El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-19
Politics

I generally conceded throughout this sec
Z ton that Reese Ling Of Prescott, will
/ poll three votes to one for every other
I candidate in the north and therefore, as
! the choice of the north, he is being aC-
! cepted here with a great deal Of enthu-
siasm as one Of the two men certain to
[ be nominated.
Mr.. Ling is the farthest removed from
I @ demagOE and has never descended
l TO the rant and cant that has charac-
/ terized the speeches Of other senatorial
| aspirants in this part of Arizona. Nj.
/ Ling contents himself with plain,
| straight from the shoulder speech and
| from ali indications It has appealed
: greatly to the many large audiences
! that have greeted him in the southern
I part of the state to be-
A Fling at O'NeilI.
/ The Tucson Star (DemOcratic) thus
/ reports a recent speech Of Eugene Bra
/ dy O'Neiu in that city
Ego Brady ONeiu, of MaricOpa
( county, told small audience at the
[ Tucson opera house last night how he
: brought about statehood almost single
/ handed. The Associated Press and the
/ Arizona press, being subsidized, failed
I to report the wonderful work he did in
/ Washington, and therefore ne IS com
] PEELED to confess it himself decidedly
7 embarrassing ordeal.
THE greater part Of the address de-
I Ivered last night and by Ear the most
I important and most interesting portion
was devoted to the achievements or Mr.
J O'Neill. The audience was told how he,
I the only ordinary citizen probably ever
2 accorded such an honor, was admitted
: in the committee Of senators and con-
I greSSmen. and he told them what TO TO-
! at the conclusion of his address Mr..
O'NeilI delivered himself of a perOra-
I ton. He announced that ne would so
Z into the United States senate with
| chin on his shoulder and in the event
/ progressive legislation was opposed he
would rise and annoUce- 4 am here and
Arizona is here tn presence Of Art-
iona apparently being mere incident
/ forced upon the country in order TO
have Mr.. O'Neiu there"
Smith at jerome.
Jerome Democrats are enthusiastic In
[ their praise of the speech that Marcus
A. Smith gave them on his recent tour
through that section Mr.. Smith gave
his hearers clean, clearcut. exposition
of the political questions now before the
people of Arizona. Mr.. Smith also gave
Z a review of his many years fight for
statehood in the face Of opposition from
a majority in both houses OF congress.
He also explained his hard and success
ful fight against the joining Of New
Mexico and Arizona as d state
His DouEInS Speech.
In his speech at Douglas Mr.. Smith
declared that long years Of legislative
favOritism had aroused the people TO
realization Of the fact that the govern
ment was drifting out of their control
and said to his mind the progressive
leG lures Of the Arizona constitution
were nothing more thaa the awakening
of those principles for which Thomas
jefferson had cOntended in the original
formation Of the government and which
Abraham Lincoln had defended IN later
years the doctrine Of the right of the
people to rule in all ma tiers of govern
ment To his mind none Of the prCgres-
sive fea lures OF the constitution OF All
1ona could inJUre the new state; II ne
believed they would harm Arizona or
the country he would be against them
The namnCeruffr Situation.
The Phoenix Sun sums up the Demo
cratic situation as follows:
For governor. either WeedIu OF Hunt
WI be the nOmnee Dr.. Hughes having
entered the race too late to obtain that
general support which otherwise he
might have commanded. The present
indication is that " eedin has the ad-
vantage Of Hunt and probably will be
nominated on close vote. But whether
the man named be Weedin or Hunt,
there viii be nj occasion for dissatisfac-
ton, as either VIII make an able and
efficient governor
For United States senators there is
the liveliest sort of campaign in pro-
press, but il is becoming atmospheric In
all sections that Mark Smith and Henry
+. AShurSt are leading the field easily
and will come through as the Democrat
lie nominees. The other candidates have,
with one exception not necessary to
specify, made clean and gallant cam
paigns ana viii lose only because thele I
are not senatorships enough to give
them all one each
Congressional Race.
The race for congress IS clearly be J
tween WinsOr and Hayden, with Cobb Z
affecting adversely the chances Of the I
former rather than the latter. Hayden 4
has gone over the state with great thor I
OughEess and if all the promises held I
out to him are verified at the polls, he Z
will be the nominee Otherwise, Win
sOr will be nominated and elected, and d!
viii make Arizona an able, conscientious /
representative.
And whoever rides an the Democrat I
is ticket viii make the trip to sure /
and happy victory"
HOvaI Smiths Candidacy.
HOval A. Smith, dubbed the .IvanhOe I
of Arizona politics" and Republican I
made an inrOad on the Democratic /
ranks with his presidential primary
idea. The Daily Globe approves.
There is no doubt says that paper,
that a peoples presidential primary
would give the people greater interest
IN the election and greater voice In {
of candidates. Under the sys-
tenn now prevailing the people have
little to do with choosing presidents OF \
the United States beyond ratifying the \
choice Of the bosses or the fOrceful men
OF the several parties under the pro-
posed primary plan the bosses like [
OthellO- would find their occupation
gone No more would delegates be
bought and sold and traded often with I
sellers or traders beyond a lust for bat
tie and desire to win. but at the same !
time giving the floors and committee I
rooms of a national convention an IN
seemly market place OdOr or gambling I
room air"
Cameron Working Hard.
Ralph Cameron, Mr.. Smiths partner I
On the Republican ticket, has not made (
ouch noise or stir so far during the
campaign. However, as the Silver Belt
says. the people of Arizona need not
worry about Ralph Cameron not get
Ting plenty busy before the campaign
IS cover. He and HOyal A. Smith are
'andidates for the United States SEN
ate and it will not be many weeks now
until we viii all be advised that there
$ good manly effort being made by
hem and by their friends in their be
lalt Three years ago the most pOpu-
ar Democrat Arizona ever had or ever
viii have, the matchless Mark A Smith !
or 20 years Ariona's delegate. met de-
eat at their hands. This was not due
20 any lack Of luster in the fame of Z
-elegate Smith, but was rather due to I
he irresistible and powerful Smith and I
cameron campaign"
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