Bisbee daily review., 1902-09-09
COL. WILSON
 HIS RECORD
REFORMATION FOR THE BENEFIT
 OF THE MINER
In It's Crusade Against the Democratic Candidate-Facts and Figures to Prove His Worth

Candidate-Facts and Figures to
 Prove His Worth
 The record made by Colonel Will son while he was delegate to con gress from this territory shows an amount of work accomplished that Is greater than has ever before been done by any other representative of the territory's interests. Whenever an opportunity presented itself to do something for Arizona he did it at once.
 For the benefit of those who have not had an opportunity to learn what Colonel Wilson did while delegate, brief account of his labors is given in this issue. The following is list of the bills he presented and the acton that was taken on them:
 Bill was passed after overcoming the opposition of the land department to authorize the municipality Of Flag staff to construct pipe lines across the public lands to develop and carry water to the town for general use.
 Introduced bill to increase the sal aries of the judges of the territory and relieve the territory from paying any portion of the same, which was defeated in short session of con gress. The bill to open the mineral lands of the Indian territories to location and operation was defeated by east ern congressman after hard fight
 A bill to repeal the exemption clause of the Santa Fe railroad com pany's charter and submit railroad property to taxation in the territory. This was placed on another bill as rider and agreed upon and passed a, present congress as per agreement As a result next year. and after that, the Santa Fe will pay into the treas ury the sum of s67,750 per annum.
 The bill introduced for the purpose of creating an additional judge TOT trial of cases in this territory which is so much needed, was defeated
 Introduced a bill to create ana es- tablish local government in Arizona officers therein. This was never re ported by the committee, Which claimed that the admission or the territory to statehood would do away with its necessity.
 The bill introduced by Colonel VII son for the construction of the San Carlos reservoir and to appropriate s1 GOO 900 for that purpose was placed on the house calendar by unanimous report of the committee, but failed to reach a vote for want of time
 A bill was introduced and carried to allow Americans holding and hay ing rights in the Navajo reservation which had been obtained before th' reservation was extended over then to perfect their titles, both as to min ing and agricultural lands.
 After a hard fight with New foii bondholders, the bill to authorize th' city of Tucson to issue bonds to en large and buy city water works va passed and became a law.
 Colonel Wilson introduced a Dill !, pay losses to the pioneers indepeno ent of the amity clause of the presen law-this clause now being an impass ible barrier to the collection or tnes claims. The bill was defeated
 The bill to allow extra pay to on cers and mon in the Spanish war wa passed after being introduced by 70 onel Wilson and the men got tnei pay. - 1,
 introduced the statehood bill but vas smothered in committee for pure H political reasons. Colonel Wilsol jabored hard to bring 1t before tn