Arizona republican., 1912-03-28

not revered. Launching into a dis
 cusslon of the senate. which he Slfd
 was often referred to as the mil
 li"naire's club. he said if there was
 Foundation for such name it was
 time for a change
 The speaker recited the history of
 the senate. said it was original,
 body that met in secret and was created for the protection of com mercial interests. He said that the senate. even since it has been given
 the light Of publicity. had not Van
 dered far from it's early precadeuts
 Nevertheless, he felt il d pleasing commentary that of the I0S5 men who have been elected to that high office. so few have proved them selves unworthy. But he declared it [" be the need of the hours to elect them by a vote of the people.
 The speaker said he considered it happy circumstance that his col league is tn be Senator Smith and proceeded to pay him high compIi- ment saving as Jefferson did of Franklin. that others may come af- ter but none will take his place.
 He said the state judicial recall will not be fully effective but that the remedy must come through the recall of the federal judiciary.
 The commerce court. he said. should be abolished and he hoped to help bring about it's destruction.
 Mir. Ashurst also spoke on the sherman trust law which he said. is q farce The twenty-five wears of it's existence has been the era of the trusts The remedy for the trust evil, he said, is not the Sher- man law but government cOopera ton. If the government can build a canal why can it not build factories and warehouses He also said the states must have the right to engage in industrial pursuits
 Then Nlr Ashurst went after the tariff; said there was no such thing as free trade and never had been but he was in favor of getting just IS near to il as possible.
 A tribute WIS paid [" the demo cratic party which he said was able to meet and cope with every con tineencl.
 Senator smith was next ntroduc- ed and delivered pleasing address | His speech was not so long as Mr Ashursts nor was il SO completely devoted to reforms
 Permit me to tell you frankly. ' I love your greetings and your cheers" He said. They take me back to other days when look arouud and miss so many faces shall never see again and hear so many voices. sWeeter thJn any other l sound in all the earth. that others ! lo not hear would they were ! here today. The history of govern [ nent does not show band of ] greater souls or braver men. And, hat you may build state worthy | ,f them is the only monument worthy of their renoWn."
 Then he paid tribute of ffec- ion to the early pioneers with whom Ie had fought both political and battles in the last quar- CT of a century Next came con for Arizona on tchicv- nS statehood and thanks for the confidence of the people. It. moved lim to rededicate himself to the ervice of the state. He said he would never have occasion to blush or his state or for any legislature it night elect and he certIinly had no tO make of the first state egiSlature.
 Respecting the questions hefore he people he said his audience new as well as he what should be lone and il was not his province o recite the facts But he did say Arizona must devise a means of making Arizona dollars pay their air proportion of the taxes in Ari- ona. He said there was no need or him to say that wealth has evdd- q it's duty He also advised econ