Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-02-10

the tAct that OaAes MuTpby hss lL- trodueed in Congress a bill covering the matter of appointments bv the governor of Arizona, after adjourn msnt of the Legislature We believe that, Ss the republicans will be held accountable for sfAirs in AriEouN for the next four years, they stould have full sway. We are sorry Tor you, boys, but you must take your medicine, and say it's gooi.-Mo- have Miuer, Deml.
 The Texas legislature is consider ing proposition to prevent sleeping car companies from charging moro than twelve and a half cents per hour for the privilege ot their car, in that stAts Wonder what i. the matter with TeISs legislator using a tourist ear, the privilege of which he can get for about four and . half cents per houFi It is the man who never uses s sleeping car, as 8 rule, who finds fault with the charges. The rates charged for first class Pullman cars are about the same as charged at first class hotels, while the rates charged for accommods- tions in second class cars, which are clean and comfortable, are only 6fty cents 6 night. The Texas states man ought to be able to sccommo- date himself to one of these sleep ing cars without any additional leg islation.
 That bill recently passed by the council, which is intended to install democratic officials in office for the next two years, SO that they cannot be removed by the incoming gov eTnor, does not seem to meet with favor even among democrats. The JoURSAL-M -MINEs editor has heard sev eral of the most uncompromIsing democrats in this section express themselves very emphaiically ' against it. The Courier, one of the most rsbid democratic papers in Ar zonA, opposes it, as does also the MohAvs Miner, another democratic paper. Democrats argue, and log ically too, that the party cannot con sistently father such 8 measure, as a democratic legislature passed the law making it possible for the gov srnoF to remove officials and have control of his appointments. It is true, this was done ss s precaution- sry measure to prevent any Possi- bility of republicans holding over under s democratic governor. But, to be consistent, the same privileges should be accorded prospective republican governor ss was granted . democrat. But there are demo crsts who are not consistent.
 The JoURNAL-M MINER is in receipt of what is styled An address to the Legislature and the people, issued by the School Land League of Ari zonA." Accompanying the docu ment was a printed circular signed "The School Land League of Ari. zons." The post mark on the en, velope and the date iue of the printed circular is Phenix. Ther, is nothing in either to indicate oI whom the officers or members of the school land league" is composed and the address" sounds more ik, the manifesto of a populist cam paigu committee than anything else. It opens with the old stereo typed phrase about the work done by the old pioneers of the country 2 tribute, b, the way, however tbat the pioneers are we'll worthy of and closes by that other stereotyPed POpulistic phrase about corporate greed" Stripped of its yerbosenes: aud demagogic Palaser, the object of the address seems to be to ask congress to permit the territory to select mountain timber lands in a body, in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty-si1th sections of townships located on the deserts, for the pur- pose of protecting its water sources. This idea is not a bad one either and if the School Land League oi Arizona" were to crawl out of the hole, of mystery, and let the identity of its officers and members be known it might possibly exert some in haenee towards securing the above object. Anonymous addresses sim ilSr to the one mentioned above will never accomplish the purpose.