Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-04-19


 disagreement, as reported, between Ae president and Delegate Mark Smith. Their relations have con tinued extremely friendly" If any one doubts the truth of the above statement, let him refer to the ap- pointment of L. c. Hughes, as gov ernor, against Marks most violent opposition. Or let him ask some one who has been in Washington, in regard to the eulogies passed ny Mark on President Cleveland. These were of character not usu- ally used in religious love feasts, but they go to show that Mark en- tertains extremely friendly" feel iugs for the President. Oh, yes, he does
 The legislature has adjourned, just what it has accomplished that | will redound to the good of the ter ritory, we are unable yet to state. In no session of the legislature for the last decade has there been so much personal legislation as in this. 1t seems that a large percentage of the members attended the session with Sview to getting some per
 
 sonal- legislation through. A law was enacted it seems, providing for establishing a reform school for boys, charged with crime. This measure can be classed as steal pure and simple, waste of public money, as there is no more necessity for such an institution in Arizona than there is for a territorial theo- logical seminary. During the past ten years in this county there have been just two boys charged with crime, and they were both acquitted. There Is not today, We venture to say, m the territorial prison of Ariz- ona three prisoners under age charged with crime. The establish ment then, of an institution of this kind it can be readily seen is entirely useless.
 The legislative council nipped q little thieving scheme in the bud by defeating House bill 97. This bill provides for publishing the gover- nor's message and reports of terri. torial officers, on the face of it an apparently good bill. Heretofore the publication of these reports has been made only after adver- Using for bids, giving each paper m the territory an opportunity to bid on them. This year, however, the owners ofa couple of papers in Phenix conceived the idea of cor railing this work, and succeeded practically in doing so as far as the promise of the printing committee was concerned. The "dear' be- tween the papers and the printing committe was closed early in the session, in order to allow one of the parties to the deal an opportunity to go to Washington to assist in trying to defeat L. C. Hughes for governor. A bill to carry out the scheme was subsequently worked through the house, but when Drougt to the council was defeated. 1 IS st ted above, by a vote of : against to 1 in favor.
 Editor Shortridge, of the San | Jose (Cal) Mercury, has just won a i victory for himself and the press. \ few months since the Mercury | published full report of divorce 'ase which was tried in San Jose with closed doors. For this, Editor Shortridge was cited for contempt 'y the superior judge, and was ined Sl00. The case was carried to he supreme court, and a decision " that tribunal vindicates the liberty of the press. In deciding he eose this tribunal says: "The lower of the court to control con uct by command or prohibition is estricted to persons before it, it annot determine the conduct of hose over whom it has acquired no jurisdiction. An order forbidding he publication of proceedings can lot operate to affect the right or bridge the liberty of one who is ot a party to the action at trial. what he says or does is not made nlawful by the law of the land, it annot be made so by the order of he court, madc in q cause in which he court had no jurisdiction oyer lm.' We congratulate Brother hortudge on his victory.
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