The times., 1897-05-20

Wilson, Cloverport, KY; David NJ Dom
aIdson South Hadley Falls, Mass; VII
lIam &. carp, swSmpseott, Mass: John T
Lo, EFT, I.ittle silver, ~ j.; Els worth
Sweet, Waterloo, n Y; Emmett b. Haw-
kins, Huntington, N Y, and j. II Porter
New Wilmington, Pa.
Ex-congresslnan Myron II McCord, nom
mated To be governor of Arizona, is fifty
four years old He was born in Pennsyi-
vania and moved TO Wisconsin in / s54 AMI
lived n that State until 1892 He served
several terms In the State legislature and
came to Washington as member OF the
Fifty-first Congress from Wisconsin. He
moved to Arizona In 1893. Mr. Mctord
has been Interested in the Territory in a
large fruit raising enterprise. 1t has been
most successful. His farm is about four
miles out or Phoenix, the capital Of lie
Territory, on one OF the great irrigation
canals
Governor-to-be McCord was seen by a
Times reporter at his temporary home in
Washington, last nj ght, In regard to his
nomination and to the fortunes OF the
Territory. Heis an enthusiastic Arizonian,
and talked Of the present ana the future of
his home He believes that the Terri
tory and afterward the State OF Arizona
Will be one OF the finest in the West
why he said, the Salt River Valley
alone can support half million people 1t
is the finest in the world The State is 800
iniles long and is larger than New York
and PENNSYLVANIA together. 1t is mostly
an arrricult country and will be remark
aiile for this rnore than anything else. The
irgIt1 cfrr ir fr, itp info
but 1t has wohderfu1 prospects TO dream
aobut We can raise oranges and lines and
lemons and grape fruit and figs, and all
the semi-tropicai fruits in as great abund-
ance and OF better duafity than any part
OF California can produce The other ag-
ricultural interests are almost equally
important in their future, and are even
larger ROW. And then it Is a great stock
raising country, too
ITO my mind the one paramount need
OF Arizona is early admission to the
Union as a sovereign state II is the
history OF every State that has been
admitted since the original thirteen, with
very few exceptions. that within three,
four or five years Immediately follow
ing their admission, they have doubled
In wealth and population. I do not be-
.iieve Arizona would be an exception;
there is no reason why it should. Is not
statehood then boon worth striving
for? The best way to obtain it is by
demonstrating TO the world that we are
worthy of it.
This can best be done by enacting and
enforcing good la ws, giving to the peo-
pie good government and the lowest posi-
hle taxation consistent with commendable
progression and that spirit of public enter
prise that ought to animate the breast of
every citizen by eIevating to a higher
plane If possible our Common schools and
other educational institutions; and by en-
c0uraging and intoxicating temperance,
morality, virtue and good citizenship
among the people. Another thing Arizona
needs which in Importance is second only.
to Statehood is capital to build more raIl-
roads, carry out more irrigation projects
and to develop its latent resources and ua-
cover its hidden wealth
ITO assure this we should set our faces
like fiints against every act that in the
slightest degree hints or squints toward
reputation. In no other way can we
acquire or retain the confidence of cap
ital. Let US not forget that the eyes OF
the public are constantly upon us, and re-
membering this, see to it that our acts
are such as to reflect credit upon and COM
pei respect for the Territory and its peo-
pie. l do not forget that a large share
OF this advice applies to our public Of
ffcialS and by me it will be constantly
borne in mind
-! believe Arizona has great future be-
fore it, Compare for moment the condi-
tons that existed in Arizona twenty years
ago with those existin e now, and then con
template what, in all probability, they will
be twenty years hence, and it requires no
great stretch OF the imagination to see
rich and prosperous people, and a great and
powerful State Climatically considered,
thereis not so favored a spot anywhere else
on earth. There is not h spot within the
boundaries of the United States of America
where cattle. horses sheep, and swine. can
be produced more cheaply or with greater
profft TO the producer; there is not a spot
in North America where the precious metals
can be produced with greater remuneration
to the producer, and there are few spots
anywhere where agriculture, horticulture,
dairy farming, and all kinds of rural hus-
bandry can be carried on more successfully
and profitably than right here In Arizona
stake my word that they are as in teliigent,
as honest, as progressive, and as good citi-
zens in every way as those of any State
in the Union will average. All we want is
an opportunity, therightof fself-government,
in other words Statehood"
That Col. McCordis appointment is most
amazingly popular in Arizona was demon
strated during the day in the receipt of
over 90 kilograms Of congratula tons from
Tucson, Phoenix, Prescott. Flagstaff and
Yuma, and the larger towns of the Terri
tory, a!l shades of political belief being
represented. The business men seem par
ticulariy delighted with the appointment,
as they have most to gain from the in-.
duction into office of a genuine citizen
of the Territory c. Fl Akers, who was
nominated to be secretary OF the Terri
tory, was among the first to congratulate