Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-23
BOUQUET FOR
 MARK SMITH
 IN THE HOUSE
Colleagues of Arzona Man Pay Him Glowing Tribute When Statehood Bill Is Under Con- Sideration

oiuCl dltuti
 he following exceprts are rom L... Congressional Decord of February 15
 lhc day on which tae seuarate state hood b.ll was under cons iteration by
 the House. and sboM in what esteem
 Hon. Mar kSmitl is held by h.s col leagues:
 AIr. Stanley: Nr Speakv., a
 think ,t entirely iltting that in speaR
 ng d tiese Territories We shOuiu speak Cf thc gentlemen who have rep resented them My love for that fair hand has been increased by my ad- mration for it's good judgment ih Ar.zona sending Mack Smith to Jv..- gress. (Applause)
 No member of the Sixtieth Congress VIII retire from it more universally beloved or more universally regretted
 than my dear old frien1. L., D. deman from Arizona, Mr. SmItn. lApplause)
 ! might be tempted to question the appreciation and the wisdom of Ari- zona in permitting him tn retU- 3
 pr yate life were I not aware of his sensitive and intense devotion 10 ms people and his unwillinsress to hesa them questioned CT cr-u 'iscd t1Cugh in that criticism there should lc Implied a compliment to himself. can say. however. tbat his reJ.re ment at this time is the cause cd genuine surprise among those ~uv have followed his career with interest ard with admiration. But 8 shorL mo ago il seemed morally certain that ArIzona and New Mexico Wou-u De indissolubly bound in a union that to the people of Arizona appeaI vu. nothing less than a loatnsome and abhorred miscegenation. Then it
 was that Mark Smith displayed nis tireless devotion to his people ana his marvellous tact and resourceful- ness .n saving them from the impen,. i ing catastrophe (Applause.) A delegate without a vote, with nothing to give and nothing to ex- change, battling among several huu-
 dr6d ccol. calculating politicians, un- daunted by the desperation of his
 cause, determined to fight as long as there was a ray of hope, and die. II need be, in the last ditch. In the com mittee rooms, in the House, in Lue
 Senate-ae was everywhere. he saw everybody Nothing could be done or said or attempted that he was aJ, there to answer, to explain. to checK1
 mate. Twenty-odd years of d'stin-
 guished service had won fer him the
 respect of the Hodse and of the Sen
 ate, and his generous, genial and win- some personality had attracted to hin every man capable of a generous iin- pulse or sinterested emotion. In
 the presence of those who knew him in that trying hour I can unIeslJar- ingly say without being charged with
 exaggC-at.on or flattery that it was
 to the efforts CIf Mark Smith and to his personal influence more than to
 any and all other causes combined
 that Arizona owes her escape from the
 irksome shackles which she so much dreaded. (Applause)
 Had any member of the House of
 Representative, on either side of the
 chambe-. been asked: What would
 be the inevitable result, so far as Mark
 Smith was cOncerned?' the reply
 would inevitably have been. "Marh
 Smith will remain in the House as
 long as Arizona is q territory, and he
 will be the first to wear with distinc-
 ton the senatorial toga when she be comes q state. (Prolonged applause.)
 It was indeed with pain and auia~y-
 rent We learned that after more than
 twenty years of distinguished sery7Ce.
 this tried and valiant champion of
 his people, with his deathloss laurels still fresh upon his brow. was retired
 Dy the Territory he mad redeemed.
 and that Arizona, on the very thresh- 1old of inc promised land. having been led out Of this wilderness by her brave sponsor. seems to have forgot ten him in the hour of her brightest hope.
 His colleagues. without an CxCep- ton. stiu cherish the fond desire that
 Ie shall receive the reward which he SO abundantly deserves. and that ais name shall be iudissolubly linked with Arizona the State as f. is forever v-u blaz0ned on rhe brightest pages of the history Of Arizona the Territory. (ApplauseD
 Mark Smith. the jurist and the statesman. has commanded unqualineu respect and attention. As an eloquent and inpassioned orator he has thrill 2 tl 1 fAAllttlG dAAnltAEg W tNn dAAAAAA eAAACAa and delight: grear as lawyer and forens.c orator, ho is greater still ana doarer stiil as man. Tender as woman, brave as 8 lion, the soul of honor and of truth, utterly iucapaDie of fearing an enemy or of dislOyalty to @ f-ienJ. a perfect eXemplar of thaJ
 debcnssr. wnsOme l.nd picturesque civilization which immortal.zed Jbe
 old South. we bid Mark Smith. tns
 dear old friend and the ideal gentrs-
 man. a temporary ad'eu. assuring him
 that he will carry with aim into ms westcn n home the tenderest memo
 ries and the true friendship one no
 ble man ever inspired in the warm heart of another tPTolongec ap pIausc.)
 Mir. Saizer: Mir. Speaker, in Hy
 opinion it Is matter of since-o
 eongratulation to all friends of home
 rule taat at last Arizona and New
 Mexico are to be admitted to all tho
 rights of sovereign states. In pOpu"-
 ton, in natural resources. and by ey-
 cry principle of our free instituuUns they are justly entitled to statehood.
 For years and years l have been ao' vCcating this fundamental right tap plausel and I am glad that finally it has come. so far as the House Is coii- I swf,tfo.a. thr tis7pn That