Mr. President. I think there has been some immigration into both territories. not a great immigration. such as poured over Oklahoma and Indian Territory. but as many people as the water there will permit. It is a question of water. not of railway fare. People are not going to live. even under a model government. if they have not got water to drink or suitable land on which they can raise their food. It is shown by the report of the governor of Arizona and by these "great registers" of the voters of Arizona counties. which are official. and which I hold in my hand. that there is a considerable percentage of Spanishspeaking people in Arizona itself. I call the Senators attention to this distinction. that whereas the descendants of Spanish peopleof people of Spanish bloodin New Mexico are the descendants of people who have lived there for generations. the 14.000 and more " Mexicans " to which the governor of Arizona in his report calls attention are Mexican immigrants who have come there within the last few years. To these you must add Arizonas percentage of Spanish descendants as found in these registers. Here. for instance. is one for Apache County [exhibiting]. one of the counties where Mexican immigrants do not go. Yet it shows a heavy proportion of Spanish names. And there are heavier proportions in other counties. the same stock in New Mexico with this difference. that in New Mexico there are scarcely any Mexican immigrants.
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