The Coconino sun., 1916-11-03
ASHuRST SENATE
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The Republican state committee made public the results of careful analysis of Senator Ashurst's record of bills introduced and passed, and the disclosures fail altogether to har- monize with the claims put forth by the senator since he began his cam paign in the state.
 It will be recalled that when the senator returned to Arizona few weeks ago there were published cer- tain cartoons--presumably prepared under his direction in the east which depicted the young senator as about the whole thing at Washing ton. For example, one of these pie lures represented MT. Ashurst sitting at desk, smiling blandly, the line "My Record" emblazoned at the top of the picture. Surrounding him was list of practically all the important laws enacted by congress during the six years in which the senate has been graced by Mir. Ashurst. The impli- cation would be that the senator fathered and passed these bills, and undoubtedly the senator expected that the particular cartoon would convey the notion that readers would note the list of laws enacted, and say, "See what Ashurst did"
 The facts are, as disclosed by minute analysis, that of the one hun dred and four bills introduced by Senator Ashurst during the six-year term only ten have become laws. The list of his bills that were passed is 80 short that it iss easily reproduced and it follows:
 Bill No. 6308-To authorize leasing of ceded Indian lands in Idaho for the production of oil and gas.
 Bill No. 5316-For survey and sale of certain public lands in Coconino county.
 Bill No. 2412-To increase the pen S10n o1 tred IL. buSn.
 Bill No. 3114-To increase the pen. sion of John Lively.
 Bill No. 675-To increase the pen. sion of Alice I. Simpson.
 Bill No. 2500-To adjust the rights of settlers on the Moqui and Navajo Indian reservations.
 Bill No. 5769-To increase the pen sion of Joseph E. Burton.
 Bill No. 3536-To provide for stor ing and cleaning of imported Mexican peas.
 Bill No. 674s-To maintain India, schools without restriction as to an nual expenditures per pupil.
 Bill No. 104S-For relief of Warrel E. Day.
 One of the cartoons mentioned SC forth that the senator had secured pubic hearings "for Bisbee, Nogales Prescott, Flagstaff, Douglas, Glob' and Tucson"
 The facts disclosed by the analysis of the congressional record show tha not one of these bills has become ; law. Some of them passed the senate people of Arizona would believe tha these building bills had actually be come laws?
 The letter which Senator Ashurs has mailed to each voter in the stat, is, like the self-fiattering cartoon misleading as to public buildings The letter reads: "My membershil on the committee on public building and grounds has enabled me to secur, favorable action on the following The following" being the variou building bills already mentioned What other inference did the senato expect than that the house. Practically all the bills introduce, by Senator Ashurst were of a privat nature,-an most of them, as appear from the record, are still resting il the dusty pigeon holes of committees Two of them were reported out b, the committee adversely, namely:
 Bill No. 4058-To construct | bridge at Nogales. Reported ad versely by the. committee on com merce, and thus defeated.
 Bill No. 2660-To donate obsolet, cannon to city of Prescott. :, Referee to the committee on military affairs Reported adversely by the committee and thus defeated.
 Of the ten bills introduced by Sen ator Ashurst which have become law, five of them were of a public nature the rest were pension bills. In tn, Ashurst cartoons at any rate as wer, indeed most of the 104 bills intro duced by him.
 But there is one truth set forth MT. Ashurst is handsome.