The Washington times., 1901-11-11
AN APPEAL FOR STATEHOOD
Territorial Government [ nsatisfac-
tory TO the People of Arizona.
The Annual Report of Gov. " o.
Murphy-GrOunds for Admission
to the Union-Jhe Growth i'm Popu-
Intion and Industries Set Forth.


Just been made public by the Interior
Department in the yearly report of n. @.
Murphy. Governor of Arizona, to the Sec
retary of the Interior. showing the rapid
growth of that State. The report con-
cludes with an earnest appeal from the
people of Arizona to be admitted into the
Union as State.
Regarding the subject Of statehood.
Governor Murphy says that never before
were the people of the Territory so gen
orally and earnestly aroused on that
question. For more than ten years, he
states, there has been Il unanimity Of
sentiment on that subject, and during
each Congress the effort to obtain reoog-
milton of their rights has been renewed
by the Arizonians.
The Fifteenth Legislature, says Cover
nor Murphy. authorized Constitutional
Convention, which was held and at which
there was a full attendance of delegates.
A constitution was framed. and later was
adopted unanimously. These proc csedings,
he adds. cost the Territosy no less than
$4,000. In concluding his appeal for recog-
milton, Governor Murphy says that it is
recognized by the people of Arizona that
the prospects for success are better now
than ever before, and it is felt that the
earnest work of years should tell
Regarding the condition of the Terri
tory, Governor Murphy says it has been
very prosperous during the past fiscal
year, rains having made agriculture,
horticulture and grazing especially prof
liable. while mining, manufacturing and
every material industry have progressed
in a remarkable degree. The wealth of
the Territory is rapidly growing. the Gov
ernor states, and the assessed valuation
of property has increased nearly St, 100000
since he made his last annual report The
Territorys population has also increased
at the rate of l04 per cent, and it is upon
these statements that Governor Murphy
thinks that Arizona should be recognized
as a State.
Discussing the population of the Terri
tory, the report says:
According to the national census of
1900, the population Of Arizona was 122, 212.
There was total white population of
81, ,9J3 OF this number IS. .23U were males
and 5I,6I3 females. The total number of
Indians was 26, $50, a decrease of 1883 from
the number found in the census of 1880.
There were ISIS negroes, of whom 1858
Were males and 4S5 females. There were
LIS Chinese. of which number there were
26i, including Il females
OF the white posIlatiOn. 705OS were
native born and - 90 foreign born. In
the returns so far received, the foreign
born citizens are not segregated as to
nativity, and il is impossible. therefore,
TO give with eXactuess the preponderating
nationalities. 1t is quite certain, however.
that the assumption generally held in the
East that our foreign-born population is
mostly Mexican, is an error. ALI the i'm
portant mining districts contain a large
number of Irish and Cornish miners.
with respectable representation from
Sweden, Germany. and Italy. 1 doubt
whether our Mexican citizens comprise
one-haf of our so-called foreign popula-
ton
Taxation in the Territory, and the con-
dition Of all national banking institutions
in the Territory, is given much consider
alton by Governor Murphy.
Regarding railroad building in the Ter
ritory. the report says that it has been
unusually active during the past year.
the Arizona and Southeastern having ex-
tended southeast Of Bisbee to Nac0sari.
Mexico. and will, within a short time, go
farther south
Under the head of manufactures, the
rcp port says
The figures show such increase in cap
ital and production and in the number
Of men employed ae to bc astonishing ir
II were not remembered that under man
ufacturing was classified last year for
the first time the business Of copper
snt ling and refining, the sum Of Sl7 2s6,57
repre- sentlEg the value OF the copper pro-
duct. the remainder Of the total of S3l..
5l5,lS being covered by miscellaneous
manufactures. But 1t should not be for
gotten that by far the greatest develop
mcut in copper production has been dur
ing the past ten years, so that the figures
for that industry for last yea would
show bic increase were the means
for comparison at hand. Considering the
fact that prior to very few years ago
Arizona was frontier community. in
deed, and that the greater part OF the ad-
Fancement in all lines has been during
the past decade, the statistics make
creditable showing and present excellent
reasons for satisfaction.
1t would be difficult to find anywhere
q business more permanent in its nature
than that Of copper mining tupon which
the industry Of smelling and refining of
course depends. as no important copper
mine in the Territory has ever shown any
signs of exhaustion. and ii may he taken
for granted that the branches of manu-
featuring connected with this Industry
VIII steadily increase In Importance. Last
year 1913 wage-earners were employed in
the copper smelters IN the thirty or
more other lines Of manufacturing f20
people were employed.
1T is altogether probable that within
the near future new manufacturing indus
tries Of magnitude will be established
Among the first will doubtless he beet
sugar factories and fruit-canning estab-
iishments, for which the field is already
on the subject OF education in the Ter
ritory Governor Murphy SAYS:
The public school system of Arizona
is one of the best IN the Union From
the primary grades to the university it is
liberal and comprehensive and offers TO
every child in the Territory an education
free of cost Attendance in the public |
schools is compulsory. The course of |
study has been approved b. the National
Association
The percentage Of illiteracy in the pop |
ulati0n OF Arizona always has been low, !
and it is believed that our system Of cdu- |
cation viii place the Territory ahead Of |
any State as to the absence Of i'literacy.
BY reference to the school statistics II |
vii! be seen that the inCrcas" in the num- |
Der of school children since my report of |
last year is SO. the total now being . SOB |
This increase is partly accounted for by |
The fact that under a law enacted last |
rom eighteen years to twenty-one years, |
md partly by the general increase In the |
population Of the Territory.
There are two iiuurishing normal |
schools, one at the town Of Tempe, near |
Phoenix, and the other at Flagstaff Both |
are under the supervision of able irstruc- |
tors. and there is a large attendance at |
each. The course Of study is thorough |
and the requirements for graduation most |
rigid. As a result. no State in the Union |
has a better class of teachers
In closing his report Governor Murphy |
makes an earnest appeal for the admis- |
sion of Arizona into the Union as a State, |
saying:
''Our people consider that they are jus
.iiied i'm demanding admission on every |
ground of right. The showing as to pop |
llation, civilization. wealth, education. |
and resources, developed |
and undevcloped, constitute an argument |
which is unanswerable."
The Governor makes the following rec |
!. That Arizona be admitted as a state. !
2. That all the public lands within the |
Territory be ceded to the Territory OF