Arizona republican., 1910-11-17

read to the convention and referred to the railroad committee, at which time member of this convention saw fit to { make some sarcastic remarks, but against him I feel no resentment, as l ] feel sure a misapprehension of the facts i led him into error; but I find upon Ay desk this morning a paper published Tn ' this city, in which almost a column is devoted to attempted witticisms at the expense of the author of this telegram and the members of the convention Now, MT. President, 1 want to say that the writer of that message, George { A Olney of Stafford, is my friend, and l I am honored by his friendship. In in- 1 tellect, in brain power, in good citizen 1 ship, in all that goes to make a manly man, George A. Olney towers head and shoulders above the common herd. and the manly appeal he makes to you, MT. | President, and to you. gentlemen of this convention, is deserving of. and ought certainly to receive, courteous 1 treatment and your most careful con- sideration.
 | T appeal to my friends, Mir. Wills of Pinal. MT. Colter of Apache MT. T I say that only a cattleman can pos sibly know how unjust and unbearable a condition it is to reach railroad sta tion, as in this case, with 1900 head of
 steers. expecting to find cars which l have been ordered for twenty days. only
 to find that no cars are ready and will
 not be for eight or ten days longer; no
 feed for cattle, stOrming all the time, cattle stampeding every night, some ! dying daily, others being killed in the | nightly runs, and the expense of hold
 ing them $50 to S10O a day, all due to the negligence of a railroad company
 and no possible redress under the law 1 for the owner of the cattle. Mir. Presi-
 dent, is it not fitting. is it not timely,
 that this specific, living example of in | justice, should be called to the attention
 of this convention, that such abuses
 may not be perpetuated in the state of i Arizona?
 Tn conclusion, MT. President, I want
 to say that I believe in the honesty
 and sincerity and the wisdom of the members of this convention, and I be- ' lieve that the result of our efforts here
 will be the adoption of a constitution
 that will as nearly as may be, at least | furnish legal remedy for every wrong "a constitution that will make our state government, in all its branches, To-
 cal and general, honest, intelligent and | decent, lifting it up and making it an object lesson to the whole nation"
 Mir. Webb's manner was impassioned
 and to the uninitiated he appeared to
 be surcharged with anger. But The | Republican representative in the gal | lery knew better He knew that Mir 1 Webb a gentleman of broad judgment ! and good nature. was not mad and knew that he had no cause to be. The ! correspondent knew that the rage of the gentleman from Graham was Pick wickian and his knowledge was con- firmed when after MT. Webb was seat ] ed, he caught the merry glint in the eye of the gentleman from Graham. 1 When Mir Webb spoke of the sarcasm ! if his colleagues he had in mind mo- | ton by Mir Short the day before, after the reading of the communication from Mir Olney, that the convention forth with furnish the needed cars for the | transportation of MT. Olney's cattle. Mir. Shorts Explanation.
 After MT. Webb had finished his ex- ! part in the affair. He said he had no intention of making light of the trou- bles of MT Olney, and added:
 T have been in the same position as | MT. Olney on more than one occasion. mean that I have been caught with a | lot of cattle for shipment and have waited and longed for cars when there were no cars forthcoming. But with all that I would as soon have thought of sending a telegram for relief to the secretary of the navy as to constitu- [ tional convention. It strikes me we are not here to furnish relief in cases of emergency. but to construct consti- | tuition. And as to that motion to fur
 nish the Stafford gentleman with cars. I made that in spirit of fun. for I will assure the gentleman from Graham that when I made it I had no thought i that the convention really would send
 any cars to MT. Olney. I am myself in favor of regulating the railroads, and am in no sense taking their part"
 The Reporters Turn.
 Now comes the reporter. who rises to question of personal privilege since that has become the vogue. He ayers that he is an old acquaintance of, MT. ! Olney, whom he highly esteems. He
 never thought. and by his alleged wit ticism, never intended to convey the notion that Mr Olney expected the convention to adjourn, repair to Saf- :. ford and assist in the loading of his
 cattle, though in the minds of many