Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
 Behold how the "Howler" howl; and the "Tooter" toots its ''taxless' toots.
 When it comes to getting free ad vertising. Lord Charles Beresford i: no ''slouch."
 We abuse our candidates for president; the French abuse the president after he is elected.
 The governor of Colorado has sent 6 message to the legislature of tha, state recommending immediate leg islstion to prevent the completion of the shelter trust.
 Having no official responsibility, it is just as easy as rolling of log for Mir. Bryan and his kind to say just what the government ought to do: Their words are entitled to just about the same consideration as the financial opinions of the loafers who do not even support themselves.
 4 Los Angeles company has order ed four passenger automobile car risge as an experiment. It will be placed in service in that city for a few months and if the experiment  proves successful the company will engage in the manugacture and operation of a large number of them.
 The majority of the bills passed thus far by the legislature have been of personal or local character rather than of a public character bills affecting the entire territory. A large proportion of those intro duced and yet to be acted upon are of the same character.
 We know all about Andrew Car negie's donations to public libraries in various cities, but we confess a great curionsity to know how much he has invested in anti-e1pansion literature, since the peace treaty was negotiated. The amount must be enormous, although it hasn't even made dent in public opinion.
 There is nothing imperial about the republican party, never has been and never will be; its greatest men have been products of the plain people, like Lincoln and Mckinley men who thoroughly believed in and lived up to.the rights of the peo- pie to rule. It would be an absolute impossibility for man who believes in the principles of the republican pS.sy to be an imperialist.
 In reference to its opposition to the O'Neill monument appropria- tion the Phenix Herald says: Now the Herald wishes to say that it is perfectly willing that a Sl0,C1O school be built at Prescott, and only mentioned Flagstaff because build ing is already there that would be worthy the cause. The Herald how ever is opposed to the territory put ting Sl0,000 or any other amount in to a useless pile of stones for any body. It favors a memorial school library, museum, or any useful In- vestuent of shat money"
 A law could not be passed, in justice to the incumbents of the SherifFs office in the various count ies of the territory, changing from fees to salaries, to go into effect prior to 1901. But it will strike the average man that the salary pro- posed in the bill for that purpose, $6000 per year, is a good round sum after all, even if the official has 10 take chances some times. That Is the sslery of brigsdier-genersl in the army. The private iu the army takes greater chances of his life than does any sheriff, and yet his pay is 6 mere pittance.
 In 6 very bitter speech, made by Mir. Johnson in congress on Friday, in which he arraigned the admins trstion, he declared its policy to be 'Christianizing with sword, and civ ilizing with cannon" With the class of people that the United States finds on its hands, at present, m the far away Philippines, these are the most potent influences that can be brought to bear m the christ ianizing and civilizing process, as a . first lesson. After the primary in stfdction, with sword and cannon, has been thoroughly lmparted to them, and General Otis and Admiral Dewey are making the lesson very impressive, the administration can advance to the second course, which 
 will not need to be so drastic.
 That circuit court bill has made its periodical appearance in the legisla- ture. It is fathered this time by Pusch, of Tucson, and the attorneys who aspire to preside over these courts claim to have push enough in the legislature to push l: through. If it becomes a law It means an ad- ditional burden to the territory of thousands of dollars without any benefit whatever. There Is no more sepse iu the legislature imposing this additional burden on tbe ter ritory than there Is to make an ad- . ditional appropriation of S5O.OOO to build an addition to that territorial . "white elephant" building at Flag Etsf. called a reform school. The present judicial system IS ample for the needs of the territory. Demo . cratic politicians who are economy . bowling reformers during campaign . times are, however, behind this move and propose to apply the party lash to member of the legislature to se- sure the passage of this law.