The Winslow mail., 1920-10-29
BY Ralph II. Cameron

MS nand. am Ralph Cameron OF
Arizona and l am here with Senator
for Arizona on the 10 o'clock train
and I must see Secretary Baker just
for a moment" AS I surmised, he
was the private secretary of Secre-
tary Baker.
| will see what can do for you,''
he replied and went back into the
private office.
In few minutes he came out and
said: Secretary Baker will see you,
Mr.. Cameron" So | went in and
l took Senator Ashurst with me.
Only a Little Nerve NEEDED
How do you do it, Ralph ?"
Queried Henry as we went through
the door.
And so we saw Secretary Baker.
1 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 I will
promise you to employ them all, il
you will put me back on the job
there.
Replies to Carpet Bagger's Assaults
My opponent, Senator Smith, his
colleague, Senator Ashurst, and Mr.
Barnum, the Democratic national
committeeman, have been going
about the state making scandalous
statements about ME. Barnum has
said that I am not a resident of Ari-
zona because 1 have spent a part OF
my time in the last six years in the
east trying to raise money to de-
velOp some Of our Arizona resources
My friends, I have been 81 years a
resident Of this state. I was blazing
the trails Of the Grand Canyon, chas-
ing bandits as the first sheriff OF
Coconino county and working for the
development Of the resources Of the
north long before this carpet-bagger
Barnum, ever heard of Arizona.
love Arizona, have always lived
here since I came to the state as a
boy and expect to die here.
l expected the opposition to try
to rob me Of the credit for getting
statehood for you which I did dur
ing my first term as I promised, but
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 Hard
ing is as good as elected today and
nothing can stop the landslide sched-
uled for November End.
What, then, is the reasonable and
business~like thing for the people of
Arizona to do this year when it comes
to selecting a 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?
l am not taking things for grant
ed. [ have been to Marion. I have
discussed our wonderful reclamation
and he has not only rendered me his
Wholehearted support, but promised
me that every pound of influence the
administration Yields will be placed
behind my program IL I am elected.
1908 ALI Over Again
What better assurance or prom
1se could 1 bring you? You tried me
out in 1908 and I was not found
wanting. I demonstrated conclusive
ly my ability to deliver. They told
you then that my promises were all
hot air. and that l could never
make good, but 1 fooled them. They
are saying the same thing to you now
and are becoming very abusive be-
cause I am promising to get you some
results in Washington.
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 1 did not fail
after.
We are up against the same prop