Arizona silver belt., 1904-10-20
WILL MAXWELL EXPLAIN ?
The Connection Between Himself,
 the Railroad and B. A. Fowler


 He is here in 5he interest," Of the cam. paign being waged on behalf of B. A Fowler for delegate to congress Mir Maxwell is said to be "a convincing ano plain to the people of Phoenix the re- lationship existing between himself and the countrys great railroad avs tenn, from which he ia receiving ap' proximately S50,000 per year. Perhaps he will explain the relationship be- tween himself and Mir. Fowler as it relates to these railroads. PerhapS he will explain why tue bureau Of wnich Mir. Maxwell ia the chief clerk, and which is maintained and directed by the railroads, Is concerning itself in the election of AIr. Fowler. Perhaps he will satisfy the popular belief that Mir. Fowler is himself an employe of that bureau, and therefore an em- ploye of the railroads concerned in it's main lenance.
 Perhaps the convincing and elO. quent spellbinder who receives $50, 900 per year from the gteat railroads, and whose movements are of course di- rected by his employers, will throw further light upon the disclosures he was forced to make to the house com mittee on irrigation last April aS an nounced in the following Washington dispatch
 Washington, April 22.-George II. Maxwell, the irrigation expert. was forced to acknowledge before the house committee on irrigation that he had been for five years receiving 5000 year each from the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Burling ton railroad companies, aud 5000 a year from the Rock Island. This mOn- ey was used to conduct irrigation pub- licationS and maintain press bureaus here and in Chicago and New York. His acknowledgment created aspro- nounced sensation among eastern members, following, as 1t did, the charges of Senators Clark of Wyo. ming and Hansorough of North Da- kota that lobby was wor king here for the repeal of the land laws.
 ''As result of the disclosures ex- tracted by the sweating process through which Mir Maxwell was put, congressional committee is going to l be sent west to discover if possible | why the prosperity of the west has been iuggled with. Congress wants to know the real facts
 "The charge is made, and supported | by documentary evidence, that some one 'On the inside has received infor- nation in advance as to what the in- terior department would do in the way of irrigation projects. As re- suit great tracts of land were bought up at little or no value. Congress then came to the relief of the people who bought the land and declared that water should be extended through the thousands of acres of virgin land.
 Tn a night the land bounds to the price Of s25 and $3O an acre, from al- most nothing.
 "WhO reaps the profit?
 "Mr. MaxwellS press bureau, it is charged, was formulated with the idea of getting on the inside, and with the object of finding what the depart ment would do, and when and where, toward national irrigation. In this way certain few were kept informed, though they agreed to keep their in- formation secret. As a consequence much of the land to be watered by the government was bought for little or nothing.
 That frauds have been carried on there is no doubt. It is the details in connections herewith that congress desires to learn.
 "Who are the guilty persons that have Juggled with secret government informatiOn?p
 aN SAS ANH~OAiSA Oi l gence the connection between the railroads and Mir. Fowler is direct. Mir. Maxwell IS being paid $50, 900 for the rendering of certain services. There can be no doubt that for that $5O,OOO MT. Maxwell obeys the direc tions of his employers. That they have assigned to him the task of elect ing MT. Fowler is obvious. It is not likely that as Skillful fnanciers as Mir. MaxwelPs employers are win permit d S5O,000 employe to ritter away his time in cause in which they are other than deeply interested. If these things be not true Mir. MaxwelPs explanation will prove in- teresting. In faith, it will doubtless prove interesting anyway. - Phoenix Enterprise.