The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-01-07
TIDE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

HOUSE OF REFRESHMENTS When 1
 had the honor to meet tue Legislature 1 two. years ago, we anticipated for the
 Territory a great prosperity, from the ! railroads which were about entering it.
 l have now the pleasure to congratulate
 you upon the realization of a greater
 prosperity than we had any sound reason to anticipate. For the present this de- veiopment of tEe elements Of wealth Is confined mainly to the southern part of | the Territory, but the assured entry of
 the Northern line, which has already
 advanced nearly one hundred miles west
 wardly from the Rio GranGe, will cer-
 tainly, before the meeting of another
 Legislature, open to occupation and in
 dustry the large and varied resources of
 the northern portion of Arizona.
 Regarding the advent of the conti-
 mental railroads as an era and new de
 paiture for the Territory, brought to
 the attention of the last Legislature such measures as l judged the changing con ditions of tbe country made expeCheIt or
 necessary. I think that, in the main,
 they hold good for the present day; but
 will net occupy you with a repetition
 of these recommendations, prefering to leave them subject to tue experience of the last two years, and also to your bet
 ter Knowledge of local necessities. Your
 personal knowledge of these will enable you to best present such measures for
 consideration as the increase of business
 and population seem to require. The energy and experience which brought
 yousto confront successfully the difficult
 life of the Old Arizona will enable you
 to act most wisely and efficiently upon
 the new conditions of the Territory; but
 there are few points to which i desire
 to invite your especial attention. The subject of divorce; mining litigation; and. as part of the mining and agricnltu- .al necessities of the Territory-the wa ter question, to be formally acted on by you, and referred by you to the Congress of the United States; accredited infor- mation concerning the resources Of the Territory; our intercourse with the iron tier States of Mexico.
 1 respectfully recommend that the sub feet of divorces be left to the courts, where, I think, it exclusively belongs. At a time when everywhere sO-called ma terialistic ideas are invading society, all action can safely be avoided that tends ill any way to weaken the influence of wo- man, which,lin all conditions, is so power ful for good In this connection, l rec ommend for your consideration the eX- pediency of recognizing and affirming by l some statutory provision the principle ! established in recent Eastern decisions, as to what may, Hi the eye of the law, con 1 stitute the conditions of marriage, in | cases where there have been no perform | ance of any lawful ceremony; and So, by ! Statute, bring such relations within the | comprehension and action of the law; without necessarily eiltitling them to its full benefit. I merely make the sugges- tion, leaving its reach and extent for dis cussion i'll the event that 1t be enter tained.
 In ny last report to the Government, I urged strongly the obtaining of some aid from Congress to develope the water supply; taking the ground that the geo. graphical position of Arizona, and its few rivers. exclude 1t from a place Tn the usual River and Harbor Bills, and that, therefore, its proportion of care from the General Government could fairly come i'll the form proposed. Possibly the Legis- lature may think it advisable to support my recommendation to the Government by some action of their own, through the Delegate in Congress. AS yon areaware, such an appropriation Is now being expended for this purpose Ill Colorado. A thorough search over the Territory, having solely in view the finding and storing Of water, which the structure of the country, in many places, admirably favors. and of which the result should be made known, currently as obtained, would be of peculiar and immediate ad and would lead to the early oc- cupation of large bodies of grazing, wood ed and agricultural lands, now lying waste. ..I
 The proved mineral wealth of the Ter ritorv has already attracted considerable investments from abroad, and the facility of travel will tend largely to increase these investments. To further thismove- ; nent. and give intelligent direction to settlement and the use of money i'll de veloping our resources, accurate intorma- ton is needed. The Government has already appointed an able officer to ex- anime the Territory; but this IS matter of tine What. We. want is immediate and this information, cover ng all parts of the Territory, can no where so well be found as among the members. of the Legislature. | Itherefore ! suggest for Your constellation, the expe- liency' of alPointing a ooHmittee, to pre- ! pare a statement, from your collective know ledge of the Territory, to be pub | .shed under your authority. It could : not fail to be of great general utility. l . nave been so constantly applied to for z such knowledge. that 1 have found 1t be : sond the power of one person to give al [ he required Information, and nOtwitn- standing the labor given to such cores ,ondence, it has been only sufficient to meet private inquiries, aud did not reach the c broad public, by whom knowledge Of : Arizona is now 50 much desired,
 The increasing trade with Mexico, and . he important mining interests of tho Territory, are doshtless among the sub ects which will chiefly occupy your at ention Upon these the action of the Legislature may have an important bear gg; constituting, as tho mines do, the |