Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-23
DELEGATES RETURN
Three Are Back From Ogden, Others
Expected Soon.

T. r. Powers. John Orme and Lin
Orme returned home yesterday morning
from Ogden, where they went as dele
gates to the irrigation. congress. L. H.
Parker accompanied them as far as
Los Angeles, but stayed over there for
Il day and is expected home this morn
ing. Messrs. Walter Talbot and Yer
non L. Clark will probably arrive Fri
day morning and B. a. Fowler, who
went from Ogden to Denver, will not
reach home till about the first of the
month.
When asked. for details of the con-
gress concerning this section not COW
cred by the telegraph dispatches, Mr..
Powers said there was nothing of
special Importance, nevertheless he
talked very Interestingly on the Incl
dents of the big meeting and the trip
to and from it.
He said Arizona had forty-nin dele
gates pres mt with credentials, and one
man who had lost his papers, or rather
they had been lost before he received
them, making an even half-hundred
delegates on the ground. The Arizona
delegation organized by the election Of
Vernon L. Clark as chairman and F.
H. Parker as secretary. c. D. Reppy
of Florence caucused with them pre-
vious to organization, but after that
he herded in a bunch by himself. as his
business in Ogden was to oppose what
most of the rest of the delegates want
ed. At roll call his Tote was generally
found to be against that of the rest of
the delegation.
Asked if there were any remarks
made in the congress derogatory to the
Tonic project or suggesting violence
toward that enterprise, he said there
were none and the only special refer
erce made was in the course of vari-
Gus speeches where it was incidentally
mentioned, as were all the principal
projects now under consideration. Mr..
Reppy was we'll supplied with litera-
ture designed to turn the minds OF
readers against the Tonic project. and
this literature he distributed with great
industry in committee rooms and
among delegates during recesses and
whenever opportunity offered. But no
one took the floor in furtherance of his
ideas, and any poison that might have
been injected into the congress by MIR.
Reppy was in such small quantities
that it was readily assimilated and APP
parently did nc harm. 1t is said of Mr..
Reppy that after the congress adj
journed he announced that his fight
had been lost and he was now ready
to lay down. His activity naturally led
to the ASKING of a great many ques-
tons by delegates from other states,
but such charges as he made We're SO
personal in their nature that he really
lost more friends for his cause than
he gained.
Mr.. Maxwell was the recognized lead
er of the fight fer the revision of the
land laws and the Arizona delegation
in the main supported him. Though the
fight was lost. it is believed that the
compromise resolutions finally passed
are somewhat in the nature of victory.
| Mr.. Maxwell's only set speech was a
short one assigned to him on the sub
ject. Peace Hath Her Victories"
Speaking of Ogden, Mr.. Powers says
| it is d beautiful city of about $4,000 in
habitants, and every citizen did his best
TO make pleasant the visit of the dele
gates. 1t is a nicely built town with
two large parks and surrounded by
| various irrigated areas, while at no
great distance away could be seen the
snow capped peaks of the mountains.
The county fair was in progress dur
| ing congress week. and beside the irri-
| cation delegates there were thousands
| of people flocking to the city, taxing the
| hotel and restaurant accommodations.
There were balls and other functions to
which the delegates We're all given COM
plimentary tickets, and if they didn t
have a good time it was no fault of the
people of Ogden. The temple in which
the congress was held was supposed to
seat comfortably about 900 people, but
nearly twice that number We're crowded
into it. On Thursday the delegates
were all given free ride to the canyon
above the city, and to accommodate
| them required a string of carriages
| about three miles long.
| Phoenix was not mentioned as a
meeting place next year, the Arizona
delegation having decided that it was
not desira BILE to have the congress meet
here till after the dam is well under
way or finished.
| ATTENDED, MILDRED