Bisbee daily review., 1904-10-26
PAIGN TOLD TERSELY AND WELL
Letter Comes in Nature of Acceptance of Nominations for Assembly and DemOnstrates the Writer q Valuable Acquisition to the Ticket.

to i'll the vacancy caused by the withdrawal of Alfred Paul has writ ten a letter to the chairman and sec retary of the committee in which he accepts the nomination. The letter should be carefully read by every vo- ter in Cochise county. It tells some interesting facts about the position the leaders of the republican party nave occupied in the past when irri- gation and statehood were being urg- ed for the benefit of the west. Judge Neville's letter follows:
 To NJ. J. Cunningham. Chairman and
 l.. E. Sroufe. Secretary:
 Gentemen:-
 While it was not my desire to enter SO actively in politics, my great obli- cations to the democratic. party. and a due appreciation of the honor con ferred induce me to accept the nom nation for the assembly from Coch- ise county.
 Since I will not be able to visit all the precincts in this campaign deem it my duty in this letter to give some of the reasons why the democratic party should be successful in Arizona. Two vital questions are being discuss ed in the campaign, to-wit: Irrigation and statehood. and the republicans as usual claim credit for everything good and deny responsibility for anything bad. in connection with such issues Irrigation and statehood have been and now are opposed by the republi- can party. for one purpose to pre- vent an increase of representation from the west. It is a we'll known fact that the eastern states since the close of the civil war have not only con- troIled the appropriations emanating from congress, but have completely shaped the policy of the government. Statehood for Arizona would give the west two more senators and con gressman clothed with authority to vote. Irrigation by increasing the population will force statehood and an increase of the number of congres men for Arizona. For these reasons the republican floor leader. Payne, of New York. the administration spokes- man. Grosvenor. of ohio, the appro- priation chairman, present speaker Canon. of Illinois, the judiciary chair man. Ray. of New York, and all the other republican leaders including DaIzelI. Littlefeld, Hepburn. Grow, Overstreet Babcock and Higley. work ed openly on the floor off the house. against the bill for reclamation of the arid lands. The bill was report ed to the house by the committee on irrigation of arid lands and on June 13. 1902. it passed the house by the votes of one hundred democrats and forty-six republicans. All the lead CTS on the democratic sde, floor lead CT. Richardson of Tennessee, Will Hams of Mississippi, present floor leader. and all the recognized lead CTS among the democrats voted and worked for the bill.
 It is true that Roosevelt included the subject in his message to the fif- ty-seventh congress but it was urged and discussed in every session from the ffty-second congress on, to the time of its passage. and public senti- ment was chrystallized by petitions and resolutions which every member and the president received from such organizations as:
 The National Association of Manu- lecturers. ! The National Board of Trade. The National Business League. ] The National Association of Agri- cultural Implement and Vehicle Man. ufacturers.
 The National Association of Wagon Makers.
 The, National Association of Mer- chants and TaHors.
 The National Building and Trades Council.
 The United Mine Workers of Am erica.
 The American Federation of La bor. and many others. who sought by irrigation to build up in our own cour try a market for their products and labor. in preference to spending mon ey subjugating liberty loving foreign CTS in their country.
 With all this public sentiment ir our favor, we were compelled tC eliminate every particle of the ap- propriation asked by the bill as in- troduced and substitute simply a par of the moneys received by the sale of government lands in the states and territories requiring irriga- t ton before we could get a few re publicans to vote for the measure.
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