Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-07-27

destruction or OcfScEds hSCes N the fall of Santiago were not Span ish victories.
 The Spaniards have lost twenty one war ships and twenty-one mer- chant ships, while we have lost none. Oh, no! This isn't jug-handled war.
 If the democratic stump orator can "point with pride" to anything done by his party in congress, he has more inventive genius than We have credited him with.
 It is probably a libel on Admiral Cervera to say that the reason he left Santiago bay was because he feared having his feet captured by the American cavalry.
 It is almost timo for our republ:- eau cent ral committee to be getting a move on itself to prepare Tor the fall campaign. Tho committees oi many of the other counties of the territory aie making their Prelim- mary move towards an aggressive campaign.
 If the Cubans would work, the best use the Cuban army could be put to would be to take their arms from them and set them to work raising crops to feed their hungry.
 Citizens of Prescott who bubbled over with enthusiasm on recent occasion in their sympathy for the Cuban cause, are now beginning 10 realize that it was a case of mis- placed confidence.
 It is a question of grave doubt whether there was ever any inten- tion of sending a feet to Spanish waters. The move was counter enc to Spain's game of bluh ID starting Camarra, ostensibly to the Philippine islands and it worked like a charm. The administration has shown that it thoroughly under. stands Spanish tactics and can cal the turn on them every time.
 Spain's obstinacy in refusing to yield to the inevitable, and in hel general destruction of property tC prevent its falling into Amencar hands, reminds one very much of { man who quarrels with his wife anc in order to get even proceeds iC smash his own furniture.
 Political bushwhackers continue their guerrilla warfare on Governor McCord. As the governor has re signed his position to head a regi ment to fight for his country, houo and decency would both sugges that personal abuse of him nigh cease. An honest snd honorable political foe would observe such | rule.
 Experience is better than anticipa tion. Very many congressman wh' favored passing resolution recog nizing the Cuban government. ar' now cougratulatinc themselves ana the country that President McKinle, had the wisdom to foresee the dan ger of such action, as we'll as the in faence to prevent it. Matters 1T Cuba would now be very mucl more complicated than they are hac that resolution passed.
 There are doubtless striking ex- captions, but unless we read thu news from Cuba wrong, the insurg ents as a whole are poor lot, eithe for Sighting or for working, and thu only reason that Spain had no whipped them of the island lons ago was that the Spanish officer found it more profitable not to whiI them.
 "Magranimous Mckinley, worth. chieftain of a great people. H' courted peace before war; he did al he could to avert war, to secure b, peace all the benefcent results whicl war could bring. War coming, a the loyal servant of the republic, h waged it with vigor, with skill When its purposes are served, hi heart speaks out his first love peace. This is noble, geDerou: magnanimous." From Archbishop Ireiand's thanksgiving prayer. ] It is very safe to say that no dem ocrat will dare to attack the wa record of congress during the con gressional campaign this year. Ina record is one of which the republi can party is proud; nothing was lei undone that could have been don to strengthen the hands of Presiden Mckinley and to enable him to pusl the war to a speedy and successful end. There isn't the slightest doub that the voters will show their ap preciation by increasing the repuL lican majority in the next house. A New YorA telegram says tha Sylvester Scovell, the correspondent who slapped Shafter's face at th surrender of Santiago, is likely to b court martialed and sentenced to b shot. He is likely to be cour
 martialed but not shot. A fe, months confinement in a dungeo
 where he would have the extrem . pleasure of enjoying only his ow company would be about th |, greatest punishment that could b inflicted on him. Scovell will rt
 ceive very little sympathy even fror , men in his profession.
 , Being advised that a public receI
 ton was being talked of in Pheni . for him, Governor Murphy telt