The border vidette., 1920-10-09


 showed her gratitude by choos- ing him as one of her senators, in which position he has admira- ply upheld the high reputation he made in the house of repre- SentativeS.
 I asked Louis Brownlow about the best informed man I know, who had made the most effective speech he had ever heard in Congress and without a word of hesitancy he answered, Mark Smith," He alluded to Smiths reply to Tawney.
 It was this way: Matt Quay and Steve Elkins were anxious to get New Mexico into the union as a state. They did not care a rap about Arizona, and to succeed in their plans they were willing to sacrifice the latter by bringing her in as a part of New Mexico. Manifestly there was a big job in it. In the Sixtieth congress the joint statehood bill promptly appeared in both houses. President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon were active in it's support and declared it a Republican party measure. It would have passed had there not been some twenty Republicans to join with the Democrats in opposition. These recalcitrants were led by James A. Tawney of Minnesota and they beat the bill.
 Tawney had visited Arizona as one of an Investigating com, mittee and had pledged himself against statehood. Smith ac. companied him on this trip and counseled with him. Every chairman of every committee of the just expired Republican house favored joint statehood. As speaker of the new congress Cannon appointed the com mittees and named Tawney the chairman of appropriations, the most important place in the house, the tariff not being on hooks, except the speakership. He then got Tawney's vote and voice for joint statehood, which Tawney had opposed and de- feated in the previous congress.
 Brownlow and l were in the gallery when the thing occurred. Tawneg, to the astonishment of Smith, advocated joint state hood. There was almost a full membership of the house pres tent and the galleries were crowd ed. Tawney, capital speaker, advocated the measure, and nearly everybody but Cannon was amazed. Smith asked for two minutes to reply.
 The house was hushed as he arose, his pale stern face set with indignation and determina tion. Slowly, camly, emphati- cally, he said:
 It strikes me as tragic that this, the anniversary of my birth, should be chosen as the day to betray and ruin the peo- pie in whose devoted service the best efforts of my life have been spent. My mind recalls one act of like turpitude and treachery."
 Advancing toward Tawney and shaking his finger at him, with the roar of a lion he quoted:
 And Joab said to Amasa. art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him, but Amasa took no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand, so he smote him herewith in the fifth rib and slew out his bowles to the ground MT. Chairman. I yield back to my friend the balance of my time"
 The effect was electrical. Taw- ney was crucified. The floor and galleries burst into tumult- uous applause-that day joint statehood was devoted to defeat by the manhood of Arizona, and that day made Mark Smith the father of the state. It was the most effective one minute speech deliberative body ever heard that spoke our tongue.
 was not surprised. A few days earlier Mark had entered the list against the bully of the house, Grosvenor, who for a dozen years had been the bloody old bruiser of the body. The Democrats were afeared of him and he hectored the Republi- cans. With more knowledge of American history than any other member, old Grosvenor used to draw the long bow and make