Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-01

plus. The Jersey system of finance deserves examination.
 The fact that revolutions against Aguinaldo's authority have already commenced to develop in the Phil ippine islands is evidence that th'
 Filipinos are not yet prepared fol self-government.
 Bryan says free silver is and vii continue to be a democratic issue
 Boss Croker says free silver is nOI and shall not be democratic issue
 Both are democrats.
 A Chicago paper suggests that Generals Miles aud Eagan fight { duel with tlnned beef at twent , paces, each to eat the stuff to { finish. Eagan would be at a disad vantage m such contest as Mile' could 'out eat" him.
 The bill making a donation ol S400 for each of the daily papers ir Phenix for publishing the proceed ings of the legislature should be amended by including all the daily papers ID the territory, giving them all an equal amount.
 J. C. Adams has resigned as mayor of PheniK. Mr. Adams has made s good chief executive officer for tho capital city but he is a little too en. terprising and progressive for the city, and keeps too far in advance oi the procession.
 Some people never take a hint short of a brick house falling oI them. or some other equally calam- itous occurrence. Our sister city ol the Salt uver valley will wake uE one of these days to the injustice oi maintaining a quarantine against Prescott. or of even ever having es. tsblished 1t.
 General Ludlow now claims that General Miles made misstatement: concerning him. If there is any man, in either the army or the navy who took an active part in the Spanish-American war, with whom General Miles has not found fault, let him hold up his hand and make himself known.
 Senator Lodge referred in his speech to the fact that the rejection of the treaty would leave us still at war with Spain and with the Fiji pinOs, who are Spanish subjects, until the cession of the islands is ratified. The contTactionists have overlooked this important feature of the case.
 A Helena, Montana, grand jury has decided that W. 4. Clark never attempted to bribe any Montana legislators. MT. Clark only lacks a very few votes now of securing the senatorial prize. The race is SO un- comfortably close for those who are him that Marcus Daly was recently recalled flom the east by telegraph to assist m his defeat.
 There is undoubtedly a growing sentiment all over the country in favor of the election of United States senators by direct vote of the peo- pie, says the Los Angeles Times. And the situation at Sacramento, in with similar state of affairs m numerous other state cap itsls, tends strongly to strengthen the sentiment in favor of electing s snators by popular vote.
 A California legislator accepted Sl6OO from one of the senatorial prior to his election, with the tacit understanding that he would support the man from whom he received 1t. This he failed to do and if is presumed larger sum was paid him by another candidate. The strange part of the proceeding is that he has offered to return the Sl6OO, thus establishing a new prece- dent in official bribery. The ordi- nary method heretofore has been for the man who offers himself for sale to take all that is offered from all sides, and keep it all, then sup porting the man or measure who pays the most. The idea of return ing a bribe because of a higher price received, is a new one and one which does not promise to become popular
 The Phenix Herald is making a bitter and unjust attack on General Eayan. It says he was known as an irsscible crank when stationed at Whipple. As man who has had business transactions with Gereral Esgan, as we'll as hay ing known him somewhat intim- ately, socially, the editor of the JoURNAL-MrNER can truthfully brand !. he above as absolutely untrue. Gen eral Eagan was a man of natural digui6ed and apparently aristocratic bearing, and very positive in his opinions, but withal perfect gentle man in his department, and of af- fable and social manners in his in- tercourse with his fellow men. He was a perfect type of a military gentleman, but lacking the acquired airs of aristocratic superiority as ,umed by many military officers. He is the peIsonifcation of honesty and integrity and hence the asper ,ions cast upon his character by General Miles, naturally wounded lim 10 the quick.
 W. A. Clark has reached the goal ,f his ambition by being elected United States senator from Montana. The result must be doubly gratify-