Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-04-12

"Of course, the rules governing the policy of admission are necessarily elastic. A State ought, in our ludg- ment, to have population of 2OU,OOo under present circumstances, and yet it would scarcely be fair to insist on this if it's people are rich enough to stand the burdens of self-government and qualified morally and intellectual
 ly to be part of the Union. Its peo-
 pie should be Americans; that IS, fully 1 in sympathy with the Union. 1t 1 should be able to furnish citizens of substantial ability to fill all its offices, Federal and State It should have
 plenty of natural resources and an
 active citizenship engaged in their
 development. It should have num-
 Der of well-built cities, and the pre- liminary experiment. of Territorial
 government should have been suffi-
 ciently tried to prove that the people
 are sober, industrious, thrifty and
 able to take care of themselves.
 Whether these conditions exist or not
 recurs, of course, upon every request
 for admission, and each application
 should be considered on its own
 merits"
 Judge Carey made as good speech
 for Wyoming as stephen B. Elkins
 made in 1874 for the admission of
 New Mexico. Wyoming has less than 100, 900 people, and New Mexico had
 more than that twenty years ago, but
 the eloquence of the Judge was more effective than that of MT. Elkins. Con-
 gress is still prejudiced against New
 Mexico because of its large native s population, and Arizona is always, to s a certain extent, classed with New Mexico, although the population IS :. widely different. It is possible that !. Wyoming will be admitted at this ses. f sion of Congress, but New Mexico and - Arizona will have to wait awhile, ano
 it may be wise for the latter, for with ,- the advantages of State government 8 come the disadvantages of largely in Q creased expenditure and necessary l. taxation.
 ,- It has been suggested in some quar- I ters that Arizona and Southern Cail Q fornia should be made one State, witt n the addition of Lower California. Blu IS Mexico declines to sell any of her do h main. While in Washington l had v. conversation on the subject with tn
 Hon. John W. Foster than whom IL IF one is more familiar with Mexican al D. fairs. He had just returned from Mex ico and assured me that there was n 10 change of feeling on the part of tn "a government or people of that country al and the recent letter of Mir. Blaine 1t presented by Senator Sherman iron r. the Committee on Foreign Relation d. ill answer to the petition of the Fi
 teenth Legislative Assembly of Ar ri zona, fully confirms Mir. Fosters stat e- ments.
 to It is possible that in the distar al future some negotiation may be el ,le tered into by which Mexico will col of sent to part with a district so isolate n- as Lower California, and of 80 hit 1t general value to that Republic, bu ii for the present there is no hope in that direction. It is also doubtful ,tv the people of California will consel no to division of that great State f of many years to come.
 TO. But of this you know more than r;l and I will conclude by saying that Il ms Srowth anu ueVeiol iileh' ol C'iiioiii So are here considered among the wo he ders of the times. Los Angeles al oct San Diego are destined to Decor oIe highly important cities, and to tho gas who were familiar with them 8 qui In ter of a century since their prese
 size and grandeur must be most i inc pressive It would delight me to vi hat them, as it would to personally { me anime the prosperous cities of A avs zona; and especially to see Florer ak for which, by request of the first s saw tiers, I selected name, and in 1ad upbuilding of. which retain liv ,o J interest. R. c. MCCORMICK