Arizona republican., 1903-01-07

bAlQ was taken, ana II Was SlONn to the east wherein the east would be benefited wherein it was absolutely necessary for the prosperity of the whole nation, then came rapid achieve ment. He also called attention to the fact that there had been too great a feeling of sectionaIism in Arizona. and that he hoped in a short time to ad- dress a mass meeting and outline a plan for the getting together, of not only the people of this county, but of the whole territory in an organization uniting all commercial, manufacturing and industrial interests.
 The south side delegation having ar rived Mir. Fowler introduced Mr. New ell who was greeted with an ovation He announced that his position was rather a delicate and embarrass1n one. Strictly construed, he was not Tn a posi- tiOn for speechmaking but was rather. in the position Of a juryman who was asked 10 talk about the case before he had heard the testimony Still he felt that under the circumstances he might be allowed to at least state con ditiCns as they are. in respect of the governments end of the enterprise under consideration. First the passage of the irrigation law is the first great victory and the court of last resort is now the secretary of the interior who. he said, is probably the busiest man in the United States. His portfolio contains many important bureaus. so many Tn fact that he cannot give more than passing attention to the water storage movement till all preliminaries are ready for his investigation and judgement. That work, therefore. is placed in the hands of the geological survey under Director WaIcott who is also a very busy man. having many lines of activity 10 superintend, and who in turn has referred it to a board Of engineers of which Mir Newell is chief. He described al some length the history of the survey and the in- portance of it's work
 MT. Newell next spoke of Arizona's claims. He said they are not pre- eminent nor unique. though they may be urgent and strong Every state or territory has its own peculiar claims. its own good and valid reasons, seenI- ingly. why work should be inaugurated there first, and in illustration lie men toned many of them that apply to diff ferent localities.
 This brought the speaker up to the point of saying that the department therefore could not pay any attention to arguments of that kind and they would not influence action. The main idea is that it is government money that IS to be spent for the best interests of the government generally. where the best and quickest returns can be secured. Consequently the section that fe
 the standpoint of the government. and presents it first, will in all likelihood be the first to secure government aid.
 MT. Newell then spoke CT another thing that most people perhaps never thought of. That is the impossibility of the department advising the people what to do. The department is in daily receipt of letters from some sec ton, asking that the writer or writers be advised what to do to secure gov ernment aid in their sections All the depaI tment officials can do is to say: There is the law, and you have no doubt, competent advisers. Follow the law and your advice and present your plan. If it is all right the department will consider it on it's merits" But the department cannot compromise it. self by advising or settling q hypothet- ical case. It is in the position Of q court and cannot aid in preparing the case 1t is to pass upon. He spoke of the frequent reference made to a "pull'' with the departments and said the most disgusting thing the officials have to contend with is the frequent re- CCest for attention because Of the suD- poseG influence of some one else. wner. in reality the department is SO situated that 1t can act only on the merits of the case regardless of any possible desire for favoritism
 Rcverting again to the conditions that confront this people he said tn. government has the money to bes,;n operations, the site has met the ap proval of the survey, which he could guarantee would take care Of the en- gineering work and there is noihIrs further to consider except what mIgn; b. termed the human interests. lie said he understood the people v-cr.. dliISently working on a plan wi,icn would harmCnize all interests and whe,, completed he could only hope that if would be clean cut, business like. fair and showing wherein the government could get it's money back in the short est space of time to be used again Flse"here This plan when presented 70 the department would be laid before the secretary of the interior in all it's details, together with all the fndines or the survey from the governments point of view, when it would be ac- cepted or rejected as soon as it col,ld be thoroughly investigated. The sec retary IS a shrewd business man and lS very anxious to begin construction of reservoirs somewhere. under tba fr- Tisa'lon law in which sentiment he is supported by the president.
 Mir. Newell concluded bv ssving ba vas wiling to answer any questions that might be asked him providing they