Arizona republican., 1911-09-11

day night, and submits his impressions
 as follows:
 Mir. Henry F. Ashurst in his speech Saturday night perpetrated a bit of humor, somewhat unaware, possibly. of the real humor of it MT. Ashurst is a gifted speaker-so gifted that his salutation. Good evening" is elo- louent: and h.s statement that it is "a pleasant day" is a burst of ora ltCry Platitudes attain q dignity by his Reclamation, and the tritest tru- isms acquire. by the genius of his ut terances. the fascination of novelty. Consistency is an affair inconsistent with the purpose of those who move multitudes by the magnetism of their presence and the fervor of their speech.
 Ashurst in alluding to someone who had interrupted with a question, grew furiously indignant and hurled back denials He said he would not use the word liar" as that was a word
 used by an ex-president." Getting back instantly however to the pre-
 pared part of his speech. he alluded to the suggestion that he was fighting his way to the senate. He said hC
 was. and here he became dramatic
 MT Ashurst's art of oratOry is really
 admirable; it is of that kind which can only be acquired by constant
 practice and rehearsal-he said that q
 man in Yavapai county recently dis Icourteously suggested that the speak CTS attitude in public matters was not always that of the really honest man.
 Mr Ashurst did not name the i'm lCautious individual who ventured a doubt of the Ashurst unbrOken record for official rectitude, but he explained
 that the man was an individual who by means of the patrimony of his family was being educated at Harvard while he (Ashurst) was carrying the hod in Arizona" He then with truly lartistic premeditated sponstaneity
 burst forth into a whirlwind of right eous wrath and acclaimed that every man. whatever his name-whether
 Jones. Smith. Bigwig, Perweek-pres- ent. past or future, who intimated tha. he. Henry Ashurst, was or had ever
 been otherwise than absolutely honest
 in the discharge of every public duty delegated to him was an infamous liar"
 President Roosevelt sometimes used
 the word liar" which by some sort of reasoning Ashurst declared himself precluded from using, and he was compelled to resort to the modified phrase. infamous liar" The distinc- ton. even if somewhat refined, is ar fCsf nd NTr Agh I
 have already intimated, as an uncon- scious humorist at least. And Ashurst would be nothing if not artistic. And liz must be said again that he is most lartistic.
 But the particular bit of humor to W hich I at first alluded was disclosed when Mir Ashurst referred to the at titude of the republican party of this state in the present political cam lpaign. He said the republicans were quite properly remaining quiet-that they were contributing nothing to the end in view" Repeating the phrase that they were contributing nothing
 to the end in view" he said that re-
 minded him of a story of Lincoln, and then he related the story somewhat thus: During the progress of the trial
 in court at which Lincoln and other lattorneys were present. in Sangammon county, Illinois, it was made con Ispicuously apparent to those present that the seat of the trousers worn by the district attorney was badly worn and rent. In a spirit of fun one of
 the lawyers prepared the head of a lsubscription list reading somewhat after this fashion: Whereas it is made painfully to appear to this bar | by the rents and tears in the seats of trousers of the district attorney that the said district attorney is greatly in need of a new pair. we, the sub lscrbers, therefore subscribe to the tpurpose severally the sum set oppo- site our names below" number of the lawyers signed the paper. sub lscribing sums varying from ten to fifteen cents The paper was finally passed to Lincoln, who read it over lcarefully. took the pen and wrote be low the names of the subscribers thus: T do not feel myself able to lcontribute to the end in view The humOr of all this seems to be
 in the end in view which Ashurst
 has in this campaign. He was right when he said the republicans will not
 contribute to the end in view By the way, I did not hear Mir
 Ashurst say anything about his vote
 on the Cowan bill.