Smith traveled no farther from his Toronto home than Niagara Falls in 1905. In late December he mailed his address to the American Historical Association to be read before the annual meeting, for although he had been honored by election as president of the association for 1904, Smith felt himself unequal to the journey to Chicago. Consequently his interest in Toronto affairs was intensified. Housing for the poor, university federation, separate schools,and temporary housing for the Toronto…