Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-30

biennial Wr--Jg' tH ihf body. ne gallery wu- crowded with prominent ucn of thc Territory. thc Federal of nciai. u.,uuuG seat. "u th" floor of Inc Uu-, un,r. which was used. President p.nu n' Inc Council pre-. tidri
 A,fHt' .,.,tI,n ut th, mr..1gr r"com- nendiug Che ahoii,hrg of gambling and thc sunday closing of saloons was read. there was prolonged applause not only Ly thc gallery but members of both branches of thc Legislature. Two hours were consumed iu reading the message and uttlc else was accom- plishcd during the day. The more i'm porinnt features of th" message wAich comprised 2o.ooo words, are as fol. lows:
 Joint statehood
 Bocau.c of the protrartcd discussi"n pf ihc various phases ot the statehood question m Congress. puhlir n'i'nti'n has been directed to Arlonn to nn cN. tent to which probably 70" other Ter ri,ory wnS ever subjected Ter pco ,lr. hrr resources her material. moral and intellectual development her gen. oral qualifications for statehood ot any kind. and certainly all of her alleged qualifications. have furnished themes for extended argument. mol only ln Congress. but throughout th" whole country. Searching inquiry has been
  made into our affairs. the character and onton, of our populatiuu out habits and customs our aptitude for self gov. crnmcnt and our inclination io good government n short, into every cl' m.nt that counts in the cstabli shm"ni and maintenance of government with high standards
 wish to congratulat" you. the rep rcsentativcs of the people of Arizona, ina, ns one result of these inquiries, Arizona stands today in better esteem than ever before by the people of the whole nation.
 Public Morals.
 The time has come. it must appear to us all. when more care should be taken in our dcrortmcnt than hns been ihe rule in our earlier and rudcr days. Cities. towns and villages are growing up all over the Territory. Every year finds larger number of children, whose education not alone in the schools, but m the formation of habits by association, example and obscrva' ton. demands a more careful consid- oration than was accorded to it when our towns and villages were the abodes of men chcny, or of but few women ani children.
 The rule that prevails among men m new communities, that each must stand ar fall upon his own merits-that only the strong deserve to stand, and that to fall is the natural and deserved fate of the weak might have much to com mend il if the rule concerned men alone. But as we have progressed in population. as the Territory has be- come more and more the home of fam ilies, the fate of women and children has become involved, and men them selves have assumed new social rcspon. abilities, so that tho old rule. if ever the right one, is not now applicable.
 With the new conditions new duties devolvc upon men. Among these duties, and by no means the least important,
 
 the conduct of members of society, SO that as little temptation may be placed in the way of the young, ns little i'm. morality may bc taught them by cx. ample or appearance, as possible. Pub lie sentiment has done much to accom- plish this, hut unfortunately in every community. new or old, there are some men not amenable to public senti m"ui, who arc ignorant of-or if not lgnurnni, then indifferent o-tbeir new responsibilities. Such men require The restraint of law. Public sentiment m this Territory demands these re- stroiuiA l am convinced that the vast majority of inc people of Arizona m. oqulVocnlly favor a stfictcr regulation uf public morals than has hitherto pre-. vailed nmongN us.
 One of the most nagrant of the evils uf which there is just cause of com. plnini, and for the abatement of which there is an urgent demand, K public gambling. l know uf not n single word that can h" said m favor of gambling. it K productive of mo good thing. It is the direct ana indirect source uf No much of unhappincss, of despair, of rnin, of poverty, not only of iis dcv otcos, but of innocent, helpless, despair. ing nnd neglected wives and children, that II can have no claim on our m. ,nigcncc. To it can be directly traced other vices and crimes and of all the temptations of the young to evil and crime, gambling is the most insidious We neglect n plain duty, about which there can he no honest difference of opinion, If we do not at once romov, the evils and temptations of public gambling
 l therefore recommend to you thai you enact law repeating the provis ions for licensing gambling, ana mak ing it unlawful for any person to main lain, conduct or permit gambling n any public place, or in or about any place where intoxicating liquors ar, n II. f l.. l.