The border vidette., 1920-10-09
FOR THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Senator Ashurst Makes Brilliant Ad-
 dress to Warren Voters.

tor Henry F. Ashurst opened the Democratic campaign in the Warren District last night with resoundig speech at the City Park which was an eloquent presentation of the great princi
 pleS for which the Democratic party stands. He made graphic comparisons of the results of Democratic and Republican ad ministrations and ViVidiy i'm pressed his hearers with the re- sponsibility that will fall to them at the general election on No vember second.
 Senator Ashurt unhesitatedly stated his stand on the League of Nations, declaring l am for servatious, but I would prefer some reservations. He made an eloquent plea to the people of Arizona to stop what he termed the practice of stabbing Presi- dent Wilson in the back. He said, T call upon the manhood and womanhood of the State to stop these assaults made upon our President over the shoulders of the governor"
 Senator AShurst said in part: We are here Americans to take part in the affairs of the govern ment, and to do our part in ad- minis stering the business of the nation. We are on the thresh- hold of an election. Again our fellow citizens are called upon to select government officials. This audiauce tonight has the power, possibly to determine the results of an election if we suffer from bad government and evils in political, affairs, the fault is ours because the ballot is in the hands of all.
 II do not want to talk about men, this is a contest of prin ciples, I will therefore call your attention to the judgment you must exercise, and the duties you have to perform in selecting United States Senator. None are to wise or courageous to ad- miniter the affairs of the national government"
 If there is any public office in America where character counts it is in the senator of the United States. My colleague Marcus A. Smith was not obliged to make friends when he entered the senate. In his efforts in be- half of Arizona. he had previous ly made many. friends. He is not a brilliant speaker, perhaps, in debate, but when it comes to judgment and purdent thought fitness he is a tower of strength for Arizona. Tt point out in particular the distinction with which he is regarded by the Senate, will say he is mem Der of the committee on Foreign Re lations one of the most import ant of the Senate committees. He was a member of this com mittee throughout the war. He Is mem Der of the committee on appropriations, and has voted on the expenditure of millions upon millions, but there has never been suspicion of graft brought against him to tamish the splendid brilliance of his in tegrity. You have a candidate comes with no promise except that he will do in the future as he has done in the past. Con- sider these promises on irriga- tion by candidates who have come before you. There has been $2O,OOO,OOO expended on irrigation projects in Arizona, more than in any other state in the Union. Twelve million has been expended on the Roosevelt Dam project and 5000, ,OOO on the Yuma project.
 The first appropriation that was ever obtained for Arizona was obtained by Mark Smith. He is member of the commit tee on the reclamation or Aird lands. Who could be better equipped to serve the rights of Arizona in these matters. Tt was Republican Congress that gave him the chairmanship of the geological survey committee, one that is of great importance to Arizona and to the country.
 We want appropriations for Arizona where these appropria- tions are just and honest, but I repUdiate the suggestion that statesmanship can be measured by the amount of pork brought home by a representative from from the public pork barrel. I