Arizona republican., 1890-10-23
FALSE TO HIS TRUST.

FALSE TO HIS TRUST.
 To say that Mark Smith is modest man would surely be far from the truth. To say that he is truthful man would surely be far from the mark.
 Both of these points were plainly demonstrated by that gentleman, him self, in his speech at the Opera House in Phoenix, on Monday night. He talked to a large audience in the same manner as he would talk to an ignorant jury in Justices Court, and while he drew out the applause of the uninformed, he caused the thinking portion of his hear CTS to set him down as political charl- atan, seeking an election by the means of misrepresentation and clap-trap.
 He did not answer the accusations that have been made against him; he said he did not have time for such a task. He did not seek to answer or to controvert the evidence offered in the open letter to him published in TIE REPUBLICAN week ago. In that letter were ten questions definitely and directly expressing the position of the Republi- can party of Arizona in this campaign, vet not one did he answer. If silence be consent, then does Mark Smith stands self confessed of acts and derelic- tions of duty more than enough to ensure his defeat at the polls as a faith less and inefficient public servant.
 He impressed it upon his hearers that a Delegate in Congress is but nonen- tity, but failed not to affirm that he, the mighty Mark, had overleaped all obstacles and had accomplished vast good for the Territory, whose peoples votes he so dearly loves.
 In his catalogue of his own deeds in Congress, he brazenly and knowingly falsifed. It is really doubtful if a single one of the acts which he enumerated were passed by virtue of his support, even allowing that his support had been given. He had the hardihood to claim that the agricultural experiment station at Tucson was the result of his influence, well knowing that every other State and Territory in the Union had such institu- tions, and that it was established at Tucson through the personal application of Governor Wolfey and none other.
 He gave himself credit for even the apportionment of governmental survey funds for Arizona, though he slipped lightly over the fact that but $10,0O0 was allotted to Arizona, when several other Territories and States had ten times that sum allowed to them.
 He, himself, passed the North and South Railroad bill through both Houses of Congress, he says! w. J. Murphy, who devoted months of his time to effect i've work in Washington, Secretary N. O.. Murphy and his efforts, the full list of Senators and Representatives who pushed the measure, did not count; for ''I passed the bill."
 'I prevented the abandonment of Fort Thomas" but not that of Forts Mcdowell and Verde. 'T saved the settlers from loss by reason of the dedication of Fred smith," when he knew that the matter simply rested on legal decision of the Attorney General of the United States But the crowning absurdity of all is the claim that "I defeated the bill to charge cattlemen rental for the use of Govern ment landr As if every representa- ton in Congress of every western State or Territory in which herds are grazed, had not jumped with vigor and unanimity upon the measure and killed it in committee!
 Words, simply words," was his argument, untruthful words at that.
 He weakly tried to explain away his connection with the Wham robbery by saying that he was compelled by his profession as an attorney to defend any client who might come to him. He did not, however, explain that he stood at that time as an attorney retained to serve the United States, and that by &C., cepting that case he stood in the light of an attorney who had accepted commits sion from one client and had then turned around and plead the opposite side. He was government officer, sworn to the service of the na- tion, paid for to protect the peoples interests and expected to devote his en- tire attention to the work for which he is so well paid. Yet here in Arizona we find him, while Congress is in session, absent from his post for the purpose of defending the men who had added trea- son to robbery by firing upon the flag which every citizen should love better than life. He was betraying his trust, abandoning his post, false sentinel on guard.
 These facts he cannot answer. They are damning. A deserter from his cause, recreant to duty, he will 20