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

The improved order of affairs there make it rough on these birds of prey.
 A Texas legislator wants his state to secede from the union on account of the war revenue tax. The same old exploded claim of states rights was urged in support of secession.
 General Ludlow, in language diff ferent from Genervl Eagan, arrives at about the same conclusion, in a statement recently made, that is that the head of the army was more than one kind of liar m his state ment regarding General Ludlow.
 Legislative dead-locks seem to be epidemic this winter. A state that has not a deadlock in its legislature over the election of United States senator is in a bad fx. The way to avoid this state of affairs, as well as to avoid scandal, is to elect senators by direct vote of the people. General Eagau has been found ! guilty by the military court. IL is a pretty tough deal for a conscien- tious officer to receive, to de his duty honestl Z and then to be accused of murder, for gain, by man who wears bigger shoulder straps than he, and be punished for defending his honor.
 l A Washington telegram speaking of the retirement of Paymsster Gen. eral Stanton, says that he retires 10 civil life enjoying the distinction of being one of the few heads of corps whose conduct during the recent war has not been criticised. Gen eral Miles must have overlookt d General Stanton in some way. ] Unless Pheni1 has smallpox cases, which she does not care to report, and the quarantine against Prescott is being maintained to prevent the spread of the disease to this town by keeping our citizens away from there, there is no good reason why the quarantine should not be raised. There is not now and never has been any serious danger Of contagion be- ing carried to PheniI from Prescott.
 Not one line can be produced from any copy ofthe Courier against the initiative and referendum. "- Courier. The files of the Courier will show daily attacks on the re- publican platform, daring the cam psign, and no receptions were made in these attacks of the initiative and referendum which was a part of that platform. The platform as a whole was assailed without any ex- captions.
 The Phenix Republican pays a very high compliment to the legis- lssure for refusing to pay the news papers of the territory for copies of papers sent to them. Their action was certainly right and proper, and if they will keep up the good woik by refusing to pay for the Publiea- tion of their proceedings in the newspapers the good work will be perfect.
 Seriously speaking, what would the nations of the world think of the United States if We should recognize the pretended government of Aguin- aldo, in the Philippinesi This mans record as a traitor to the people he now claims 10 represent is known all oyer the world. He was not only traitor, but a common thief; after he and some of the other leaders of the revolution against Spain had sold out their followers, for Spanish gold, Aguinaldo stole the money from his fellow-traitors.
 Whether it is two hundred or three hundred millions of dollars each year, or not, there is no doubt but that we pay an enormus sum an- nually to foreign ships for doing our import and export carrying. To give Ameucans a chance to compete for that carrying, Senator Hanna and Representative Payne have united in introducing identical bills in each branch of congress, which 1t is believed will be pushed through at the present session. The bill should be carefully considered on it's merits, and in the light of the fact that more than twenty millions of dollars are annually paid out 10 their merchant ships, in one form or another, by the governments of Europe. if Senator Hannas bill meets the foreigner fairly on that ground. in order to give our ships 8 far chance then it ought tO pass.
 The Herald has it on the best of authority tbat an average Of twenty people per day are either turned back at Ash Fork or induced to go on through to Los Angeles by the that PheniX is scourged with the small pox-Phe- nix Herald. The alleged informa- ton in the above is probably errol- eous, but if it is true, 1t is sort of natural sequence to the uncalled for 1 and unjust quarantine established by Maricopa county against Pres colt. Our Salt River valley neigh- bors seem to be very sensitive about l reports, detrimental to them selves, but supremely indifferent in regard to any injustice which may . be inflicted by them on a neighbor- ! ing town. People from the east, as a rule, do not know enough about .