Bisbee daily review., 1906-03-02
MlSREPRESENTiNG MARK SMITH.

the anti-gambling bill was passed by the House. It has been asserted that our delegate defended gambling and the gamblers in Arizona. He did nothing of the kind. That our read. CTS may know the position of Mark Smith on the gambling bill, we pub fish the following extract from his speech delivered on the occasion of its consideration in the House, taken from the Congressional Record:
 "Mr. Smith, of Arizona: Mir. Speaker. do not wish it understood that I am here in any sympathy what ever with public gambling, or gamb- ling of any other kind; but do pro test against the gentleman from Maine. the farthest point in the, Un- ited States from my home, coming in to handle our morals or domestic af- fairs for us, when, according to statement made on this floor in the last Congress, in his own state-a prohibition state-there are 150 open saloons in the town of Bangor alone. It is prohibition that does not prohibit in his state; but he stretches out his phylactries now to cover even the remote southwest of the United States, and correct the morals there.
 'Mr, Speaker. there is no real pure and good motive-whateYer may ami mate the breast of the gentleman from Maine-behind this bill. Con gress insists on legislating for the territories, and it has never put its hand on the territory of Arizona that it has not done it injury. When you want a man who knows all about indians, get him from the good old country about Massachusetts Bay. If you want a man who knows all about the negro, get him from the same locality; and if you want another man who knows all about Indians, go away down around the coast of Flor ida, where they never have seen an Indian
 Now, in my opinion, this bill is brought here under suspension of the rules, which prevents all amend ments. for the simple purpose of get ling votes in favor of joint statehood If the question should be submitted to the people of Arizona. The purpose Is 10 make it to the interest of the gambling fraternity to fee to the joint state with New Mexico, and thus avoid this act of Congress and take chances with the legislature of the new state.
 .'The motive behind this bill is to lead all this vote and influence in favor of the miserable joint state bill in case the Foraker amendment pass es Congress. Whether the gentleman from Maine has that purpose in view or not I am not here to say; but l have no doubt in the world that that purpose is behind this bill.
 T vaUt to say to him anl D this House that no one man on thiS floor represents a constituency any higher 4n morals. any higher in education, any greater in everything that goes to make a great manhood in this country than the people of the terrl- tory of Arizona; and yet We find the gentleman from Maine, after he gets letter or so from very good men who denounces gambling in that terri tory. rushing to give Congressional relief. The territories should stop gambling, but I want them to stop 1t themselves. I protest against this everlasting meddIing of Congress with the affairs of the people of the territories. Gambling has been stopped in Tucson. and can be stopped in other cities whenever the people will stop it, and I want it understood that my protest is against the gentle man from Maine acting as the legis- lature for the territory of Arizona, when he confesses himself that he knows nothing about the conditions and knows nothing about the people.
 Arizona will stop gambling. and will do it in her own good time, and quickly. I am taking this occasion to call your attention to a common and reprehensibIe practice here. Gen tlemen who know nothing about the territories are doing and threatening through Congress more harm to the interests of its people than can be possibly conceived by them. Note the forest reserve effect on Coconino county, and the railroad bond bill on Pima county. But to return to the purpose of this legislation, let me ask: Why have we heard the threat that Congress is going to tax the railroads of Arizona? Why do you now threaten that Congress is going to tax the mines of Arizona, except to use these threats as club to hold over those people and attempt to drive them into an alliance with New Mexico. where they can handle the legislature just as easily as you charge the territorial legislatures are controlled? That is the whole pur- pose of this bill. protest, not against the apparent purpose of this bill. but against, the. source from which it comes-the Congress of the United States. (Applause)
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