Arizona republican., 1904-10-15

what dye think of that? There was i no frostiness in the air anywhere in the vicinity of the Doris theater last
 night None was observable anywhere along Washington street.
 There was never a meeting like ii in this territory. It was demOnstrated that George H. Maxwell had not lost his power to cOnjure with and that
 whatever he has to say affecting this valley is heard attentiVely and with the deepest interest. It was no polit- l ica1 speech It was explained to the audience at the beginning that the matter under discussion had no part in partisan politics. The welfare of the Salt Rive valley and of Arizona was
 concerned and the politicians could do nothing for them. however much they
 might desire to do it.
 Mir. Maxwell arrived in the city yes terday morning -wearied with his long and hurried journey. He spent the greater part of the day about his hotel
 or visiting friends whom he had not seen for a year.
 The preparations for the meeting had | been completed. The greater part of
 the day was. spent in the decoration of the stage and never before had one in Phoenix been so eIaborately adorned. | This work was under the superv isicn of Dwight B. Heard. There were flow | CTS and flags everywhere The front ! of the stage was a cave of flags at the i far opening of which there was a mass of greens and panlBas grass lit up with | electric lights of red, white and blue Along the front was row Of American i Beauty and white roses.
 THE PARADE.
 
 ] sevenZ o'clock at the corner of Second and Washington streets. It was a long i parade cheered by thousands on the 1 streets along which it passed
 The crowd went with it to the thea ter. which was already comfortably fiiI- | ed before the crowd came. The south ! side contingent came late and ail who
 wanted to come could not do so. There was a. dearth of NJ & P. cars. But all ! that could be obtained were impressed
 and still telephone messages were re- l ceived from Mesa all afternoon saying | that the popuIace was threatening to ride on top of the coaches.
 l Fifty seats on the stage were occu- | pied by members of the Fowler club.
 under whose auspices the meeting was | held There was not a vacant seat on | the lower floor, nore in the gallery. |
 ed "nigger heaven Men and women
 were standing in the rear Of the thea | ter. filling it completely Even the cor
 ridor was filled and at least four hun
 dred could not get beyond the steps ] leading to the corridor.
 When the Pioneer band played the i national air the house arose and when the last note died away there ensued a ! period of silence broken for the next two hours only by the voices of Chair ] man Ainsworth and MT. Maxwell and the frequent applause. Not a dozen ] persons left the house in the course of the meeting. The interest was as in tense. at the close as at the beginning. Tn calling the meeting t0 order Judge AinswOrth observed that if a crowd ! can be taken as an indication there could be no doubt-of the result Of the { election for delegate to congress on i November 8. But he added that it was
 no wonder the crowd had come. for l MT. Maxwell was to talk.
 MIR. MAXWELL'S ADDRESS. On the appearance of the speaker the 1 applause was tremendous and grew. A voice in the gallery cried, Who's all l right?" and there was an answering
 voice, Maxwell"
 MT. Maxwell said that he was hard ly prepared for the occasion: he had not expected to meet an audience like this; he had supposed that he was con 1 ing to meet the farmers whom he had
 so often met before and talk over with them in a heart to heart way the pTac- tical affairs of the valley He said that | when he came to town a democra tic
 friend met him and told him that he
 was glad to see him but he was sor- t--rr r,o4 2. r-vT
 rand. MT. Maxwell said that he hoped
 he was in the audience and he beIiev- ed that at the end of the meeting he would be glad that he had come
 ! A delegate in congress, he said. was ! in a Sense political and in a sense non 1 political He is without vote and it is a rare thing for him. to attempt the ! discussion of a politcial question on 1 the floor of the house. The territory | itself has no voice in national affairs. l eff this had been a state" said AIr. Maxwell. "I would have felt hesitan- cy in coming. But l remembered that ! nothing you can do can afrt ct anything ! political. My visit is not a political
 visit. I have come to talk over with you a neighborhood proposition He
 said that at the time of his last ap- | pearance before the farmers of the val ley, when the beginning of the con struction of the Tonto dam was assur-
 cd. he had promised to come back
 whenever he could be of any service to
 the valley and now he had come.
 The thing before the people of the l valley is the conquest of the desert in | which men of all political parties are
 standing side by side and fighting. | There is no politics in that. Much head 1 way had been made but the TOnto dam had not yet been completed and an un- i friendly congress might yet tie up the