Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-11-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Silver jumped up hoIcn JesVei dsy and the political advocates Of the cause also jumped up with 1t.
 The Goebelites, of Kentucky, are high up in the art of counting votes that were not cast
 sam Jones is now at liberty to put in bis time studying presiden- tisI conditions and possibilities.
 Mitchell county, North Carolina, which is the banner republican county of the state, has no negro residents.
 Our army in the Philippines IS moving all along the line and IS making it extremely warm for the Filipinos
 Miss Lena Purdy has been elected yueen of the Cowboy and Indian carnival to take place st PheniI in December. She received 1869 votes at five cents each.
 According to a Chicago paper, Senator Mason, of Illinois, wants to be president. Then we could all be ashamed of our country.
 Active works on the part of the people of Arizona will secure state hood for the territory during the coming year.
 A loving pair in Connecticut kissed each other goodbye while on the street, and 6 blue-lsw judge fined them Sl50 each.
 The stock of cattle in the United States decreased 100000 in the past year and far below the normal point. Hence the demand is greater than the supply.
 Another envoy from AguinSldo is said to be % his way to Washing ton. He would have saved time snd expense by using tue cable.
 That msteoric shower failed to materialize on time. Our scientists will have to get their thinking caps on and make another guess.
 That man who bet on the demo cratic ticket in Pennsylyanis should not be punished for gambling, but sent for treatment to some insane asylum.
 Another conference of democratic leaders at Chicago IS announced Democratic leadership appears to be composed of nine parts conference and one part confidence.
 According to official statistics H. hnois coal miners have averaged $I00 a year more in earnings per capita this year than they did ID 1898.
 Senator Daniel, of Virginia, does not take as optimistic view of the result of the recent election as Chairman Jones did. The latter threatened to issue congratulatory manifesto on the result. Senator Daniels says: "I see no encourage ment to Democrats in the recent elections"
 We paid S5,OO0,OOO more for the Philippines than was paid for the 6fteen states comprised in the Louisiana purchase, yet some Peo- pie talk as if We ought to hand them over to the fellows we never Pur- chased them for.
 The investigation of the late sen atorial election iu Montana before the supreme court of that state IS dog-eat-dog controversy at Butte m newspaper channels. w. A. Clark is still robed in his senatorial toga however.
 The Chicago Record says that with the mills running nlght and day in this country and the Eli pinos doing the same thing ID Luzon, there is no reason why the president should not eat Thanks giving turkeytin A proper spirit.
 The coming Indian and Cowboy l carnival iu Phenix will be enlivened 1 beyond all expectation if those l5OO Navajo warriors should take in the capital city. Both tLe Herald and Republican state ths; that number are on the war path, sad 1t vii next be in order for the capital city press to say that they are en route to Phenix.
 At Frankfort, Ky. Nov. l6.GOver- nor Bradley issued the shortest Thanksgiving day proclamation on record. IL is as follows; ~Novem- Der 30, 1899. is hereby designated and recommended as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. Wm. o. Bradley. governor" The proclams- tion of Governor Murphy of Ari- zona fills the gap between here and Kentucky, however. American ingenuity IS again st the top notch. Dispatches from England say that the Colt rapid fire gun Is in action in the Trans [ yssl and, it is supposed. has had its | first practical test m actual warfare during the last few weeks. The gun is a novelty in it's way, inssmuch ss $ 1t is self-operatIrg after the first { shot has been fired. It consists of 6 D single heavy barrel, weighting about forty pounds. or. complete with 2 mountings and cartridges. IA l, Pounds. It is readily portable and fires minimum of 400 shots min c ute. Other advantages claimed for Q il are that it gives practically no ! recoil, and does not need a water q jacket
 PheniA is running her city gov O erDment now on the mass meeting, n