Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-03-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.


 Mrs. Flank Leshe is negotiating fol
 the sale of Frank Leslie's Weekly ts
 AiE. Arkell, of the Judge.
 Tae public deb. was increased b,
 S, .ooo in February. We though
 the democratic administration would tax,
 some means of reducing the surplus be-
 fore retiring.
 No bill has ever been introduced Il
 the territorial legislature of Arizon;
 that met with such universal condem.
 nauon as the circuit court bill intro
 duoed by Sloan. .-Prospecta.
 The Oberlin college faculty refused
 10 allow Eli Perkins to lecture befor,
 the literary society Of that place The,
 had small pox ard scarlet fever in tha
 town and thought that lying was conta-
 gious. -e...rs.s.sEs
 The senate has passed over the pres
 ident's veto, ,he Dill for the relief 0
 William K. Wheaton and Charles Ii
 Chamberlain, of California. ex-register
 and receiever oi the San Francisco lauC office.
 Some of the Phenix exchanges speaking of Lew Martins bill making train obbing a capital offense suggest tha! California and New Mexico enact simi.
 lar laws. New Mexico has already such law on her statute books from which Mr. Martins IS copied.
 Senator Daniels, of Virginia, has been talking states rights and the sover- eignty of states in the United States senate. If the senator would read ur on the history of the country from rS6I 70 1865 he would discover that the c.0-tvine was exploded about that time
 If the present legislature will divide Pima county on the sad parallel and tie IIzth meridian and make NosaIes tne county sea; of the new county of Nogales, both towns would likewise be greatly benefited. The division of Pima county is matter of great impor- ~AttS@s S@s-3NoSdiCS Il(idtu
 Delegate Joseph, of New Mexico, has introduced bill providing for the ad- mission of New Mexico. It provides that inc present territory becomes state, under he provisions of the omni- bus bil approved on the 22d inst, m so lar as they are applicable 10 the ter ntory Of New Mexico.
 Jeff Davis has crawled out of bis hole long enough to say that he does not ap- prove of MT. Blaine for the cabinet Sup pose Mir. Davls shall keep quiet until somebody asks his opinionp There is noF a man, however obscure, m this whole country whose opinion on any political topic IS of less importance to anybody else than Davis,.-Ex
 Conferees on the general land bill in congress have practically reached an agreemsnt IL IS upon a measure sub stanIally like the house bill, which l provides for the repeal of the promotion of timber culture laws, of the desert land aw an q the substitution of a general and effec- JiYe iaw to protect actual settlers upon he public domain. Cbiii has passed law excluding Chi aese immigrants from the republic bu, all | other classes of immigrants find warm | yelcome, and the government has re- 1eaied its orders to immigration agents | 'bToad, authorizing them to give free 'asssge to all who desire to emigrate to Shlli where, on their arrival. they will ecelve board and lodging for fifteen lays.
 Senator Stewart, chairman of the com ailiee on mines and mining, has made report on the resolution authorizing the to investigate the subject oi ayestment of foreign capital in mines IT. be territories. The amount of capital lvested in mines m territories, as near s could be ascertained, is $2o, 5o,,s7o, nd dividends paid thereon $S737,8oo. 'he committee recommended that the len land act be so modified as to per ,lt foreign capital 10 be used in the de eiopment of mines in the territories. They must do their gambling now up Montana according to law. Governor esIe has signed the bill known as the .unt gambling bill, which, Tn effect, raids the using of any game of chance i Der than faro and round table poker. IS designed to stop what is commonly $ iown as "sure-thing games" such as ace faro. keno, chuckaluck, percert- g stud-horse poker, and ninety and ne devices whereby player are feeced it rs of their money. All gambling Il uses in the territory are obliged to ;s splay over their door the sign printed d large plain letters, Licensed Gamb- 2 House" al Cleveland issued his last and bes, 'e ,clamatien February 27th. It reads follows "Whereas, the public inter- Se s require that the senate should be te ,vened at Ia o'clock the 4th day of VI lrch next, to re-eive such communica- VI T as may be made by the executive Y, therefore, l, Grover Cleveland, m sident of the United State, do here VI proclaim and declare tha. an extraor- g' ary occasion requires that the senate ar the United States convene the 4th da of March, at I2 o'clock noon. of th, ch al! persons entitled to act as mem N of that body are hereby required 10 ,r . notice" " iof f the Coconino county bill passes c..
 becomes law as it IS reported to -, e been introduced, taking three tn of the railroad and the greater ion of the agricultural lands of the nty, it will be m order to form an Ica r new county out of Yavapai This ger lty should include all the remaining nat ion of the county except that part trar lded on the west by Montezuma fer, t, Prescott, on the north by Cur treet, on the east by Cortez street, " on the south by Goodwin street. pee would leave the old county of Yav- Tn to consist of the court house and is n !. If different slices can be cut off at il