ARIZONA. 



for its object the assassination of members of 

 the Government. Officers who had sided with 

 Gelman in the revolution of 1890 were ordered to 

 the frontier, and forty of them left the country. 

 On Feb. 19 a boy attempted to kill Gen. Roca, 

 grazing his neck with a bullet as he rode in his 

 carriage. On the day following a state of siege 

 was declared in the capital. A riot occurred in 

 Cordova, in which the troops took part. The 

 movement was begun at Santa Rosa, and spread 

 to Jalumbra, Rio Cuarto, and the capital of the 

 province, the whole of which was placed under 

 martial law. In elections for deputies in Buenos 

 Ayres the Government gained several seats. The 

 siege was raised on March 15, before the elections 

 were over. A conspiracy among the police of the 

 capital was promptly put down. The navy and a 

 part of the army were opposed to the Mitre-Roca 

 coalition, and the hope that Gen. Mitre would 

 harmonize the parties was found to be ground- 

 less. 



On May 1 Gen. Roca resigned his post as Min- 

 ister of the Interior, and was succeeded by Jose 

 Zapata. On May 22 a new insurrection occurred 

 in Cordova, which was suppressed by the troops 

 after a street fight of eleven hours, during which 

 25 persons were killed. Minister Zapata declared 

 in Congress that this revolt was a part of a 

 general plot to convulse the republic. In June 

 the Province of Catamarca was the scene of an 

 insurrection which was mainly due to local causes 

 and was successful, the provincial authorities 

 being supplanted by a provisional government. 

 A few days later Gov. Rojas, of Santiago del Es- 

 tero, who was accused of nepotism, was deposed 

 by a popular rising, and Gorostiaga, the former 

 Governor, was reinstated. The troops interfered 

 in both provinces and restored the legitimate 

 authorities. Owing to dissensions between the 

 Liberal and the Radical sections of the Union 

 Civica Gen. Mitre in the autumn renounced his 

 candidature for the presidency, and he and Gen. 

 Roca formally withdrew from active political 

 life. During the elections in October rioting and 

 loss of life occurred in the cities of Tucuman 

 and Cordova. 



ARIZONA, a Territory of the United States, 

 organized Feb. 24, 1863 ; area, 113,020 square 

 miles. The population, according to each decen- 

 nial census, was 9,658 in 1870 : 40,440 in 1880 ; 

 and 59,620 in 1890. Capital, Phenix. 



Government. The following were the Terri- 

 torial officers during the year : Governor, John 

 N. Irwin, Republican ; Secretary, Nathan O. 

 Murphy ; Treasurer, John Y. T. Smith, succeeded 

 by William Christy ; Auditor, Thomas Hughes ; 

 Attorney-General, Clark Churchill, succeeded by 

 William Herring ; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, George W. Cheyney ; Commissioner 

 of Immigration (until the abolition of the office 

 in February, by act of the Legislature), John A. 

 Black ; Railroad Commissioners, appointed in 

 June, pursuant to an act of the sixteenth Legis- 

 lature, H. B. Lighthizer, E. B. Gage, G. W. 

 Beecher, and J. S. O'Brien ; Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, Henry C. Gooding ; Associate 

 Justices, Joseph H. Kibbey, Richard E. Sloan, 

 and Edward W. Wells. Judge Wells was ap- 

 pointed early in the year, pursuant to the act of 

 Congress approved Oct. 1, 1890, providing for a 

 fourth justice for the Territorial court. 



Finances. The total bonded debt of the Ter- 

 ritory on Jan. 1 was $621,000, and the floating 

 debt, represented by unpaid warrants, $124,442.- 

 19, making the total indebtedness $745,442.19. 

 On Sept. 12 the bonded debt had been reduced 

 to $606,000, while the floating debt had increased 

 to $190,030.53, making a total of $796,030.53. 

 Although a tax of 71 cents for Territorial pur- 

 , poses was levied this yar on each $100 of valu- 

 ation, its proceeds were insufficient to defray 

 current Territorial expenses, pay interest on the 

 debt, and meet such of the principal as matured. 

 A constant increase of unpaid warrants there- 

 fore results. 



In addition to the Territorial debt, there is a 

 county debt, bonded and floating, of $2,175,604.- 

 74, and a city debt, bonded and floating, of $182,- 

 987.80. 



The total assessed valuation of the Territory 

 for 1891 was $28,270,466.28, an increase of $220,- 

 231.55 over the valuation for 1890. Included in 

 the assessment were 3,364,868 acres of land, val- 

 ued at $4,602,121 ; improvements thereon, valued 

 at $2,302,214.20 ; city and town lots, valued at 

 $1,972,252 ; improvements thereon, valued at $2,- 

 347,424.50 ; 720,940 cattle, valued at $5,970,597.- 

 35 ; 288,727 sheep, valued at $320,597.28 ; 47,912 

 horses, valued at $1,188,168.45 ; L757 mules val- 

 ued at $58,973 ; 1,083 miles of railroad, valued at 

 $6,145,008.02. 



Legislative Session. The sixteenth Territo- 

 rial Legislature began its regular session on Jan. 

 19, and adjourned on March 19. Both branches 

 were controlled by Democrats, the Council stand- 

 ing 8 Democrats, 4 Republicans, and the House 

 17 Democrats, 7 Republicans. An act was passed 

 providing for an election of delegates, on the 

 second Tuesday of May, to a constitutional 

 convention, which should meet at Phenix on the 

 first Monday of September following and pre- 

 pare a constitution for the proposed State of 

 Arizona. The number of delegates was limited 

 to twenty-two. The constitution so prepared 

 must be submitted to a vote of the people. 



A ballot-reform act provides that all ballots 

 cast in elections for public office shall be printed 

 and distributed at county expense, except that 

 ballots in local elections shall be printed and 

 distributed at the expense of the city, town, or 

 village. Nominations of candidates for office may 

 be made by the convention or caucus of any po- 

 litical party that polled at the last election for 

 Territorial or county officers at least 1 per 

 cent, of the entire vote cast in the Territory or 

 county, or by nomination papers signed by voters 

 residing within the district for which the nomi- 

 nation is made equal in number to at least 1 per 

 cent, of the total vote cast in such district at the 

 last preceding election. The ballots shall be 

 printed on white paper, and shall contain the 

 names of all candidates duly nominated. Each 

 ballot shall be indorsed with the words " Official 

 ballot," which shall be followed by the name of 

 the district or precinct in which the ballots are 

 to be used and the date of election. Each bal- 

 lot shall also have on its back the fac simile of 

 the signature of the chairman of the Board of 

 Supervisors, with his official title. Each polling 

 place shall be furnished with a sufficient num- 

 ber of voting booths, containing shelves on 

 which the voters may mark their ballots screened 



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