Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-04

 portunity and good fortune to so en- dear themselves ir the hearts of their constituents as did Mark Smith in the last session of congress when he with out even a vote In the body, succeed ed, by the aid of the democratic con gressmen and senators, in defeating the joint statehood bill over the de termined efforts of the national ad- ministration to make one state of Ari- zona and New Mexico without giving the people of Arizona the right to say yes or no on the proposition. If Mark Smith had never done a single thing during his sixteen years in congress as the representative of this territory, the services he rendered in the last session would be sufficient to repay Arizona tenfold for all the fayors of the past. This is the almost universal sentiment of Arizona's people and when Mark Smith was nominated again in the Bisbee convention it was by unanimous vote of the democratic party and the act will receive the applause of hundreds of republicans in every section of the territory who know the worth of Mark Smith in Washington and believe in rewarding duty we'll done.
 But it was not only in the present congress that Mark Smith made a good record; he has always been equal to every emergency in looking to the welfare and protecting the in terests of Ariozna and Arizonans in tbe national law-making body.
 Mir Smith was first elected to the fiftieth congress, 1SS7-1SSS, and the Jannary following his election Mark Smith introduced house bill 6166 to develop the water resources of Ari- zona and to provide for the reclama- tinn of the desert land within our ter ritory. Our delegate worked hard to secure the passage of the measure, but it being one of the very first irriga- tion bills public sentiment was against him, yet he is credited with making one of the best and most forcible speeches on the measure that was heard that session. In the same month he introduced and passed a bill re- ducing the White Mountain Apache reservation and securing title for the settlers in the town of McClelland, thus saving many early settlers their homes. During the same session of congress he introduced and passed a bill giving Arizona an additional jus tice of the supreme court, which all attorneys will testify was very much needed in the administration of jus tice in this territory. Later he in- troduced bill to forfeit the Algondis land grant in Yuma and upon the showing made by Mark Smith of this gigantic swindle this grant was de- clared fradulent and opened up to public settlement. He passed a meas ure permitting estray cattle to be re turned from Mexico to the United States without payment of duty-his bill saved hundreds of thousands of dollars to. the cattlemen of Arizona. He secured by act of congress a title to the lands coupled by the settlers on Fort Lowell reservation near Tue son
 He introduced bill No. 7079 and sub seauently obtained relief for the set tiers on forfeited land grants, who had paid double the minimum price for the land, thus saving large sums of money for the settlers. He intro duced bill for and finally had pro vision passed, compelling the govern ment to try in its own courts all in- dians accused of crime, thus making a great saving to the taxpayers of Arizona He also passed provision requiring the government to repay to the various counties of Arizona all monies paid out in Indian cases and induced the government to assume and pay costs to the territory and counties for the maintenance of h. dian prisoners, thus another large saw ing was made to the taxpayers. He lxs Al .-G T-l Marion of Prescott, who by drought had defaulted large sum of money on a wild hay contract with the gov. ernment. He passed a bill giving the right of way for the Gila Valley, Globe 6 Northern railroad across the Apache reservation vetoed by Presi- dent Cleveland on the ground that the bill did not provide for getting the prepared and introduced a new bill meeting this objection and passed the same within two weeks He passed a bill giving Flagstaff the right to bond the city for water works and sewerage purposes: passed a bill per hitting Maricopa county to issue bonds for the Phoenix, Prescott & Santa Fe railroad to aid in construct ing the road. This was done after 90 per cent of the voters of the county had voted on the proposition. He passed bill permitting the counties to fund their indebt- edness and get on cash basis. This is only part of the industrious and diligent showing disclosed by the records of that congress Besides this MT. Smith addressed the house on the following questions:
 Relief of the counties of Arizona, relief of Joseph Campbell, right of way for the C- Water company, speech on the Court of Private Land Claims. speech on the Arid Land. re lief of John Marion. public land laws, territorial school lands. U. s. land courts, speech on surveys of land in Arizona. Tse abSTe record puts a