Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-05-03
ARIZONA JOURNAL-MINER
<. c. MAnrrx, Editor and rrOp'r.

President Cleveland reviewed the
 naval fleet at New York yesterday
 Gray's mining bill was killed in
 the Council, and not by the Cover nor.
 Oklahoma has had a damaging
 cyclone. Two towns are reported
 swept away.
 The New York Times was pur- chased recently by an eastern syn dicate, and has come out squarely as 8 democratic paper.
 South Carolina has engaged in the saloon business. No saloon is al- lowed in the state except it is under state control.
 The Worlds Fair won't be ready to open May lst \ telegram says that 1t will be at least thirty days before exhibits are in place.
 Office holding is dangerous busi- ness to men of small calibered in- teflect, as has baen demonstrated in several cases in this county.
 Captain Watts. commander of the warship Boston, who raised the American flag over the Hawaiian Islands died in New York recently.
 Phenix is-Just now in the throes of political campaign for city offices. The issue seems to be dem ocratic boodlers and anti boodlers, many Of the most prominent demo- eratS of the place being opposed to the democratic ticket.
 In the appointment of Owen T. Rouse as associate justice of Ari- zona, the mo ex" rule has been warped again. Mir. Rouse was Uni ted States attorney during Cleve- lands former administration.
 Railroads have not yet made any Worlds Fair rates west of the Mis- souri river. X recent article in tfe Examiner indicated that they do not intend to. as they think that they will have all the business they can handle at regular rates.
 Our contemporary after doing all that could in its way to prevent the construction of the $. F. F. X F., railway now that it is built to Pres colt and is no longer the proposed road" has changed it's tune and in this mornings issue says: "It Is to the best interest of this town and section Co have two railroads. To be saved we must have at least two, and any move on the part of any body of citizens to do away with either of the roads is against the common interest of this section" How different is this language from the sentiment expressed during the last two years. It is not intended as favorng the s. F. P. X F., road, either but is a plea for the old line, aS our contemporary seems to realize that the former is abundantly able to take care of itself.
 \ short time since our coutempo- rarv claimed that its opposition to the :. F.. F. x P. railway existed suly in the imagination of the editor of this paper. The paper evidently does not seem to realize the meaning of its own words or else seems to be trying to hedge oa the position heretofore tShen in re- gard to this road. It's language has certainly been construed by this commraity generally as being op- posed to the sew road. Not only has this been the case in Pres colt but elsewhere, as will be seen from the following from the Phenix Gazette: "The Prescott Courier still keeps hammering away at the Santa Fe, Prescott X PheniX rail way company. trying to retard its progress" It is singular indeed, if, as our contemporary now claims, 1t has always been. and Is still, friend lv to the $. F., r. X P. road, that the language it uses in its support should be 50 universally construed as opposing tine enterprise.
 Oar contemporary seems to be forever trying to escape from its own utteranccs. When it recently made an attack on the officers and ladies of the army, without any ex- captions, and this paper came to their defense, so far as that portion of the army which had been or now is stationed at Whipple was con- cerned. We were accused of ''local- izing the natter The matter was ''localized" only as to our acquain- tance with members of the profes- sion attacked. Now we are accused of ''locaIizing its fight on the tax exemption bill" Here again we plead guilty of localizing its words, onlyso far as they affect interests at home. So far as the railroads are concerned which have been built in Missouri. New York. Indiana and other states and territories under the Arizna exemption bill, of course we have nothing to say. Let them take care of themselves. It is only so far as the interests of local roads are affected that this pa per deals with the question.
 Our contemporary is making an active and vigorous fight just now against exemption laws. When the subject was before the legislature two years ago, and again during the recent session of that body, that paper had very little to say in op- position tO the law. After the law has been passed, and after a railway