El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
mark Smith
OPP OSES
COURTS
'Progressiveism" That Has
Swept Arizona, Due to
Have Reaction Soon.
HUNT AND JACK
WILLIAMS STORIES
~ g.. G. Cutehghaw)

Phoenix Ariz, Nov. PA am op-
nosed TO the creation Of any more 1ed-
eral courts, and II I had my way /
would abolish some Of those we already
have" said Mark Smith, candidate Ior
the United states senate on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Speaking Of the commerce couI' -
vbieb the Democrats Of this territory
have developed quite an anuPaf =,
junction in the RenO-PhoeniX freight
cases. Mr.. Smith said -
ssrTbe nresent commerce court was es-
tabiished over the protest OF the CS ~
Gratis in both house and senate as W
&C over the intense opposition OF me
shippers of the country. Ine fears -
pressed then have been amply Justl li,
by the decisions OF thaI IrlDuhali " -
decisions have, in almost every IL
,ortant instance, paralyzed the haLus
Of the interstate commerce comm IssIOLl'
and have aided the railroads TO pre-
serve reasonable rates by oyerrul ing
findings made by the commission anu
BY setting aside its orders
an NV opinion, the court OF com
nerce should never have been estao-
lished. and ought to be abolisneo- Low
ever the mere abolition OF the cur u
erceot for economy, would be a vain
and useless thing II the redreSs q nc
wrongs of shippers Is TO be relegaleQ 20
the federal courts, and TO any par llc1
lar Judge that the railroads may see
IT feel that the commission can be
Of no important and immediate service
as long as the federal courts nave tne
newer TO issue temporary 1n1uncJlons
3sst-einfne the orders of the commits
sion from taking immediate erect
II am in favor Of taking away from
any court having jurisdiction IN the
commission cases the power 10 ISSUE
AGAINST any rate fixed by the lPtersta-t
commerce commission until there mas
been a final hearing Of the case on It's
iiei ssbur~f ana Hayden Concur.
This attack, on the commerce eouI
has been echoed by Henry F. AsnursL
Smiths colleague in the race Tor the
senate, and by Carl Hayden. DEM era TIC
nominee for the lower house
This sort Of statement coming from
smith will be received with genuine
sunrise It is so utterly contrary 70
his known views that the old line mem
hers Of both parties viii receive II with
establishment For II is a known 1acI
that the "progressivism" % his party
the kind Of 'prOgressivlsm" tnat IS JUS
now rife in Arizona has never macs
any appeal whatever to Smith he Is
known TO have opposed tooth and toe
nail the direct legislative program. DE
Is known to have been IN IaFor alWa! ;
OF constituted authority; and IN 81
years or more at the bar ne mas al
ways upheld the courts
smith also made another significant
statement f'The growing unrest II
this country IS most portentious ne
sid. "and unless there is relief one
need not be surprised If the final re-
suit IS revolution"
Democratic RadicaIism.
Nobody ever before heard Marx
Smith talk socialism; and the 4aci
that the most popular Democrat in Ari-
zons and a man who is and always mas
been q conservative, should think Il
NECESSARY at the 11th hour to talk So
oiaIisrn in order to gain an election
shows the extent in radicalism to which
the Democratic party has committed
itself.
AT meeting held IN the Third Ave
nue. theater here, one Of the orators
WILEY Jones, OF Graham county, re
fe~red TO Champ Clark as the next pres
fdent Of the United States It was Ike
touching a match TO a powder maya
zine: for the audience at once exploded
with enthusiasm and for a minut
cheered and shouted wildly. II tn