Bisbee daily review., 1904-11-01
ANOTHER FOOL CAMPAIGN.

ANOTHER FOOL CAMPAIGN.
 The present campaign of the re- publicans in Arizona is the limit of tomfoolery and when the people of the territory speak on the eighth day of November 1t will be seen that they are not to be duped by the nonsense included in the effort to drag the ques- ton of the irrigation of the arid land of Arizona into a political campaign.
 The people of Arizona-alI the peo ple-democrats, republicans. whites. blacks, reds, rich. poor. and of every station in life have worked side by side in trying to induce the govern ment to undertake to develop the wa ter supply for the reclamation of the fertile land here, which is unequaled in any other part of the nation when water is applied to it. Until B. A. Fowler was nominated for congress by the republicans no one in this ter ritory ever thought of irrigation in connection with politics It is nc more a political question in Arizone than is the effort to build up public schools for the education of the ris- ing generation.
 Republicans are today going around over the territory telling the people that Arizona need expect no favors from the government in the way of aid for the reclamation of arid lands unless they elect B. A. Fowler the republican candidate to congress. Not only has Fowler and. his support CTS tried to drag the question of nat ional irrigation into politics. but they have imported Geo. H. Maxwell. the railroad lobbyist and lang grabber to assist in this work of trying to hood wink the people of this territory. The attempt to drag the question of irri- gation into the Arizona campaign is degrading to the republican party of the nation. It is saying to the people that the republican party proposes to use the irrigation fund provided un- der the reclamation act only for cam paign purposes and that no section need expect to receive any assistance in their efforts to develop and reclaim the arid west who will not agree to vote the republican ticket. What greater depths of infamy could a party reach than to stand for the pro- position on which Fowler is asking for votes in Arizona? ?
 This is not the first time the re- publican party in Arizona has under taken to elect a candidate on the rankest kind of demagoguery. Wher our present governor was a candi- date for congress as the nominee on the republican ticket in the campaign following the Spanish war. then as now the republicans tried to make thd issue one that had no business in a political campaign They started out then as they did in the present campaign by flourish of trumpets for the candidate as the hero of the Rough Rider regiment from Arizona which acquitted itself so well on San Juan hill and in other engagements and assaults on the Spaniards- There was not a man in Arizona who did not feel proud of Governor Brodie, Bucky O'NeI, Jas H. McClintock and others who distinguished themselves beneath the stars and stripes on Cu- ban soil. but they revolted at the idea of a political party trying to make the Spanish war or it's heroes an issue in a political campaign in Arizona. When Governor Brodie was nominat- ed it did look for a time that he would carry the territory On account of his universal popularity and the pre- vaiIing admiration for all who had gone from Arizona to defend the flag in Cuba. But when the real campaign began and the minds of the people were attracted by the political issues which the election of Col. Brodie would determine the democrats turn ed from him and voted for their party candidate and Col. Wilson was elect ed by a pronounced majority. not that the people distrusted Col Brodie. but because they could not approve of the republican party which had stood in spDosition to Arizona in it's aspira- Hen for statehood.
 nae issue today is not irrigation and ihe more the republicans talk about irritation the more infamy they are