Arizona silver belt., 1904-10-20
A Record That Speaks For Itself. Did More For Arizona
 Than All Others
HIS DETRACTORS ANSWERED
Much Important Legislation Has Been Secured and Thousands of Dollars Saved to Taxpayers aud Settlers by Mark Smiths Efforts

!
 have had heap Co say during the past
 three weeks as Go "What Mark Smith
 has done for Arizona. Bowler, Kib.
 bey, ct al., charge that Mark has ab. solutely done nothing but draw $60, 900 in salary. For the beneflJ of these
 people and for the knowledge of the voters of Arizona we publish some Of the many good bills Mark Smith has passed in congress for the benefit Ari
 zona, says the Phoenix Journal.
 Mir. Smith was fest elected to the tiftieth congress, 1Ss7-1sSS, and in Jan uary following his election he intro. duced house bill 6l66 to develop the water resources of Arizona and to pro vide for the reclamation of the desert land within the territory. Our dele gate worked hard to secure the passage Of the measure but it being one ot the very first irrigation bills public Seuti- ment was against him, yet he is credi ted with making one of the best and most fOrceful speeches ou the measure that was heard that Session In the same moath he introduced aud passed bill reducing the White Mountain Apache reservation. During the same session of congress he introduced and passed bill giving Ariz)na an addi- tional justice of the supreme court, which all attorneys will testify was very much needed in the admlnitration of justice in this territory. Later he introduced a bili to forfeit the Algo. doneS land grant in Yuma, and upon 8 showing made by Mark Smith of this gigantic swindle this grant was declar- ed fraudulent and opened up to the public settlement. He passed meas- ure permitting estr1y e. tie to be re- turned from Mexico to the United States without payment of duty. This bill saved hundreds of thousands of dollars to the cattlemeu of Arizona. He secured by act of congress a title to the lands occupied by settlers on the Fort Lowell reservation near Tucson.
 He introduced bill 7O79 and subse- quently obtained relief for the settlers on forfeited land grants, who had paid double the minimum price for the land, thus saving large sums of money for the settler. He introduced a bill for, and finally had a provision passed, compelling the government tO try in it's own courts all Iudiaas accused of crime in Arizona, thus making great saving to the taxpayers of the territO- ry. He also passed a provision requir ing the government to repay to the various counties in Arizona all moneys paid out in Indian cases, and induced the government to assume and pay all costs to the territory and the counties thereof for the maintenance of Indian prisoners, thus another large saving being made for the tax payers. He passed bill giving the right of way for the Globe & Gila Valley railroad across the Apache reservation, which was vetoed by President Cleveland on the ground that the bill did no5 pro. vide for getting the consent of the Indians. NIT. Smith prepared and in- troduced new bill meeting this objec- tion and passed the same within two weeks. He passed a Dill giving Flag. statf the right to bond the city for water works and sewerage purposes. He passed bill permitting the coun- ties to fund their indebted ness and get on cash basis. This is is only part of the industrious and diligent show. ing disclosed by the records of that congress. Besides this, MT. Smith ad- dressed the house on many questions, as Is shown by the records.
 Fifty-First Congress
 Introduced again bill for admission of Arizona. Republican congress re fused 10 give report. Made speech Dc. fore committee for over au hour and spoke in the house of the injustice done Arizona.
 Introduced bills and worked hard for their passage To increase pay of iur. DTS and witnesses in our federal courts; to develop the water resources; to le. }alize the general laws of Arizona; for m additional judge of the supreme court; various bills for the relief of private persons, such as claims and pensions, many of which vera passed. Reported from commit ttee bill to for ieit certain Mexican land grants; bill 1 Tor irrigation of desert land5, etc; q Dill to settle private land claims; bill 1 granting right.of-way for water diUch | It Yuma, and various other bills, many )f which were fayOraoly reported. He addressed the house in this congress '7 tho f'll0Ti7Z sn1ja,tS; "Alla1