The border vidette., 1920-10-23
MARK SMITH AT TOMBSTONE.
Arizona's Senior Senator Stands High
 at Nations Capitol.
Tombstone Prospector.

eloCI1On. Tn one or the aOleSG speeches ever heard in his old home town of Tombstone, last night gave summary of his work in the senate, reviewed the | history of statehood legislation, 1 outlined the marvellous accom- plishments of the democratic national administration, and gave to his hearers clear and con vincing explanation of the wide | difference between real states manship and the whining clap ! trap of demagogue.
 | There was not trace of bit terness in the senator's address, i but there was a deep seated con- viction throughout of the right eousness of his cause that won l the hearts of his listeners and thrilled them with the conscious ness that cincerity and honest worth are more to be desired in the high places than selfshness and misrepresentation.
 "The fight against me-" the | senator said, lis based on the meaningless slogan What has he done ?" Nothing by himself l l dS SSd OO lo O. ecu COo pOSltS body in which no single member can work alone. It is through co, operation, constant striving and devotion to the common good that accomplishment comes."
 The senator told of his mem- ship on the foreign relations and appropriations committees-and no other senator west of the Mississippi river holds assign ment on those two great com mittees, he Said-on the conser. vation of public resources con- mittee, the ranking membership the committee on irrigation, and his place on the public lands committee, and his chairmanship on the geological survey com mittee.
 Industry Chief Factor
 am a member of every com mittee of concern to Arizona" the senator said, and I did not get those assignments by idle ness and neglect of the inter- ests of my state, but by hard work. Industry is the chief factor in determining committee assignments in the senate: noth- ling comes to the dronefor loafer"
 Senator Smith explained how he had procured the appropria- tions for the Salt River valley and the Yuma irrigation pro- jects, the former being the first irrigation dam ever built in America. II have secured more than $2O,OOO,OOO in appropria- tions for the state," he said, and yet they say I have done noth- ing" :.......
 He referred to the ambiguous promises of Ralph Cameron, his opponent, as joke and not worthy of notice, since it is we'll known, he said, that a new man with no experience or connec- tions in the senate, cannot dig money out of the U. S. treasury as Cameron promiscuously pro- miSeS.
 Why, if Ralph secured all the money for reclamation that he has promised the good people of Arizona, we would be wading around to our necks between here and Charleston" he said. The senator said a campaign in the dark" was being waged against him throughout the state. Hired men and women are going from place to place with the whispered charge that I do not live in Arizona, do not pay taxes here, and that 1 am growing old. To the last charge , I plead guilty but all the rest of you, if you live long enough, some time will face the same in dictment. I do live in this state, and have always lived here since E I came west in my early man. hood, and I pay taxes in Ari- zona. l have not accumulated much of this worlds goods, but } I do not owe any man a cent.
 The senator cited the cases of : Senators Borah of Idaho and Jones of Washington, powerful republican senators, who had ob- i tained nothing for their states in the way of irrigation project r funds, although their states were clamoring for such aid. } During his speesh Senator Smith reviewed with reverence his early day acquaintances in Tombstone, from the day he }