Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-01-11

who runs may see that such is his meaning.
 When the California legislature convened on Monday a communies- ton was read from Senator Perkins in which he asked for instructions in regard to territorial expansion.
 Confederate veterans have pre- sented a memorial to congress op- posing the granting of pensions to confederates. They state that they do not desire pensions.
 The constitutional right Of the
 United Stated to acquire territory STas.settled before Senator Vest was born, as was fully shown by the speech of Senstor Platt of Connect icut.
 Senator Goldberg, of Pheni1, is sad to be loaded, cooked and
 primed with fare and freight bill which he proposes to fire of in the territorial council at the opening of the session.
 The democrats of the house mili- tary committee found all sorts of danger in the Hall bill to increase and reorganize the regular army, yet their bill, for 5000 regulars and 5000 volunteers, provides for al- most as large au army.
 The logical candidate for presi- dent of the legislative council is Hon. Morris Goldwster. He has had great experience in legislative matters, is thoroughly conversant with parliamentary rules and would make a model presiding off ser.
 Spain will chuckle heartily no doubt If Agunialdo and his follow CTS should make trouble for the United States. The insurgents will discover that they have a different sort of soldier to deal with than they had under Spanish rule.
 .kOn January l, 1898, there was a cash balance in the United States treasury of S235, ,474,769. During the year the government prosecuted the war with Spain at an enormous ex- Pense, and January 1, 1899, the cash balance in the treasury wss S290,- 100000, or an increase of S55, 5,0O0, 900.
 Our contemporary says that " Henry Watterson is a political freak and belongs in the same class with Crazy Tom Watson, of Geor- gia" In what class of political freaks does Col. Wm. Jennings Bryan belongl
 An eight-inch Gstling gun, the first of the size ever made, explode l while being tested the other day. lt had been fired a number of times wi'h l50 pounds of powder and 300 pound proJectiles before exploding General Gatling thinks he can over come the defect of this gun and make a success of an eight inch gun yet.
 The extradItion treaty between the United States and Mexico ex- Dired on January 5. A new treaty s being prepared but it will require some time for its completion, and lntil this is done the question of ,xtraditing prisoners will be a sim pie matter of courtesy between the .wo countries.
 Ex-Governor Waite, of Colorado, avs Bryan's policy of abandoning he islanders whom We have freed rom Spanish tyranny would be the 'ery "acme of national infamy." Billy" hopes to be able to ride into he presidential chair, in 1900, on he back of free silver and anti 'xpansion though.
 A rather novel race IS in progr es his week between Chicago and Bur ington. IL is between the Burling- on and the Northwestern railroad rains, and the prize which is ought Is the contract for carrying he malls between these points. The | Burlington road has held the con ract for fourteen years, and the 1 oad which makes the best average | ime during the first seven days of anuary Is to get the contract. The l stance between the two points is 92 miles. and the time wanted to be . lade is zen hours and fifteen min tes.
 According to stories told by two henix papers, the Herald, of that ivy, had a narrow escape from be lg parceled out between its two contemporaries, all unknown to its The proprietors of the Toresaid dailies held a conference ld decided on what was considered
 fair and equal distribution of henix pioneer paper between them lt afterwards one of the parties to le deal bac ked down and the deal { n through. All of this time the .eraid was in blissful ignorance of le designs upon it. It was a sort Rpssian-Cninese aff4r. I' The question of providing instruc on in music. to the pupils of the ublic schools, should receive the , of the school trustees. armans are noted particularly for leir love of music, and one rarely nds, a German who has been iucated m the schools of the .therlaud, where music Is taught. ho Is not able Co sing. Many
 the older states of this couu- Y and particularly the cities Id towns provide a musical in ructor for the public schools. usic IS as much an essential of a ,od education as very many of the