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Thursday, October 5, 1893,
“A NEW QQVRRSOR."
Under the above captiop the
Arisona Gazette, a pinto Democrat
ic journal, whose editor is a very
well known, erstwhile Republican
politician and office holder in this
fis/Ticory, indulges in a lot of silly
balderdush and nonsensical rot
about remnal of Governor
Hughes aud the appointment of a
jievr Governor. The Gazette is ex
cusable, in a certain sense, because
that kind of literature seems to set
its columns off to a better advan
tage than any other. Our inflooeu
tial contem calls on the press and
.the people of Arizona to express
their preference for a suitable man
|<jr .this important office, all of
Which the press and the people will
do; when statehood conies, but
cettainly not sooner, for the powers
be at Washington which ap
pointed Governor Hughes and
which today endorse him, as do a
majority of the people, of the Ter
ritory, as one of the best Go vermes
the Territory has e.ver had, and
not the Gazette, have something to
•ay in the matter. The Gazette,
although having large influence, is
« mere cipher, when it corars to
choosing a governor for the Ter
ritory, although, we know its
genial and talented editor claims
jibe paternity of the gubernatorial
appointment in Governor Hughes’
case; and are know further in ad
dition to tiii; well, no matter,
Dunbar, Zulick and another whom
we will name later on maybe, were
jrarm advocates of Governor
Hughes’ appointment after the
appointment had been made. It
comes with ill grace for the. Gazette
to talk about traitors. Governor
Hughes is not a traitqr to the party
which he consciensciously
believes ih; he is not a traitor to
bis friends who are today ten fold
more numerous in the Territory
fchan at the time of the Governor’s
appointment., and among whom are
numbered the best people of the
Territory, and be is not a traitor ,
to the best and highest interests of
jbhis territory, because he is giving
to the Territory a clean, an honest, j
economical administration, The
Gazette its few satellites, whom
we know well, are -‘oolß’' and the
jbill of fare is not savory; they
started in to dictate to Governor
Hughes, his policy and his appoint
ments, but Governor Hughes was
MAN enough to politely decline to
be pulled about by the nose. Ip
matter of honor, ability and pro
bity of character, the appointees
jMd«r this administration, although
not of the Gazette’s or Joe Alex
ander’s choosing, will stand the
test of a critical comparison with
the officials of any state or Ter-
and the entire machinery
of the administration is moving
along in the interest of good gov
ernment economically adminis
f«red, and boodlers are not in
favor at court in any of the depart
manta. The people of the Ter
ritory know this, and the assertion
of the Gazette that the people of i
Maricopa County, nearly to a man
jgre oppoaed to L. C. Hughes, is not
ft 4ms ■• . .*,'*»>>i■ iit.) ) ■■ m
true, f nere were only two mm In ,
Mesa in favor of the appointment
Or L. C. ts to be Governor
of the Territory; today, the people
almost to a mm are res ly to stand
by him, because they realifte that
he has honesty and ability and is
conscicnsciously working, zeilously
and dilligCntly for the best interest
of—not the Gazette and its
sat 1 ites—bu« of the people of
the Territory, an 1 it, is fair to con
clnd- that the people throughout
1 the Territory entertain mw the same
sentiments. The is sore:
it hasn’t recovered from its chagrin
at its fiilure to control the admin
istration. Its tirade agiinst Gov
ernor Hughes is nonsensical, with
<>t foundation in fact, and chimer
ical. It makes charges, bare
assertions, bet s > far, it has not
placed before its readers a si.igle
specification upon which its charges
are based. It appears ludicrous
for a journal, whose management,
although composed of genial, pleas
ant gentlemen, but which haR not
one sympathy in common with
Democracy, to advise Democrats
as to what their duty is. Dlmo
crats, and a majority of the people
of the Territory are satisfied with
the administration as at present
constituted.
Now is the time of year when
the tenderfoot is expected »o be
among us and we ought to have
our houses in order to receivo him.
