St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-01
Mexico, In his annual report to the

Mexico, In his annual report to the
secretary of the interior. ''Crime is
more rare than in staid New England,
aud one may traverse the whole terri
tory on horseback alone without danger.
The days OF Billy the Kid, of Rude
baugh and HOodoo Brown. are long
since over" He cites the fact that in
July he visited Lincoln county, which
comprises an area equal to the states of
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, Delaware and
New s'ersey, and in all that vast
aree of 1880 square miles there was
not man in jail, though its sheriff is
one OF the most efficient men in the ter
rnltory. Ins, Il submit" says Gov. Prince,
that no similar area in the whole cOun-
try can show such record as that"
The governor says that New Mexico is
endowed with greater variety and ex-
tent OF natural resources and advan-
tages than any state in the Union. This
language, he says, may seem extrava-
CANT, but he enters into long discus
sion OF the subject to prove its correct
ness, and
TELLS IN GLOWING TERMS
how, even in 500, the Toltecs, leaving
their old homes in the Northwest, jour-
neyed toward Mexico, "SOwing the land
with corn, cotton and other plants"
Cotton and wOOien cloth was worn by
the people as early as 1910, as were boots
and shoes made of leather worn by the
inhabitants in 1882. Educational mat
ters, the governor says, are satisfactory,
ana show encouraging progress. There
are 145 schools, in which English is
taught, LOG in which Spanish is taught,
and hinety-ive in which both languages
are taught. The condition of the In
dians is reported good. and the Nava-
Joes are rapidly increasing both In
wealth and population, The question
OF land title is discussed by Gov. Prince
at some length. The present condition
OF the laws on this subject he considers
very unsatisfactory, and suggests
amendments to tine law providing, first,
for Limitations of the time within which
grants can be presented, SO that at the
end of that time we may at least know
When there are no grants, and the crea-
ton of tribunal exclusively for the
hearing of these claims and settlement
OF these titles. Upon the subject of
statehood, the governor says, in part:
New Mexico was much Older territory
than either of those admitted; its pOpu-
lation largely exceeded that of Montana
or Washington; it had special right to
seif-gOvernment under the treaty OF
GuadalOupe Hidalgo; it had only failed
of admission in 1875 by an accident; its
resources were both greater and more
varied and its population was better
adapted for safe and conservative self
government than that of other sections
or the West. This
REFUSAL TO ADMIT HER
has forced us to recognize that there is
a pre- judice in the older states against
New Mexico, which although based
solely on ignorance of our condition.
yet it is none the less powerful and in
furious" The governor answers at
some length the statement made by
persons opposed to the admission of the
territory, tending to show that she is
not yet prepared for statehood. He
shows that while the older native popu-
laton is more or less illiterate, this is
not true of a very large proportion of
her people. The ratio of illiteracy, he
says, has been reduced 20 per cent dur
ing the last few years. The governor
makes an ca rnest plea for the admis-
sion OF New Mexico into the TJnion