The copper era., 1904-10-20
REPUBLdG1N CANDIDATE
 FGIhHpHGREsS.
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| 'noTe Mio uo lynHHM tne 'Ion I,
 ord n; A; wifi HG%lE nEf .9l~s tA.a 'Eet 2'' 'F' f
 !.ai or nTeh moral and noIiNcaI
 character. a man whose influence i,
 far reaching, and the man who can
 pail Arizona out of the slough of de-
 Spond and place her among the great
 states Ot the nation \ review of
 the past four years will show how he
 i~ going tO do this.
 It lS not necessary tO note the work
 done during the first few years of
 Nlr. FOwlCrS residence in the terri
 tory. hut 10 begin with his election
 to the legislature in lJOD from Mari
 C0pa county. It WI~ duriu" that scs-
 sion that he gained the friendship of
 democrats and republicans alike bv
 his fair dealings and evident desire
 for the entire tcrritorv'S welfare.
 Any measure intended for the bet
 tCrmcnt of any section of the terri
 tory which was not detrimental to
 any other section. found him it's
 strongest advocate.
 Chief among his accomplishments
 in the twrnty-Gr>t legislature was
 his water legislation. when he intro duCCd and had passed q bill crcatino water storage commission, which had the power tO investigate and de- wise ways and means of sccurin" q reservoir for Maricopd county. His next step wd~ to go to Washington and secure an appropriation by con gross of flt.OOo tO h. used in Conncc- tion with the investigations of the water storage commission bv govern mcnt engineers. This was as large dN that granted by California. and twice aN great aS that provided for some of the large western states. The money was used in boring for bedrock, locating dam sites and making plans and specifications | The result of these first efforts i, ] well known, the government having | already appropriated nearly S7.OOO.- ! V1p tor the construction of two rcscr- NoirN. and for the investigations to locate other reservoirs. When it is remembered that the entire avail able fund for the construction of reservoirs in thirteen states and ter ritorics amounts to only S25. .OOD. .O0O it k little surprising that Arizona should have secured Onc-fourth, but II only shows what a real live man | an dp when he goes after anything"
 Following the appropriation of i >lo.oJ for preliminary work Mir. ; Fowler again went to Washington in Y ne interests of statehood and irri- I satlon- \ pan was on foot at that ( ime to bond Maricopa county for q >'.opO.Ooo. q scheme that would have | oNt the county more than S2O.01O. 900 i including the interest and the county I 'ould never have been out of debt. lr. Fowler opposed the bonding q thcmC because he believed the N ldnSbrOug gh-Ncwlans bill. which wa, f cing considered at that time. but .. rhiCh provided for reservoirs and ir- f i%atiou ofarid lands. could be amend Il d as to allow lands under private T wnership to benefit by government k i'd. lt was through his efforts that h he bill was amended. and it was his s, influence that secured the votes of r; CIV England statesmen which was II eccssary for the bill to carry. But il IT.. Fowlcr's work did not end with 1ngreSs. He wanted not only the q, r>t reservoir, the greatest in the in orld but system of reservoirs for A riZona. How we'll he did his work ii m be seen hy the appropriation of p, .o1O,0O0 for the construction of two m nmensc dams and for the prelimi- III ny investigation on others. n, During all this time. when it was a l-sible to do so much for Arizona. h;