Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-08
HE RECORD IN WHICH HUN. MARCUS K \. SMITH STANDS FUR REELECTION
 zAS ARIZONA DELEGATE ID CONGRESS

During the last two terms of con
 gfess Mark Smiths record has been
 so prominent iu that body and is 90
 well known ta ;he people of Arizona
 that it is hardly necessary to even
 mention # in this article ,Viich in
 cludes many accomplishments by him
 of great value to the people of Ari-
 zona during his early years in con
 gress.
 For the past three years the ques- l tion of statehood has been the para mount question in congress in which the people of Arizona were interested and because of this, few representa- tiyes in congress nave ever had Ihe opportunity to render such distin-
 guished service to their constituents las Mark Smith rendered to the people of ArizoIa At the end of the fight
 against joint statehood which resulted
 in the preservation of the right of
 self government to the people of the territory Mark Smith received the praise of his constituency. iTespec- tive of politics, for Eis untiTing efforts in heading off this mOnstTous iniquity
 During the first session of the present
 congress he presented many measures of great importance to the various sections of Arizona, including the SC
 curing of an appropriation for gov
 ernment building for the city of'PhOe.
 nix which will be erected in the near future.
 But it was not only in the present and recent congresses that Mark Smith rendered good services to the r,F AYfz h fTf, self an honorable record; he has al ways been equal to every emergency
 in looking to the welfare and protec- , ton of the interests of Arizona and
 Arizonans in the national lawmaking body.
 Mark Smith was first elected to the fiftieth congress, 1SS7-1SSS, and the January following his election, Smith introduced house bill 6166 to develop the water resources of Arizona and to provide for the reclamation of the
 desert land within our territory. Our delegate worked hard to secure the passage of the measure, but it being one of the very first irrigation bills public sentiment was against him, yet l ae is credited with making one of l the best and most forcible speeches on the measure that was heard that session. In the same month he intro troduced and passed bill reducing the White Mountain Apache reserya- tion and secured title for the settlers Pin the town of McClellaud, thus say 1 ing many early settlers their homes. During the same session of congress he introduced and passed a bill giving Arizona an additional ustice of the upreme court, which all attorneys will testify was very much needed in the administration of justice in this territory. Later he introduced a bill to forfeit the Algondis land grant in ! Yuma and upon the showing made by Mark Smith of this gigantic swindle | this grant was declared fraudulent and opened up to the public for settlement | He passed a measure permitting estray cattle to be returned from Mexico to the United States without payment of duty-this bill saved hun dreds of thousands of dollars to the
 cattIemen of Arizona. He secured by act of congress a title to the lands ioccupied by the settlers on the Fort
 Lowell reservation near Tucson.
 He introduced bill No. 7O79 and | subsequently oOtalnsd rsHel ioi tnS settlers on forfeited land grants, who had paid doubh the minimum price for the land. thus saving large sums
 of money for the settlets. He intro
 duced a bill for, and finally had a pro
 vision passed. compelling the govern lnent to try in its own courts all h.
 dians accused of crime, thus making
 great saving to the taxpayers of Arizona. He also passed a provision ] requiring the government to repay to the various counties of Arizona all
 mouies paid out in Indian cases and induced the government to assume
 and pay all costs to the territory and
 counties for the maintenance or In
 dian prisoners. thus another large saving was made to the taxpayers.