The Washington herald., 1912-04-01

7 He is a profound student OF Spanish
history, literature, and law. and Il. per-
haps, better acquainted with the real con-
ditions in old Mexico than any one con-
nected with the government of the United
States.
Senator Fall speaks Spanish as readily
as he does English. and when addressing
an audience OF Americans and Spanish
Americans frequently acts as his own in
terpreter. with a sentence in English
which he Immediately translates into
Spanish.
Judge Falls home is at Three Rivers.
n. Mex. He is married and has a family
of boys and girls. He has a law office
at FL Paso, Tex, his practice being main
~ confined TO railroad and mining in
terests.
Thomas B. Catron was born I'm ls+O. in
Missouri, and was graduated from the
University OF Missouri in the class OF 1850
He served in the Confederate army as
first lieutenant of the famous Bledsoe
Battery. and made a signal record of
bravery. He moved to New Mexico at
the close OF the war. and not long after
ward formed a law partnership with the
late Stephen b. Elkins. He was appoint
ed district attorney by Gen. Grant. and
later became attorney general. He was
a Delegate to Congress in 1870. has served
as member of the New Mexico senate
for the last twenty years. was a mem
ber Of the constitutional convention OF
1890 as well as of the recent convention.
and has been a delegate to every RepublI-
can national convention since he became
prominent in the political life Of the Ter
ritory.
Another Marcus AureIius.
Senator Mark Smith, as he is usually
called (there has not been a Marcus
Aurel;as in the Senate since the days OF
NJ. A. HANNAH. was born in Kentucky,
January "a. 1859. was educated at Tfan-
sylvania University, at Lexington. and
went to Arizona in 1851. He was elected
prosecuting attorney the following year.
and then began his long career as dele
gate TO Congress. He is no stranger In
Washington, having lived here for twelve
years as the Arizona delegate to the
Fiftieth, Fifty-thIrd, Fifty-nfth, Fifty
SEVENTH Fifty-ninth. and SixtIeth Con-
crosses. He was superseded for the last
two terms by Representative Cameron,
on the theory that during a Republican
administration there might be more
chance of Statehood with a Republican
delegate.
But in the race for the Senate. Mr..
Smith received the majority over Mr.
Cameron, and the new State returned
to its old allegiance to the Democratic
party.
Senator Smith is Of tall and command
ing presence, wears a mustache. now
tinged with gray. and his Congressional
experience will make him a useful Sena-
tor.
Henry F. Ashurst was born in Nevada.
but he is nearer to being a native of Ari-
zona than nineteenth of its citizens, since
he moved to the Territory when he was
one year old. He was a cowboy at If
teen, and a deputy sherin at nineteen.
After course in hod-carrying and lum-
ber- -jacking he decided to study law, and
at the age of twenty-four he found him
self the speaker Of the Arizona house.
Later he took a special raw course at
the University OF Michigan, then was
elected for two terms district attorney
OF Coconino County. and in 1909 moved
to Prescott to practice his profession.
He became a candidate for the United |
States Senate last fail. ana received the |
highest vote in the advisory election,
which was mandatory upon the Iegis- |
lature, which has just elected him to the |
Senate of the United States. His plat
proposition that is now being agitated |
m Congress, from the parcels post to |
old age pensions.
Orator of Old school.
Senator Ashhurst is an orator Of the old |
school. AS an Arizona admirer says OF |
him:
He reaches up and plucks the flowers |
of speech" He stands over six feet IN |
height, is smooth shaven, and VIII raise /
he average of personal pulchritude in /
The Senate while lowering correspond
ngly the average age.
Ninety-six Senators, when Colorado l
elects the one she is entitled TO! Forty
light States! Forty-eight stars in the /
lag! 1t will be long before the number
II stars or OF Senators is increased.
WITHDRAwS AS REPUBLICAN.