Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-01

--NAc-NIrA AA tAc AcEAsla ture, Is to see how deep the oficia
 hand can be plunged into the terri
 torial treasury.
 The island of Negros, with a pOp
 ulation of 2OO,CJO, has rendered it
 allegiance to the United States anC
 the chief officer of the island ha offered to raise an army of l000Ot
 men to fight the insurgents unde.
 Aguinaldo.
 General Otis has sent to the Wal
 department a copy of a secret nam
 esto, issued by Aguinaldo, advo eating the massacre of Americans or
 February l5. General Otis was 6 little smarter than the wiley Fiji ponan imagined. though.
 Senator Murphy, of Mohave county, seems to have a knife up hi: sleeve for Yavapai county. In the last session of the legislature Mohave county was represented in the council by a man who was also an tagonistie to this county.
 Aguinaldo and his followers made a determined effort on Wednesday night to burn Manila, three fires be ing started at the same time. While Bremen and soldiers were fighting the fire Aguinaldo's followers kept up a savage fire from under cover ou the Americans, wounding a few of them.
 Honesty is the best policy for gov ernments as well as fer individuals. The man who advocates repud alton of contracts or other obligations on the part of the government or con- munity because of technicalities, will at least bear watching in bis private affairs.
 Newspapers are sold by weight in Australia and it not infrequently happens that a Sunday issue of the New York papers are divided into three parts and sold to as many GUS toners. 4 fuli issue of one of these papers costs from thirty-six to fifty cents.
 IL seems to be the height of the ambition of some members of the legislature to break into the terri torial treasury, from the number of bills which have been introduced for raising official salaries, and for varI- sorts of appropriations for different purposes.
 A telegram from New York says that Grover Cleveland will make his appearance at a dinner to be given at Delmonico's this week, at which be will launch his boom for the presidency in 1900. At thIs din ner he is expected to outline a new national policy for the party, the principal features of which will bs anti-expansion aud anti-free silver.
 When brought before the court of inquiry, General Niles in a half de- nial, half evasive sort of way dis claimed the correctness of those vel low journal interviews with him. As several months have elapsed since these interviews were published his denials and evasiveness are rather late in making their appearance. If those interviews were not correct and General Miles had any respect for the organization of which he IS the head be would have lost DO time iu seeking out some respectable 10 have them correcte d
 All these howls about the in justice of tax exemption while main taining a grave yard silence about the various bills now before the leg islafure to increase the expendI- lures by thousands of thousands of dollars, looks very much like play ing to the galleries. The S30,C00 which it is claimed would be added to the revenues of the territory would be but a drop in the bucket as compared to that proposed to be taken from the treasury by various bills now pending in the legislature. That circuit court bill alone would eat up twice as much as this.
 General Miles is trying to hedge on bis "embalmed' assertions about bad beef If the assertions are not proven he ,s preparing to shift the to the parties from whom he claimed to have received his information. He has already modified his assertions on the subject That General Niles is a bombastic bag of wind must be apparent even 10 those who h ave heretofore been his admirers. His actions in regard to the Spanish American war have been reprehen- ,ible in the extreme even if he had been telling the truth, which Is by 10 means yet apparent.
 Each succeeding session of the Illinois legislature IS warmer than Is predecessor. The other day both ildes of the house lined up around he speaker like two foot ball teams the democrats endeavoring to use Soeaker Sherman for the foot ball. -t all ended in what foot balls are tuffed with, but pandemonium eigued for a half hour, during which storm Sherman never twitch- d nerve. We, of Arizona, looking lp from our depths of wooliness, to heir highs altitude of civilization, Ire beginning to wonder if it won't !. oon be necessary for them to armor he speakers position and let the do business through a port . lole.
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