The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-03-17
MARCUS A. SMITH SPEAKS AT
 LEGISLATURE

Ex-Senator Marcus A. Smith of Arizona delivered what he declared to be his valedictory speech in the senate at Phoenix on Friday after noon of last week. He said that:
 q addressed the General Assembly of the State of Arizona on one previ- ous occasion and that was when I was unanimously elected to the United States Senate. l have now been called upon to deliver my valedictory.
 -I have aiways been an optomist but no man can tell what is liable to happen in the present condition in which the United States is in, and am not holding any political party responsible.
 The time is lere when every man who is a member of the legislature must do for the state what he does for himself as an individual-cut his expenses to the bone. Any man has the right to give away his own money but no man has the right to give away the money of the state.
 T feel like giving advice to the younger men and that is: Don't se- lect life of service to the public un- less you keep your eyes fastened on the star of honesty, integrity and ser h1CS IO lHe pSOplc at ciI II you do so you will deserve, whether you receive it or not, the commenda- tion of every honest man.
 No matter how hard you may try you cannot do what everybody wants you to do and the wider your field the more opportunities there will be to disappoint people.
 'I am delivering my valedictory ad- dress. I have no lingering regret. bear no malice and have no man to get even with. So I say to you that in serving the people you will gain nothing through iniuring your state. It makes no difference whether you serve one session or 10 sessions, your party will never gain anything if the state is injured.
 ''As for myself I can. truthfully say that I have never sought personal aggrandiZement, or personal advant- age at the cost of the people. I have always done what I believed was in the best interest of my country. say this as a valedictory speech as it is probable that I will never again make a speech in Arizona.
 Referring to congress and the na, tional government, Senator Smith said that: '.'
 
 my career to have the dam built across the Gila. It was impossible to get individual appropriation for irrigation projects through the con gress. The only opportunity that Arizona had of getting the projects built was by an appropriation of three or four million dollars which would be apportioned among several states
 Even the western and irrigation states are opposed to Arizona getting any more appropriations as we have secured twenty million dollars now to their three or four millions.
 Referring to the old days. he said
 No man has a more tender spot il his heart for the old territory-i you will permit me to call it such The old timers are nearly all gone, { couple in Tucson. a few in Prescott and few in Phoenix. They are al passing on. If you younger men vii be as true to the state as they wer' to the territory. Arizona will take tn place where she belongs as the great est state in the union.
 The Grand Canyon of the Cobra do is the greatest wonder in the worl' and I have often told senators whel they told of the beauties of the park in Wyoming. Colorado and othe states that their parks could not b hung like tapestries on the walls 0 the Grand Canyon without ruinin it's beauty.
 ''In conclusion I wish to say tha no dishonest penny has ever been re ceived by me. my friends think I an honest and I think so too.
 Be partisan. believe in part government. If God ever made democrat who has gone down the mic dle of the road I am that man. Blu be for your state first