Arizona republican., 1906-10-02
A HEATED MEETING
 OF THE APPROPRIATORS
Another Probably Hotter One Next
 Saturday.

There was an exceedingly heated meeting of the stockholders of the Ap- propriators' Canal company at tho board of trade rooms yesterday after noon. considering the fact that the only question before the meeting was that of an adjournment. That was the only apparent issue but there were others under the surface which will become apparent at a meeting to be held next Saturday.
 It is well known that there has been serious friction in the company for a long time. There are at least two mat ters concerning which the stockholders are divided. One is the question of dis posing of the property to the govern ment and the other is the expense of management.
 It was undertaken recently to divide the lands under the canal into districts and meetings were held in five districts. Three of them took action construed to be unfavorable to the administra- ton of President Fowler and the other two. the largest. took no action at aH believing that the subjects in issue should be disposed of in a regular stockholders meeting.
 When the stockholders assembled yes terday Dr. Hughes moved the election of Lincoln Fowler as chairman of the meeting and Mrs. Ada Irwin as secre- tary. There was no dissenting vote. though some of the stockholders said they did not hear the motion and as soon as MT. Fowler took his seat there was a motion to adjourn until Satur- day. Some of the stockholders wanted to go to the show but the most vital reason was that members of the anti Fowler faction wanted a committee of credentials to pass upon the voting power of the meeting. This reason was expressed by Dwight B. Heard. who said he had understood that Mir. Fow- Ter was holding a large number of proxies from persons who it might be shown had no right to representation in the meeting.
 The motion to adjourn was apparent ly carried by a viva voce vote but the chair ruled that the vote must be by shares. A roll call was begun and car ried on amid an uproar of the viva vocs voters who subsequently, retired to an- other part of the chamber and under took to form a separate organization by the election of c. T. Hirst chair man.
 By this time the proceedings had att tained a white heat and a rumor reach ed the Fowler people that an attempt would probably be made to obtain pos- session of the books. A cordon was thrown about them but there was no attempt at violence.
 The roll call was completed and it was found that the votes of 5000 shares had been cast against the motion to ad- journ and about 1900 in favor of it. It was plain. though. that no business could be transacted which would stick and it was agreed by the Fowler peo- pie that the principle of voting by shares having been established they would not oppose motion to adjourn Tn fact they themselves moved an ad . journment until tomorrow This was amended by substituting Saturday for Wednesday and an adjournment was taken. There was another meeting i'm mediately afterward on the sidewalk in which inhammatory language was employed by various members of the company indicating that the meeting of Saturday will be worth attending by | those who like to witness exciting | scenes.