Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-08
lRIZ0NAJ0URNAL-MINEk
q. MARTIN. Editor aud Proprietor
EDITORIAL NOTES.

March was ushered in with bliz- gard in Colorado.
 Senator Bunch made quite a spec tacle of himself in his speech against woman suffrage
 The commission of admiral for George Dewey has been made out at the navy department.
 If those Filipinos had the ability to fight commensurate with courage they would make a very formidable foe.
 Nine-tenths of the people of this country are behind the intention Of President Mckinley to stand behind every act of Dewey and Otis in the Philippines.
 President Mckinley IS too wise and has had too much political ex- Perience to engage in the making of martyrs.
 Grover Cleveland, Billy" Bryan and Arthur German are all frown- ing upon the aspiration of General Miles to become the democratic can didate next year.
 General Ots has critics, but ID military affairs, like in everything else, nothing succeeds like success, and no one can deny that General Ous has been extraordinarily sue ces sful.
 Agoneillo is now fully satisfied that be made a mistake when be cabled Aguinsldo to whip the Amer jeans at Manila before they received endorsements.
 If the Arizona legislature has passed a single act this session of a general beneficial character to the whole territory We have failed to notice the fact.
 That bill, changing the time of residence from one year to six months in the territory, to permit one to vote, IS an excellent subject for gub- ernatorial veto.
 Congress should not adjourn with out carrying out President Me Kinley's recommendation that cable be provided for from the the United States to the Phillip pines, via Hawaii and Guam.
 General Shalter's magazine article on his Cuban campaign violates the ethics of neither the army nor so- ciety, but manages to say quite plainly that there were a variety of liars among the newspaper core spondents.
 The Phenix Gazette, of March l, c ,1aes to baud with its editorial page a blank No explanation IS found in the paper elsewhere for this condition.
 A new political party is on tap in Cincinnati. IL Is to be a Union Re form party, and will seek to anal gamate the silver republicans, pop ulists, social labor party and liberty party.
 ~AndY" Carnegie, and others uho think as be does. are finding that the fighting power of the Flhpinos is away behind their predictl ous. Another proof that it isn't safe to make predictions upon subjects you know nothing about.
 The Bo.ton Herald says General Miles wants to be the democratic candidate for pres dent next year, although why any man should de- sire such an empty honor IS beyond us.
 Mrs. Botkin seems to have started the style of committing murder by poison. Since her success m the matter several murders have been committed in this way. Another Chicago sausage maker has initiated Luetgert by disposing of hls wife in the same manner as Luetgert did.
 No sooner dId the legislature get rid of the commissioners oi Immi- grafton by the repeal of the law thin another bill providing Tor the sane thing Is introduced. A great great many Of the same people who clamored Tor the repeal of the other law are equally vociferous in their clamor to have this new hill enacted into law,
 The Graham county sheriff wanted the governor to pay a reward to him for recapturing prisoners that es- eaped from bis custody. We have heard before of a sheriff charging a county for recaPturing prisoners who got away from him. The Tee system for sherifs works like & charm. Prior to election last year dem ocrat e orators, democratic csnd'- dates. and democratic papers were ! profuse and loud in their advocacy of reform and economy m public | affairs. Those candidates who are now officials, and those papers which . live from their patronage are now F--~Sselves hosrse for larger salaries. -.Oar c~~-Sstency thou art . a iewel~ ot rare we>Ne, which IS . sourned by democracy.
 General Shatter refers tS the military intuition" of RiehSrd . Harding Dayis, the gentleman whc. declined a volunteer staff position ! with the rank of captain because of his lack of military knowledge and experience. and who afterwards