Arizona republican., 1903-06-07

MT. Maxwell was introduced as The daddy of them all" He handed the in- ;roduction right back saying that if he had been the daddy ot them all he would long ago have tried to do something to enforce discipline among some of the erring children. It was but the opening of a speech that will be remembered by all who heard it. synopsis affords but weak idea of it. Tn part he said: As I stand here today my mind is carried back to a similar meeting held on the same spot last August. when We almost held our breath to know if the united effort of all the people would secure the great boon of water storage for this valley, and never saw such a look of hunger and eager hope as on that occasion Now the cloud of distrust seems to have cleared away. the plan is approv- ed and the man who would stay the progress of this movement a single day does not fnCw the kind of a govern ment he lives under He related an incident of low he had secured the signature or an old soldier few days ago and who said as he signed that he had ridden 9 horse for Uncle Sam for
 
 him any time.
 The thing that has been my con stant thought day after day is what was the purpose of the government in undertaking this mighty task If it can place it's vessels on every sea and it's armies in strange lands is it not to be expected that the government will do even greater and grander hi1cp in, r.ln wastes.
 What is the purpose of the irrigation act? To be certain for all time to come that every home planted on the desert will stay there and that the drifting sands will never roll over it and blast the human hopes planted there: that you farmers may till your acres every year. every year, every year. All else is detail and machinery. When you have rolled out the mantle of green across the desert. in this val ley. will follcw the rolling of the same mantle over the valley of the Gila and the outlying deserts. No man can pie ture it but if you save this opportunity the government will never stay it's hand till nearly a million acres shall have been redeemed i'm Arizona And instead or seeking statehood as a sup pliant Arizona will shine in the firma- ment of stars by right
 Tt is inexplicable that this wave of promise should have been stopped a month ago by what seemed to be a mental sand storm. Dust has been thrown in your eyes but as 1 look upon the keen faces before me I think the sand storm has passed. We should get together few more of us and send our names to Uncle Sam and tell him we are willing to borrow his money without interest.
 Then he read an extract from a let ter from government official imply ing that Arizona did not know a good thing when she saw it and saying this valley is now near the ragged edge. when other states make demands the money cannot be withheld from them unless Arizona is ready. An ultima tum may follow in few days that un- less action is prompt all is lost.
 And then he made a prediction tha if the TemDe people do not sign until the plats have gone to Washington the day will have gone by when they can get in except the isolated ones who have signed and been provided for and the Tempe Canal company will live to curse the day it followed bad advice and missed the opportunity to lift itself out of the Slough of Despond. He had, he said, but one more thing to say to the Tempe people. That was to appropriate money enough to buy each water user who fails to come in copy of Lallah Rookh and read the story of how the faithful followed the | yelled prophet in his masked attire to final disaster when he fed them on poisoned food and as they writhed in the agonies of Death he revealed to | them the features he could no longer | conceal. repulsive! repulsive!! repul- | sive,,,"