Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-10-12

Sebll0O SO1o years dRO. we UolIeN0
This was a boss play of Mark to max,
the Arizonan believe that the east wal
to cruelty the west.
An A-izonan democrat would de-
the business, however and the last re
sort was the ballot. This was what
Mark wanted for himself
Fowler is at last reached on the fias
co statehood matter, and he said that
Fowler would not open his mouth
against the administration, and as the
republican national platform was very
quiet on Arizona's admission as lone
star state, Mr.. Fowler would also keer
his mouth shut.
The beauties of the ''good old days
OF American politics, those tender
"reminiscences that bind the heart to
the tender memories of laying fiat on
therground.and gulping up the silvery
waters of the babbling brook; when
Lincoln split rails, when jefferson
wore the home spun jeens, was paint
ed pathetically by Mark, and he threw
himself at childhood's past in the
green fields of Kentucky, and "stood
pat" on the democratic party as the
best thing on this earth today, and
gave old Arizona jibe for its loyalty
to him in the past. How beautiful it
was to again be among the scenes he
knew so we'll in this territory, but he
overlooked the all important fact that
he wants to get away from us again
and go to Washington forever.
Irrigation was next encountered,
and here Mark took a drink, just to
be consistent with the subject. He
made the astounding statement and all
held their breath, that as long as ten
years ago be got an irrigation bill
through congress for a dam on the
ella. 1t has not materialized as yet,
however, and he failed to show up
on time or locality. Mark seems to
be prophetic on the stump, but away
behind the national irrigation act of
two years ago. Here he became SOL
emn on the fact that this great law
has got twisted into political discus
sion. 1t is too bad also for Mark that
such is the case, we must confess, for
there is something doing on that ques-
tion, politically as we'll as industri-
ally. Yes, Mark, it is too bad, for
you. 1t seems to be the other way for
Fowler, however. But in usurping
the right of Arizona, and in getting a
big slice of the fund, Mark says that
Fowler has disgraced the secretary of
the interior for pulling of the Tonic
Dam into a reality. He was evidently
mad at Mr.. Fowler, and he took left
hand swing at the republican nominee
and wound up by saying that re-
publican secretary of the interior was
after all directly responsible for the
dam business, throwing in short "cold
water" on this gentleman that wants
to go to work for the territory on
the duties of a delegate.
Like the traditional coon dog, Mark
again takes the back track, and jocu-
larry says that he has been 40 years
in congress, to judge what mis- repUbIi-
cans friends say of him. He might as
we'll have been so far as accomplish
ing anything goes. Here Cakes Muir
ply came in for pill that was not
sugar coated and be took an upper
cut at this gentleman ON that old P.
q A. r. r. bond matter, just to try
and tickle the Yavapai tax payer, but
it didn't bring forth the hilarious ap-
plause anticipated and he flew the
track to himself, on what he has not
accomplished. He expanded his chest
and took a draw at the pipe of his
congressional actions and said that he
had passed more bills than any man
alive for Arizona, including the Pres !
colt water works bonds. In all his /
years Mark said that he had never /
played politics in Washington. Won /
der if he ever played anything else
was the murmur of the many.
He made a true statement that Ari-
IONA had never lost a cent through
him while at Washington. He did not /
say anything however that Arizona
had ever made a cent through him.
He closed amid a beautiful garden
of oratorical daisies, and threw in all
kinds of flowers, appealing to the PEG
pie to not pluck him from the flour
ishing vine of life, so that the little
buttercups of Arizona would not get
hurt, and that as he was we'll grown
oak and was onto his job, we should
protest against the reaper scattering
US into the rubbish pile of statehood
gar age.
What fiasco it was.
Parker or Davis were not heard of
and neither was mentioned by this
IaSfr- Of A.,