The copper era., 1904-11-03
THE HON. MARK SMITH.
Democratic Rally at Library Hall Tues.
 day Nieht.

'
 Crawford. precinct chairman, pre-
 sided over the meeting. and in call 1 ing it to order said that it would at-
 ford him great pleasure to introduce
 d man a. chairman who was person
 ally acquainted with every man, wo-
 man and child in Clifton-the Hon. ! (. NJ. shannon. NIT. shannon was re- 1 ceived with applause. He stated l that MT. Crawford wired to him to | come and preside over the meeting. ! and although he was very busy. he ! could not forcgo the joy of such an oc- ! casion. He said that he felled trees, | built trails and lodged Indians where l the town of Clifton now stands in the ! Cos. or 10's. anyhow it was some tiInst ago. and that he had loved-~Hrizona and her people eveT~ Since. It was about the sapFe talk he made two years ago in support of his friend, Col. VIdson. Whom he did not love over 6uch, but whom he asked the
 peoplY to support because he loved
 themk to. Charles is reallY-a kind
 fellow. and loves the people
 of Ariz-a Ia so much that every two
 y-t7si- } -tttsli-r rAf tears himself away from his
 beautiful home in Los Angeles in
 order to come over and tell them how
 to vote. Were it not for these cleo
 tions the ERA fears that his many
 friends in this section would not
 often have the pleasure of seeing
 their very good friend. MT. Smith
 was then introduced.
 ! Mir. Smith is undoubtedly the best
 campaigner in the territory. and
 ought to be, because he has had more experience than the rest of them. ! He ran for congress here eighteen years ago. and has been running
 more or less ever since. He also i loves the people of Arizona. He said that he did not care to be q
 candidate this year, but that the party insisted upon it. and that he ! there fore bowed to their wishes. He first showed up the awful crime of republican expansion. and pre-
 dicted that the Philippines would
 yet be the downfall of this great re-
 public. He next paid his respects
 to that terrible evil. the tarifr. which
 was impoverishing the people, and
 some day, if not corrected. would
 send them to paupers' graves. And
 then he went for the trusts and made
 the hair fly. He did not spare MT. [ | feller. whom he said was worth one thousand million plunkS. and who with q few associates would own the earth if the democrats did not again
 get into power and choke them off. And then he got onto his old familiar
 subject of statehood, upon which he has made the campaign for eighteen years. It was the same old story, elect d democrat to congress and statehood might be secured. elect a republican and we would be a terri tory, or what was worse, be merged with New Mexico in an unholy al- liancc. etc. He took the position that the only way to prevent merger
 
 death in the United States senate. Unfortunately, Mr. Smith is not candidate for the senate at this par tiCular time. Were he a senator no doubt he could come pretty near talking any bill to death. but in this case he expects to have his friends do the talking. He assured them
 that in this way. if elected. he would have the bill killed. MT. Fowler promised that as q republican, and through his influence as q republican with republicans. he would ac- complish the same thing. It remains for the people to decide which of the candidates asking for their support
 will be of the greater service to them.
 He spoke in the highest terms of MT Fowler. but paid his compliments to Mr. Maxwell. who. however. is not d candidate for congress. In fact d considerable portion of his speech | was devoted to d personal attack up- on Mir. Maxwell. his methods and | character. He said that Maxwell had | no standing as an irrigationi>t, and | then stated that he was drawing the | prinCely salary of So0,0o0 year from the railroads for his services in the | matter. He tried to maze capital out of the fact that Mir. Maxwell was in the employ of the railroads but did not explain that it was most natural that the railroads should be interested in peopling the great west, because it is to their interest to do so. He claimed that Maxwell had nothing whatever to do with the irrigation law, when as matter of fact everyone who is at all posted knows that the National Irrigation Association, through Mir. Maxwell as chairman of the executive commit tee. has spent years of time in mak- ing sentiment in favor of irrigation throughout the east. without which no irrigation law could ever have been passed. He was exceedingly bitter towards Mir. Maxwell. whom he accused of being an intermeddler |; imported from Massachusetts in the interest of Mir. Fowler. In this cOnnerfi inn if wouId nroba llv mt Ia