Arizona republican., 1899-01-25
28 votes: 23 were cast against the

28 votes; 23 were cast against the proposition.
 The opponents of the bonds made magnificent effort in the Third ward. where nearly every registered vote wa5 | gOtt6n out. Tho bends received 32 and S8 were cast agairst them. The 1 election officers were, inspector, J. l. l BItC'oks; judges, s. N. Philips and J. | T. Dunlap; clerks, A. J. Edwards, Joseph Pratt and Geo. Blaine; mar shal, Hi McDonald.
 In the Fourth ward 38 vo es were cast against and 30 fer the b-nds. | The officers were, inspector. N A. l Sanders; judges, Henry Fowler and c. N. Sturges; clerks. Frank B. Mess and 1 F. B. Gabbert; marshal, Frank Me i Clintock.
 The enemies Of the bends wee &C., tive from the opening until the close Of the polls. Chartered carria ge5, tear- ing the irrelevant mctto. "Ramemb r the Pima Bonds" were driven about the streets from morning until night. Several elements ccnspired to defcat ! the hcnd proposition. The most act ve as has been stated, was the Water company embracing those I-ca1ly in- ] of the eastern bCndhlders Of the com pany- Then there were the ultra I economists, who consti .ute5 a sma1 part Cf the opposition. A ssrcng fac tor in the defeat of the b3nds was the party opposition to the admin s rat on. All of these elements it $ believed, however, might have been cverc-m9, if the educational campaign had beg-n earlier.
 Just what course events will new | take is not known. Mayor Adams was, seen last night regard 'ng he result Said he: 'I want to thank the Repub- | lican, the disinterestcd, but public spirited manner in which i5 has sup ported the side of progress.
 '$The questions which hsvateen Isi C. ly under discussion are those which come up in the history Of every progressive community and they must ultimately be settled here 2s they have beeen in other cities. ''The ad1pticn Of system Of mu- nicipal improvements, he pubic own ership Of public utilities must take place here at some time to mark necessary e.a in the city's growth did net ex- pect from the day that this question YVES brought up that the bonds would
 
 net st the second CT the third, but they are eventually b.und to be voted The need of Q public ownership of the water works and sewer will some time be impressed upon the people When that is done, and nct until then, VII Phoenix take rank among the first cities of the sCu Invest
 ''I aiso want to thank the re pc of Phoenix for the fair ard ecu tecus treatment they have accorded me in the public meetings which have been held during the past week. I believe thas g large part of the people of the city do net endorse the scurrilcu5 attacks that have been made upon me and the council in the course Of Lhe discus sion. I pledge them that as Icng as I 9m a citizen of Phoenix I wi use my hest efforts at any and all times to further the interests of the city, tc prevent any further entertainment upon the taxpayers by private c0rpo- ratiOr5 which have r1w obtained such strcng ghcid and which if maintained. will forever block the progress Of Phoenix.
 Tt is impossible fer the public to undeTs and the vile and vicious meth ods and the great expenditure Of money by these corporations within | hold upon the city finances. 1 think it Ezl; been thoroughly demonstrated tO the taxpayers that these corpcrat' CnS understand that the people have rights which will soCn be asserted and a remedy which will socn be appl cd. I believe the time is not far distant when it will be shown that Judge Ainsworth was mistaken when he said that the Water company lad the city bound hand and foct and ccul5 not help iself."
 MT. ErnesU Abs Hagen Of Los An geles, the consulting engineer who prepared the plans and estimates of the proposed improvements, arrived in town yesterday morning on his way to GIabe, where he is going to invssti- gate the feasibility Of developing waiter power for electricity to e used in lighting the town and fUrn' shing power to the adjacent mines.
 Speaking Of the election, he smiled and said, ''These things ale seldom done the first time tsicugh from what 1 see I believe it could have been GOna here if the friends of the bonds had been as ao i've as the enemies. They waited tCO long while the opponents began work four or five months ago, even before 1 came to Phoenix to make the estimates but after I had enter-d into correspondence with the mayor and council"