The Coconino sun., 1920-10-29
Page Nine
By RALPH H. CAMERON

Ana so we saw secretary Baker.
 found him busy signing army commissions. something I thought he might have delegated to some clerk in the midst of great war. And he not only gave me a minute, but he kept us ten minutes telling us how hard he was working.
 And so you will see, my friends, that after all it does not take states manship to get something for Ari- zona at Washington, but nerve, de- termination and hard work and will promise you to employ them all, if you will put me back on the job there.
 Those of you who have followed my speeches during this campaign, know that have refrained from mud singing, but have endeavored to pre- sent my case to the people of Arizona in fair, square and business-like way.
 Replies to Carpet Bagger's Assaults. My opponent, Senator Smith, his colleague, Senator Ashurst, and Mir. Barnum, the democratic national com mitteeman, have been going about the state making scandalous statements about me. Barnum has said that I am not resident of Arizona because have spent part of my time in the last six years in the east trying to raise money to develop some of our Arizona resources. My friends, have been 37 years a resident of this state. l was blazing the trails of the Grand Canyon, chasing bandits as the first sheriff of Coconino county and work ing for the development of the re- sources of the north long before this carpet-bagger, Barnum, ever heard of Arizona. l love Arizona, I have al- ways lived here since I came to the state as a boy and I expect to die here.
 l expected the opposition to try to rob me of the credit for getting state hood for you which I did during my first term as I promised, but I never thought they would try to give the credit to Mark Smith, my opponent
 Send Back an Optimist.
 Great things can be done in Wash ington for the next four years. It is conceded that the next president will be republican and Senator Harding is as good as elected today and noth. ing can stop the landslide scheduled for November 2nd.
 What, then, is the reasonable and business-like thing for the people of Arizona to do this year when it comes to selecting senator?
 Is it good policy or good business to send back there a man who ad- mits at the outset that your case is hopeless? Or is it best to send a man who believes in your cause and his cause and in his ability to de- liver?
 I am not taking things for grant, ed. l have been to Marion. I have discussed our wonderful reclamation possibilities with Senator Harding and he has not only rendered me his whole-hearted support, but promised me that every pound of influence the administration yields will be placed behind my program if I am elected.
 1908 All Over Again. What better assurance or promise could bring you? You tried me out in 1908 and I was not found wanting. I demonstrated conclusively my abil- ity to deliver. They told you then that my promises were all "hot air" and that could never make good, but fooled them. They are saying the same thing to you now and are becom- ing very abusive because I am prom ising to get you some results in Wash | ington.
 History is repeating itself. We are having 1908 all over again. You had been seeking statehood for years without avail and you decided to make change. You elected to take a chance on me and I did not fail you, for you got what you were after. We are up against the same propo- sition this year. Your great recla- nation projects are at standstill. Not shovelful of earth has been turned on any new project in Arizona since statehood. My opponent offers you no hope. I come before you with the same confidence l displayed in 1908. I ask you to again take a chance on me and say now as I said then, that if I fail to deliver, I will never again ask your suffrage. hon. estly believe in my own ability to make good.
 l have the assurance of the SUD- port of the man who will be the next president of the United States. If, considering all of these facts, the fhopelessness of my opponent, my con- fdence in my own success, my undis- puted energy, determination and ca- pacity for hard work, and the aid which Senator Harding has promised me, you think it is good business and good politics to send me to Washing ton, ask your enthusiastic and mili- tant support.