Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-01-20

rials has been so consistently worh- ,d that it is no longer of much force ! X new phase, however, was deVei- ,ped recently, in the trial of a case n Pennsylvania, in which it was es- ,ablished by medical evidence that a person hit on the head might be SO affected as to go across the street, get a revolver, come back and shoot the asssilant with deadly aim, and all the time be entirely unconscious of what he was doing. He was not necessarily insane, but simply inca pable of forming an idea or having a motive.
 The testimony brought out Tn Vallejo, in the investigation of the attack on the sailors of the Balti- more, is so much at variance with the findings of the Chilean authori- ties that it is said to have made new war cloud in Washington. II the testimony already given isto be taken as true, and We believe 1t should be, our government should lose no time in demanding of Chile immediate and full reparation for the outrage committed by her citi- gems and police. No time should be lost either in giving her to under stand the demand would be en- forced at the cannon's mouth and
 the point of the bayonet. This gov
 ernment cannot afford to temporize
 in the matter.
 A writer in our contemporary, who attempts to conceal his identity be-
 hind the nom de plume of "Yavapai,
 opened fire on the JouRNAL-MIsER Saturday. The opening one-third
 of his article is devoted simply
 and solely to calling the paper names.
 Then follows lengthy defense and
 apology for the Mormons, finally
 winding up with an apology for hay
 ing written the "screed' and prom
 ising "more anon." Now if there is
 anything that the editor of this
 paper is willing to confess ignor-
 ance of, it is knowledge of military
 tactics. He is too good general,
 however, to stand out in the open
 field and engage in a combat of
 words,even,a against an opponent who
 fortifies and conceals himself behind
 nom de plume. Come out, MT.
 "Yavapai" where you can be seen,
 that the public, as we'll as the editor
 of this paper may see you and know
 who you are. Don't be ashamed of
 your identity, as probably the worst
 thing that you ever did was to write
 communication for the newspapers,
 and as you make ample apology for
 the last one at least you may be for
 given for this. While some of the
 ground you tread on, will, in time,
 be fully covered by this paper it will
 not be done with any reference to
 what you have written or may write
 unless you throw of your mask. Ii you control the fountain head ol
 truth and justice do not be ashamed to let it be known. And until you can be met on an equal basis with the editor and discard your mask ta ia.
 There was total of 7,73S votes boiled at the recent election on the question of adopting the Consti' tuition. Of these, according to the
 official returns, 5,440 favored the in strument and 2,2S2 were opposed to it. From recent official informa-
 ton published in the JoURNAL-MINET
 it has been shown that every Nor
 mon in Apache county voted at the
 election, and voted to man in favor of the Constitution. As their votes
 were cast under orders received
 from Mormondom headquarters at Salt Lake, it is safe to assume that every Mormon in the territory emu lated the example of their Apache county brethren by casting vote
 for the Constitution. There are in the Territory, in round numbers 2,OOO Mormon voters. A further
 analysis of the vote then shows that $40 citizens, exercising the free and uutrammeled elective fran chise, voted for the adoption of the Constitution, and that 2,O00 disci- ples of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, under a mandatory order issued from Salt Lake, on accoun of the Mormon favoring proclivities of the Constitution, also voted for it, 1. while 2,2S2 American citizens voted against it and 4,262 others did not ! vote at all. Mormonism not only
 voted for it but spent money to cap ture the floating vote of the territory, and succeeded effectually in doing so. When the Mormon church at
 Salt Lake can dictate and secure the
 adoption of a constitution for Ari-
 zona, does any one doubt the power
 of the church in being able to
 manipulate the government of the
 future State under this Constitu-
 ton. For our part we would prefer
 to remain territory, sort of ward
 of the general government, at Wash ington, rather than to have the seat
 of power transferred from Washing ton to Salt Lake, and that is what statehood means under the constitu- tion recently adopted, just as sure as effect follows cause. Is there any intelligent man so blindly preju- diced in his desire for statehood, Ga desire in itself that is reasonable and just), that he can not see iti