Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09

ator Cameron has had to fight n
defenseless fight solely the past five
years. His great handicap has been
the nebulous and discriminatory Col
orado river compact, one that has
received the arden championship of
not. alone half dozen abutting ac-
uuisitive states but Arizona's con-
gressional representatives as we'll.
submit that after eleven years
Of effort, from 1912 to 1922, the
Iseven-state compact is a tragic and
distressing substitute for the epochal
Cameron plan of 1911. Through ne
rlect or whatever the cause, Ariz
ona stands today shorn of water
rriorities. accretionary delta lands and
port facilities that justly belong tc
her. She suffers now from lack OF
these advantages, and will forever
suffer vital economic handicaps be.
cause of them.
An Irreparable Loss
II is certainly tragical to contem-
! nlate the loss that confronts Arizona
through non-activity in her behalf
during the all-important decade 1917
to 1921. I for one Arizonan believe
fullv and irrevocably that if Ralph
Cameron had been elected to tNI
senate in 1911 he would have Sc
cured the Mexican area, with It's
port facilities, and full protective
water rights for 100000 acres of
land within Arizona's boundaries;
that dams would have been built
imnounding the waters of the Color
ado. that vast acreage of land would
M that
Colorado river power liens would
be traversing Arizona ere this. Due
to past neglect, we find today
verftable saturnalis of grasp1ng'
greedy and gigantic forces seeking
perouisites of water and power at
the expense of Arizona.
It will require, not only a man
of excellent Judgment and detained
knowledge of the Colorado river PROD
1am hut one possessing rare courage
;ndomitable tenacity and rare vision
as we'll, to properly safeguard Arlz-
ona,s rights and interests in the free
for-all fight staged by our acquisi,
tive neighbors.
Cameron Ability Needed
| submit that no one within the
history Of Arizona, whether of the
mast or present, possesses these at.
tributes as all-embraclng as does
Senator Ralph H. Cameron. He has
! accomplished history-maklng Things
for Arizona in the past, and he will
accomplish epochal things for Arizona
in the years to come if we but
permit him to bend his wonderful
ability in our behalf.
He will occupy a greater and more
commanding future position within
not only the councils of domlnent
senators who will shape and control
| all national legislation, but he also
will be most powerful within ma
tional executive control as we'll.
I Senatorial Seniority
| Senator Cameron now occupies a
senatorial seniority status within the
dominant party that is Of vital pro-
! tective aid to Arizona, and his status
will be tremendously greater the COM
ing term. Arizona well knows that
her interests can only be jealously
protected by having a senator with
the greatest possible seniority pres
tige in the councils of the party
now dominating national legislative
and executive channels.
| Arizona's acquisitive nelghbors have
powerful senators within the councils
Of the dominant party, and it woulG
I be economic suicide for US to remove
! Senator Cameron from the powerful
offensive and defensive position he
now occupies midst these senatorial
control forces.
| Character Assassins
These acquisitive exterior forces
we'll recognize the danger to them
and their mercenary detectives #
Senator Cameron is enhanced in SEN
atorial power. They have, through
an exterior prostituted press, q
native-son character assassin cores
;. pondent, and certain governmental
functionaries, sought TO enlighten
the electorate of Arizona as to their
duties. Their effrontery in this re-
spect is in complete harmony With
their mercenary motives and objecN
tfves, absolutely paralleling the ego
tistic and acquisitive proclivities of
these foreign agencies and their
cringing servitors Arizona's elector-
ate we'll knows the hypocrisy of
these Grecian bearers of gifts; knows
! full we'll their Dranu OF Apdche
friendship and rattlesnake solicitude
TireIess Energy
You will never find this rugged
pioneer following the line of least
resistance Cameron's past history
proves that he is the very personl-
fication Of tireless energy and
master carver of trails through almost
insurmountable obstacles. You Will
never find him accepting eXteriorly
prepared and nebulously formulated
compacts, either as whole or IN
mart. You will find this energetic, cour-
ageous and clear-visioner Arizonan
amply qualified not only to formulate
our lust and an all-essential bill Oh
! eouities, but resourceful in seeing that
are most minutely validated.
Safeguard Arizona
Arizonans are proverbially creoit"
ed with independence, courage tena"
city, loyalty, and rare pioneelns
ability, and they will henceforth also
he credited with wise and an all"
embracing political acumen by retain"
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