Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-09
prrHy POINTED AND PERTINENT.

search of boom.
 The Washington agent of the Louisiana lottery has endors ed the candidacy of Senator Hill
 By the way, what has become of Congressman Whatshisname's reso- lution recalling Minister Egan.
 Chile is amazed at the amount asked for as indemnity over the Bal timore affair, and wants commis- sion appointed to investigate it.
 Rifles will not be oifensively used at the New Orleans Madri Gras; but no guarantee will be given, as to the coming Louisiana State election.
 The investigations started by the democratic House, at Washington, are not apparently making much campaign material for the demo. crats.
 Gen. Alger can well afford to thank the New York Sun for making that attack on his military record. X few more such attacks would make him president.
 Wonder if any one is keeping a record of the new political parties being organized. We dropped the count at number seven several weeks since.
 It is time that every state in the union should initiate the example of Iowa by prohibiting prize fights. They are brutal and degrading and shoul1 be prohibited.
 The supreme court of the United States has decided that Speaker Reeds ruling in counting quorum was legal. The democrats will probably adopt it now.
 Early bird Hill has gobbled up the largest worm in the democratic field, but hunter Cleveland is hot on his trail with his hammerless double barrelled gun heavily loaded.
 Representative Harter, of Ohio, is rather hard on his democratic col leagues; he characterizes tho at tempt to pass free coinage bill as an attempt to commit''a robbery.
 If Congress would pass law now prohibiting the use of the mails to newspapers that publish accounts of prize fights, it would serve bet ter end than the anti-lottery law.
 The democratic leaders of the House appear to be just about as anxious to tackle the free coinage bill as the little bruisers of the country are to have a bout with John l..
 The democratic party has always believed in tearing down American industries; never in building up old ones or encouraging the starting of new ones. That's a nutshell his tory of the party.
 The pro-English press of this country is again beginning its howl for the recall of Minister Egan. Whats the matter with Egan, any wayf Is it his Irish birth that these people object tof
 The democrats at Washington have made several intellectual tempts to draw the administration into their silver wrangle. Up to this time no democrat has pulled any perceptible amount of wool over the eyes of this administration.
 Statues to men on horse back are plentiful at the national capital, and Congressman V. A. Taylor, of Ohio, wants to know whats the matter with Uncle Sam's erecting one to the boys who went through the war on foot-the private soldiers.
 The democrats say deficit is probable in our treasury, and yet they propose through their wool bill to cut of the S6,000,0Oo year now paid as duty on raw wool, to say nothing of depriving thousands of good Americans of lucrative em- ployment.
 The Washington correspondent who telegraphed his paper: Con gress is moving slowly" must have referred to the return of the con gressional excursion party, as the ex- pression is hardly applicable to the ordinary proceedings of that body, as seen from this distance.
 It remained for the enterprise of a republican newspaper to practical ly demonstrate to the taxpayers Of New York that the filthy streets of that city can be kept clean for much less money than the Tammany street cleaning brigade gets for keeping them dirty.
 Congress should grant the money asked for by the board of control of the Worlds Fair, even if it is shown that some money has been appa- rently extravagantly spent by the board. The success of the Exposl- tion involves the good name of the United States, and few millions, more or less, should not be allowed to stand in the way.
 The opinion of the shade of George Washington on the manner in which his birthday was celebra- ted, in several places, would make very interesting reading, but, as the old gentleman, when alive, would sometimes, under great provocation, use profane language, it might not be available for use in the columns of family newspaper.
 The long expected collision be- tween the Hill and Cleveland trains xvasn't much of a collision after all;