Arizona citizen., 1874-03-07
The Glory of a Governor.

Following is an extract from Denver let ter to The Times of Chicago. The writer speaks of "the glory of a governor in but slightly exaggerated terms, and ex- cepting the matter of tourist pests, all he says as aptly applies to the Governor of Arizona as the one of Colorado or any, other Territory; and it will especially ap- ply to Territorial Delegates in Congress, except perhaps as to the salary item, and even that is small when all the circum- stances are considered. But we'll let the correspondent tell his story:
 By way of Aggression l would remark that it's not much to be Governor Of a Ter ritOry, but it is more to be governor Of Col OradO than of any other of the Territorial domains. Governors are paid the meresC pittance, when the amount of work they do is taken into consideration, ana they are esteemed a sort of football TOT every body to kick about. They must be men of unlimited means, for their salary would not keep their table supplied with the lux urieS that every English SnOb or American flunkey is led to expect. All these people come along here, and they always expect the governor to "set 'em up." Iie soH- ernOr of Wyoming is a happy man, TOT ho- body does or would stop in that benlghted land; tourists can't get to the Governor oI New Mexico, for he's fortified away OH there in Santa Fe, where another Titce abounds, and oficehOlders are lazy ana happy. Nobody ever thinks Of drifting into the "royal " realms of the Governor of Dakota, and as for the executive of Montana, he's d parsonage as Lnu:H myth as the witnesses in that Las Anlnas land operation. Arizona. fenced Tn Dy those American arabs, the Apaches, IS safe from the inroads and annoyance of the modern tourist, and Utah gets but a pass ing notice and abbreviated visit from them. Colorado is the only Territory that is inflicted. All the railroads Tn the country, out one, terminate here and here the travelling cOrmOrants come and " do " the towns, and poster the people. Men with titleS-earlS, dukes, maTQulSeS, ana common senators, representatives an d presidents-all drift out here. While they are here they spend most of their time In Denver. and then the governor must at tend to them. All this on the prlncely salary of S2,500 a year. since July l, 1915, the salary has been $3,5GO.-ED. CIzIzEN.J There is another class more numerous per hans. but no more "blOOd-thirSty." If any public man at the east, or in Europe, Asa, or Africa, has pauper acquaintance who wants to go west, he gives him a leCter or introduction to the Governor Of Colorado, and hopes he in turn will give hlm some thinp to do The pOverty-Stricken cuSS never lets slip the opportunity to make himself known if he gets into the Terri tory. and if the executive doesn't "come down" handsomely with money or some- thing else, he'll curse that Governor unul fhn si-v is bIua with OathS. Then there's an innu,nerable army Of servant girls, ad- venturers, and what not, who come out either for pleasure or profit, and they go to the Governor for material or mental ald. The Governor is a sort of individual immi-- grafton bureau, a general cyclOpedia, and if he doesn't know of firSt-class openings for everybody who applies, he IS consider ed an ass.
 So. between all these fires, the man who plays the part of Governor here generally gets little thanks for his iabors, ana IS eX- 1ectpd to do more work than a section hand on a railway. This was one reason why McCook didn't want the honor"' any longer, as he used to swear that It would bankrupt 9 millionaire, and he couldn't stand it. If ever I go to Congress Pm bound to urge an increase of pay for the Governor of COlOradO-prOv1dlng we remain a Territory-fOr do think he ought to have about S20,G00 year, and then he might do the Territory some credit.