The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-10-20

Political promises and their com parative value to the candidate and to the people he hopes to represent, came in for good-humored but search ing analysis at the hands of Senator Henry F. Ashurst Wednesday, night, when the veteran Democratic states man addressed large audiences at Clifton and Morenci
 Promises have a definite and un- deniable value-to the candidate who makes them, Senator Ashurst de- clared, citing the case of the fluent candidate who two years ago de feated Mark Smith with political promises
 How these promises were left un- fulfilled the Senator did not find it necessary to specify, their failure to materialize into actual accomplish ment being too obvious to require explanation.
 Promising, however, he pointed out, remains one of the most popu- lar and consistently successful meth ods of gaining votes. He cited the case of certain senator who was asked, when the end of his term drew near and his campaign prom ises remained as yet entirely unfulfill- ed, What are you going to do about all those promises you made?"
 That's easy" retorted the re- sourceful vote-getter, I'm going to renew 'em'.
 Republican promises during the campaign of 1920 were by no means confined to the senatorial candidate from Arizona, however, Senator Ash urst reminded his audience.
 You remember" he said, "how the Republicans said: Let us take charge of the government and bring back prosperity. Send us to Wash ington so that we may bring back for you tariff on long staple cot ton
 Right here, however, when they began talking about the tariff. they were thinking of tariff, not for the western farmer or cattlegrower, but for the manufacturers of New York and New Jersey and the New England states.
 "The Republican idea of a good tariff is tariff which makes it possible for the eastern manufac- turer to buy hides in free-trade market and sell boots in a protected market In short. their aim is not to protect the hides but to protect the boots."
 Even the greatest Republican news papers in the country could not swallow the enormities of the ad- ministration tariff bill without reg istering a protest, added the Sena- tor, reminding his hearers that these organs of Republican opinion have denounced the 1922 tariff as the most iniQuitous and useless piece of legislation in the history of tariff making.
 As to the Republican promise to bring back the good old times," said the speaker, it is not necessary to remind the cotton growers of the Salt River valley or the Arizonans whose money was invested in the cattle industry, how good" the old times felt when they returned shortly
 after the change of administration. Ut is human to make promises. 1t is indeed a great temptation to the candidate to promise appropriations from the United States treasury, to promise anything his constituents may desire and which he believes it may be possible for him to procure. "Endeed, 1 have no doubt that most | or these CdIHpdiSH pl CiiiiSCS ai . S'A'
 cerely made. The candidate doubt 1 less is in earnest and fully intends 1 to carry out his pledge to place a
 tariff on long staple cotton, or ob- tain this or that federal appropria- ! tion for this or that project in his state.
 But no man can promise away l the funds of the United States. No 1 candidate has d right to say that he will wiring such and such sum from 1 the United States treasury. If he is 1 any kind of a statesman he will not promise to do that which he knows 1 he cannot accomplish alone. All he | can honestly say is that, if elected 1 he will give the matter his earnest 1 thought and attention, and that if il ! then seems to be to the public inter
 est he will bend his efforts to pro
 cure the passage of the approprid | ton.
 In this connection the Senator pre- dicted the early passage of the l Smith McNary Reclamation Bill, whicl was made part of the bonus bill
 and passed both houses of Congress but was stricken out in conference 1 and assured his hearers that upor it's passage he would bring to tht | attention Of the Department of th' Interior the advantages of diver sion dam on the upper Gila for tn reclamation of the arid lands il Greenlee county along the Gila river In outlining his qualifications fo
 continued service, therefore, Sena