Arizona republican., 1904-10-22
IA RETURN TOUR
FOwlerS Journey Through
 YaVapai Yesterday
INTERESTING MEETINGS
The Last Was Held al COnsrsss, Where hr. F. H. Murphy Strongly Urged Support of Candidate Who Would Be of Service 10 Arizona.

Congress. Oct z1-(specIaI)-llr Fowler and party left Prescott at 6 o'clock this morning on a special tfain. Mir. Fowler was accompanied by F. aI Murphy, Hon Tom F. Campbell and the county candidates The first stop was made at Kirkland. where there was a good crowd The cowboys in that vicinity were all gathered about the special train. The school was dis missed in order that the children might see MT. Fowler There was a large number Of farmers in attendance-
 MT Fowler. was introduced by AIr Murphy. Mir Fowler spoke for twenty minutes from the depot platform. Among other things handled by him was the rebuilding Of the Walnut Grove dam. and he pointed out the ad- vantage that would be to The peorle of Kirkland. MT. Fowler explained how it was rossibIe for him to do mere than the democratic candidate. He made a favorable impression. The meeting was closed with three ctee-s and a tiger.
 The next stop was at Hillside. where twenty-five people had gathered to meet the party There was a short talk by MT Fowler from the platform The next stop was at Congress June ton. whence he took the stage for Oc- tave, but arrived there too late for rha noon shift Superintendent Hurley or dered all the men off at 1 o'clock. 90 that there could be a meeting at s-s8. Mir. Murphy did not accompany him Go . Octave. At the Eeeting there were about 160 employees in atteuda1ce De- ] sides many members Of their families and other residents of the town aFr Fowler made an interesting talk here and created a favorable impression
 The party reached Congress about O clock There was an enthusiastic. meeting. with 300 persons in arte11- ance- The chairman was r. g. Joues. The first speaker of the meeting was MT Murphy, who addressed hims=if for the most part to the development of Arizona He spoke of the diaicultI s which had been encountered in build ] ing up that camp He urged upon hls hearers the need of a live representa- tive in congress. Such a man. he said was needed by Arizona Mark smith. he said, had been there for eighteen years. and if he had ever accomplished anything that fact had not yet been Ai7toA eIS4 he told how Colonel NiI- son had almost succeeded in nulIifyin- the efforts which had been made for the reha bilitatiOn of WhippIe barracks by introducing a bill in congress for that purpose after 8Ir. Murphy had al- ready obtained an order from the war department for the restoration of the post This bill had the effect Of stir ring up General Miles. who was defe-- mined that the post should not be re- stored.
 Mir. Murphy and the secretary of
 war therefore had a hard time in car rying out the original plan AIr AIur- phy referred to this incident merely 70 show that Arizona had not been prop erly represented in congress He tod what MT Fowler had already done by securing an appropriation Of nearly S1.O00,COO for the agricultural develop ment of the territory Mir Murphy made a personal plea to the people of Congress to support MT Fowler in or der that he might be able to accom- plish something more.
 MT. Fowler was then fntroducea as,1
 was given an ovation. He spoke along the general lines of his former speeches. He did not particularize. only showing the benefits that Con gress would receive from irrigation in other parts of the territory. The meeting was also addressed by the re- publican county candidates
 MT Fowler will be at Wickenbure tomorrow afternoon. arriving in Phoe- nix about o'clock.