Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-02-07
EDITORIAL NOTES

The govemorship of Ohio does not seem to be a lucrative position Governor Mckinley failed a couple
 of years ago, and ex-Gov. Campbell is reported to be hopelessly bank rupt.
 Admiral Benham opened tn, gates of commerce at Rio Janeir, when he silenced the guns of D, Gama. Several ships have entered the harbor since Benham conveyed the American vessels to the wharvss
 The Phenix Gazette has its littl, hatchet raised for the decapitatior of Chief Justice Baker. Dunbar Ii having a mighty hard time trying tC adjust all tho officers in the territory to his way of thinking.
 The enterprising new spaper, which sent Chris Evans sailing away on the high seas, or into the inlands of Mexico, have to take it all back now. Chris is still doing business at the old stand.
 The Citizen says that Tucson now has a prospect for the erection of good hotels regular brick anu mortar one. and not one built of paper such as she has been having for the past two or three years.
 A Los Angeles man was knocked down the O+her day by a bicyclist and was then run over by a buggy. Between bicycles, buggies and elec- trlc ears, man has to be on the lookout in that busy city or he will get knocked down and trampled on.
 4 band of regulators seem to have organized in Visalia, to rid that country of Evans sympathizers. From past circumstances, the indi. cations are that if successful, that section will be we'll nigh depopula- ted.
 Wm. Mooney, of North Dakota, has lot of cattle on exhibition at the Mi iwinter Fair which he calls "Cattleo." This word is alleged to be consolidation of the words cattle" and buffalo" and the ami mals are half-breed buffalo and do- nestle cattle.
 Senator Teller does not seem to take any stock in democratic prom lses of better times. He says: Just now the amount of ignorance on financial questions among those in authority is something startling, and the country will have to pay for it. Times will be much worse before they are better"
 The country is all ready to enjoy the era of prosperity, promised by the democrats, to be produced by the low tariff bill. While the JoURNAL-MINER is prepared to enjoy, to the fullest extent, its pro rata of this promised prosperity, it con- fesses to having a doubt about its realization.
 Zulick is reported to have re- gently presented an argument, to congressional committee, in Wash ington, in favor of statehood for Arizona. The less this political shyster has to say on tho subject, the better will Arizona's chances be for admission. The only interest in one world, that this New Jersey mountebank has in Arizona's admis- sion, is the lingering hope that the democrats will elect him to the Senate.
 F. W. Reader, a Hawaiian tourist, who happened to be on the Sand wich Islands when the queen was deposed, has just told his story to the Hawaiian Investigating com mittee. He failed to see any excuse for the declaration of an American protectorate over the islands, ex- cept for the purpose of preserving the Dole government. He did not think, after the effort to substitute another constitution, that the queen should have been permitted to continue her reign, but that she should have been arrested and pun ished and her niece raised to the throne. Mr. Reader did not explain the manner in which his theory might have been carried out.
 That very ancient Arizona camel story has been started on its an. nual spring tour of the United States again. Its first appearance this year Is credited to the Wash l ington Star, but it is travelling west ward at a rapid gait. Look out for l it now in the territorial papers. The first territorial paper received ] at this office containing a marked | copy of this story, which has been published about 1000 times, more or less, will be awarded one of our Columbian souvenir spoons as a premium. If two papers are re- ceived on the same day containing 1t, a spoon will be sent to each, as the editor that repbublishes this chestnut certainly needs a spoon.
 Jay Cooke, the eminent fnancier is sound on the silver question. of it recently he said: ''The characterization of silver was a national crime, because at one blow 1t cut of one-half of the basis of values, and that after all lies at the