The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-04-24
HURRYING BACK TO IMPORTANT
DUTIES AWAITING HIM IN
WASHINGTON CITY.


WASHINGTON CITY.
Points Out Wherein Huerta is Asking
for the Impossible; Is Confident of
Success in the Coming Campaign
and Proud of Work Already Done.
Douglas, April 1S.-Expressing re-
gret because he was unable to meet
greater number of friends in the
state but proud of the fact that his
important committee assignments in
the senate would not permit more
extended visit to Arizona Senator
Mark A Smith started for Washing
ton City this morning, after having
been just one week in the state.
Senator Smith came to Arizona for
! the express purpose of meeting his
democratic friends at the Jefferson
banquet in Phoenix last Monday. Be
sides attending this banquet he also
had some important business at Phoe-
nix with the Water Users associa-
ton, desiring to go over several mat
ters in person with those at the head
of the reclamation service in the Salt
River valley.
The Senator came over from Tue
son, his home, yesterday morning,
stopping at Bisbee during the fore
noon; in the afternoon he was
brought to Douglas by E. A. Tovrea
and here met with many of his old
time friends in the evening among
them being B. A. Packard, Mayor M.
C. Hankins, w. M. Adamson, J. S.
Douglas, w. H. Brophy and others
whom he had not had the pleasure of
meeting for two years.
The Trouble in Mexico.
Senator Smith was able to gather
some valuable information during his
short trip to the state regarding the
border Mexico situation that will be
Of value to him and his fellow sena-
tors in the future.
Regarding the proposition of Huerta
to have the salutes fired by Mexico
and the United States gun for gun
the senator said that the latest prop
osition was impossible and ridiculous,
continuing:
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan have demanded that the Mexi-
cans at Tampico shall salute the
American flag as an apology for the
insult offered when the American ma
rines- were arrested in that port ten
days ago. The salute being demand
ed from Mexico as an apology it must
be completed by the full twenty-one
guns before this country can do any
thing in the way of accepting the
apology. After the apology has been
completed then it will be proper for
this country to fire a salute as an
acceptance f the amende honorable
and this salute will restore only the
relation that existed between this
country and the Huerta regime that
existed before the insult was offered
and could not be construed as any
recognition which has been steadfast
denied the Huerta government since
it appeared as the result of the re-
moval of Madero and his DEATH"
Confident of Reelection.
Senator Smith said last night that
in all the past campaigns made in
Arizona he never felt more confident
of the good will of the people of
Arizona than in his present race for
the senate. He is finding that there
is a sentiment prevailing in the state
that because of the important chair
manships he has reached in the SEN
ate that he is entitled to another
term, not because there are not.
many other democrats in the state
deserving of the high honor, but be-
cause of the belief that he is in
position now to do for Arizona and
his constituents more than at any
time in the past. He was also COM
plimentary of the good work that has
been accomplished by his colleagues
in the senate Senator Ashurst and
by Carl Hayden, the Arizona mem
Der of congress.
Most Important Position.
There is no more commanding posi-
ton in the senate than the chairman
ship of the committee on irrigation
and reclamation and this place is
held by Senator Smith. In that posi-
ton he has been able to get an eX-
tension of time in which payments |
may be made by the land owners I'M |
der the Roosevelt and Laguna recla- |
nation project. The original time !
allowed for complete payment of the
money advanced by the government !
IN the construction of these dams and
was ten years. By the ef-
,orts of Senator Smith and his con-
gressional colleagues from Arizona
his time has been extended
,Wenty years.
Senator Smith, with his colleagues,
las also secured appropriations for
government buildings at Douglas, Tue Il
son and Globe and besides this money L
las been appropriated by the govern
nent to build bridges across the |,
Ella and San Carlos rivers on the
Thomas and Globe. Senator Smith
low has a bill pending in the senate
or the appropriation of more than
'iX million dollars for the construc-
ion of the proposed San Carlos dam
md reservoir.
Speaking of the accomplishments