Arizona republican., 1904-10-23
Greatest Political Gather
 ing Ever field There
ENTHUSIASM RAN HIGH
Warm Greeting Of Fir. Fowler on His Return From His Triumphant Tour Of the North-Addresses by the Candidate and Hr. nurphy.


 Tempe ever had and the reception that was given B. A. Fowler was such as to cause any mans heart to swell with 1 pride. even if the demonstration was made in his home colnty. Kingsbury ! hall was filled last night and still not | half the people could get within hear ! ing distance of the speakers. An over | flow meeting with gOod-sized Mark | smith audience could have been held. ] and probably would have been had MT Fowler's friends anticipated such warm reception in the beautiful little city.
 This was Mir. Fowler's first visit to l Tempe since his nomination by the re- publican party for delegate 70 congress 1 and that he should be welcomed with l open arms in his home county is not | strange. but an indication of what es- ! teem he is held in by his ueighbors and ! fellow citizens. Enthusiasm was ram pant and not for one moment did time l hang heavily on the hands of either the speakers or the audience. The ! business-liI1e, manly statements of MT Fowler and F. NJ. Murphy. who accom- panied the Fowler party, only increased the kindly feeling of the south siders for the man who has assisted in doing SO much for the territory and the Salt River Valley in particular.
 Although a special train carrying a number of the members of the Fowler club and the Pioneer band was run from Phoenix, the hall was almost fII- ed and many were standing on the sidewalk when the crowd reached the station. A committee of Tempe citi- zens and business men met MT. Fowler at the station and gave him a most cordial welcome At the hall when MT. Fowler made his appearance he was given an ovation.
 Col J. F. Price, one of Temps's oldest and most substantial citizens presided and in his hearty, characteristic man ner introduced the spea lers. His state ment that the business men of Arizona - were preparing to lay some old demo cratic shelf-worn goods aside this year struck a popular chord.
 BUSINESS MANS VIEW.
 MT Murphy discussed tine situation from business mans standpoint and then stated that a short while ago he was somewhat disturbed because Of the reports that President Roosevelt was in favor of joint statehood. He went east and interviewed a number of lead ing statesmen with the result that he was entirely satisfied that there was nothing in the reports and thai joint
 
 territory and he was certain that no such step would be taken if the voters would send a man who was fn sympa- thy with the majority of congress and the administration to Washington He said he had learned reports were being circulated that he was the hired man and tool of the Santa Fe and thai Murphy was out on another raid He told his hearers that he was there to advise them to help themselves by vol ing for man who could and wo1ld do something for the interests of the territory Mir. Murphy stated that when he went to Tombstone some time ago and told the people what plans had been made for re-opening the camp, some democratic politicians had been so kind as to say "Nurphy was out on another raid" They did not believe what he said. but now that something over a million dollars had been spent in making Tombstone one Of the best equipped mining camps in the world, they were bound to believe. The same cry was started in NIaricopa and PinaI counties when work was first started on the p. & F. railroad. but" said he, "you got part of a transcOnunentaI line and you are go- ing to get all of it'
 RAILROADS IN ARIZONA
 lie told how eastern capital was in terested so IS to make the construction Of railroads in Arizona possible. and how after the P. X P. was started he had been informed that the Santa Fa and the Southern Pacific had entered an agreement whereby all work was to be stopped and shortly after an order was received from headquarters to that ! effect Mir. Murphy did not stoD as I5~n fad hut sponsibility on his own hands. He was called east and there in a conference with the directors told them that Ari- zona needed the road and he was going 1 to build it, having already secured funds from friends to carry on inc work The Santa Fe people then agreed to take hold and place a transcontinen- tai line through the Salt River valley. MT. Murphy admitted that he drew a salary from the Santa Fe. but said he was not dependent on that corpora l ton or any other, and that forcing l the Santa Fe to build a transcontinen- tai line through here did not look very much like he was the tool of any man or set of men.
 Mir. Murphy said it was not neces- sary for him to say much regarding ! NIT. Fowler. but he wi shed to impress upon the minds of his hearers that it l would have been impossible for him to | have raised the money to put that east and west road through Maricopa coun- l ty had it not been for the construction ! Of the TontO dam. He knew of the work done by MT. Fowler both in the l Salt River valley and in Washington and knew he was there for business and business alone The speaker had | heard that some politicians were claim | ing he was advocating Fowler's cleo | tion because he wanted to get some pet measure through congress. whereby he would be enabled to make something