Arizona republican., 1920-11-01
EDITORIAL
WHAT A SENATOR
 COSTS

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 The democratic newspapers have printed within the past few days syndicated editorial in which they raise the question Of what a senator costs. They evidently are expecting l the election of Ralph Cameron, the Republican nominee. They go on to discuss his power project and the cost !. to the state. They want to know if s' Cameron is going to charge the state for his services as a business agent at so much per kllowatt. The Republican party welcomes that j issue. The campaign has hitherto turned on whether Cameron or Mark Smith would be Of the most value to . l Arizona. which would render tho most effective service. and which would 2 prove the better paying investment from the standpoint of the INCOME to Arizona.
 Turning to the question of which l will be the most expensive. the argu- ment again is all in favor of Cameron. As senator, Ralph Cameron. on the very figures of the democratic news
 papers, would be less expensive in
 yestment than Mark Smith has been.
 The way to determine that is to figure them on an annual basis. The democratic press admits that 1 the power project which Cameron. will secure for the people of this state will
 produce seo,ooO kiIowatts of electric
 power.
 MT. Cameron would draw s9.1s3 an
 nually for his salary as senator. for
 his private secretary and for stationery
 and other supplies. If Cameron is
 elected. then, he win furnish to the
 commercial development of the state
 of Arizona 96o.O00 kilowatts of electric power at a cost to the state of ss1Ss
 That is. every kilowatt will cost the 5 taxpayers Of Arizona a fraction less ' than l cent-to be exact to procure 5 practically a million kilowatts Of eiec- tric power for the industries of Arizona will cost the state in buying the ser vices of Ralph Cameron as senator annually s.oo94 per kilowatt Electric power al less than l cest per kiIowatt and millions Of dollars brought into the state! That is some : investment for seryices- Until the democratic newspapers called attention to it, it had not been realized They have furnished the best argument the best business argument for the elec- ton of Cameron to the senate which
 has appeared during this campaign Now let's look at the reverse side of
 the sheet
 Mark Smith has been senator from the state of Arizona s:nce 1912. that is. nine years. h that time he has
 drawn from the treasury sS2e47. According to his own published and
 endorsed record. for that, the taxpay-
 CTS have gotten exactly nine. or was it eleven bills, passed through con
 gress- Let's calf it eleven. Let's not
 even inquire into the nature Of those bills. Nobody can recall them and.
 most of them were probably private !. pension bills Anyhow, no stones have been turned and no dirt dug on any public project in this state as a con :, sequence of them. But he passed II
 bills for that money. The cost of every bill that Mark has been able
 to get through the congress in nins
 years is a little over s7.513- That is pretty expensive Legislation.
 Can this state afford to pay sa.5t3 to r get a bill passed through congress that r is so unimportant that nobady can re Ss call it?
 y Mark has made so> speeches in that
 nine years Let's figure it on that : basis Each speech, then has cost the
 taxpayers s273.e7. That is expensive ,t wndjammins. Has it been worth it? : What have the taxpayers gotten for d their $273.67 every time Mark Smith
 has gotten up and talked in the sen n ate in the last nine years? l. What have those speeches produced n for them2
 is The contrast is so plain that a child .n could understand it.
 Here are the two investments of of fered;
 go Mark Smith of Speeches at s273.s7 per speech on Bills at s7.513 per bill st And 10 concrete result to the state E Ralph Cameron
 eso.oo0 kilowatts of electric power al r. nine-tenths of a cent per kiIowatt. he Which. AIr. Taxpayer, electing a ali ld rector Of your great corporation. the