Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-02-19

k | investigated the canal in his hands since last fall. but he hasn't sent 1t to Congress. The subcommittee oi tbe house committee on commerce got ured waiting for that report aud have started upon the PTePara- ton of a Nicaragua canal bill.
 Tho leasing of the school lands would bring in quite a handsome revenue to tue public schools ot the territory, and would help to reduce taxation. Democratic papers are opposing the measure, apparen' y for the reason that it was intro duced by republican delegate, nd | the republican party might hereby | obtain Sn advantage from it. Such l a proposition is not in keeping with the policy of the national admins tratiou. either, which raises revenue by selling bonds, and then ra Ses
 more revenue by selling more bonds.
 The Tennessee Centennial EHPosi
 ton. to be held in Nashville during
 six months of 1897, while celebra-
 ting the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of the State into tho Union. will be national and international in its character. Every state and foreign country will be
 invited to take part and every mducemeut is offered them for tie
 making of exhibits and the erer;i' n
 of special buildings. Tennessee
 occupies the middle soRth, eNsl y
 accessible from all points, and the
 gentlemen who have the enterprise
 immediately in hand are prominent
 citizens of the State, who will leave
 nothing undone in the way ot nos
 pltalitv tc visitors and strangers.
 According to the last issue of the
 Arizona Populist, W. O. ONelll
 eontemplates deserting the Populist
 party and joining the democracy m
 consideration of receiving the demo
 cratic nomination for delegate to Congress. in which event the Popu-
 lists will not nominate candidate
 Stranger things than that eau hap pen where the party named IS con
 earned. Here is what the Poprls'
 has to say on the subject, aud II Il
 does not mean the above, what doel 3 i, mean: Democrats of Arizona car take their choice between Murphl | and O'Neiu to represent them a Washington next time One repre- ' sents goldbugism, th' other th'
 ancient and honorable principles o V good government, as laid down b. f Jefferson and Jackson. Which wil V you choosei'
 e Commenting, edltorially, ou a n interview with Delegate \. O. Nut
 ph,. published in the New Tor Il Tribune. that paper says: We ei ID tirely agree with exc oyernor Nu 2. pbv when he declares, m the Inte e view published elsewhere in or le columns to day. that there IS "n sa,sa or fairness in the Senate
 denial of the right of sell gov arI ment to the people of Ariz n ,, merely on account of the vieV D. which its legislative representative o would be likely to entertain uPC .is the silver question. Arizona .'J
 sesses a far larger population an n1 |
 infinitely gre y.r degree of wtalI le than did ;wo-tnirds of the stat It when admitted into the Umo M M while Ia fsc, that 1t is fully qua 'n fed to administer it's own affairs b d been recognized not only by Co l"- gress, but by the platforms of bo the national political parties. gu deed. it is impossible to discover a lle valid reason, consistent with Ame IN can notions of equity and lusti' he for withholding from the people ley Arizona any longer the right Of s o'- government, of legislative rep He sautation in return for the taxR'i
 to which they are subjected, an ? 7n. one word. transformation into ! , aadged state of the Union.
 lan Tbs JOURNAL MINER has never De of a very ardent admIrer of SerNI or Tlllman. formerly governor of S''' all Carolina. Public opinion seems v' to much divided in regard to his rec'
 memorable speech, some ot the newspapers of the country eh Tor acterizing him a blackguard Id, everything else almost, except ich gar,l.man. Below will be fou me probably the mD-t caustic and VI hls leut paragraph ID his speech did calm perusal of 1t, with an equ' ilty unprejudiced comparison oi
 aptuess 70 the acts of the
 he attacked cannot but result m rer- conclusion that, after all. 1t cont' mo- more truth than is really Ple'-. md He said: lin the entire hists i, .om this country, the high otic' nal president has never been so pro , of tuted and never has the appoint rats power been so abused. Claimin: re- be the apostle of civilservice reio
 he has debauched the eiVil ser did by making appointments only gar those whose sponsors would con render their manhood, and own bned breath walk with suomls ,-rs head in his presence. With rel ptry less purpose, he has ignored