The evening times., 1899-10-28
CONDITIONS IN ARIZONA.
An Extensive Annual Report by tn
Governor.

An Extensive Annual Report by the
Governor.
The annual report of the Governor of
Arizona for the fiscal yea ended June so.
1899. has been filed with the Secretary Of
the Interior. Among other things the re-
port says the population of the Territory
exceeds 100000: that the taxable property
amounts to So, 500, ,52O2s. and that the net
Indebtedness is 81. .126. 2S4.71. The total
expenditures amounted to s4S6, ,0O0.S5, and
the cash on hand July /. 1899. was $780,
434.22.
Arizona, the report says, has the largest
unbroken piece of forest in the United
States, covering an area of over 5000
square miles. This timber is usually
found at an altitude between $500 and
1900 feet. The total quantity Of pine tim
ber fit for saving purposes within the
boundaries of the Territory amounts TO
10. eco 600. 600 feet.
The Territory has two normal schoo
and a thoroughly equipped university. and
the common school system is not exceiled
in any State in the country.
The report further says that the Indians
on the reservations have been quiet
throughout the year. and that there is
reason for believing that Indian depreda-
tions are permanently at an end Much
space is devoted to the mining interests
in the Territory. The report further says:
1.-The arguments heretofore urged in favor
OF the admission of Arizona as State
apply this year with added strength. The
progress of the Territory in population.
wealth. and the development of material
resources has been remarkable. The
rapidity with which Arizona has developed
from a primitive frontier region into one
Of the most progressive, enlightened, and
lawabiding communities of the Union is
neither understood nor appreciated by
Eastern representatives, otherwise the
boon of self-government, for which We all
pray, would not now be denied us.
The spirit of fairness, SO prominent in
our national character. would not longer
permit Arizona to suffer the wrongs of
Territorial vassalage. if the Territory and
its people were properly understood east OF
the Mississippi.
Arizona has 100, 600 psople and one hun
dred millions of taxable wealth If it were
all assessed.
Upon reflection. it is not so very sur
prising that ignorance and prejudice on
this question exist in some of the older
sections OF the country. The great Web
ster with all the power of his mighty
cAS4uciieS, eppIotu lac dAHSAdtlOu u Sdll-
fornia, and declared the country west of
the Rock Mountains to be a great waste of
shifting sands. bcrdered by 5000 miles of
bleak, uninviting seacoast: and another
great New Englander-Senator Winthrop
declared that the people ne assumed to
represent would be justified in secession
If the Louisiana purchase were perfected.
California is conceded to be one Of the
greatest and most valuable States of the
Union, and within the Louisiana pur-
chase there are now nine great States, be-
sides the Indian Territory. Oklahoma.
nearly all of Montana, Wyoming, and Col
orado.
Senator Winthrop opposed. with great
vehemence, the annexation of Texas. Time
does not seem to have made cur New Eng
land brothers comparatively very much
more expansive and liberal, nor much bet
ter informed as to the Western rights and
conditions, unless the stirring events of
the past year have opened their eyes,
Perhaps, on account of the annexation
OF Hawaii, and when our national policy is
finally determined in regard to the govern
ment OF the territories acquired as the nee
essary results Of an unforeseen and unpre-
meditated war, our Eastern friends will
realize in some degree the Importance and
magnitude of this nation. and be more
willing, In order to form a perfect union
establish Justice, insure domestic tran
quillity, provide for the common defence,
promote the general welfare, and secure
the blessings of liberty to recognize that
other citizens OF the United States are en-
titled to be as free as they are and hold
these truths to be sef-evident; that all
men are created equal; that they are en-
dowed by their Creator with certain in
alienable rights; that among these are life,
liberty. and the pursuit of happiness; that
to secure these rights governments are in
stituted among men, deriving their Just |
power from the consent Of the governed"