Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-15

Prescott has a fire opportunity for the application of the law of re taliation, at the present time. but i. not likely to take advantage of it. II congress would refuse to make any appropriations for territoris. legislatures, Arizona would be s winner in the gape.
 If the journals of the present leg. islatme ever reach the eyes of con. gressmen statehood for this territory wIll be knocked into smithereens.
 Among the things the next con. gress will be expected Co do, which n ght have been done by the last congress, IS to Fass legislation for s Pacific cable and for the construc- ton of the Nicaragua canal
 Wearing a fur lined overcoat until all heated and then taking 1t of until chilled IS sad to have been the origin of Rudysrd Kipling's pneu monia. Rudyard should have known better than to do such a thing.
 It makes the people of Phenil very wrathy to have the Prescott p1pers refer to their town as "Phe nix" They might get revenge by spelling Prescott with one t.-Los Angeles Times.
 Jerry Simpson and J. Ham. Lewis are now open to Vaudeville, or any other kind of engagements, at lib- eral discount on the 5000 a year they have been getting from Uncle Sam.
 The California legislaturs has just passed law eLempting voters from the payment of poll taxes. Its ob- ject Is to secure a larger vote at all elections. Unnaturalized citizens and Chinese will still be required to pay this tax.
 The legislature has kept its prom ises 70 abolish ali the commissions in the territory by attempting tO create new ones with different names The only commission abolished by their act, for which a substitute has not been introduced. was the loan commission.
 The legislature has passed a law providing for great expense for quarantine in case of contagious diseases, and then defeated a very simple practical bill whereby con. tagions may be averted. Another case of consistency-in giving the tax payers the worst end of it.
 Jesse Grant received a democratic vote for United States senator in the California legislature the other day \ movement is on foot to secure him the full democratic vote as a com pliment. As the democrats stand no show of electing a candidate ex- cept by uniting their vote for some republican such a compliment i: rather empty oi honor.
 The press telegrams state that Prince Henry of Prussia. brother ol Emperor William, has been ap- pointed to command the German squadron in Asia. It is further said the appointment was made because of the Emperor's knowledge ol Heniy's popularity in the United States. His Royal Highness will nc doubt obey the hint given him about a year ago by Admiral Dewey when he sad keep from between my guns and the enemy or you will gel hurt"
 If the work ot the legislature Is to be measured by the number of bills introduced the members have earned their salaries. The total number in troduced was 3O4, of which l22 orig mated in the council and lS2 m the house. Councilmen were more active than the assemblymen, averaging 8 little oyer ten bills to each member while the latter averaged a little less than nine each. The average for the thirty six members in both houses was a trihe less than nine each.
 The malice and personal feeling which prompts much of the criti- cism,against Governor Murphy is Sp- parent from recent criticisms ID which torrents of abuse are heaped upon him for vetoing certain bill while not a word is said against the nineteen members of the house who voted Co sustain the veto. as well as by the similar abuse of him, for sign iug another bill in which not word of censure IS had against the mem- bers ot both houses for passing 1t. Honest and fair criticism of public official is all right but the personal spleen which prompts such as above must be apparent.
 The b.letas bill vetoed by Gov ernor Murphy and overwhelmingly sustained by democratic votes in the legislat are, was a law not wanted by the persons m whose interest 1t was apparently passed. Instead of work ing a hardship on the workingmen in this particular camp, where the system IS in vogue, and SO Tar as We have been able to learn 1t applies to only camp, it Is a benefit Co them. By means of the use of these ~bO- letas" employees are enabled to draw their wages during the month, instead of waiting until pay day. This bull appeared in the legislature years ago and was decently killed, but its ghost appears regularly at every session.
 "Congress will now be appealed Co