Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-02-15

th DciAlS tliSidNeAuA'
 Ex-Governor Abbott, of New ter
 sey, says he is done with politics.
 But politics got done with him first,
 and aecentuated the grand shake
 it gave him by getting him defeated
 for senator by a man named Smith.
 Jerry Simpson never makes five
 minute speech without dragging in
 the 'plootocrats. Wonder if Jerry
 really knows what plUtocrat meansi The New York Commercial Ad-
 vertiser looks upon the Hawaiian question in the following light;
 "The esteemed Democratic party
 intends to restore the duty on sugar.
 If the Hawaiian Islands are annexed
 to the United States the duty will
 not apply to sugar raised there.
 The enterprising Mr. Claus Spreck-
 els is not above oyerturning a native
 government for the purpose Of ob-
 taining monopoly of the sugar
 trade. When the last drop of milk
 is squeezed out of the Hawaiian
 eocoanut, .the Hon. Claus Spreek-
 els will be revealed in all his glory.
 Mir. Lincoln thought it impossible
 to fool the entire American people
 all the time, even by appeals to
 their national pride.
 The board of supervisors should
 see to it that justices of the peace
 and eonstables are appointed in all
 the important precincts of the county. The appointment should
 be made of men who will qualify
 and fill these positions, as it will
 save hundreds of dollars per year to
 the county. It often happens that
 on account of lack of precinct off
 cers, parties have to come to the
 county seat to procure warrants for
 the arrest of petty offenders, when
 the sheriff has to make the arrest,
 travelling several miles to do so,
 when the merits of the case do not
 justify it. It is not only an expense
 to the county, but an annoyance to the sheriars office to do this petty business, when if precinct officers were appointed and qualified such eases could be disposed of with but comparatively little expense.
 The city council should pass an ordinance prohibiting gambling or tho ,csels lt would seep such s gamo as has been rnraing aa the couvt -.-usua aad GurlcY
 .reets, for several days. from doing business. Sacb an outfit as Lat is by pc means -alouiated to attract immigration, In all frontier towns ample facilities are furnished, under certain restrictions. for every one who desires to play at games of | chance to do so, within doors and 1 away from the gaze of the children | and such a public exhibition as the l one named above should not only 1 be discountenanced aud diseour- aged, but should be prohibited. In the meantime if the authority is vested in the city council. -his iHi- H,-- eense should be revoked and all i- oeneses should -h5s refused all gam ing of tSat nature.
 Col Charles E. Daley, American | Commissioner for King Teburie- moa of Butaritari, one of the Gil | bert Islands, has forwarded to tho State Department at Washington a | protest from the King against the forcible seizure of his islands by the British government while negotia- tions were progressing with the United States or annexation. Ad- vices from Betaritari state that Capt. Davis of the British navy, who seized the isands, was very ar bitrary in his conduct. He was in- sulting to the Americans on the island and abusive to the King. It is said that the British made haste to seize the islands some months ago on receipt of information from Sydney that the King had gone to the United States to ask for protec- ton.
 4 petition is being circulated in Prescott for the appointment of Sam. F. Webb, of the Phenix Ga Gazette, as collector of customs for this territory. It is receiving the signature of every one to whom it is presented, regardless of politics, as MT. Webb is looked upon as one of Arizona's foremost citizens. He has represented Maricopa in one or two sessions of the legislature, and has been identified with the Gazette for two or three years. He is we'll 1 qualified for the position, and if NIT. Cleveland pursues the policy credited to him of appointing only business men to positions of trust be can not we'll afford to overlook Mir. Webb, as he is one of Arizona's most successful business men. Although advised recently that republican papers could best help their democratic friends by the JoURNAL-MNER, not as partisan sheet, but in the interest of securing the very best men possible for the various offices, heartily en- iorses the candidacy of Mir. Webb for collector of customs.
 On account of the somewhat iso- lated location of Prescott, being of the prominent routes of travel, the place has been remarkably free from .wo or three classes of nuisances. One is the genus ''hobo" or more known as the great Amer can tramp. The others are the fellows with alluring gambling devices at which a man can spend l