gathering around him r.al oompanions-and of good v A man of millions, ns loves ,,.dom of this western country, i,uspse vast, the mountains and and desert, the coloring of ,hs 1. aud of the patches. He made zone, here out of the mounta as |. ls tapped the mineral and biz c of suhteIranean water which he piped for miles to nis great ranch ,ring the republic of Mexico iad D. te has an alfalfa spot of nearly nousand acres, green oasis de. rully restful 10 the eyes of the ,sr wearied by hundreds of of vaterless desolation.
 i. he same energy with which he u,l the mountains and the desert Ho,al Smith is putting into tne 10 elect his friend Ralph Gamer. s congress- They are men of the type typical wcsterners, loyal neir friendships, loving a stand up
 honorng worthy adversary .espising anything that is mean. }, Cameron was nominated he ask. Ls friend Hovai Smith to take ge of the campaign. It meant toa, question that Smith would 10 go down in his own pocket for of money probably Ralph Cam iid no, think of that-but Cam. needed him. he was Cameron ri, SO Ioval gave Ralph his hand with it q grip that meant "thc best there is in me, old man," i,s has been a Waterloo for Mar Aurelius from tnat day to this.
 as smith honestly believe that iuOn is going to wini Not a ahad. of doubt about it. Strange place ,srrying on a territorial campaign vital 10 the welfare of Arizona v out here in tho middle of desc. b. where one has to wade through |Sk dus, for half a mile to get a y for the mail in Bisbee-wheIe wind howls day and night and up choking atmosphere all the f-but Bakersville is destined to hn0us as the Republican headqusr' in the campaign of ls0s-the Paign which buried Mark Smith elected Ralph Cameron.
 Why did go into this fight" ID repeated querously in reply 0 'es'ion -"well-hrst, Ralph want 's ,o take hold of it and secondly a''e my interests arc all wrapped ID Arizona. What helps Arizona
 ne and every otaer man whose Tests are here. have no doubt statehood is the vital thing for ''na's development at the present
 want to see Arizona admitted. A~ every reason to believe that 'nend Ralph Cameron will bring statehood if he is elected. His uSn means the placing of Arizona ne with the party that does things. '"er' knowing Ralph Cameron as
 of ais boundless energy, bis
 of accomplishing things, his uiles- and personality which !" big men to him, I would have
 to have fought him even if he 'etn Democrat Ralph went in As light facing a great personal 'a'e If he is elected, out of pure Tor Arizona. He wants to see 'na state. Of course statehood mean a lot to Cameron material ''''', but in accepting the position "ega'e--in even consenting to
 'als campaign, he has made n t'sonal sacrifice.