The copper era., 1911-09-22
MARK SMITH WILL
 MAKE CANVASS.
Democratic War Horse Knows of No Honor Greater Than to
 be Arizona's First Sena-
tor

the territory. He has announced that he is a candidate for the United States senate and that he hopes to be nominated by the democratic voters at the primaries.
 Smith returned to Tucson Sunday night after three months absence in Washington and Kentucky, and does not deny that he is a senatorial can aida te, though he will make no formal announcement until after the election call is issued.
 T hope to close my long career as d epreseutative of Arizona with the | United States seuatorship and shall announce my candidacy after Cover nor Sloan issues his proclamation. When that is done I expect to go around the territory aud make my campaign" said MT. Smith. "With respect to the recall of the judiciary I expect to stand exactly as my party has stood. My speech before the senate committee on ter | ritories explains my position clearly
 ''In that speech I stated that the I into their constitution anything not inimical to the constitution of the United States: and that it is not the business of congress nor the president to ever modify that right.
 "The president vetoed the state hood bill because of his alleged ob- jection to the recall of the judiciary. Tn, hood bill on the simple question of the tenure of state officers.
 ''It seems to me now the plain duty ot the people of Ar.zona to get state hood by complying with the require- ments of the statehood resolution After obtaining statehood, it is then the peoples privilege to put the re- call of judges into the constitution as soon as they please.
 ''I shall most certainly throw no obstacle in the way ot that result. The people can put the recall back in the constitution, and in my iudg- ment will put it back. They natur ally resent an executive brutally ex- ercising the power of hi. office against their unprecedented lis ht.
 MT. Smith, after leaving Tucson fu the latter part of May, went directly to Washington to witness the state hood fight in congress. He appeared twice before the senate committee on territories. he states; was present at every senate committee meeting pi for to the passage of the original Flood resolution by the senate. and then left Washington only when sum- moned by the serious illness of his brother, James J. Smith at Frank fort, Ky. From then until the final passage and approval of the Flood Smith resolution, he was in daily touch with democratic and progres- sive republican members of the sen ate committed on territories.
 Upon learning that Mark Smith ad returned to Arizona d number of Democrats of Clifton s.nt the follow ing telegram to ArizOna's ex-delegate:
 Clifton, Sept. l3.
 Marcus A. Smith,
 Tucson. Ariz.
 The undersigned democrats extend to you hearty welcome home aud congratulations upon your able efforts at national capital in behalf Of state hood. We take this opportunity to assure you of our support and on be- half of the democracy of Greenlee county place you in nomination as sAri- zoua's first senator"
 The above tele ram Was signed by Messrs. Crawford. w. B. Kelly, Hoyt, Chase, Springer, Kerbv, Risdon, Burke, Carleton. Gaines, Riley, J. J. Kelly, Latin. Shaw, Geo. Webster, R. R. Webster, Carrol and Murphy.
 In answer to the telegram Hon. B n Crawford ou Saturday night received the following letter from Mark Smith:
 Tucson, Ariz. Sept. IA.
 My dear Ben:
 lam the proud an grateful recipient of the telegram giving me glad well come home and assuring me of the earnest support of the sigpers in my candidacy fot. the United States Senate. I accept the nominatiop of the demo- cracv of Greenlee couS rendered in that telegram. signel so many of the gOId democra county !. ! . ]" !. ] .... ]. yea the best in tbI
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