Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-02-12
"WEDNESDAY
EDITORIAL NOTES.

she .stery agents of that city.
 CG final Pecci, brother Of the Pope died ei pneumonia st Rome on Satur day.
 Nickel aud sllver saucepsns are nev all the rage nov among ,he wealthy ol Europe.
 An explosion sccusred February 6lh in q seal mine, at Aserychan, England h which Iao lives were icst.
 Democratic senators sf Montana have managed to slude the yigilsncs Q. the officers and have escaped troa the state, and arc HOW irgitives from justice.
 Georgia democrats refuse Is allew the newly sppoisted republican postmaster ss Duckwsrth ID that state to take his office and say in case he insists on il they will kill him.
 The speaker of the Montana iesisla- ,ure will be held up now as a despot He had the sheriff arrest a democratic sensssr as he was attempting ts leave the state ts escape process of the senate sad to break the quorum.
 X Kansas justice ct the peace bas declared prohibition unconstitutional. A Kansas justice Of the peace some times sentences criminals 10 death and, in fact. recognizes nc limits to his juris- dicticn.
 GcverHer weiley eeisSs ths full con fsdescs Of the administration, and bis presen. visit 10 Washington will un- deubtedly resuh in legislation of the greatest importance and benefit to Arizora-Mshsve Miner.
 Governor Welaey's bill approving the funding act of Arizona with an amend nent extending the life of the bonds frsn twenty-five to fifty years hss been reported iavorably by the senate com nlitee
 The owners of the fsmeus Planters house in St L ,is ksss ks.ss l.sssd l..s.sd an attach ment su the lessee, Girar6i, fer S4.Sso back rent Girardi is financially embar- rsssed, and unless an arrangement can be made with his creditors, the famous cid hotel will probably be closed in few days.
 Democratic papers are rePubiishins sn opinien that went the rounds of the territorial democratic press several months age. The Gazette was the srst to s.ar il on its second tour. IL was done, probably, to keep up the courage of the democratic "hold-sns."
 The Montana senate sss adopted res olutions requiring all senators. including democrats who are ahsensing themselves ts slock legislatiea. te be present on the sth and Iotk of February, under heavy penalty. ranging from $500 for the first days sbse.@,'~ SI.oso for the sixth. The sheriffs threughou, the state are also instructed Ia arrest the ssseutecs.
 As history has recorded who kept the Union frcu being broken up into frag- snentary pieces. as was attempted by the oemscratic party, a newspaper discus sion ef t new would scarcely change ii. Suface it to say that Abraham Lincoln, who was at the head of tue government sli through those troubious times, was nevsr accused of being democrat.
 A decision has recently been rendered ;n the case of the territory vs James Bfash. Defendant was convicted last October al Florence, for an asssu |. The rscstd showed ns arraignment of dsiendesi ts plead, and Eo plea entered. His conviction was therefore set aside, as no issue came before the jury for trial That the defendant stood his trial with out objection to ihis informali,y, can- not remedy the saiect. Opinisn hY Justice Sloan.
 An order ha, been issued in the German army to ths effect that at the military casinos no officers shall have nsrs than one glass of spirits before roen, and never siih absiathe. Tkis is intended to check ths frsquenters of these places. where before dinner hsur ,hsy tess us fer drinks all around. with tas consesuencss that all the afternoon duty is performed with much muSdled brains.
 The republicans nsed have DO fear 10 going before the voters of the country en Speaker Reeds reosrd. By hi. heroic methods be has prevented the democrat ic minority ia congress fren completely blocking ths wheels of legislation. As the expense for salaries alone amounts ts vsr $4,ooo per day, the conservative voter will lock al results rather shan the method employed 10 secure them. The result ef Speaker Reeds rulings has been to keep the wheels Of legisls- ton in active operation.
 The state of California has bEough, suit against the Pullman Car company te recover state and csunsy taxes rem ths, corporation. The territorial board of equalization si this territory should foIl Ow the example of California by assessing the company on the cars rus through arizsna. There is an average Of from desen 10 fifteen cars in the territory all ths time and the Pull zxn compsry should bs ns more ex- szps from taxation, en thsir palace cars. | shan tss railroad company is sn their 4 st cars.
 If the democratic position iB congress
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