Arizona republican., 1911-11-21
Hunts Verbosity, Jones'
Antics, and Ashurst's
Painful Egotism Were the
Striking Features of the
Event.
OUR OWN BRADY
WAS CHAIRMAN
Mark Smith Was Something
Of a Disappointment as
He Was Far From Being
Up to the Form of Some
Years Ago.

Up to the Form OF Some
Years Ago.
The real. though misplaced, ability
of Mark Smith, the ponderosity of
Hon. "Gwp" Hunt, the raw egotism
of Henry Ashurst, the vaudeville pro-
clivities of Wiley Jones, to say moth
ing oG the Ciceronian fireworks of our
cwn Brady O'Neill, were all in eNl-
dence at the democratic meeting at
the Third Avenue theater last night.
David Johnson and \. w. Cole, can
didates respectively for state treas
urer and the corporation commission.
were also on the list of speakers, but
OF course they do not count. O'Nelll
was the chairman of the meeting ana
in that capacity got to talk NOR"
than almost anybody Ii was a good
opportunity for a speaker. too. for
because Of the large number of at
fractions this was the largest demo-
cratic meeting of the campaign.
Mr. Hunt. candidate for governor.
of course didn't have anything To say
and fortunately for the patience OF
the crowd it didn't take him long To
say il. He said he thought he would
make a good governor. if elected, and
pledged himself II an economic and
honest administration.
Hunt made one striking sentence,
as follows: is this new state. by
endorsing republicanism. to receive
only the husks of the peoples rule
The newspaper men present spent
quite a lot Of time trying To figure
out what he was trying to say but
eventually they gave it up. Probably
the 'husks of the peoples rule" al
ways Will remain "A mystery. for no
one supposed that Mr.. Hunt himself
would know what he was trying To
say.
Hunt also admitted for the 'steenth
time that we have the best consu-
tuition ever written. and then he sat
down in evident relief that it was
all over There is one thing which
there can be no questiOn-if an audi
ence dslikes having to listen to Mr.
Hunts trying to make a speech. Mr..
Hunt just as cordially dislikes the
job Of irving to make it.
Mr.. Ashurst in his speech seemed
much alarmed that some of the
naughty republican papers might say
something inimical To his interests.
So. he warned them if they have
anything to say to say it now and
not wait until the closing hours of
the campaign.
Like Hunt. Mr. Ashurst really didn't
have anything To say. He attempted
to glorify the democracy and de-
nounce republicanism and in doing 50
he gave about as raw an exhibition
of egotism as has ever been heard
in Phoenix. Also. on several occa-
sions. Mr. Ashurst forgot his nicely
constructed phrases and was forced
to drop into bunglesome and ungram-
matical everyday speech. His effort
as Friday afternoon defamation at
country school, would have been
| fairly creditable; but as a speech
coming from a man aspiring To "a seat
| ia the United States senate it would
not bear patient discussion. 1t was
shallow. egotistical. and without
single point either of humor or logic
| to relieve the monotony.
The one really creditable speech OF
the evening was delivered by Mark
Smith. And yet it must have been
that many of the old timers could
hardly have recognized this as the
speech of the man who represented
! AriZona's interests at Washington for
so long. For Mark Smith, the con-
servative. has become Mark Smith, 4.
radical of the most pronounced type.
He is for every ism the democratic
party ever thought of. He charged
the republicans with about every po-
litcal crime in the calendar. He de-
plored the plentifuness of rich men
and said every poor man in the coun
try is a product of republican pol
icies. He denounced President Taft.
| Ralph Cameron and about every 9TH
| er man of the party he could call TO
mind. and said in this country one
class has been arrayed against an
other. In so many words he said
there is a strong probability that A
revolution is at hand.
President Taft was afraid to veto
the statehood bill because of the in
itiative and referendum, Mr.. Smith
said. so he hung his veto on the
! judiciary recall. He intimated that
the salary question had governed
Ralph Cameron's acts at Wash
ington He accused Cameron of try
| ing to defeat statehood
Wiley Jones delivered a speech that
reminded one of a Christmas turkey
| IL was so full of chestnutS. IL was
treat in way To hear Jones. for
he resurrected the stories that the
| old men of the present used to hear