Show Senator Ashurst Again Leads Off Senate Roll RollI I By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON Dec 29 The 29 The senator from Arizona Henry Arizona Henry Fountain Fountain Foun Foun- tam tain Ashurst is Ashurst-is is at the tho top of at the heap again again- That is his name once more moro Is Js th the first heard when tho the roll of ot the senate Is called caned Senator Allen of or Kansas took his place for a few tev months the first time timo in all an of Ashurst's 18 IS 8 years ears in inthe tho the senate that ho he has not been lead leadoff leadoff ot off man on tho the alphabetical list of senators But Allen Alien did not return for or tho the short session of at the Seventy- Seventy first congress so tho the Arizona senator senator senator sena sena- tor went back to his old placer place I r never got Sot accustomed to hearing hear hearing ing Ins Allens Allen's name first says Ash Ash- It always alwa's sounded strange to me mc In the private dining room for senators at tho the capitol tho the other day lIay between mouthfuls of ot fillet of ot Clou flounder and sips of or very y weak tea the Arizona senator told just what it mC means meins s to be too first on a n senate S S S SIts Its more difficult than one ono would Imagine he ho said Especially It if the theone theone theone one concerned Is a a. conscientious fellow It is his practice never ne to let his name pass Intentionally and vote later Often this means making up his mind during during- a split second In f fact ct ho lie admitted that many times ho lie had bad determined how ho he would vote voto in tho the Interval when he heard his name called and antI his answer 1 A senate comes without warning at times and often octen much depends on what Ashurst doe does There was for tor example the occasIon occasion occasion oc oc- oc- oc casion of at the tho prolonged filibuster Inthe Inthe in inthe the senate back in hi 1315 1915 on tho the ship purchase bill bUl It was b believed b by the Democratic senators in charge of or tho the bill that a a. might be obtained And under the rules of at tho the senate when ono one ono senator answers answers answers an an- to his name namo further debate Is impossible On this fact tIle the Democrats pinned their hopes of at ending tho the filibuster S Ashurst was first on tho the So with the patience of t an oriental ho he sat in his seat continuously for 54 hours and 10 minutes waiting i waiting for tor his namo name to bo ho called called He lie was one ono of oC tIme the most Important figures in fri that celebrated parliamentary parliamentary parlia parlia- I battle At night ho he slept 1 on a n. sofa in tho the son senate te chamber during tho the day dap ho lie sat at in his seat scat For Jor should tho Republicans falter In their campaign of or words should th they y lose loso the floor long enough for the tho clerk to sing out Senator Ashurst Ashurst Ash Ash- I and for him to answer an another anI another an- an I other rou round ll In the tho battle would have been won for tor the tho Democrats As It so 80 happened d his name namo was never ne called But nul to show you ou how I was keyed up ho lie said near the tho end endot of ot tho the filibuster while filibuster I lay sleeping sleep sleep- ing In- Inon cr on my sofa in the back of at the chamber I I dreamed that the clerk had called my name And they tell mo that I yelled out then and there I Aye Ac |