Arizona republican., 1906-04-01

CT one than governor, in that a guvern- or has precedentS to fol oW or to de- part from as Ee sees Tt. Tn nearly every emergency but the counsel of the association must DIaKe his own pre-. cedents. There is nothing to follow for It Is the first organization of the kind and is constantly exploring a way through new territory That was nu1 his language. but it carries the Idea
 He Is the man whose foresight anG legal knowledge, more than any other planned the association. worked out it's details and as it's counsel. is constantly meeting, new emergencies. It's ultimate success is more to h-:n than any other ambition or reward, whether 1t he or fice or financial emolument
 Judge kibbey delivered a lengthy ad- cress but every word of it was Ils- tened to attentively and 1t is unfortu- nate that 1t could not have been iIeard by every water user in this vauey Only brief mention can be made Of the features of it. He began by calling at- tention to the chaotic cond tons of SIX years when every man who used water was necessarily an Ishmaelite with h hand raised against every other water user. Every man had wa:er right O. some kind, if it was only squatter s notice posted on the river bank und every nan claimed his right was the best. 1t was he mission of .He as- sociation to bring all these hostile eie. me3ts together and harmoni1a them thing that in great measure ms pren accomplished and will be finally nnG fully done if plans are not interferec with. The only way jo get hari,1o.ly is 10 get plenty of water. If the plans are adhered 10 and the vested rightc Rka. nianGs. ample water VII follow anG with 1t, harmony
 This led him into a very Interesting ciscussion of water rights He recalled the signing up period and the tara. in'ess ot many in signing. The tardy ones were the prior fighters and ua. urally SO. They did not want to lei go with one hand UstIi they knew they had caught a firm hold with ti.s other. The new lands that had no water and but doubtful rights were eager to sign but the old lands with t;te vested rights had 10 be fully convinced And when that was done they maEsar,- lmously said if you assure us arnp,e water. notwithstanding our present sii uatton, more favorable than others. wa will sign tip and pay as much for reservoir construction as anybody. Without the aid of the prior fighters the reservoir could not have been u.s. dertaken. so that. while they were the last to sign. fl was no discredIt to therp 10 be last for they were riskfne wha: others were not. On the contrary they should be given credit for coming fl: and their rights should be and y-ill he protected.
 It was here. he said that MT. Foyy fer was being made the scapegoat Of a raise issue. He was being accused oi tavoring the interests of the new lands against the old. Judge KIpbey said he did not know what Mir. FowIer's pri- vate opinion concerning these rights is. nor did he care. He knew his ! own opinion and the protection Of these rights is provided for by the provisions Of the association and the pending suit MT Fowler in the past had de- tended both. and but a few minutes before had announced for himself his continued support of the suit. which was all the guarantee he wanted Then he proceeded at great length to purge MT. Fowler of the false stories that have been circulated concerning him and which d"n1als it Is unnecessary to refer 10 again, as they have been men tioned above.
 He called attention to the fact that
 
 has undertaken to do in connection with the association and has kent his word in every respect. Nor c..n dishonesty in any matter b. laid at n:- door. He then asked why. if Mir Forv Ief' and the board of governors ituva done everything that had been asked, or expected of them. should there i-. any reason for changing the board o- supplanting MT. Fowler from the presI. dency? He said that if Mir. Fowler in any instance had been wrong the boarC had held him -ie0el. and vice versa. Mir Fowler had gone to Washington time and again and in every instance hae, performed the work assigned to him more quickly and more effeo tiveiv than could have been done by any other man in the Un'te1 States. He has entree to the offices of the men the association has to do business with. and in this connection tha juige relat- ed some humorous incidents.
 Results arc what the farmers want and the results have been coming much faster than could have been even hop- ed for two or three years ago. And under the auspices of whom? MT Fowler and the board of governors. Then why make a chang? The speak CT admitted that he had not always agreed with MT. Fowler but both al. ways found a common ground to stand on when an issue was placed before them. He pointed out that a repudia- tion of MT. Fowler nov would be 9 re- pudiation of the reclamation service which had granted this valley many favors through MT. Fowler. calling at tention also to the fart that there are yet other favois that will be most ear nestly sought for in the future.
 Concluding Judge Kibbey said that he sought the reelection of Mir. Tow Ter on any theory that could be devised and presented to him. First. because the association was his personai pride and ba halipya1 ,yo1fara Ia-,,opaal