Our city naturally is one of the
most beautifully located towns on
the Coast. Nature has dono her
part nobly and in the most peifect
manner, and every property owner
should turn to and do a little some
thing toward rendering the towp
attractive. Weeds, brush and
debris shoujd be c.eaned up side
walks put in order, trees trimmed
up, aud the town generally dressed
in her Sunday clothes. A clean,
tidy town with well kept streets,
sidewalks and yards, is a wonder
ful attraction to strangers.
There is little doubt but that
the Salt River valley will swarm
with homeseekers and investors this
Ml and winter. Already the ad
vance guard is among us taking a
look at the situation and not only
our real estate firms but scores of
private individuals receive letters of
inquiry almost daily The Free
Press has receivecj more than a
dozen letters the past week from
California parties, who have their
faces turned this way, where they
can get cheap lands, in the best
climate and most promising section
in the United State§.
The owners of silver mines in
California, Utah and Nevada owe
the California Powder Co. of San
Francisco over $300,000. A de
niand for payment recently made
received the curt reply, “Go sea
j Cleveland."
Proclamation by the
Governor.
Executive Department )
Territory op Arizona J
Whereas, There will be convened
at Los Angeles, California, on the 10th
day of October, J 893, and remain in
session for five days, an International
Irrigation Congress, at wh ch leading
irrigationists of the United States.
Europe, Asia and Australia will be
present, and at which a number of
important question-* relating to irri
gation law, irrigation securities, irri
gation methods, etc., will be discussed
and determined.
The importance of this congress has
received recognitiqn from the national
government in a circular lettei issued
by the Hon. Walter Q. Gresham sec
retary of state, dated July 7lh 1893,
inviting the attendance of representa
tives from all foreign governments
interested in the subject of irrigation.
The department of the interior will be
represented by an officer specially
detailed to impart to the congress such
information as may be in the posses
sion of the government, obtained by
surveys which have been carried on
for several years by the United States
geological survey under and by direc
tion of the government.
j As delegates will be present from
all the states and territories where ir
rigation is carried on, and from
foreign countries, where this mode of
agriculture has been experimented
with for years, the discussions will
prove of the highest practical value to
every oitiften interested in the de
velopment of Arizona.
There is no question which presents
itself to the western half of the United
States, especially to our own section,
which is of greater importance and
fraught with Jijofe momentous results
than the solution of the arid laud
problem. It means the reclamation
of many ipillion acres of land, the
ployment of thousands ot people, and
the providing of myriads of families
with farms and hqmcs, resulting in
the production of untold wealth.
Our people cun point with pride to ,
the wonderful results which have be *n
achieved bv irrigation within our own
borders, in the reclamation of over a
half a million acres of land and the
contemplated reclamation of a mil
lion more in the immediate future.
This is enough to inspire the en
thusiastic hope in tl e possibilities of
Arizona’s horticultural and agricul
tural resources, and .should serve to
excite the deepest interest of our
citizens in this congress.
The congress will no doubt discuss I
and by resolution adopt and recom
mend to the congress of the United
States a policy by which these lands*
may be most easily rec’aimed. Such
C policy if simple, practical, and in
volving: little or no cost to the federal
government, yrill in all probability be
crvstilizqd into a national law, and it
may be that the states and territories
comprised in the arid section will be
given the reclamation of these lands.
Now, therefore. I, L. G. Hughes,
governor of the Territory of Arizona,
jdo hereby request and urge the people
,of the territory to interest themselves
in the coming congress, both by the
discussion of the subject and recom
mending to the proper officials the
selection and appointment of delegates
specially qualified to present the
views of our people on the irrigation
interests of Arizona, and by their
practical experience to assist in bring
ing the deliberations to a successful
conclusion.
In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and
caused the great seal of
the Territory to be at
fBEAL{ fixed at Phoenix, this the
eleventh day of Septem
ber, in the year of our
Lord oue thousand eight
hundred and ninety -
three.
L. C. HUGHES,
Attest: Governor.
C M. Bruce, Secretary of the
Territory.
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