Graham guardian., 1913-08-01
AFTER MARKS" JOB
SSenator from Arizona Has a
Wagonload Of Opposition.
Served with Distinction


Smith family in the Senate" will
retire from that body March A, 1915,
unless reelected. And the demo-
cratic end of that famous group of
statesmen comprise about all of it.
There is Senator John Walter
Smith, of Maryland; Senator Hoke
Smith, of Georgia; Senator Ellison
ID. Smith, of South Carolina. and
Marcus Aurelius Smith, of Arizona.
Only William Alden Smith, of Mich
igan, is a republican.
And it happens. too, that all four
of the democratic Smiths have real
opposition in their states. Smith,
of Maryland, has his Marbury;
Smith, of South Carolina, has his
Blease; Smith, of Georgia, has his
Howell, and Smith, of Arizona, has
aI3hole wagonful of people who are
eager to take his seat.
The case of the Arizonsn is inter.
esting, just as he himself is one of
the most interesting characters in
the Senate. His is new state. It's
people never, until two years ago,
enjoyed public honors. They were
merely citizens of a territory, dis
franchised except in local affairs.
OFFICE SEEKERS WERE LEGION
Therefore. when Arizona was adj
mitted to statehood innumersble
party leaders aspired to Office. They
had had only poor pickings in all
the years gone by and many there
were who were anxious to assume
Important official responsibilities anG
incidentally to draw official salaries.
But state having only one con.
gresham and two senators does not
offer a great variety of places for
its ambitious citizens to pick from.
Yet the people of Arizona could not
and did not fail to reward Marx"
Smith with one of the three great
offices in their gift.
This reward came as result Of
twenty years of hard fighting fol
statehood. Smith had been a dele
gate to Congress from the territory
almost continuously for decade.
As delegate he had no vote, but he
had voice in debate, the privilege
of the House floor and an opportun
ity to reflect the demand of his peo-
pie at home for recognition and en-
franchisement.
~ HE STALKED STATEHOOD
nAnd Smith voiced this demand il
season and out He haunted com
mittee rooms. he laid siege to the
White House. be importuned House
and Senate leaders, he marie speech
upon speech, he dickered, he nego-
tiated, ne maneuvered and he played
politics with republicans when they
were in power quite as pegsistentll
as with democrats when they con.
trolled, all to advance the cause Of
statehood for Arizona.
Finally, a little more than two
years ago, Congress and the presi.
deptmoved to admit Arizona to the
sisTRhood of states. With this &C
complishcd Smith went back home
He was no longer delegate, He
was merely a private citizen who
served a constituency long and sue
cessfully.
But this veteran fighter was not
to remain in retirement The peo
pie of the new state still needed
him in Washington. They needed
his experience in legislation. They
needed his wide knowledge of pub
lie men and public measures. They
needed his resourcefulness and his
leadership in battles that were to
come, involving the great vital in
terests of their state. And realiz
ing all this they sent him back to the
United States Senate.
~ II was necessary that there should
be a long term and short term fol
the two senators from each Of the
new states to prevent the two OF
them being elected and reelected
at the same time, By mere chance
Smith drew the short term. That
is how it happens that he is not il
the same class of the other demo
cratic Smiths of the Senate, whose
terms of Office expire in two more
years.
HE AND tom" REED WERE FRIENDS
Senator Smith was a great friend
of Speaker Reed. They we're o.
different parties, but they liked eacf
other and often talked people ant
matters over. In one of the man,
Congresses in which Smith served
there were two very talkative Con
gressmen from the same state
These two statesmen were on theil
feet with something to say just a
often as they could get there.
One day Smith said to Reed:
Tom. which of those two fellow
Is the biggest bore?"
There is no difference" replied
Reed, between them except one i
more general and the other NOR
intense"