Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-10-19
One of the CleaneSt and
AbleSt Discussions of
the Campaign.
History of the Great Arid Land Is
sue -Regard Shown for Men
Who Do Something No Partisan
FeeIing-Tribute to a Prescott
Citizen.

OIliE6il.
It was meeting with whirl wind
of enthusiasm from start to finish.
The old court house in Prescott was
with Mr.. Maxwell at the beginning
and at the end the big gathering
was sorry that he was through. The
irrigation project was sluiced down
one channel and up another, and the
beauty of the entire discussion was
that it was purely a non-partisan
one. Mr.. Maxwell was generous too.
He supported Mr.. Fowler for con-
gress on the broad principles of
meriting the consideration: of the
people for what he had done, not for
what he had not accomplished. He
recited the story of the struggles of
the little band of irrigation cham
pions, and he pictured the consum-
nation of the great work in prac-
teal and beneficial manner as it is
demonstrated today. The Tonic
dam was gone into in sacred and
intelligent way, and the conclusion
drawn from the history of that mag
nifcent undertaking is reflection OF
the ability of the men who are stay
ers at the helm of industry in Ari
IONA.
Mr.. Maxwell is a brilliant man, and
yet a broad one. He con fined the
noble work of the national irrigation
movement not to Arizona alone, but
to all the west. He was loyal in this
respect, not sectional. He recited
what men had endeavored to do, and
in singleing out MIR. Fowler as the
father of the great Arizona project,
he was actuated by motives of even
handed justice The picture painted
of the arid region of the west was
real also, and in this avenue he point
ed to the single Arizona enterprise
that is to make the many thousands
of acres blossom as the rose. The
old Walnut Grove dam in Yavapai
was referred to and this fact in itself
met with a responsive chord of APP
proval from the Prescott audience.
1t was deserved also, for who today is
there in Prescott who would not ap-
preciate in again seeing this mag.
nifcent water storage enterprise I'M
der Roadway.
Mr.. Maxwell went into politics on
the subject, but not that character
however that was in the least manner
partisan. He was not of any party
in the beginning and he stood pat"
to the end. He was frank in sup
porting Mr.. Fowler, because the re-
publican candidate is and has been a
persistent worker with the irrigation
movement all over the nation. That
was an admirable feature of Mr..
Maxwell's discussion Of the subject,
and he stood on the open plane of
industrial advancement. He made
the plain statement that if Mr.. Fow-
Ter was a democrat he would not
finch an inch from the pathway of
duty on this momentous question.
In every way Mr.. Maxwell was sin
cere with his subject, and the mining
element of this city were made also
to appreciate the noble work as a
kindred to that of agriculture in ben
eficial effects. He was clean in ar
gument and reasonable in demand.
He paid a deserved tribute to the
men who do something to build up a
community, and in this respect he
singled out Mr.. F. VI. Murphy of
Prescott as an indomitable pusher,
Just like he urged the election of MIR.
Fowler. That the audience approved
of his tribute to this towDsman of Pres
colt the generous applause given speaks
of the estimation in which the above
gentleman is held here. Mr.. Maxwell
also dissected the loaded" queries of