The oasis., 1898-03-12


 heart his own welfare and the welfar, ' Of the town of his residence. Ant l you have come here tonight with tba thought upperm0st in your minds anC have put it into action by prOmulga tiOn of a platform declaring for polio, which will tend to make "Gfeatel Nogalesr and nomination of caDdi dates who will carry out that policy concientiously and Faithfully. Ap planse.
 But the strongest issue in this municipal campaign is the water question, and upon that your platform speaKs in no uncertain terms The question is, shall the people of Noga- les grant to the Nogales Water Com pany, an illegal, twenty-five year franchise, or shall they keep the mat ter in their own hands by granting short-term, non-exclusiye franchises as has been done heretofore? IAp- plause. It Is matter of fact that a one-half interest in the NOgales water-works has passed into the hands 0f the greatest enemy Nogales has ever had, who has fought you through all the courts on the land grant cues tion, and has cost you thousands of dol lars which you have had to put your hands down in your pockets to pay Do you want to give the man another hook upon the town? For, although the franchise they have asked would be illegal, if once granted it would be impossible to throw it off without long and costly litigation, which would amount to fully 5000 and would give the lawyers harvest. The people of Nogales cannot afford 40 vote to place this burden upon themselves. Applause.
 The platform pledges an equitable adjustment at aclDal eest of Gi,e titles Ol property On the toWnsite. which will soon be nifected. and the sale tO good advantage of unclaimed property, the money realized to go into public improvements and neceS- sary town buildings. Applause
 l was gratitied to hear the secretary read the declaration for open conven- tlons and the transaction of public business in public places That is the way such work should always be done If men have candidates for office they should come out in public convention and present them publicly, as we have done here tonight. When men con hive in secret and promulgate tickets for the Sutfrages of their fellow citi- zens, they have some ulterior motive to subserve, and your declaration upon the water question has unmasked the men and the motives behind the alleged taxpayers ticket" Ap plause.
 It is gratifying to see so large an of intelligent, earnest, ac- tive business men. With such men in this movement success is assured | and with their united efforts we shall soon have in fact Greater Nogales." Applause
 Captain l.. w. Mix was called to address the convention and sad
 l endorse the platform and ticket rom top to bottom. The platform means something for Nogales. It ! means improvement of the town and | of values of all property. | have heard it said that some men complain that the improvements are costly, and the taxes are burdensome. Some one has said that I ''can afford Q pay taxes because 1 am rich" l laye never considered myself rich, nd it is as much an effort for me to 'ay my town tax as it is for those who lave less property; but do so cheer ully because it enhances the value of ny property, and makes it possible or me to realize more money there pon should l want to sell. There } not a foot of property in the own which has not been enhanced ! value many times the amount paid ! taxes to compass the improvements Thich have effected that enhance lent. Applause.
 Mesrs Titcomb, Doherty and others 1dressed the convention, all pledging earty support to the ticket. The convention adjourned. Notarial work without cost at liar w & Gowan's. II