Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-11-23

country, and consequently the peo- pie at large, and il wilt continue to occupy the same position.
 The ultion of Cuba by the Spanish must take place by the first of the year. YaVaPai rePub- licaDs are getting uneasy, too, hat the silver slashers of Arizona will issue an ultimatum to them to likev ise pack up ind git Arizona is getting some whole some rough riding no.oriety by turning doan her Rough Riders. Will the Morning Intelligeneer please pardon Us for this slight men, ton.
 J. H. Carpenter has been elected councilman from Yuma county. Harry now travels under the sobri- quiet of the Gear of Yuma" aud is supposed to go 10 tbe legislature to keep Yavapai in exile on the prison question.
 Texas would have done better for the democracy this time if her regls- tration had cen as full as usual Gazette. What was lacking in Texas in the line Of registration was more than made uP iu this county of Aiizons. From the num- Der of men DO; on the register, but who voted anyway, there must have been several TeNas democrats mon keying around Jerome aud Prescott precincts oD e.ect on day. So, viT- tually, Texas lost nothing by the deal.
 Our elections gre peculiarly free from drunkenness or he disturbing effects of "booz7 aad our population is tCo intelligent to be taken 10 in large numbers by Tbunc1mbe." - Courie-. If the prohibition organ up the street prrsi,:s in dlsowHIug the existence of that big barrel of booz, when men were falling all over each other tJ get inoculated. with tae freq whiskey (not siiver) sentiment, We will have to amend American ignorance in Arizona" and sail also under the eXhilerating title of "Boczy Ballots
 Richard Croker who is slated to come 10 Free Silver Arizona for his metallic health thIs winter. should be interviewed by the l6 to 1 press on the late New York election when gold democrats of the Empire state are directly accused by Mr. Croker of defeating Van Wyck for gover- nor. Ifpossible Mir. Croker should be induced 10 camp here, for he will be embraced and idolized in a political sentiment to hIs liking. What an opportunity Arizona pre- sents to him. Arizona is the place for Tammany chiefs and also Ge- ronimo free silver scalp hunters.
 If the average man of intelligence in Arizona is so blind in a partisan way that he could not before elec- ton and cannot after election, see the folly of demanding from the national administration statehood and silver, then we are ignorant of what is intelligent and right. The future will prove whether we have the right conce of the issue. A leading Chicago paper says that "the voice Of Arizoua is the voice of chumps."
 The next legislature should repeal the tax-exemption bill, and a move should be inaugurated as soou ss possible to place all taxless railroads upon the tax roll and test the law, which is certainly unconstitutional, for how can it be right for the rich and powerful to be exempt from taxation and the struggling poor to be taxed on their ali.-lorrier. If the Courier will Parlou us for again | referring to the proposition of ignorance, hat the above item cer- taiulg conveys, we will state that | the legislature has no more consti- tutional right to repeal that tax exemption law than you have to advocate the election of a gold bug. | The proper and only way to repeal" that law is to place the question be- | fore the courts. Tax exemption as such stand on the statute books to- day can only be wiped out by ju- dicial process. Any other course would be simply unconstitutional.
 Time changes all. How many people are there today in Prescott who threw up their hats iu wild ella ton over the inauguration of work on the s. F. P. & P. and why did | they do iti Was it at heart a prop osition to benefit the county or its or was 1t on the other hand the welcoming of the angel of prosperity that would strengthen md lift aud give to our commercial channels that much needed assist lnce in a financial way, that was prayed fori How many are there oday in Prescott who will volun- arily recall that era which gave and assistance to a crumbl- ng condition of our commercial md financial life, and how many here are on the other hand who urse today that which gave us life