The Parker post., 1915-08-28
SEN. ASHURST
IS PRAISED
HIS EASTERN SPEECHES ARE AT
TRACING MUCH FAVORABLE
COMMENT, ACCORDING TO RE-
CENT REPORT.

(By w. W. Durbin, Chairman Dem
ocratic State Central Committee OF
Ohio, in Arizona Gazette.)
AS the editor of the leading Demo
cratic paper in Arizona, l thought
you would be interested as a demo-
crat and a citizen of Arizona in the
great work your United States SEN
ator, Hon. Henry F. Ashurst is doing
in this state in the splendid addresses
he is delivering at various points.
| never had the pleasure of meeting
Senator Ashurst before but learning
county, l motored over to hear bim,
and l only regret that every man,
woman and child in the county could
not have heard him. His subject
"The progress of Liberty" is natur-
ally one of great scope, and shows
great research and wonderful thought.
He goes way back to the dawn of
civilization and brings us down to the
present. He shows how the people
in all times have yearned for liberty.
He shows how progress is always
measured by the degree of liberty
the people of the nation have enjoyed
and he shows how the people an,
nations have been destroyed when
they have lost their liberty. He
carries a great message to the peo
pie of our country and it is most
helpful at this time when all Ameri-
cans should keep their heads, refrain
from racial prejudices, religious in
tolerance, extravigance and all those
evil weeds that if permitted to grow
UP will finally choke out the spirit
of free government
His address was greatly appreciated
and received unstinted applause be-
cause it was so thoroughly and truly
American. Senator Ashurst is render
ing President Wilson great service
wherever he goes. Every community
is but an aggregation of citizens and
the state is but an aggregation of
communities. Every community is
known and spoken of, and every state
Is known and spoken of just in pro-
portion as it has useful influential
citizens to be spoken of and whenever
community or a statee has useful
influential citizen they should get be-
hind him and boost, because in doing
SO they are boosting their own
game.
Arizona is one of the twin baby
states of the Union but in my opin-
ion it will bespoken of more than
some of the older states in the Union
because of the able representatives
she has at Washington. I trust that
the people of Arizona will keep Sen
ator Ashurst in the senate because
he reflects only credit upon the state
and the democratic party should be
proud Of such a leader. | only wish
there were more Ashursts in our
states where We need to keep pro-
gresslve democracy alive, for my ex-
perlence has been that the enemies
or democracy are always at work and
We need faithful champions on guard
all hte time. 1t is this progressive
element in the democratic party that
gave us the income tax, the election
OF United States senators by the peo-
pie, and many other reforms. and
this same eelment gave us Wilson.
the hope OF the Republic and the
greatest since the martyred Lincoln.
| was in Washington in 1911 when
your first state election was held and
when the good news came over the
wire that it had gone democratic I
was mush pleased, but 1 am more
pleased than ever after having heard
one of her representatives speak in
Dehalf of peace and progress and
good citizenship that will put Amer
lcagin the forefront where she belonss
All the people were highly pleased
with his address and l am hopeful
that In the next campaign We will
nave the pleasure of hearing him
again.