Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-04-28


 success is not always with the power ful There is no question that the sympathieS of the great masses of the enlightened and liberty loving people of the world are with the weaker power.
 The Spanish seemed to overlook small item of about 25.0oo insur- gents in the Philippine lslands, in their announcement of the close oI the revolution. Insurgents, to the number mentioned above, nave en- trenched themselves in the noun taius, aud wilt give the spanish forces a warm reception should they attempt to dislodge them.
 The Los Angeles Times on Sun. day issued a magnificent Ihirty-iwd page Fiesta edition, with colored cover and profuse illustrations of fiesta events, The Times IS an up- to-date newspaper, and always rises equal to the emergency on every occasion which calls for newspaper enterprise. The above edition is complete, without being tiresome, aad affords an excellent illustration of what can be accomplished by a daily newspaper in the way of art illustration,
 Mckinley prosperity is making itself apparent in many industries, but in none more prominently than iu that of railroad construction. The Railway Age, a conservative journal, estimates that the railway construction of the United States iu 1897 wiu be i7.5O0 miles, which, by the way, IS twic 5s much as was accomplished during President Cleyeland's entire term. II this es. timate Is realized, the railway cou- struction of the United States in 1897, will exceed that of Sny period in the past decade. E1.
 In a recent newspaper interview King George of Greece is reporlt d as saying that he believed to tie last noment that peace would be m maintsined and did his utmost 10 bring about a pacific settlement fl matters in dispute. The king de nied that Greece commenced hos tilities against Turkey and argued that Turkey was not compelled to go to war because of the incursious of few insurgents whom nobody could have restrained. The truth is he said i've were attacked because Turkey was ordered to attack us. There never would have been war but for certain intrigues which will appear later" king George is no doubt correct too.
 The city charter of Prescott is a peculiar instrument, as under Il tte formality of electing a common council seems to be a kind of q courtesy to the mayor. The charter makes it mandatory on the city council to elect the mayor as its president. It allows the mayor, as president of the council, vote oa all questions, and then gives him the privilege of n veto of all measures not personally to his liking. A measure which is vetoed by him requires four ffths vote of the the council to pass it over his veto, Here IS 8 concentration of power and authority vested in one man, which would make the most auto cratic monarch on earth turn green with envy During the entire his tory ot Prescott as an incorporated city, the veto power has never been exercised except in one instance
 A London telegram announces that all the railroads oentering in thst city, yielding to a popular out cry, have decided to provide special accommodations on all trains for ladies only" This conclusion has been reached on account of recent brutal murder committed on train while it was in motion. Outrages committed on women who have been travelling in the same compartment with strange men, have been ire quently reported on English rail ways. Instead of providing separate accommodations, as. proposed, it seems as if English railways would be making a rapid stride in railroad accommodation if they would adopt the American style of coaches. If there should arise any danger of contamination to royalty Or the nobility by travelling in coach with the ordinary mortals of that coun- try, a few private stalls might be provided labeled, "for the nobility only"
 Our contemporary seems to be working itself into frothy per spiration over the delay of McKin- ley's advance agent of prosperity. l It talks as though the country had | not experienced, in the last four Fears of democratic rule, the most | depressed condition which has ever existed iH this country for years. Better times were promised in case of McKlaley's election, but it would be the extreme of folly to expect Al