The oasis., 1898-03-12
Isthe Name of the Party of Progress and Im-
 prOvement.
THE MASS CONVENTION
Adopts the Name and Presents an iDsin- cibIe Ticket of Business Men
 and Taxpayers.

Pursuant to call signed by large
 number of the business men and tax
 payers of Nogales, mass convention
 was held at the Nogales opera house
 Thursday evening: and that cOnven-
 ti0n nominated a ticket to present to
 the electors of Nogales for their suf-
 frages in the approaching municipal
 election. The convention was at-
 tended by strong representation Of
 the bpsiness and property interests of
 the town, and the entire proceedings
 were Indicative of the utmost narmo-
 ny and good will.
 The convention was organized by
 the election of Colonel Willis P. Har-
 low as chairman and Jack Faulds and
 R. D. George as secretaries.
 D0ctor A. A. Doherty presented the following resolutions which were sent t0 the secretary's desk and read:
 The business, men. citizens and tay. payers of the town Uf NOgales. Pima county, Arizona territory, ln mass c0nfention assembled, this tenth day of March, A. D., isas, hereby present tue foll0wing declarations for the con SiueratOn of the people, which we be- iiese should guide the conduct Of the muuicjpal government in the ensuing term;
 The progress and improvement whlfhhaye marked the town of No gales in the past two years, and have gwen If reputation which is enyied py ailpther cities in Arizona, should 1 pc cQnl linued; so fast as funds can be reallzed from the towns sources of ] reyenue, the improvement and grading or Strcets should go on, and those al- | ready mproved should be kept in the pest cVndition. to the end that No | gales nay take the rank to which it is | cnbItieu as city instead of a frontier JOwnt which latter hun.ilating condi- | blop isdesired by some of the enemies oI proKTess, who are urging the cleo i lion or the so-called "TaXpayers' f ljcketF and are backed by the great est enemy Nogales ever had-the mead and front of the Land Grant King, Who has for years fought us in the courts, and by all means. both legal and Illegal, has done everything Jo prevent our people getting titles to Ineir homes, has driven settlers from 1ne public domain, has robbed widows ma orphans, has done eyerythino Q prevent development of the city of S08ales, and has threatened to make h cabtie range of our beautiful citv
 Weare unalterably opposed to bind ug the town hand and foot in con- ractwith the Nogales Water comma " granting an exclusive franchise i uF twenty-five years, or any other ! ne. Two years ago these same par- .es as esheu the town to grant such a [ s1,,'ccnlse, q, and they now seek to con 1 ! ! oi ene council, to secure what they sefe bnen refused. We earnestly urge ,ie people of Nogales to vote against ,,iaciut J themselves in the power of l uese paItles, as once it is done. AL | nougn illegal the hold that it wonid f ise tnem cannot be shaken off with . he city. Np"' 0' oi
 We pledge our candidates to an | conomical and careful administrator q ! pubic affairs, and assure the neonla uaJ their election will result in the ; es5 returns from expenditures of the I ublic funds. o' V"e f.
 we pledge our candidates to carry ut @ bne pest interests of the town and n '''e property holders therein, in ad- D