Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-01-11
FIONA JOURNAL-MINER
c. MARTIN. Editor and prop.r.
GOVERNOR MURPHY TALKS.

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 Whether at home or abroad, Gov eraor Murphy never loses an oppor- tunity to say good word for Ari- zona. Our territory never has had an official who has been more de- voted to Arizona's interests than | Hon x. O. Murphy during his resi- dencs here. Even as private citi- | zen. nc labored in season and out of l season for the development oi the | terrtory's resources, and millions l of dollars of capital have been 1 brought to the territory through ] the efforts of himself and his broth l CT, F. Nj. Murphy. When the P. & A. c. railroad was built they render ed material aid to Mir Bullock, and it has been due almost solely to their efforts that the construction of the S. F., P. < P railroad has been commenced and the capital secured for its construction through to Phe- nix. AS secretary and later as gov ernor of the territory, Mir. Murphy has put forth even greater efforts than as a private citizen to have the territory's resources properly repre- sented throughout the east and else where. in addition to exerting his influence at Washington to secure beneficial legislation for Arizona and its people, and with the de- par there to get post roads and posoffces established, and to secure other advantages desired by our people. In fact, his entire term of office has been busy one in working for the good of the terri tory and its people, and it will be many long year before Arizona will have another chief executive who will be as faithful to the peo- ple's interests as he has. During his recent visit east, Governor Mur- phy visited a relative in Detroit, Michigan, and was interviewed by a reporter of the Detroit Free Press, a paper which has done incalcula- ble injury to Arizona, by its publi- cation of an alleged humorous de- pertinent, entitled the Arizona Kicker" Mir. Murphy's talk is in pleasing contrast with the hbels published against the territory in the paper named, and We take pleas ure in quoting the interview, and in putting down credit mark to the paper, as against all the vile mis- representations published by 1t against the territory:
 ''Governor N. O. Murphy, of Ari- zona, has been in Detroit for two days, 8 guest of his cousin, Simon J. Murphy, IT,, of Woodward ave- nue. He is pleasant, cultured gentleman of perhaps forty years. He is republican, was first ap- pointed Territorial Secretary by President Harrison and afterwards made Governor.
 Il am on my way home from Washington" said Governor Mur- phy to a Free Press reporter last evening. q left the Territory two weeks ago, and have spent at least a week in Washington pleading for the admission of Arizona to the az gregation of States. The House passed our bill at its last session, and the matter is now in the hands of the Senate committee on Terri tories. expect the bill will be re- ported on favorably, and that the Senate will pass it some time in January. As it now stands the Ter ritory is democratic, but time and republican activity may change the order of things. The republican senators, some of them, have been holding back, not wishing to put two more Senators into the hands of the democrats, but l have en- deavored to persuade them to change their attitudes. and have in a measure accomplished my aim. 1 had talk with Senator McMillan to-day, and he said be would do what be could in aid of our cause, as he favored it.
 Arizona is certainly well quail fed , become a State. She has 7000U people exclusive of the In- dians and the white men who live on reservations. Of the 10000 the majority are whites, while very small number are Mexicans."
 "She has a splendid climate, great mineral wealth and agricultural fa- cilities that are of the best. Her chief crops are of grain and alfalfa hay, but now a good deal of atten- ton is being given to the cultiya- A., of it l.o4b ..fr,,e and dc cidous. She has the largest fig orchard in the world, and her oranges ripen from two to six weeks ahead of those of California. Her exports of gold, silver and cop per for the year just closed amount ed to S9,000,0O0, or $2y000,000 in ex- cess of those of the previous year. Messrs. D. NJ. Ferry, c. c. Bowen and $. J. Murphy, of Detroit, are interested in Arizona, and they of course take a great interest in any thing pertaining to the develop ment of that country. A railroad is now being built from the line of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad on the north to the town of Phenix on the south. It is about com pleted to Prescott. It will be 210 miles long, and will be called the Santa Fe, Prescott X Pheni1. It will run through the richest mining and agricultural portion of the ter ritory, and we are expecting great things of it as a developer. The territory is rapidly growing, and since the census was taken 10000 white people have gone to live in it."
 Governor Murphy left at nine o'clock last evening for Chicago, where he will spend a. day, going thence to Arizona.
 
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