Arizona republican., 1899-11-05

gagged IN desperate effort to thWart
the will of the citizens
a DIS of Phoenix and saddle
HONEST an fniquitous contract
COUNCIL. upon the city. Its paid
agents are busy as bees.
They stop at nothing calculated to fur
Their the company's selfish ends. Mis-
statements, deceptive petitions and
specious personal appeals are flying
thick and fast in the interest of the
company.
The worst feature of this unholy
business is the attitude of Mayor CAM
and Councilmen F-ickas and Morford.
These men, elected to protect the in
terests of the city and pledged to help
bring about municipal ownership OF
water works and sewerage system.
turned traitors as soon as they be-
came invested with power. They have
spurned the public whose servants they
are supposed to be, and brazenly up
hold the water company in its attempt
to throttle this community.
Immediately after his election Mayor
CAM promised to call bond election
= TO enable the people to vote on the
water works and sewerage question.
While this promise was yet warm he
entered into an agreement whereby the
question of an election was TO be taken
up in the council and postponed until
November on representations by citi-
Zens who were parties to the scheme
of delay that it would be unwise %
hold an election until estimates of the
cost of the proposed system could be
procured. This agreement, proposed
by the water company, had the support
of CAM, Morford and Flickas, and it
went through with rush. The public
had no intimation of this deal until it
was consummated. Everybody knew
that the estimates concerning which
the water company and it's agents IN
the council were so solicitous were al
ready available. The preceding council
had expended six hundred dollars in
procuring accurate data, and Nv
CAM and his associate allies of the
water company could have had it for
the asking. They knew it was on file.
but they didn't want it. They were
bound to protect the water company,
and the postponement until November
was duly ordered. They haven't made
any effort to get any information, and
will not if another postponement is or
dered. They are working for the Phoe-
nix Water company, not for the city of
Phoenix, and do not hesitate to stultify
themselves.
Messrs. CAM, Fickas and Dyer spent
n portion of last summer in California.
While there they were made much OF
b. General Sherman, the Smooth
gentleman who organized the Phoenix
Water company and marketed its
bonds. They were given to understand
that the entire coast was theirs for the
asking There were good dinners and
good things TO drink and pleasant ex-
cursions, and at every turn there
was General Sherman to clap them on
their respective backs and to tell them
what royal good fellows they were and
how much he loved them and how he
could not believe that such mas
terpieces Of Gods handiwork could
find il i'm their hearts to dis
turb the peace of the Phoenix
Water company. Mr.. Dyer gave the
oily gentleman shock by declaring his
allegiance to municipal ownership. but
the others were very ductile and the
general figured that the series of en-
tertainments had been a good invest
ment. In the light of the perform
ances of CAM and Fickas since their
return it is plain that General She"-
man had the situation properly gagged.
Mr.. Morford did not take part in the
California revels. but he didn't require
that kind of encouragement. He has
been the ally of the water company
for many years. and the fact that his
constituents desire municipal owner
chip is not likely to disturb this oil
time friendship.
The Phoenix Water company was IN