Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-24


 bill decided compliment, It was another Mckinley bill that the peo- pie ordered last November.
 A state which pays of S29.OO0,O00 of its mortgage indebtedness in seven years, as Kansas haS done, notwithstanding the hard times, is alright. What it now especially needs is to shake oiT the populist control.
 The new tariff bill was introduced in congress today The debate will begin Monday and close on or before the last day of March. The final vote of the house will be taken on March 3l.
 If Scott Jackson told the truth in his confession, as published, there are others" who need hanging in connection with the murder of Pearl Bryan besides himself aud Walling.
 The very best work performed by the legislature just closed was its negative work. Its defeat of the tenure of office bill, the circuit court blll and host of other bills of 8 vicious nature was to the everlasting credit of the good sense of its mem bsrs.
 How would it do to make the democrats in office, who are claim ing protection under NIT. Clevelsnd's extensions of the civil service rules, pass the same examination required of outside applicants for the same positionsi
 The Illinois legislature has under consideration a ball which will pro hibit, if it becomes a law, the re- production oi prize fight pictures and fixes severe penalty for vio- lating it. If this bill becomes a law the Carson scrap cannot be kineto- scoped in Illinois.
 If you hava doubts about Eng land being a Christian nation, just read up a little upon its present attitude. in favor of the Turks and against Greek and Cretan Chris tians. Individual Englishmen may furnish exceptions, but England as a nation has but one God-money
 Mir. Goldberg, of Phenix, has dropped from the pinnacle of fame, to which he was raised by the votes of Maricopa county democrats. as a member of an Arizona legislature and is now a plain every day citizen of the Capital city. As a man, MT. Goldberg is courteous and gentle manly; as citizen be ranks among the first, as legislator he did not distinguish himself.
 The supreme court of California has decided that Editor A. NJ. Law renee and Correspondent L. l.. Lev ings, of the San Francisco Exam finer, were in contempt when they refused to tell at the bar of the Senate who gave them the informa- tion on which the Examiner based its charges of bribery in sid of thievery." dismissed the writ of habeas corpus applied for by the unfortunate journalists and remand ed them back to the custody of the sheriff of Sacramento county. The court, after revIewIng the case, held that there were no parties to the proceeding. The Senate was inyes- tigating the conduct of its own members, and it was a contempt of its authority for the witnesses to refuse to give the names of those who were responsible for lhe pro mitigation of the charge. It cannot be successfully contended, aUd has not been seriously argued, that the witnesses were justified in refusing to give these names upon the ground that the communication was privil- eged.
 A bill has been introduced in the New York legislature which gets the newspaper business in that state down to a fine point, if it becomes law. It provides for censorship over the press, and provides that within twenty days after the pas sage of the act the governor shall appoint, in all counties of the state having a population of 10000 or more, suitable persons to act as cen sors of all newspapers published m each county. It shall be the duty of each cehsor SD appointed to e1- anime and read all articles :nteuded to be published in the paper with which he is connected, and to pro- scribe and eliminate all libelous matters and all matters deemed by him inimical to the interests of the state or of any official thereof. The compensation of each censor is to be fixed by the controller of the state, and the expense is to be borne equally by tEe state and the paper to which the censor is assigned. Such censors are to hold office dur ing the pleasure of the governor, who has power to remove and trans fer and appoint at will Any per son printing or causing to be printed any article or portion of any article