The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1916-06-02

leaped back over the years to the
Coconino forest and the everlasting
hills. The door opened and Senator
Ashurst entered.
''Will you permit me to sleep in
your Jail tonight?" he asked.
Let me see your hair, Henry" 1
replied
Still Retains His Western HabiIiments
1t was not parted in the middle,
but swept back from his broad dome
in stateSm an-like waves. / was
pleased to observe that he had pre-
served his Western personality in
dress He still retained the frock
coat, the broad-brimmed hat and the
flowing tie. The tall, spare youth
that 1 had first met in Sandy Dona-
hue's twenty-five years before had
broadened physically and mentally.
The next day 1 sat in the gallery Of
the United States Senate, looking
down upon the Democrats. Natural
ly, prefer to look down upon Re-
publicans, but 1 wanted to see ffour
Henry" from the most desirable want
age point. There he was, right where
he told me he would get more than
twenty years ago.
= don't talk much any more" he
told me. "After I had become estab-
lished here, 1 found that strength
doesn't lie in talking. The Senate is
a mighty poor place for oratory and
sentiment.
'1 have learned the value Of pa
! tience and preparedness. Together
with opportunity, they have been the
keystone of whatever success 1 have
achieved. Opportunity is somewhat
beyond human control, but patience
and preparedness create opportunity,
within some limitations.
Second Youngest Member, But None
More Respected
Though he is the second youngest
member of the Senate, Ashurst Is
chairman of the Committee on Indian
Afatrs; the youngest member of the
Judiciary Committee; the second man
on Mines and Mining, and a member
of the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds. No man in the Senate
is more respected, and there is moth
ing Of the lickspittle in the regard
of underlings around the Capitol.
Senator AShurst is fine man"
said doorman to me. Everybody
likes him. There are no airs about
him. He always has friendly word
and bright smile of greeting"
J His private secretary, M 1. Nickel
| ligon, told me he had never seen
the Senator lose his temper. rode
with him through the one-rail sub
way to his quarters in the Senate
| Office Building In his library he
pointed to a well-thumbed copy OF
the Bible and the works CT Macau-
ley.
Those are my favorites," said he
with Shakespeare running a close
second. They are wonderful SOU tcs
of inspiration and study to me-"
Two large pictures hang from the
walls Of this office. One shows the
north side Of the San Francisco peaks
overlooking Flagstaff, the other the
south side. In the foreground Of the
latter picture is small fir tree.
81 tied my horse to that tree when
I was ten years DID," observed the
Senator. ''When 1 want relief from
dry statistics 1 look at that picture
and dream of the early days"
As we sat in that exclusive "bean
cry Senator Ashurst and became
oblivious to our surroundings.
We talked of the characters that
contributed to the joy of Life In Flag
staff and Williams-of Billy, the Bear
slayer; Buck Rasor, Paleface
Charley, Colonel Sallers" Macomber
and Seafoam Bill, the barber. Many
of those characters have crossed thu
range into shadowland, but they lef
memories that endure even in tht
new civilization that has dawnet
where they flourished. Gallant BuckI
O'Neill also passed in review, ant
with one voice we said, God bless
her, Amen" when we spoke of Nav
Hayward, who made specially o
pruneS at the little old boardin,
house.
NAV Hayward would certainly fee
proud to see you in the Senate, 1 re
marked.
1.-THE proudest moment of my lif
was when my own little mother sa
in the Senate gallery replied tn
Senator. 'She came all the way from
California. where she now resides, +
see me in the full realization of m
schoolboy ambition"
l told him 1 would like to live m
old Arizona days over again.
You couldn't do it," said lou
Henry" why, my State today is
model in all the uplifting movement
that go to make better civilization
1t is as dry as the Great America
Desert. The Salvation Army meets
J Cap Smiths and Sandy Donahue's ha
been converted into an ice cream pa
, lor."
, l said 1 wouldn't care to go back.