Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-13
Arizona i. out of range of Spain's

If Spain attempts to land troop
 at any point along the Atlanti
 coast. the police force of the partiC
 ular place will arrest them.
 4 number of Kansas Sonvicts hay
 petitioned the board of pardons fo
 pardon in case of war with Spair
 that they may "carry arms for thei
 country and aid iH protecting th
 national honor.
 | Monday will probably see tn
 declaration of war against SpaiT If not in actual words in its equi
 valent. It is a coincidence tha
 Monday will also be the thirty
 seventh anniversary of the firing ol
 Fort Sumpter.
 The Phenix Gazette is still tryini
 to crowd the administration to war
 Its issue of April 8 was full of wa
 pushers. Unfortunately for it, how
 ever, the administration will declar'
 war before the issue reaches Wash ington.
 The time of the administration
 during the past several weeks ha
 been divided between negotiating
 with Spain and preparing for wal
 Negotiations having ceased it
 now giving its undivided attention
 to preparations for war and planning
 or the campaign.
 Colorsdo,s governor has under consideration the calling of an ex
 tra session of the Colorado legisla'
 ture to secure a war appropriation
 The Los Angeles fiesta committee proposes to donate the surplus raised for the fiesta towards equip ping troops for service in case of war with Spain.
 The JOURNAL MINER is of the opin- ion that Spain will not recede from her position. If she sccedes to the demands of the United States in regard to Cuba, she then has the Maine affair to confront her. She might just as we'll fight out bo tn propositions as one, and her statess men are wise enough to realize this
 The citizens of the United States are 6 peace loving people hut there is a large majority of them who think that the time has come for them to take a stand and teach the of the world that we are worthy of respect, and that our rights as 6 nation, as we'll as those of our citizens, must be respected.
 Has any one read about the pres sence of or necessity for guards around the Spanish legation in Washington, or of any Spanish con- sul or Spanish citizens life being in peril any where in the United Statesi The Spanish consul at Tampa, became frightened and skipped out, but there was no occa- 'ion for his flight or alarm.
 Congressmen Lentz, of Ohio, was iayed alive by Representative Gros- 7enor the other day. The former with the instincts of a man who is ooking for the main chance for him. elf intimated that the president lad been influenced by Wall street. ather than by existing conditions D Havana, in delaying his message 1 dr. Grosvenor scored him him un. nercifully.
 The water question seems to be an Il absorbing topic in Arizona at resent. At an election held in flagstaff last Monday, April f. that own, by an almost unanimous vote, greed to issue bonds for water 'orks. Only nine votes were cast gainst the proposition. On Tues ay, April 19, Prescott will hold an lection for the same purpose. On lay 5, similar proposition will be scided in Tucson by a vote of her , aople.
 The Phenix Herald thinks that 1 he proposition that the United , .ates intervene to clear Cuba of { Ie Spanish army, if necessary by { rec of arms. then seize the island f Id hold it as indemnity for the ' of the Maine and costs T
 the war, and finally to put it up r sale for those accounts against t pain, will meet with the approba- 1 on of large majority of the peo- t @ of the United States. It would V demnify the United States in part t r the great loss to our citizens d used by the war in Cuba, free the f Ibans, and put the island out of t @ hands of Spain forever. Spain i 'uld undoubtedly fight, or try to il -ht, of course. That consideration 'uld not need deter the plan from s, ing carried out fully" ' Thirty-three years ago today Gen. D ,bert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. b rant st Appomattox. The scene b Is the closing one of the war of h @ rebellion, in which north and F uth were arrayed against each d her in deadly strife. Today, Gen. al e's uephew, that gallant and brave ir nerican, who has for five years h. as the American consul, T Inited north and south at Havana al d who in that capacity has never tt one moment wsvered in his pa m otIsm or in bis fidelity to human , takes his departure on account the approach of another conflict. ,b ia will ha a conflict fhOu0h in