The St. Johns herald., 1897-06-05
COL. M. H. M1CORD.
A Few Words from the Next
 Governor of Arizona.

A Few Words from the Next
 Governor of Arizona.
 Colonel McCord was interviewed by
 a reporter of the Washington CD. O.
 Times immediately after his name had
 been sent in to the senate as governor
 of this territory. Next morning the
 Times printed the following article,
 containing some expressions of Cover
 nor McCord. which are worthy of rep-
 etitiOn. AS this was his first public
 utterance after the nomination, we give
 space to the article entire:
 1 Ex-COngressman Myron H. McCnrd nominated
 to be governor of Arizona is fifty-four years old
 He was born in Pennsylvania and moved to
 Wisconsin in 1854 and lived in that State until 1 1892. He served several terms In the state leg
 islature and came to Washington as & member
 of the Fifty-frs congress from Wisconsin He
 moved to Arizona in 1893, Mir. McCord has been
 interested in the territory in large fruit-raising 1 enterprise. It has been most successful. His
 farm is about four miles out of Phoenix, the
 capital of the territory, on one of the great rri
 gation canals
 1 Governor-to-be McCord was seen by Times
 reporter at his temporary home in Washington
 last night, in regard to his Territory. He is an enthusiastic ArizOnan, and talked of the present
 and the future of his home. He believes that
 he territory and afterward the state of Arizona will be one o( the finest in the west.
 Why" he said. the Salt river valley alone can support half million people. IL is the finest in the world. The state is three hundred miles long and is larger than New Yosk and Penns yl-
 vania together It is mos stly an agricultural country, and will be remarkable for this more than anything else. The sheep raising industry is in its infancy but it as wonderful prospects to dream about. We can raise oranges and lemons and lines and grape fruit and figs, and all the semi-troiical fruits in as great abundance and of & better quality than any yart of Califor- mia can produce. The otter agricultural inter- ests are almost equally inpO tant in thelr future and are even larger now. And then, it is great stock raising country too.
 ''To my mind the one paramount need of Ari- zona is early admission to the Union as a sover eign state It is the history of every state that has been .dmit ed since the original thirteen, with very few exceptions, that within three, four or five years immediately following heir admission, they have doubled in wealth and lopulatiOn. 1 do not believe Arizona would be | an exception there is no reason why it should. | Is not statehood then boon worth str wing for? | The best way to obtain it is by demonstrating to | the world thatwe are worthy of it.
 This can best be done by enactng and en- forcing good laws, giving 10 the people good | government and the lowest possible taxation consistent with commendabi, progression and | that spirit of public enterprise that ought to an innate the breast of every citizen by elevating to | higher plane, if pOssib e, our common schools and other educational institutions, and by en- and incul ating emperance moral ity, virtue and good citizenship among the peo- pie. Another thing Arizona needs which in importance is second only to statehoo is capital to build more railroads, carry out more irriga- ton projects and 10 develop it's latent resoufces and uncover it's hidden wealth
 'To assure this we should set our faces like hints against every act that in the slightest de- gree hints or squints toward repudiaton Inno other way can we acquire or retain the conf- 1ence of capital Let us not forget that the eyes of he pubic are constantly upon us and re- mem bering this, see to it that our acts are such IS to reflect credit upon and compel respect for he territory and it's people. I do not forget that ! large share of this advice applies to our pub ic officials, and by me it will be constantly borne in mind.
 "I believe Arizona has great future before it Compare for IL oment the conditions that ex- { sting in Arizona twenty years ago with these existing now, and then contemplate what in all , oroba bility, they will be twenty years hence, md it requires no great stretch of the imagina- ion to see rich and prosperO IS people, and { ,reat and powerful state. Climatically consid- ,red, there is not so favored a spot anywhere , ,lse on earth There is not 6 spot within the boundaries of the United States or America where cattle, horses, sheep and swine can be I produced more cheapy or with greater profit to ! he producer; there is not spot in North Amer ca where the precious me tals can be produced with greater remuneration to the producer, and here are few spots anywhere where agriculture 1 dairy-farming and all kinds of ru t al husbandry can be carried on more success 7 uIly and profta bly, than right here in Arizona. To-day we have 100 900 people, and will stake ny word that they are as intelligent, honest, ' IS progressive, and as good citizens every way ( IS those of any State in the Union will average. All we want is an opportunity. the right of self in other words, Statehood"