Arizona republican., 1904-10-18

The attack on MT. Maxwell next en- crossed the attention of MT. Smith Ir was not well received by the house. which could not avoid comparing i- with the dignified and businessIike talk of MT. Maxwell from the same platform last Friday night MT. Smith made the astonishing declaration that he himself had been all these years the chief irrigator for Arizona. and that so far as he knew Mr. Maxwell had done absolutely nothing. Neither had Mir Fowler. They had been hand in-glove devising ways and means for spending the money with which the railroads had equipped them. and try ing to bring about the repeal Of the land laws He made the still moEa astounding statement that at the last Irrigation congress both had tried to secure an expression of the congress in favor of the repeal. to the end that the states and territories of the arid region might have no money for the reclamation fund.
 The farther MT Smith went the more reckless he grew. He omitted Co men tion that the clause of the irrigation
 act making it applicable to the Salt River valley was the result of the sole efforts of MT. Maxwell. but he stated
 that after the bill had become law. Maxwell had come to the only place Il
 the United States iu which it was pos slble to create a row under the bill
 and had raised one. It was true that
 the great work had begun. but 11r
 Smith hinted that there was a lurking danger in it. He advised his hearers
 that they could with proprfety prepare
 themselves for trouble as a result or the expenditure of S3.C00CJ0 in the building of the Tonto dam.
 In his general denunciation of those
 who dispute his right to perpetuaIiy
 represent the territory in congress.
 MT. Smith included Chief Justice Kent.
 who. he said. had committed an impro-
 priety in attending the Maxwell meet
 ing and sitting behind the spe1 ker.
 There were a great many other per
 sons at that meeting. democrats and
 republicans. who had come to hear a
 discussion Of matters fn which the
 valley happened to be vitaIly con cerned.
 In the course of his address he
 quoted sOtto voce from Mir. NaxwelTs speech, vainly endea avoring 10 create
 laugh He said that that gentleman l had been discredited in congress. and he read a letter from a senator 10 a | resident of this valley (name not given), in which the senator had sad l that whatever Maxwell and his gang
 wanted they would not get
 At this point 1Ir. Smith began fo en- counter difficulty in finding the drcu- ments he was looking for in the ma-z | of papers before him They had ba- l come inextrica bly mixed. and zn con i sequence the speech itself became ! mixed and almost inCoherent
 Concerning the accusation that Le ' had done nothing in congress fn the ! course Of his twelve years service. | MT. Smith made a statement sufficient ] ly strong to carry conviction He dis- ! posed Of the whole matter by saying ] that any man who said h. had done l nothing was a liar He said further : that he had passed more bills through [ congress in the twelve years than any other member of congress had ever ! done in the same lzngth Of time | But ont enc of them was men tiOned by M-. Smith. and perhaps uo- ] member Of 8Ir- Smiths a-die1ce l could remember one by name. l This ended the defense os Mir Smith. ] and he concluded by the statehood az 1 gument. in which six cong-essioHal ! campaigns have made hiTn fluent fa- ! miliar and at home.
 | The proceedings were concluded bv l William Bernhard Cleary. who related ! the story of a jag