Arizona republican., 1901-01-23

lection of tree life and water supply. Should tn SC reserves be extended in the northern part of the territory and new ones created taking in the south ern foothills of the Bradshaw noun tains and the Verde and Salt River Ba- sins, as l hear is contemplated, and grazing excluded within those areas, the interests of both the cattle and sheep men will, in my judgment. be very seriously affected, and the ques- ton of range rights" win becO.Ge still more difficult of solution; and in this respect there seems to be an apparent conflict of interests between the agri- ciai uris.s and grazers.
 In this connection l recommend that you adopt q strong nrmoria! to the in- terior departmCn mt at Washington. pe- tltioning that grazing be permitted wi,hin forest reserves where the water does not shed into the streams which furnish water for irrigation. No inn portant industry should ba injured or destroyed for purely sentimental req sons. and where no possible injury can result to any other industry
 NATIONAL GUARD.
 The twentieth legislature, by subdl- vision 26 of the appropriation bill, abol- ished the military code of Arizona, and in further terms provided as follows:
 No money shall be expended for the National Guard of Arizona unless called into active service"
 This action destroyed the efficiency of the guard. and was in my judgment unwise. Previous to the repeal of the code. provision was made to pay ar mory rent for the different military companies and the adjutant- general was paid a salary of $500 per annum and the organization In Arizona was highly creditable. It will be seen by the re- port of the adjutant-general that a new code has been prepared, which will be presented to you to enact into law. The work has been done with great care, and has been drawn from the most ap- proved codes of the different states. recommend that the desired legislation be had, and l further recommend that the adjutant-general be reimbursed for the moneys expended by him from his personal funds for the benefit of the guard.
 The federal government provides lib- erally uniforms, arms and ammunition for target practice, etc, and it is en- lire,y proper and desirable that Arizo- na like the other states and territories, should encourage the maintenance. 0; an effective national guard, which may be needed at any time for protection against disorder and insurrection, all though such disturbances are not prob- able in this law-abiding commonwealth
 POLL TAX LAW
 Act No. 37 of the twentieth legisla- ture requiring the payment of poll tax of electors in Arizona before they shall be entitled to have their names entered upon the great register" is ev- idently obnoxious to the people, and recommend it's rtpeal While it is prop CT that every elector should pay d poll tax, it should not. in my judgment, be made condition to the right of fran chise, the highest privilege of citizen ship. Provision is made in the revised code as submitted to you for correcting the law in this regard.
 ELECTION LAW.
 recommend the passage of a prl- mary election law for the prevention of political frauds and defeating the will of the people in party nominations. Several plans have been suggested to me- one being that all voters should be registered and the party to which they belong recorded, and that they be re- quired to vote at primaries as regis tered. Another plan is to require all primaries to be held on the same day with the usual penalties against re- beating. This is claimed to be a sim De way to prevent Democrats from voting at Republican primaries, and vice versa I believe legislation on this subject should be had. The Code Con- mission has very properly revised the general election law so as to require electors to register and vote in the pre- cinct where they live. I consider this change very important for the preven- ton of fraud
 EXPOSITIONS.
 It is my duty to direct your attention to the necessity of making due provis- ion at this time for the proper repre- sentation of Arizona at the Pan- Amer ican Exposition, if creditable exhibit of the resources and attractions of thi: