Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-02-17

"a About the only time that a citizen soldier shows up, Is when be has to fight hard Tor rake oF. The recent hold up on the A. X ?. Is giving Arizona a great deal oi notoFiety. Missouri is not iu tt. Now for statehood, Mr. Mckinley.
 Circuit courts are just what tLeIr name would indicate. We had them once in the shape If county courts s. The trouble with the legal business Is the more We have the less We have.
 Mark Smith and General Herring talked the assembly to standstill on the circuit court bill the other day. Wait until the people have their say in this little game. The Arizona legislature is 8 slow and mCnOtonous body, compared to their brethren over in New Mex.oo. In the latter place two senators ex- changed the lie and then vanished each other up with their fists, all on account df county division. Bryan's publishers are working hard to advertise his book, but 1t will not bessdrprising if the book, like the lecture tour, ends in failure. The people have had Bryanism enough te Isss them a long time. Mark T%Siu Is in London trying 10 begin fife over. He is writing a book. the proceeds of which he hopes will enable him to pay of his debts and have something left, and thousands who have enjoyed his work join in hoping that he will not be disappointed.
 An Englishman who saw the cor onation of the Emperor of Russia and of the Emperor of Germany, IS now in the United States for tEe purpose of seeing how We install a new ruler. He will 6ud the methods as widely different ss the people and the rulers of the three c0ur- tries.
 Why does not the Courier show its hand on the circuit court bill, or has it telephone connection with the infamous Gazette.
 Another Phenician turns up his alfalfa toes to the daisies aud skips out. This time ij is Attorney Mur- phy aud $500 tha, went with hm.
 Pheuix is crying for b,tter drain age. From the official and hGaur l trend of ways down the-e at pres (, they are "sluIcIng' everything in sight pretty cleverly. Sol Earth has given notice oi 8 bill he will introduce to repeal he militia laws of Arizona Mir. Earth should be placed at once ou the ] governors staff with the raaE of colonel.
 Limiting luxury by law is loo much like making the rich keep all. the money they have. to be popular with sensible people. The more lu1uries the rich have. the u.ore money they spend, and the more money they spend, ;he better It is for the rest of us.
 England may have uucouscious.y done this country great favor by inducing Nicaragua to Prolcs: against the canal bill now before Congress. Not only by arousing eur people to the necessity of getting up a better plan for the ccnstructioo Of the canal, but by showing us Egg lands real position.
 IL Is suggested 10 the medical faddists who are now making war upon the poor consumptiyes. that another way to make the world healthy would be to kill every ger- son known to have any disease. We have read some where of na. n of barbarians which killed it's >ick and old
 The Texas legislator, who has in- troduced a bill 10 prevent the sale of fire arms in the state Is open to suspicion of being interested in pushing the immediate sale of ire arms in that state by frightening every body into buying a sllI ly while they can.
 Ex-Secretary Tracy says he Q lieves the Monroe doctrine to bc the best peace document ever is-ued. and for that reason be favors the proposed amendment to the srbitra- ton treaty which prevents the Mon roe doctrlne being submitted 10 arbitration.
 Congressman De Almonds .em.- humorous attack upon Secretary Morton was bad enough, but when he accused the Secretary If ".risn- gularifcatiunablenes-" he crossed the limit by making the longest word, aside from technical terms, ever seen in English.
 Circuit courts were incubatt n days after ,he November election. We know whereof We speak It IS jobbery of the worst h4e, aud he . men who ara behind it feel tow .ri !. the people like auderbi.t excla.red 1. tho public be l-i.