, 1885-12-19
HESSAaR
sAs GOVERNOR Of wnhhsitn



~ reason Of The dcath oi the Vice President
4 tts United Staiaa Our Offices are drapod,
and the lag Of our capitol L At half mast, In
honor Of the memory Of Thomus A Hen
drioka A. upon the Atlantic shore. 20
here, upon the great land Looked SEA Of the
nnthwcst, the loyal Amorioaa heart beats
with patIiotio and ruvcrsntiai torrOW At the
Sudden dsmiss Of that distinguished leader
nad alalssann, who held the second place In
ne Eiit oi the people.
sIlutinQ you a. the Legislative body Of the
Territory. convened IN pursuance oi law, Il
hrcumel ny duty % cummunlcate 10 yuu the
condition and compaative advancsment Of
- trrriioy. and 10 suggest such conahlsrA-
tlons a may tend 10 promote The Pablio
WulfaGe.
Looking back over the Two, years which
haco elapsed since the meeting Of the pre-
anding assembly. We note much for which 10
- thahklnl 10 the God Of Nations In this
ulI1ri space Of time our population hn. added
iufty pr cent 70 n nuuibeu; railroad build.
Ing hia nearly kept pace with the increase d
p1nalaiioni our financial coniition has i'm
urotoIi tlo acrcaQu 81 wheat 4 vastly great
VI and the field pr acre ol thia crup the
rrslsni year 4 unparalleled In the world.
lha most raluahle reins Of coal yet WORK
ei.haVu heln ruachal By railway and the
output q coal 4 rapidly Increasing.
Important diIcoFurida Of iron and other
grol havu resunily been made. Stock raising
a1lrylng. iruit cllturs and hop-iarming have
al lech nuooal1fully conducted.
Numeroul manufacturing enteEprisoa haYs
hscn aiariedt cur great mills sending cargoes
q iamb.T % distant portai and oommeroe
noW lands The tca Of China upon our shores
ior transportation By rAi 70 the Atlantic
rorrr.vrox
he sen1us rsturna Of the territory are
nolonou1ly incomplete and oanuot bo taken
a. true and sufficient exhibit Of the actual
Population. For examplss . communication
signed By al the oilcerl Il Lincoln county
slalms thai a correct conaua would increase
She reported population Of that county fully
forty per cent. The law ia mAniiestly i'm
perfect because there l. no penalty attached
% the compliance Herewith. The Gen.
sul returns made BY the territory In 1883.
show the total population At that tune 10
have bean o.. .60s. Tho returns Of the census
takcn BY the county aHsoasors In the spring
II 1885, lhqy he censua then 70 haYo been
l29.tSa, an lncrrase during the tive years Of
Tn territorial auditor writes me a. fol.
beui Had The census been properly taken
under a. adequate law. he popuhtion foe
lss5 wouli certainly have been shown 10
- above lla.ooo
In eorroboration Of ths auditor's opinion Il
should b stated that the election tables Of
1854 show a total rois Of ASA, Of which
s.tos ale females. laAving total male vote
Il ~. feA By the census q 1880, before the
hw eniranchlaIng women was passed. Il waa
established that The ratio Of population 10 the
voter was I 7-l0,iour and SeYen.tentha.l
his would Rive ua population - expressed
hy The rote of 1884, q l57, $50 at that time.
And lnaamuchal . constant stream oiimmig-
r.tion haa heon pouring into the territory for
cna year since that vote waa taken, there Il
: strong probability that our present popula.
tIun acinaily amounts 10 l75s 200 persona
EINANcEa.
The rals q taxai;on ior territorial pur-
poses Il 2iltWo and pYe-halll mllls On the
aollar and The total caah ruvanno derived
lrom tar on property for the tHenty-one
months ending June %, lss5i i si9l .ls0.5s
aud total diabursaments during the same
period amouut 10 el57. 200 a. leavingA net
exceal Of ruonipia over enpenditurul oi 81.
eSlif, 70 which nay b addod the essh IN
ths treasury oi e72.507.27, exclusive q the
aum Of q. so3 81. colleoied under special
tax levied for bulding new tsriitorial pen
itontlary
his szhibit Of The financial eonditlon Of
Ne territory il certainly very gratifying and
hidicalcI he assured prosperity.
Ten yoas ago the territory Was "a. 900
n dehi and paying heavy rate Of Interest
thorcan. Tha rufouuca we're then inauticient
% meet current expensos and aooamuiating
iIiereIt, and he rats Of tAzation a that
time san four mills On The dollar Since
1870 there has boan no indebteiness. Lib
arnl appropriations have been made for hn-
rlals obisdts and The proper AduinistIAtion
4 Tie law.
Taking into oonsidsration the amount Of
territorial fnndn still = The hands Of o5llec-
1ora. ani fhs ssmi.Annual inltAllmsnt o.
tarel fcportcd lTum rlilroad companies and
not yet paid over, the Territory may now be
aid 70 stand lFos from any financial obiigA-
ton and with an available surplus Of nearly
fl00.Oo0 a. ita command.
nho totai assessed valuation Of property IN
tie tcrritnry for the year 1884 was go. sos, =
tsti and iOr the year 1855 Il was go, ,4S4,.
SJ8. The decrease il caused by the srinkAgo
IA property valuations, and BY the non. list
ne and non-assessment Of sAilroad property
within the territory. As for erAmple, in the
two counties Of King and Thuruton alone,
there L . decrease. because Of the above rea.
sons, oi about g, 900, 900, in property Ualua-
tionA
Tbs reason that railroad property vas not
a-su.lsd l. because Of the territorial law
ran.ed lSs3 prOyidihg that rAilroAd oompAn-
ioa should b. taned on their gross earnings.
Tha territorial auditor estimates that were
tho Total property N The territory, Including
railroad1i. lated q IL true cash value, L
would Al 4 low estimate amount 70 us. .OOO,
coo.
Our financial Affairs are 20 clear and simple
that yon VA not hays difficulty in deciding
upou . ruto q taxafion for The years 1856
M 1857.
Hin believed with the natural and lnevitA.
bis erowth 9th territory n wealth, ths
nnionnt u as.s.Isd valuation Of propertytex.
eiaiiar nailrasdshdurinu thess wears viii. At
kiowr7timate. equal Il fnoterceedfGO, OOO. 600
Thorefore. a von continue the present rate Of
n mili. voa win have a rfoss revenue q
8l50OOO
BY the present law railroads pay a tax Of
two per cent. upon their groas eaf1iinqu. II
these rroal earnings amount 10 S. $50, OOO
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