Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-04
JUST MARK SMITH.

What further introduction is neces- sary? Standing out as a piece of pioneer sratusry. True, he is fail ing. His eyes growing dim. he hesi- tates now al he feels his way through avenues crosscutting the old stomp ing ground"
 Mark Smith. the echo of departing glory. where everything suggestive of the pioneer was golden. Mark, not the politician, not the lawyer, but Mark, the pioneer. whose noble. tender heart vibrsted and responded to every call of friendship, love or pity in the days that tried mems souls;" while the lurking Apache crawled behind the boulders. and the murderous Geroni- mo decimated the faithful few. When dear old Tombstone was the outpost of civilization and commercial enter prise. When every man stood on his individual merits. When politics were relegated to oblivion, and which were oyershadowed as against the love and consideration which one brother in peril felt for another.
 Mark Smith, the tender hearted, who a thousand times had dug his last ten cent piece out of his pocket, blew the tobacco crums from off it and gave 1t to the unfortunate. the wayward. or the Salvation Army, the while he was anything but sure how he would se- cure his breakfast.
 Today but one Democratic member of the house of representatives and | seven Republicans hold their seats who were members when Mark Smith first received recognition from the speaker of that distinguished body, the house of commons of the only, AMERICA These men. his col leagues or his opponents, love him alike. Love him for his manhood. love him fo. the great tender, golden heart that beats in his breast; love him for his patriotism and his adher- ence to convictions: love him regard less of politics, because his character, his nature and his attributes are ire sistible.
 And what is his record? A man with opportunities to acquire mil lion. Today he is poor. Because?- he was not for sale. He was not the subject of private ambition. and be- cause his eyes grew moist and his purse strings loosened at every dis play of poverty or misfortune.
 Especially is this assertion true when the dear old boys of Arizona go limping to the grave.
 In Congress he has enjoyed meas ure of respect. confidence and admira- tion, which has seldom been accorded the most distinguished members from the states. Incidentally he has cn- joyed the recognition of that body, and the influence which has clustered about it to degree that would flatter the average Federal Senator.
 Now. he is on the ground floor. fighting like hoary lion. not for him self, not for personal advancement, but for dear young Arizona, against joint statehood with political combination which suggests repulsion, for every measure that rebounds to the benefit of Arizona. collectively, regardless of politics or predilections.
 He launched his professional career in Cochise county.
 He has ever been the true friend of the soil upon which his wonderful tal- ent and fidelity first won recognition. He produced his maiden speech in Ccchise county, accentuated with that modesty which accompanies inexperi- ence. He will make his farewell cam paign speech in Cochise county, not with the ring of his prime, not with the same flash of the eye, but with the level golden tenor of honesty and de- votion for which he has ever been dis tinguished, for he is approaching the inevitbale brink of longevity, and it is absolutely inconceivable how any true lover of Arizona should not fondly stroke the mane of the grand old lion of our pioneer history, MARK SMITH.