Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-11-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

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 So long as the democratic party stands for nothing more definite than opposition to the admlnistra- tion there is DO danger of it's re- storaIion 10 power
 We are accused of depriving the Filipinos of liberty, but if our re- collection serves us aught, the na- tives over there never had any iib- erty worth speaking of.
 IL was noticed that while in Ken lucky supporting Goebel, MT. Bryan failed to make use of that favorite phrase of his about government by consent of the governed"
 The reason the term Anglo Saxon" sticks, in spite of learned at- tempts to show its pathological in- correctness. F that the masses have accepted it to mean white men who naturally speak the English Ian guage.
 Mr.Bryan favored the ratification of the treaty by which We assumed the sovereignty of and responsibil- ity for the Philippines, yet be is now complaining because the pres ident is carrying out the obligations imposed by that treaty.
 Massachusetts has been the chief center of the flag furling agitation. but the Massachusetts republicans m their state platform adopted last week endorsed the policy of tie president in discharging the respon- sibilitv for maintaining law and or der in the Philippines, and leaving the future to be settled by congress
 Those democratic leaders who have had most experience n judg- ing public sentiment are standing up squarely for the suppression of armed opposition to our flag, as a condition precedent tp consldera- tioa of our future relations to the
 Filipinos.
 Sir Alfred MiiBer is British high commissioner of South Africa. He is shrewd statesman: Sometimes he is a maker oi ePigrams. Here Is ons to which he recently gave utteI- auce. It has a most timely flavor
 He was speaking O. the Transvasi
 when be said: "If you saw a prie of gold worth five hundred million. sterling with 2O,OOO Boers armed to the teeth sitting on it, what would you doi"-Ex.
 Advices from Cuba indicate feel ing of unrest and dissatisfaction among the natives there. They
 thrive on revolutions and are becom ing somewhat jealous of the United
 States retaining control of the IS lands. If they feel that they art able to maintain a government or the islands the proper thing to dc now would be to tura affairs over tC
 them and let them try the,r hands
 at self government.
 The industrial and commercial
 statistics of the United States con stitute an unsnswerable defense c republican protective policy. HaC : the democratic low tariff system been imposed on this country W, would still be importing, as we diC |, few years ago, many of the import ] ant manufactures which we now eI I port. By keeping up higher wag l scale than that of any other manu featuring nation the republican party has elevated the earners O !. wages, and lifted them to highe
 standards Intellectually, morall.
 and physically.
 ' The yellow newspapers and th
 demagogues who are prating abou
 -'McKinley's war" and inspiring tn prayers of Aguinaldo for the over !; throw of the Mckinley administrs . ton, are not SO ignorant as thel - words would indicate. They kno' T that no declaration of war eoul | properly be made by governmen [ against its own subjects. They als Q know that the president under th f constitution is required to suppfes 7 insurrection or rebellion. It doe 7 7 not require a resolution of congres i. to show the present executive hi
 duty. He is not another Buchanan Judge J, J. Hawkins returDe y yesterday from his visit east on prt ,T fessional business. He went as f; @ east as New York and down int e Connecticut. The judge, as is We known, Is an unconpromising deU
 crat, but does not belong to tf 2 calamity bowling wing of the part ,r who shuts his eyes and ears to exis It ing condition of affairs Iu speal Ie ing of business conditions in tt !. east he said: There is no use a If tempting to deny the fact that tt rs people all over the east are experien
 ing an era of une1ampled prosperit rs under the present administration. ID have never seen anything like it b D. fore. Factories are al running flu ': on overtime aud the demand for lab ,- is greater than the supply of lsbo ,y CTS. Everybody who wants wo r. can get employment at good wag
 and times are just booming" ne While democratic politicians sI .o yellow newspapers are howliI md against the war in the Philippi ed islands, and berating President N ld KInley for performing the duty il