Arizona republican., 1911-11-28
Gazette Has Fired Ashurst and Smith from it's Col umns and Yet Bitterly Assails the Republican Nominees.
WHOM DOES IT
 WANT, ANYWAY?
Paper Prints an Attack on Cameron Made by Men Who Voted Against Ari- zona's Admission to the Union.

The journalistic nondescript known as the Arizona Gazette yesterday evening came out with an attack on Hon. Ralph H Cameron. Arizona's g delegate in congress and the repub- lican candidate for the senate.
 Before noticing this attack it may be we'll to ask, Whom does the Ga zette favor for the senate. anyway
 It is a democratic paper, yet it has repudiated Ashurst and has confined Mark Smith to the depths of obli- vion.
 IL hates Cameron with a deadly hatred-yet it is only a few short months since the Gazette championed him as one of the greatest statesmen the west has produced
 And il derides Hoval Smith.
 It's a funny situation. The Ga zette hates Smith and Ashurst. It will not permit their names to sully it's Virtuous columns. Yet it IS in dulging in the most rabid, unjust and unfair attacks on the republi- can candidates that could be imagined
 To what end?
 Suppose the Gazette does succeed in defeating Hoval Smith and Ralph Cameron. it merely avoids the clutches of the devil to fall into the deep blue sea. For by so doing it will elect Mark Smith and Henry Ashurst.
 And think of that. Ashurst the agitator and Smith the procrastina- tor. The two men the Gazette has fought from Dan to Beersheba and from Kalamazoo 10 the Hoboken ferry boats.
 For hasn't the Gazette told us many times and oft that Smith fought the constitution; that he fought statehood; that he is traitor to Arizona: that he is undeserving of the votes of the people; that he should never, never, never be sena- tor?
 And hasn't the Gazette kicked Smith out of its editorial columns? It has. and Ashurst, too. Yet it is fighting the men Smith and Ashurst are fighting.
 That funny paper never did any thing quite so funny as that before
 But about this attack on Cameron.
 The said attack is to the effect that Mir. Cameron tried last winter to defeat statehood. And all this be- cause he said MT. Taft. in his iudg- ment. would veto the statehood mea- sure because of some of the provi- sions of the constitution.
 And vet that is the very thing the president did.
 And a telegram printed by the Gazette denOuncing Mir. Cameron for that stand is signed by Senators Jonathan Bourne. Joseph l.. Bristow, Norris Brown, Moses F.. Clapp. AL bert B. Cummins. Joseph Nj. Dixon. and Robert NJ. La Toilette.
 There seems to be one important matter the Gazette forgets and that is the standing of these men them selves on the statehood question When it came to the admission of Arizona. what did these men do?
 Jonathan Bourne voted against the of Arizona.
 Norris Brown voted against the of Arizona.
 Moses F.. -Clapp voted against the of Arizona.
 Albert NJ. Cummins voted against the admission of Arizona.
 When the question was called up Robert M. La Toilette lodged the issue by leaving the senate chamber
 And what is more, these men, with Bailey. Brandegee, Hepburn and Pomerene are the only senators who voted against admission.
 And they are the patriots who have attacked Ralph Cameron.