The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-22
GOVERNOR fA6ERMAN'S MESSAGE
TO THE LEGISLATURE

of Representatives of the Thirty-Sev
entn Legislative Assembly of the
Territory of New Mexico:
1t is the duty of the Chief Executive
Of New Mexico upon the converting
of the Legislature to furnish such
information as is at his disposal con-
corning the condition of the Territory
and to offer such suggestions and rec
concentrations concerning new leg1s-
latio1 as he may think advisable. In
doing this / wish to ASSURE you that
it is my most earnest desire to fully
and sincerely cooperate with you in
/ enactment of UGH legislation as
will result in the advancement of
the Territory. and in lettering the
condition of your constituents.
The people of the whole nation have
during the past two years, been bless
ed with a prosperity rarely, if ever,
eQualled in the history of the United
States, and il this prosperity the
people of New Mexico have had their
full share. M Territory was never
in a more prosperous condition. Our
largest industry. that of sheep rails
ing, has from every point of view,
beer unusually fortunate; h ranges
have been good and the crop of lambs
large and the prices of o and
sheep unusually high, the conditions
which, from the present outlook, pro-
mise to continue. The cattle industry
from the standpoint of prices has not
hno- en- commemorative hrt nfhQrUiSp
has been very satisfactory. Very few
people ave grown, great areas of pub
lie lands have been up and sour
ces of New Mexixco and, during the
past two ear very great strides,
have cen made in its development.
Our towns and cities have grown,
great areas of public lands have been
taken up and much of it put into cul-
tiyation by new settlers, hundreds of
miles of new railroads have been con-
structed to meet changed conditions
and develope our
While much has recently e ac-
complished in the exploitation and de-
velopment of our coa lands, they are
of such vast extent that it will a k
many more ines of railway than now
exist to furnish outlets for the coal
and coke produced from them, pro-
ducts for which there is an ever in
creasing demand throughout the cou1
try. There ave been man. new banks
established in the Territory and the
deposits during the past two years
have been more than doubled.
Through the National Reclamation
Service and Private enterprise many
new irrigation projects, which will re-
claim great areas of land nave been
decided upon and the work On some
of them commenced.
The people of New Mexico AVE ev-
cry reaso to be gratified at the ma
terial progress which has been made
since the meeting of the last legisla-
ture, and it is the duty of all three
branches of the government, the leg
isEative, executive and judicial, to I'M
tie in a common effort to bring about
such necessary changes in the form
and execution of our laws as are nee
essary to meet the rapidly changing
conditions. In such cooperation it
should always be borne in mind a
controversies inspired by personal, To-
cal and transitory III should, as
far as possible, be eliminated, as such
controversies consume much valuable
time, and if allowed to become viru-
lent and bitter, can only result in harm
to the community.
The Federal Government, to which
the executive is largely responsible.
q the people of the Territory, to
whom the legislature is entirely res
poasfble, have a right to expect that
tine so days during which the legisla-
ture sits, will be used to the utmost
in sincere, conscientious and untir-
ing efforts to enact legislation which
win be permanently wise and result
In the greatest good to the greatest
number of voters and taxpayers of the
Territory.
A measure of supreme Importance
to New Mexico was passed by h Fed
r. Congress and approved by the
President June 16. 1906. This provid
ed for the admission of New Mexico
N Arizona into the Union as one
State and was the first enabling act
ever passed by Congress under which
the long sought privilege of statehood
could have e acquired by the peo-
pie of these Territories. The bill pro-
vided that the question "Shall Ari-
zona and New Mexico be united to
form one Slater" should be voted on
thu aext general election by the