Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-03-04

the wat 'r injunction suit, our COZ temporary serves the following order to the court aS to how it shall decide this question: "If this d mo cratic administration fails to stand by the Courier on this proposition, there is nothing in politics" It will be news to the tax payers of Pres colt, who own the Prescott water works. to learn that their title to them, and consequently their right of possession of them, depends solely on the will and pleasure of any political party. Affairs have come to a fine pass m Arizona, too, when a judge is given to under stand, through a partisan paper, that his decision must be in accord auce with its dictates, or be given to understand that there is nothing m politics. The questions of water works, sewerage system and redlc- ton works, all of which are of such vital importance to this city, are not political ones. but are pure business ones, and saould be discussed as such without heat or pa sion. They should not only not be contaminated by political bias or prejudice, but should be divested of all personal considerations or preferences, and one question What is best for the whole city'' should be the govern ing motto of all.
 C. P. Huntington has been the subject of much adverse criticism for saving to a Congressional com mittee that If he had the good opinion of one man and that man was C. P. Huntington, he was satis- fed This expression hss been twisted and distorted to make it appear that he has 8 perfect con tempt for the public. Mir. Hunting ton may have a contempt for the public, but this utterance certa.nly does not convict him of 1t. It Is the noblest sentiment that can be uttered by an individual. 4 man who shapes his actions So as to meet the ap- proval of his own conscience and to win the good opinion of himself, is the true, the noble man, while the one who shapes his actions solely in regard to what the public may think of him, will make a failure, and IS liable to lose the opinion of one whose, above all others, he should cultivate and win-that of himself. Whatever Mir. HuntiDgton's opinion of the public may be, the sentiment quoted above as being made by him, is a noble one, and one worthy of emulation by all.
 What a howl just now rends the air over the action of Congress in passing that school land bill over the presidents veto. The howl is not at Congress, however, but at Delegate Murphy. In its violent rage this morning our contemporary makes the sweeping assertion lat no honest man in the territory who understands this bill, favors it. This is certainly an error. Honest men differ in regard to 1t. There are some who are honest in their opposi- ton to it, too. But the h. --t opposition to 1t comes from t. 1se who are afraid of Governor Hu hes stealing all the timber on the lands. Other opponents are those who are opposed to the governor on general principals, those who are "forniust Delegate Murphy on general prn- ciples and who are prepared 10 oppose anything he may do, and then the small army of men W o are reapiug loaefts from tl, se lands without p~yiu; for them. Of course, the latter can easily in.uCe their friends (. sign a petition in opposition to lt. Whether the sen ate passes this bill over the vet1 or not, the JOURNAL MINER is in favor of it. l. has advocated leasing the e lands for years before Mir. Murphy was ever thought of for Congress. Arizona Deeds every dollar she can get for educational and other pur- poses, that the rate of taxation may be reduced.
 The JOURSAL-MINER on Saturday announced the veto by President Cleveland of the bill for less ag lands in Arizona for educa, ioual purposes. Scarcely had the Ink dried on the veto message until lEe House passed it over the veto by the decided vote of 2OO 10 3l. A similar bill had been passed in Oklahoma, in fact. bill of which this is almost a fac simile, and it has been found to work well In the debate it was shown that under the operations of this law, ;be terri tory of Oklahoma received, in 1895, the sum of SS,.G3S, while dUr.ug the previous year, from leases made by the Secretary of the Inter or, the territory rfcaivci but Si6,5JI. IT We are not mistaken a simi ar bill was also passed for one of the northwestern territories several years ago and befere their aln;s- sion as states. The JoURSAL-M. lR has advocated this measure for years, as it can see no good reason