Arizona republican., 1918-06-26

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 Most of us regard the unlimited senate debate an unmitigated nuisance and though now and then some of us have had occasion to be pleased with the result of it. defeating forcing legislation have looked upon the practice indefensible. But there a defense and the best defense have heard of it. a pretty good by the way offered by Senator Smith of Michigan few days ago in a speech against the proposed amendment the for the limitation of debate.
 MT. Smith showed how the unlimited debate had twice made possible the defeat of hievng rivers and harbor bills, by Senator Kenyon of Iowa and previous to that, by Senator Burton of Ohio. The latter estimating the task before him. brought with him into the senate chamber his dressing gown shoes that he might address himself with greater comfort to a theme of which he master to which no paying the slightest attention in the chamber but which the country heard and to which it responded with curtalment of the authority and power upon the part of the committee having in charge river and harbor appropriation bills"
 Then Mir Smith as follows introduced another specific instance affecting of Arizona. Said he:
 the senator from Arizona [N1r. Ashurstl in his seat the other side of the chamber, and say to the Senator from Illinois MT. sherman whose time Senator Smith speaking.1 that the senator from Arizona would not have had seat in this body his state representative had not been for the unlimited power of debate sought to be curtailed by this amendment to rules. After President Taft vetoed the statehood bill took the floor the end of the session and maintained it until wrung from my colleagues unanimous consent agreement to submit to the senate the bill admitting the states of Arizona and New Mexico into the union. Much good and harm has from unlimited discussion here and to cural it and deprive ourselves of this and privilege, it to me- is not called for by situation existing.
 To this Senator Ashurst made the following grace full acknowledgement:
 have never done so publicly and I crave the opportunity to thank the distinguished senator from Michigan [NIr. Smith,, who chairman of the committee territories at the time the statehood bill pending. l very free say that our entry into the Union largely through his splendid vices chairman of the committee of territories He has been constant friend of the southwest.
 MT. Smith hoped in his reply that the senator from Arizona would add to his compliment. his vote against the amendment, but believe the roll-cal found it on the other side.
 We have heard for year more of the diatoriness of congress than we had heard for a long time. IL came chiefly from executive sources. George Creel had much say about it and the newspapers took up the accusation and charged the with ing preparations We lost sight of the that long after congress had enacted the legislation asked for the executive department not avaing itself of it. Those were the days of waiting and groping, now happily past; those the days when the shipping board wasting its energy in an internal quarrel then the air craft board had practically taken vacation from task which it had not really begun to join in the general jubilaton the things we were going to do little later; those the days when Crozier at the head the ordnance bureau was refusing to adopt guns lest the future should develop better pattern than human ingenuity had yet conceived
 Congress had, perhaps, been slow in so great an emergency to provide the necessary machinery but events showed that the machinery was provided be- fore anybody ready to operate it.
 No doubt much harm has resulted from the un-
 limited debate of the senate but can easily see how without such brake d disastrous rush down hill might occur.
 We may say that a majority is apt to be right. It is true that the majority is apt to know that is to think right but the majority does not always vote its thoughts it's convictions