Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-07-31
ARizoRA'S POPULATION AND TAX,
 ABLE PROPERTY.


 The Phenix Herald says there is mistake being made by the Arizona papers, that are opposed to statehood, Tn tregard to our population, which IS credited al 55,ooo, the Herald claim ing population of Se,oo The paper m question says that "The vote at the last general election, counted at the usual ratio in the east would give about oo,ooo of population, while i, is a we'll known fact that an unusually large pop ulaiion of Arizona stays away from the p-'ls from carelessness and indifference ..i how great a proportion may be in- tered from the fact that the difference be- tween the entire vote on delegate to congress and the councilmen at large, was nearly five hundred in the territory" The mistake that is be- ing made IS by the papers advocating statehood. They apparently take the romantic figures of C. M. Zulick. incor- porated m the memorial to congress, ant makes the usual discounts from that.
 This memorial is e brazen, copper lined Sic, and how il ever succeeded in passing even an An.ona legislature IS seyond our comprehension. It opens with the statement that 'the population of Arizona is nearly one hundred thous- and and is rapiply increasing" Nov, there is not an intelligent man in the territory but that knows ths' he pc.'' lahon of Arizona is now ere near one hundred ...ousand, ani the popular vote. taken as n i-"ex the population, sh = t.,, il ,ot increasing to a- A-arming or es~- 10 a satisfactory extent.
 Again the memorial says the taxable property of said territory amounts to fully $75.ooo,o 900 cash value and is in- creasing at tthe rate of twenty-five per cent per annum." How legislator could put himself on record by voting for that Munchausen statement. in the face of the report of the territorial auditor, is another incomprehensible problem. Tbe report of the territorial auditor shows that the cash value of the taxable pro- persy is little over Sac, 6,ooo,o ,ooo, or a | little more than one-th . amount stated in the memorial, saie the popu- lation is little over ons-han.
 Now as to the Herald's statement of | population. The vote in 1888 was . lit- | tic over IT, 900, which, according to the | eastern rule of computing population, would give in round numbers exactly 5S,ooo to the territory. But" the Her aid argues. sit is we'll known that an un- usually large population of Arizona stays away from the polls" Granted as true. On the, other hand the votein very many of the mining precincts of the territory represents the entire population. as very few miners have families, so that this fact alone is by far. more than an offset to those who stay away from the polls. Again, a very large proportion of ae gentle American population who are married, are young men whose vote by no means represents family of five or a population of five as figured in the older sections of the country, and on the other hand, too, the Mormon vote and and the vote ofa Mexican very frequently represents population in excess of this. both of these classes usually represent ing large families. So that aking all the peculiarities of our population into the actual population of the territory as estimated from the num- Der of votes cast will not exceed Ss.ooo, if it will reach that figure. There IS no use in making misrerresentations in this matter or in working oneself into belief that is not true. Those who believe that territory containing an area of two or three good sized eastern states, with population scattered c'-r it, ~o' l. equal 10 one average czste-n eo .nty, anC sXable nr,perty in pro. .,ortion, $ ready or statehood, sbpul guei. from this ;tardpoirs ar. rom a standpoint of , |. |.