Arizona republican., 1902-08-28


 Up to this time no overt act of vio- lence had been committed by either side but a resolution by Thomas F.. Parish for the indorsement of Colonel Wilson and for the instruction of the delegation to be selected to vote for him as a unit precipitated trouble. Eugene Brady O'Neill offered the following as a substitute:
 Be it resolved by the democracy of Maricopa county in convention assem- bled, That we are earnestly and ab- solutely in favor of the construction of the Tonto Basin reservoir by the gov ernment of the United States, and with that end in view we do hereby exact from any delegate selected by the con- vention to the territorial convention at Tucson a pledge that said delegate or delegates will vote only for man who is pledged to work for the construction of the Tonto Basin reservoir as the first work in retaining the arid lands of Arizona And be it further
 Resolved, That the delegates selected by the convention to attend the terri torial democratic convention at Tucson be instructed to work for and secure the passage of a resolution by the said  the Tonto Basin reservoir as the first work of reclama ton by the government in Arizona"
 It might be difficult to understand what the building of the Tonto Basin reservoir had to do with the matter before the convention, but the gentle man who offered it meant it to have great deal to do with it. Pinal county and Gila gre both opposed to the pro- feet. and it was thought possible that both counties would be lukewarm in their support of Colonel Wilson if he should manifest great enthusiasm in it. 1 On the other hand, if the convention should turn the resolution down, the support of Colonel Wilson at the polls , in this county would be threatened. i The trap was intended to catch the , enemy both going and coming.
 MT. O'Neill made spirited address in support of his substitute, in which he painted a picture of the present deso- lation of the country from drouth and another beautiful picture of it under | the influence of the completed Tonto Basin reservoir. He was supported in his argument by w. D. Bell, ane $. F. Webb. who had been established all day as sentinel upon the heights 10 observe the wiles of the shifty enemy, issued another note of warning.
 General Manager Cleary of the Ari- zona Water company replied to MT. | O'Neill He charged him with a want of faith in the introduction of the reso- lution. He said that it's only intended effect was political; that its purpose was intended to embarrass Colonel Will son. Mir. Cleary charged MT. O'Neill with being an enemy to statehood. shown in his effort to defeat Colonel Wilson. He had known MT. O'Neill. he said from the time when they used tu go to school together in Washington. and he had never known any good or him in a political way. He had. he said, always been a traitor to the demo- cratic party.
 In reply MT O'Neill said he had known MT. Cleary equally as long as Mir Cleary had known him. Their mu- tual "reminiscences of their old school days disclosed the fact that both of them had been cutthroats and bandits
 Mr. O'Neill taunted Mir. Cleary with being the hireling of the water com pany and the oppressor of the farmer Of course. therefore, he would oppose the construction of the reservoir or any other project which might relieve the suffering water user That was his business. MT. O'Neill said, in politics; that was part of his duty to his em- ployers, the bondholders of the water company. MT O'Neill was not sur prised that MT. Cleary should endeavoI to prevent the pledging of Colonel Will son to work for the construction of the reservoir. This was the hottest en- counter of the day and almost the last one The O'Neill resolution was not substituted for the resolution for in structions, but 1t was eventually made a part of the platform.
 When this matter had been disposed of the committee of five for che selec- tion of delegates to the Tucson con- vention was appointed and a recess of ten minutes was taken. It looked al this time as if the convention would not be adjourned until a late hour The train for Phoenix had been held an hour over time, and announcement was made that it would be held nc longer.
 At the close of the recess the oppo- sition had given up and the rest of the business was pushed through with great rapidity The committee reported the following delegates to the territorial convention: $. F. Webb, w B. Cleary w T. Smith, F. s. Russell, B. A Fickas, T E. Parish, r. H. Lyman. C. NJ. Zander, Pedro G. de la Lama, E Gonzalez, F. SOnoqui T. H. Sabin Thomas Morrell, George H. Gallagher Fred Keddington, Reuben Hill, H. A Hughes, J. M. Ford, w. C. Dawes, M T. Russell, F. T. Pomeroy, O. $. Hol- dren. J. D. Loper, F. Sunderland, Frank tLoveitt. J. T. Bone, Joseph Bush, J. A Vinson, N. J. Hale. w. E. Barry, J. w Clark, E w. Spears. M. C. Fisk and Joe Morales.
 The platform adopted declares for all eight-hour law; for a mine inspection bill; for freight and fare bill, and some other measures which have been attractive to the voters of the territory At the last moment a declaration was made for the passage of law taxing the products of mines. How that came to be done is not known. Such bill has never been looked upon with favor by the miners of the territory. There would not be a strong protest against the taxing of the large mines if il