Arizona republican., 1904-10-13
FOwler'S Steady Progress
 in the North
AT HOLBROOK LAST NIGHT
Fowler CIub Consisting ofTwo-thirdS of the Voters in the Precinct A Successful Long Distance Tour Through Apache County.

HOIbrOok, Ariz-. Oct. -CSpecIaL)- Hon B. A. Fowler has met the voters of Apache and a part of Nava5o coua- ties and they are for hlm- Ills clean manly, honest. sincere way Of present. ing solid facts has won the aeartIest and wishes. The court house was tax ed to it's full capaci5y with people. eage- to see and hear the republican rloMinees, they were apprecia-iye anI finally eT-.luslcstic giving 8Ir. Fowler aa ova-.on at the close of one Of the best speeches ne has yet made His '-alk Uls plain business with no uyr0- teehnIcs, but it caught the, people J1st the sane and the republicans as vseu as many democrats are now confident that he will be ihe next delegate.
 MT. Fowler was introduced by r. 1T. Zuck prominent here. as a man who does things. Nr. Fowler was Flzd so see so many democrats .n .she audieuce and so many Fowler badgez. and he be- lieveI that Ee would be elected by demoersstic vOtes. He wen. into history of the passage of the nltinoal irrlsa- ton act, but said he did not claim the glory Of passing the tiu. There were "a ! host Of others working wish him He stayed in Washington un1n t>e bin was signed. then conferred with or- ! foials regaE ding the dam on sal. river
 VyIere pIIns and specifications had aI- leady been made IL was a plain s-a-e- ment of facts regarding his work fu ! behalf of irrigation and Arizona,s fu-
 sure. "Where was Mark Smith when
 the Irrigation bill was being consider
 ed said he. What was he doinE for ! the terriuory?'
 He said that carrying oUt the plans
 of the government for system of re- l serV0irs tlrO1ghOU- the terrftory Ero1II do more 10 solve the statehood ques-
 tiOn than all the politicians m the T-u-t-
 ed States. He wen thoroughly in-o
 the statehood question. szg5ng that
 some of the congTess-nen at WaShinr- ton were honestly opposed to admitting Arizona. l. would not do to bulldoze or ant gonize them when hey he'd tse
 future of the territory in their hands
 Send smith, said he. and let him hllbuster and what would he eets Send republican who is in sympathy and in the cOnfdence of statesmen and joint statehood would never see the light of day again.
 stand Tor SIIEie statehood. now
 and will champion the rights Of the people so long as have the strenztsl-- 70 Ills remarks were Interrupted .sy- cheers and enthusi lstfc demonstrations He gained many democratic votes The.
 Fowler club here consists of two thirTs
 of the voters in this precinct
 Ar. Fowler returned tonight abaut
 6:30 after a 150 mile trip overland. He was tired and dusty. bat Cuu Of en-
 thusiasm and confidence. He has held four meetings since Monday. Al st
 Johns Monday night he was greetei bs- crowd Of two hundred and his
 spec n won friends among all class-e
 He was hailed as che man wanted .a congress. He NIls intrOduced by AL
 fred Ruiz who pa1d hin high com pliment
 At Condno at 10 o'clock Tuezfsy morning there was good crowd which
 was enthusiastic thrOuEa,out Rrs1z :. talked in Spanish and was quite ela- qUenI. At Snowflake Tuesday ui.-ht over three hundred voters heard trz Il next delegate The last meeting fn i Apache was the best MT Faw.er'z D talks pleased the voters who win give F him a large majority
 At Woodruff. L. F. DivflbesS cs,qf--
 man of the county committee Of Sa- vaJo county, introduced Mir. Fowler
 l-ie meeting was held at a big dam zft. = where many men are at work Al = quit for an ho1zr to listen to a talk s,r n lrfigs ciOn a=11 statehood and the cheer. We're loud and frequent His visit mad, - q fine impression.
 F. SHELTON.