Arizona republican., 1904-10-15

4 construction. Thee are yet fmp-acahle enemies of the -aw under which the
 dam Is being built There is now ia 1 congress a bill amending the law go that the money derived from tho sale of public lands shall be used only fu
 the states and territories in which such sales are made. Arizona annually receives from the sale Of the Iands
 SSeoOO. It would require 1C0 years Go
 raise money enough to build the 3am
 at that rate. Are you willing to waltz" asked MT Maxwell
 THE KIND OF MAN NEEDED He explained how the Salt RIvtr val
 ley became the first beneficiary of tfs law The people grown desperate had i united in asking for aid and they had
 procured it largely through the agency
 of Mir. Fowler There had been no pcl- | itics then ard there should be none now Concerning the kird Of a dele gate, the spea ker said that it must b,
 apparent that hv should be the man | best equipped to carry on the work i which had been begun Regardinz Mfr Smith he said that he wcs an able 1 lawyer but what was needed was ga man who had been foremost fn the work of irrigation and Mr. Fowler WIS such a man.
 There was also bin in congress for | the displacement of F. H Newell the 1 chief engineer of the geological sur vey. That was intended for pun i ishment for NIT. Newell because he ! had done things for the SaIs Rlver ! valley which he hal not done for otE-
 CT parts of the country. He could nor ! have done it without the aid of local ! committees who had seen to the r-tfs- i ing of money to supplement the v-o-k ! of the government in the making os | the surveys Mr. Fowler had been fore most in furnis hing this local aid which ] had di-ected the first reclamation 7ro-k 1 toward the Salt River valley. -Do | not" said the speaker. make "a false i step before you have finally reached ! the goal" The defeat of atr Fow- ! Ter he desc.ibed as false step. MT Maxwell took up the claims of | the two political parties for credit in | the enactment of irrigation legislation. 1 Neither as party he 8 id had any valid ! claim The movement. insignificant in l the beginning, had the loyal support or | patriotic democrats and reuu-licaus ! There was nobody behind ft fn -r- 1 beginning, but the movement grew and ] finally reached congress. where ft ~e- fceiVed tremendous a5d from Prez5- l dent Roosevelt. but even his powerful | aid would have availed nothing with out the support Of loyal democrats. ] foremost among them Senator New 1 lands of Nevada then a member of the l house.
 IF FOWLER WERE A DEMOCRAT Mr. Fowler was present and ,yc-k- ! ing while the fate of -he bill was hang ing and he did heroic and effective i work. not as a republican but as a ! friend like MT Newlands. Of the move ]. ment.
 "H," said Mir. Maxwell MT Fowler were on tho democratic uIck-r ! instead of the republican l would ba
 here to help him. But I am not her Co 1 help Mir. Fowler. have come to teiI
 the people what think they can do to l help themselves"
 The irrigation question AIr. Maxwell
 said was in the lead of both political ] parties; it is in the lead of the public thought of the country When pubII- ! thought catches up with it the country I will be greatly benefited IT was tn.
 business of irrigationisis to bring pup lie thought up.
 PHILIPPINE AND IRRIcATION- l Many persons regret that so much ! money Is being spent in the PhuIppines i and believe that the country could eIu- l ploy the money to better advantage in ! retaining the arid lands The Philifs- pines is the result of publid thought 1 fired by the explosion on the Maine 1 The speaker said he had no convictions regarding the Philippines. he would not ask that a dollar less be spent on i the islands; that a dollar less be spent
 on the arniy and the navy but for each 1 of these objects he asked that a dollar i be spent for the reclamation or the ! arid lands and another dollar for thu
 conservation of the forests
 Nr- Maxwell described Afr. Fowler | as the outpost Of Arizona in the Gzit for reclamation. the connecting iiniS between the territory and the govern ment. He has cone much in a private i capacity and could do more as -the official representative of the territory You cannot" said he. afford Co de- feat Alr. Fowler you could nos annrI l to do it if you enjoyed the political iu- ] DortanCe Of a .sta-e." The tarff and ! the trusts can be of no fiItereSt to Che 1 farmers in AriZona when their --1rrs are belnE bIfEhtcd oy dr0uth. thcy can ! be Of no interest to the merchants af Phoenix whose hopes are hanging on the construction of the Torto dam. The whole country was interested in the irrigation movement as the solu- l ton oE dangerous and growing sf--ll- i ton. tho congestion of the large citites 1 threatening a deterioration or citizen
 ship When tre hopes of the frrira- i uonists are realized there VIII be re- l lief ;there will be no more hunting for jobs
 STATEHOOD.
 l Concerning statehood. AIr. Maxwell said he approached the subject -xIth l hesitation on account of the political tinge which it bore but he believed thaE Continued on Page Q