The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-24
ARIZONA MAN IS
 FAMOUS DELEGATE Mark Smith of Arizona Has a
 Unique Place AROUSED SPEAKER CANNON Although Handouffed and Denied Full Senatorial Rights, Smith Is Pow
 erfuI Figure In Politics
 and Artistic Player.
AROUSED SPEAKER CANNON
Cor. New York Times.

Washington Cor. New York Times.
 When, last Thursday, Mark Smith stung Speaker Cannon Into asking the floor in his own defense, he accomplished something that no representative has ever been able to do
 Mark Smith Is not a representative; he Is voteless delegate, admitted to the floor in handcuffs If Arizona ever t-- comes a state in his lifetlmes. he will be q senator; at present he occupies the most insignificant place allotted to any l body in the two branches of Congress. For delegate to make himself heard, to achieve a high and respected position among his more fortunate colleagues. is well-nigh impossible.
 Mark Smith, however, has accomplished this by sheer force of character and ability and If his territory ever becomes a state she will enter the national coun- eils with one senator whose position in the capitol is already made, and her voice will outweigh that of some eastern states-New York, for instance.
 When Cannon took the floor he was wild with rage, and his face was red to the top of his bald head. He had in- tended to Hay Smith, but as he began speaking he got cooler, and realized the fatal mistake he would make in doing so. and his speech tapered off Into a simple defense of himself
 Smith had got under his skin" as no previous critic had ever done. The savage personal attack of Shacl1leford had moved him not in the least John Sharp Williams criticisms had annoyed him, but had not provoked him into talk ing the floor The reason for Smith 8 success was the extraordinary artistic nature of the trimming which the dele gate gave. It Is In this line of attack that Smith eXcels, and there Is no one in l Congress who can match him in 1t.
 Artistic Denunciation.
 Whereas. Shackleford and Williams had attacked the speaker directly Smith never mentioned him. He did not allude to the House machine, to MT. Cannon, nor to any one else. Reading through his speech, no lone uniformed about the progress of the statehood bill would see anything in 1t more than a vague criticism of persons unknown. Yet the whole thing was a whitening denuncia- ton of the speaker. That is why it was artistic.
 This is the sentence that lashed the speaker to ungovernabe fury and made him leave the chair:
 '"rhere is law in Arizona that if one legislator trades with another on legis- lation before that body, he is guilty of a high msdemeanor, and if the governor shall attempt in that benighted land to influence legislation by promises to veto i or the withholding of veto, he goes to the penitentiary under the laws of that land"
 That was all Not a reference to Can non in it. apparently so, and he had not alluded to Cannon in the preceding part of the speech. 1t was all strictly par llamentary. Yet not one of his hearers had the slightest doubt about the point which was that if Cannon had done in Arizona what he had done in Washing ton he would have gone to the peniten- tiary
 Often Demonstrated.
 This ability of Smiths at artistic fay ing has been demonstrated often enough and was demonstrated once before al this session, when the statehood bill was damned through the house. Tawney oi Minnesota had been one of the leading insurgents; had been in conference witt Smith, and had assured the friends oi r Arizona of his undying friendship. The speaker applied the party lash to him and Tawney was forced into camp. Bu 1t was not enough for the remorseless speaker that Tawney should vote against his friends; he must speak against them too So Tawney had to get up and de liver the best apology he could for his course, and in doing so he again re peated his protestations of friendship fol Arizona.
 Then Mark Smith obtained the floor He walked down the aisle till he could look directly in the face of the conscience stricken Tawney, and said in a voice shaking with emotion:
 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou IT health my brother? and Joab took Am asa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
 But Amasa took no head of the sword that was in Joabs hand; so he smott him herewith in the fifth rib and shet out his bowels to the ground"
 Tawney spread his fingers over hi: face so that the frantically applaudins House might not see his expression; but the deep red that dyed his face crept III to his forehead and only disappeared a the roots of his hair.
 Smith an Exception. A delegate in Congress cannot vote O. make a speech except when matters come up which affect his own territory There have been many delegates wh 1 have lived their lives and disappeare' without leaving any record because O their lack of opportunity. Mark Smitl is an exception.
 He has shown great skill in his man agement of the fight for Arizona. H has been back of many of the move made by more distinguished statesmen His heart is wrapped up in the cause O Arizona and he eats, dreams and sleep Arizona.
 He is not an impressive looking man having a scanned, gnarled face. griz zled moustache and shaggy eyebrows from under which kindly eyes look out He has long been one of the famous cloalxroom story tellers. He belonged to that group of which John Allen wa the most illustrious light. smith how ever, is not only a humorst. but ha solid abilities, and Is an antagonist to b' feared.
 Pessimistic View
 From the Columbus Dispatch.
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