Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-10-25

again laid itself liable 10 a charge Of "nagging," a0d as result it is the subject in this mornings issue of the usual two columns ot Journal Murphy" etc. If this paper would ouly pass by uncontradicted the most exaggerated statements of its contemporary is would then be about right. In the mids; of the mess of oft repeated assertions in | this mornings issue, it contrsdicts what the JOURNAL-M MINER copies from 1 its columns In that issue 1t said l the republican party was split wide l in two on the Philippine question, and as proof of the assertion quoted 1 Hoar, Atkinson. Reed and others as being antagonistic to expansion. l This morning it says m substance that the sayings of individual demo crats or individual republicans out side of conventions don't count. Since it has thus placed itself in har- mony with the JoURSAL-MINER on this point the incident may be con sidered closed. One-half column of the space mentioned IS used in 8 very miIed up inconsistent sort of way, one paragraph being a charge
 that this paper never ventures 10 ex-i press an opinion, while the next par
 agraph eontrsdicts 1t in an arrsigD-
 ment of the paper for opinions ez-
 pressed that 1t does not like.
 Anti-expansionists seem to over look the fact that the treaty of
 peace which transferred the sov-
 ereignty of the Philippine islands
 from Spain to the United States was
 ratified by the senate of the United
 States and the money which was paid
 for them was appropriated by con
 gress. President Mckinley is only
 carrying out the wishes of the
 American people, as expressed by
 their representatives in congress in
 defending the flag in the Philip
 pines. The very men who are try
 ing to make political capital out of
 the war would have been the most
 rabid in denouBcing him as a traitor
 and of demanding his impeachment
 had he shirked the duty and re-
 sponsibility imposed on hum by con-
 gress. It is clearly then the duty of
 every pstriotic citizen to uphold tte
 administration in this matter. When
 congress convenes 1t is for that body ] to say what shall be done with tLe Philippines and whether Old Glory
 shall be hauled down as a demo , cratic president ordered it hauled [ down in the Sandwich islands The ' anti-eXpsnsionists of the United } States, be their politics what they ] may, and the followers of Aguinaldo } are all working to accomplish the [ same end-tbe defeat of the action ! of the United States congress. There ! is no dissenting opinion to the fact [ that the Filipinos are enemies of
 this country. If so what are the
 auti-expsnsiouists at hOmei
 Phenix papers have been report ing a scarcity of fuel in that city on account of the action of Special Agent s. J. Holsinger, ofthe interior Q department, in con6scating on be- 3 half of the government 2,500 cords of mesquite wood claimed by J. W, 3 Benham. 4 charge is coVertly made r that the officers action in this matter Q was obtained through the s. F., P
 & F. railroad in order to compel the , citizens of PheniX to use coal fol , fuel. Such charge or insinuation is an infamous slander on 6 con
 scientious official. as well as an un-
 just aspersion on the railroad ofic-
 ials. Mr. HUlsinger consults no one
 in regard to his official business, and
 takes no orders from any except |. from the department at Washing ton. The 5. F., P. & P. railroad ha: 2 never directly or indirectly as much as suggested to him any line of pro ceedure in this or any other case | He has acted strictly under orderr
 from the department in the matter
 of con6scating this wood, and today s he received telegraphic instruction: s to at once post notices and sell the s wood, which will be done within the l next thirty days. This information f to the people of Phenix, will nc s doubt relieve them of any apprehen
 sions Of experiencing fuel famine , as all will have an opportunity tc ,, bid for 1t.
 It is not only sggravating t0 MT { Aguinaldo's friends, that his soldiers l do not shaos tbe eyes out of the 1 American soldiers heads, instead oi - saving them chiro podist bills, by s shooting the corns of their feet, but k another "monotous" source of per g petual sameness" which causes an l noyance is the fact that republican: holding office under President Nc. @ Kinley do not inaugurste a com e bined warfare against the admins
 tration. The persistent stubborn
 ness and loyal subserviency to re-
 publicsnism, on the part of a federal office holder is just about as aggrs- vating and iuexcussbie as 1t is for sn l American soldier Tn the Philippines
 to shoot a Filipino soldier. The
 proper thing for the latter to do
 would be to draw himself up 10 line
 Of the dusky Filipinos and let tie
 latter shoot him down, ID order 10
 vary the mouotony of the news.
 The proper thIpg for a man who has been selected for an official position
 to do would be to lose DO oppor-
 tunity to pour hot shot into the sd-
 ministrstion just 10 demonstrate his