Arizona republican., 1920-10-30

REGARD his experience in Washing
 ton, both as delegate and as private
 citizen and his knowledge of irriga-
 ton power problems as of such char
 acter as to make his acquisition by
 upper house valuable in settling
 questions that are to come up be-
 fore the next congress.
 WASHINGTON. Oct. 29.-Blase of ficial Washington rarely takes great deal of interest in races for the senate and congress where the candidates are men who are out of ofrice or unknown here. As a rule the sympathies of Washington are with tne sitting mem Der because of the personal acquain tances and friendships he has natur ally established by service in the na- tional capital.
 There is one very great exception to the rule this year. however. and that is the senatorial race in the state of Arizona, where former Delegate Ralph Cameron is contesting for the seat held since statehood by the ven- erable Marcus A. Smith, one of Will sons staunchest and most dependable supporters.
 MT. Cameron is not a stranger in Washington. The fight which he made successfully for the admission of Ari- zona as a separate state is still re- membered among senators and con gressmen who were in the service sen as we'll as by leaders of the repub- lican party generally. Advocates of irrigation and reclamation projects in | the west, who are a close fraternity. also recall with high regard the eff eient aid which he was to the general program during his brief service.
 The states of Pennsylvania and New York are developing an under standing of the value to them of the development of the arid land states and those quarters which are intelli- gently supporting the program regard l Mir. Cameron as the representative ol | it. For that reason they too arc l watching his race with keen interest l His work here a year ago when, bs I plainly putting the labor situation be \ fore the senate and house committee. on mines and mining. he procured th' quick passage of the Hawley resolution exempting miners from assessmen work under the statute for that year is remembered and cited as an evi
 dence of his ability to interpret tn
 
 for the benefit of his state
 The reason. however. for the specia
 interest which is being taken in hi race is that the republican party through its platform and through tn i. campaign pledges of Presidentto b Harding. is pledged to reclamation policy and to the development of tn power possibilities of the southwest
 The committee of the senate on irri gation will deal with the reclamation matter and the committee on con servation of natural resources will dea with the power problems. It is recog nized that MT. Cameron's detailed am expert knowledge of both matter would be invaluable to the majorit membership in framing it's measure in accordance with its pledge to tn west made in its platform.
 Fortunately. as it happens. there just one vacancy on each of these com
 mittees. both created by the defeat c Senator Gronna for renomination l North Dakota.
 If Cameron is wisely chosen by tn voters of this state. it is understoo in advance that he will be given place on both committees, which are vitally bound up with the deveiopmer z of his state. On the conservatio
 committee which handles the powe t proposals. he would be the only eXpel E on the committee and could be eS E pected naturally to draft the bill aid the power projects of the wes This is due to the fact that the chair man of the committee, Senator Col K is well past 70 and is from Rhod \ Island and not familiar as Cameron with the actual needs and workings { the power development.
 The other republican members of tf committee are all from east of tf Mississippi river and though they al H anxious to assist in the expansion the west. they naturally would def' to Mir, Cameron's intricate understand ing of the matter. The fact is tn; N Senator Cameron would be to all 1T tents and purposes the mind of tf \ senate on development or water pow' \ when he comes here and takes h \ place on the conservation committe The committee on irrigation ar N reclamation is composed, as far ; the republican majority goes entire of western senators. It will fran the bill and assign the sums to appropriated for work in the west. M Cameron would naturally succeed that vacancy as he comes from tl
 state where reclamation prospects al
 conceded to be the most favorable al E with his energetic personality, recall' k so well in the national capitol buildin rzz~n.o JSazA