Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-07-28
I.C. MARTIN, Editor and Proprieror

The Japanese don't like the an nexation of Hawaii, but they are too wise to butt their heads agalnst a rock wall by trying to interfere with annexation.
 Before adjourning congress passed bill providing for the az pointment of a currency commis- sion. It was opposed solidly by democrats and populists,
 Herr Andree's north pole balloon started all right, but owing to the instability of terminal facilities, no body knows where it will stop, nor how long it will take it to get there.
 Two of Private Dalzell's daught- CTS who were removed from posi- tions in the department at Wash ington because their father crit cised Secretary Hoke Smiths pen sion policy have been given clerk ships again.
 Between the Clondyke. gold re gions of the frozen north and the old Inca gold fields of the. almost impenetrable south, a heavy drain is threatened on the population of the United States.
 When a man gets goldstruck noth- ing but privation and hardship will give him any relief, and only death or suscess can cure hiyn, Much trouble will be avoided by having this in mind when dealing with those whose eyes are turned Alaska wards by the current stories of fabulous gold discoveries.
 Although President Mckinley cannot help it, he Is doubtless more or less annoyed at the numerous an nouncements as to his going to this or that place, made for advertising purposes and covering all sorts of schemes from summer resort boom to a college boat race. He does his best to squelch these fakes by keeping the public posted as to his intentions.
 Editor w. J. Arkell, of Leslies Weekly lays claim to the Clondyke gold fields. He says he sent an ex- petition there in 1890 headed by Explorer E. J. Glare, who filed a map of the country and a. claim to it with the government. on his re- turn. Neither Editor Arkell or Ex- plorer Glare seem to have thought very much of the section now claimed by them or they would not have permitted it to lie idle all these years, Their claims will scarcely be recognized by the miners.
 The grand lodge of Good Tem- plars, which has just closed it's. ses- sion in Prescott, is said to have been of the most successful and interesting yet held. The attend anee has been quite large and mem bers have manifested a great inter est in the proceedings. It is grati- flying to know that the visitors express themselves as being highly pleased with their visit here and speak in very complimentary. terms of the courteous treatment received from Prescott Good Templars and citizens generally.
 The Pacific Mail Company's steam ship, China, plying between San Francisco and China and Japan. will be given a Hawaiian register next week. The company has been desirious of getting. the steamer under the American flag for long time, but as she was built in Eng land, this could not,,be accomplished. It is believed that the steamship is Co be placed under the Hawaiian flag for the purpose of getting it an American register as soon as the Hawaiian islands arc annexed. When the China gets an American register, she will be entitled to a subsidy of S2.OO a mile as q mail carrier. . .-.-
 Our contemporary this morning gives vent to its political spleen again in its usual style oyer the re- moval of Governor Franklin, saving 1 that indecent haste was manifested 1 m 1t. As a matter of fact Governor l Franklin should have been removed | months ago when he first stuck his ] nose into the questiou of the ap- pointment of hls successor. If is the first time in the history of Ari- l zoaa that an administration has I joined gang of affidavit makers t4, defeat the appointment of a governor that the tenure of office of those inthe positions might be prolonged. Just think of the attorney general of the territory go ing to Washington as a lobbyist to defeat the appointment of a man who would become tho successor of his employer, and which meant that employer and empJdye alike would lose their jobs. The action of Gov srnor Franklin's administration in meddling with the appointment O hIs successor Is without a parallel and that he should have been per mitted to remain III office as long as he has, shows that his political op- f1 .l.,s. f.