Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-30

Democratic senators opinions Of each other and of their party, pub licly expressed, encourage the popu- list to believe that the fight of 1900 will be between them and the re- publicans.
 Tue latest newspaper story is that the sugar trust is willing to buy Cuba from Spain, but there are peo- pie who would regard such a deal as a case of jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
 It is just hinted that GeDeral Woodford, the recently appointed minister to Spain, may not be vel come there on account of a speech he made twenty-seven years ago in favor of Cuban independence. Those Spauiards have long memories.
 Senator Hanna refused to consent to the re iuction of miners wages in the Pennsylvania coal companies in which he is interested, and is today paying six cents a ton more than some of the competing companies. Such facts do their own talking.
 The Phenix Gazette, which has denounced in unmeasured terms the despi able methods to prevent the confirmation of Col. McCord as gov ernor, urges that charges be pre- ferred against R. E. Sloan, who is a prominent applicant for judge. Judge Sloan left an excellent record as judge during his former term, and it is very difficult to see the force of the Gazette's very incon-
 istent course.
 There seems to have been an cpl demic of cratic legislatures last winter. Arizonans are kicking at their legislature for passing law whereby few scores of murderers have escaped the penalty of their crimes. Colorado's legislature, by a bungling oversight, repealed the law providing for national holidays, and through the incomptency of Kansas Legislators, a law was repealed which deprives district of that state from holding any term of court until re
 medial legislation is passed.
 A London telegram says that
 Queen Victoria has made her last
 public appearance. That hereafter
 she will con6ne herself to such worl
 for the state as can be done at Wind
 sor. Balmoral or Osborne. All thos'
 official functions, drawing rooms
 public ceremonies, opening of tow halls, hospitals and the like, wbicl
 brings the sovereign face to fac' with the people, will now be rele gated to the Prince and Princess O Wales.
 The editor of the Watchman, , popuIist paper published at Wash \ ington, Kansas, publishes the foI lowing notice concerning the youn
 lady to whom he is engaged: "Mis
 Vincent is an educated lady wit
 many beautiful accomplishment and wo believe will make a mos excellent wife. She can enjoy a
 hour with the best authors, or prt
 pare dinner fit for any of the ol . masters. A cheerful, happy perso 9 just such as we have always desire 2 to marry ourself."
 It now transpires that freedom liberty and independence in Americ had its birth in Pennsylvania.
 document has been unesrthed rt i gently in Philadelphia, from Whic 0 1t is ascertained that on June 2. | l776, or ten days before the DeclarI !. ton of Independence was signed n the people of Pennsylvania, throug e their deputies in conference assen
 bled, declared themselves free an 0 absolved from allegiance to the Br l. tish crown.
 l. The Japanese government has CT @ tered a protest against the annexs t ton of Hawaii by the United State f The reasons given are that there aT l. 25,000 Japanese on the islands wh
 are entitled to become citizens C e the islands. By annexation, thes h Japanese would be subject to an 7, measure that might be adopted b y the United States; they would los s. the right to become citizens and { t vote; the large interests owned b IF Japanese citizens on the island
 would be greatly jeopardized. Ther l IS no ldW Ol buc U CulNcu oidlcS NulC
 would prevent these Japs from moV
 ing from the islands after annex,
 tion.
 U The Green Bay, Wisconsin, Ga
 zette advances remarkable dot e Urine, which is echoed by few tel
 ritorial papers. The substance ( e it is that, as charges have been prt
 ferred against Col. McCord, N should be turned down and shoul e not be confirmed as governor, an l. says that any public man who can b II or is assailed, affords sufficient req n son for rejection of such men. IT this rule were to hold good, tn 'f country would have a job lot C IT incompetents to manage its affairl IS No public man with any spirit c