Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-17
DEMOCRATS ARE READY ID VOTE
 FOR ARIZONA
Texas Congressman Pays Wis it to Douglas and Talks Ma tional Politics to Review Representative


 One of the distinguished citizens of the State of Texas was visitor in Douglas Saturday in the person of William Robert Smith, who has ths distinction of representing the largest congressional district in the United States. MT. Smith lives at Colorado Springs, Texas, and his district in- cludes fifty-seyen counties, embracing the southwest corner of that great state. Fl Paso county is in the district represented by MT. Smith.
 MT. Smith came to Douglas to at tend to some legal business for d client who has mining property in Sonora, Mexico, and was busy all day Saturday in the office of Richardson & Doan
 In the afternoon Judge Doan car ried the visiting congressman to the country club and showed him other features of the city.
 Smith Likes Douglas
 At the Gadsden hotel before leav- ing on the evening train for home, Mir. Smith stated to a representative of the Review that he was sur prised to find in Douglas such a mod ern and important city Why" said he, this beautiful hotel would be a | credit to any city in the west and l know of none in my state that will l equal it in the elaborateness Of its finish.
 T have been over your city and find that the streets are excellent, your public schools are magnificent land your churches highly creditable to your citizenship which must be of the enterprising and public spirited kind"
 l Regarding the political situation in 1 the country, the Texas congressman stated that he believed it was possible for the democrats to win the next con | gress. Said he: The only doubt about this will be found in the action of a humber of our democratic senators who joined with the republicans in fixing many or their distinctively protective" schedules. This fact will, 1 to a certain extent dull the attack oi republicans for failing to redeem their tariff revision promise to the country.
 Talks of Politics
 q have no hesitancy in saying thai the ablest representative ever sent to congress from Arizona was Mark Smith and that his defeat last year was a great surprise to both demo crats and republicans in Washington who knew of his long and efficient service to his constituents. The fight made by Mark Smith against the in iquitous joint statehood measure which the republicans tried to force in New Mexico attracted national at tention and should have endeareC every Arizonan to him for the remain der of his fife
 ''Regarding the passage of the Ari zona statehood bill by the next con 5 gress I can only say that every demo crat in congress is ready to vote fo the measure, as they have been fo fifteen years, since statehood for tn territories was first endorsed by democratic national convention. How ever, your people will no doubt b opposed in their efforts to secure sell government, which they are entitle to, among the republican leaders i
 the senate and the income tax COT
 stitutional amendment is likely |
 make this opposition more active an b determined than it would have bee
 If this measure was not now pending
 In the face of the direct and unequ
 vocal promise of the republican majol
 ity to sadmit Arizona as state on
 would think that the measure coul ? not fail with the solid democratic Eot z standing ready to be cast for the bill. MT. Smith returns direct to hi E Texas home and from there will g E for visit to Oklahoma before depar k Ing for Washington to assume hi E duties.