Arizona republican., 1904-10-18
AT BAY
His Campaign Is a Wholly Defensive One
AND APOLOGIES
After an Address of an KOur-and-a- half at Doris Therter Last Night, He Left the Situation Precisely Where He Found It.

The Hon. Marcus A. Smith was at bay last night He occupied for an hour and a half at the Doris theater a defensive position, and failed to de- fend it. He had not told at the end O. his speech what he had done during the twelve years he has served the territory as delegate in congress. He did not satisfy his audience regarding that telegram" he sent Senator Ives He read a telegram purporting to be 1 copy of the original but those ia miliar with the proceedings of the leg 1 islature following the receipt of the telegram, could only conclude that that famous council resolution sent in reply was net responsive that it must have been called out by a telegram which has not yet seen the light.
 A considerable part of the time of MT. Smith was occupied by a vilihca- ton of Hon. George II. Maxwell and MT. Fowler. He concluded with a : warning of the danger of joint state ! hood, which he alone could avert. Eugene Brady O'Neiu was the chair ? Fman of the meeting. He restrained [ himself by a violent effort from engag- ] ing in OratCry, though he describe 1 Arizona as a ship, storm tossed on a l troubled sea, but sure to come safely , into port under the directions of that most capable of captains, whom he then introduced.
 Captain Smith, of the barque Ariz- ona, took the floor. It was apparent ] that MT. Smith was not going to dc any more off-hand shooting. He came loaded with documents of a varied ! character. Some of them were filled with figures, mostly dates, concerning which he desired to be more particular . than he was on the occasion of his last visit.
 MT. Smith desired in the first place to apologize to The Republican and his audience at the former meeting fo. ' having misIed them in regard to ths date of the passage of the Utah state hood bill. He admitted that through the fault of Colonel Wilson. who haC misinfOrmed him regarding the move ments of himself, he had been mis- taken about where he had been ant what he was doing. In consequence of the blundering of the colonel. MT ! Smith found it necessary to extend tn, defense of himself regarding the Utal bill. He had said that he would sim
 ply show that he was not ir congress at the time of the passage of the bill and let it go at that. But to his grea- surprise he had found out that he Wa then a member of congress. He woulg therefore have to enter a general de
 nial to the charge that he had opposed the admission of Arizona on genera terms with Utah
 Then MT. Smith referred to his docu mentary evidence. He mentioned. an, asked the audience to carefully talk down the figures. consisting of pa ge and volumes of the Congressional Rec
 ord which contained no mention O
 his obstruction of the Arizona state . hood bill at that time. He desired hi hearers to all look up their Congres sional Records on their return hOm and see that he was right Tn
 friends of Mir. Smith feared that in hi
 hurry he had not done himself ful
 Justice there was much more evidenc
 of the same character which he migh
 have introduced. He could have point ] ed to no less than five thunder page
 of that most truthful of books. tn
 Holy Bible. in which not word Is sai
 of Mir. Smiths opposition to the anti
 polygamy plank of the Utah blini
 act. Thus was the Utah business dis posed of.
 MT. Smith regretted that The Repub , lican kept insisting on connecting hin
 with that unfortunate affair. thougl
 he admitted that he did not reall-
 know whether it was doing so or not
 He had not read that paper since
 had lured him into making that pain
 ful error at the time of his last ap pearance in Phoenix. He therefore re
 garded the paper as misleading jour
 nal.