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Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

The crime of murder should be made objectionable by the governor. Excep- tion should be made in cases in which it might be proved at one time or an other that the person convicted was innocent A mere amendment of the penal code, aToolishing capital punish ment, would lay the way open to pos sible eventual escape from the sub stitute penalty. It is not desirable that this should be 50. A person con- victed Of murder in the first degree should become legally dead. He could be placed in that condition only by i'm prisonment for life without the p0ssi- bility of pardon. There is no question that one who has taken the life of an- ether in such circumstances that his crime is adjudged to be of the first de- gree should be permanently removed from among his free fellow beings. The is to removal by death. The state should not commit an act be- tween which and the crime for which it is the punishment there is no radical difference.-Albany Journal.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

have relieved the public of the neces- sity of frequent changes of cars. The transportation of freight has been 1n1- mensely facilitated, and through all the period of consultations there has been 2 steady decline in average freight charges.
 Expansion and consolidation are the magic words of this age in all lines of trade and industry, and the railroads are the most natural of all great ma terial interests in this country to be brought under their sway. The vast amounts of capital invested in the rail- road systems of today, under the man. agenent of comparatively few men, make it possible to spend money free ly for betterments, and vast as the progress has been in recent years in the improvements of the facilities for travel and freight transportation, the next ten years will bring still greater progress, and the next decade will be marked by changes which will make the present railroad systems seem poor and inadequate, indeed.-Kansas City Star.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
OUR SPRING EDITION:

The special spring edition of The Republican, to be issued on or about April l, will be of in- estimable value in advertising the resources of Arizona and of the Salt River valley. It will contain dozens of special articles bearing on territorial interests, each comprehensive, and fine il- lustrations. Here is partial list of articles to be contained in this edition:
 Statehood, Governor N. o. Murphy; climate, health and san itary conditions, Dr. w. L. Wood ruff; horticulture, MT. W. H. Robinson; agriculture, Major J. Il. McClintock; irrigation and water storage, MT. Sims Ely; stock raising, MT. Will c. Barnes, chairman of the live stock sanitary board; copper mining in Arizona, it's present and future, Dr. J. M. Ford; real estate, Major J. w. Evans; Indian pop ulation and Indian schools, Prof. s. M. McCCwan; hunting and fishing. MT, Mont P. Chubb.
 Special articles on the ethnol- ogy and archaeology of the ter rjtory, education and church work are in preparation by Dr. J. Miller, Superintendent of Pub lie Instruction R. L. Long, and Ttev. Lewis Halsey, D. D.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
CHANGED HANDS, BUT NOT
 SPIRIT.

The pleasant hammered Saturday Re- view, which has become High Church and not a whit more courteous, con tinues it's pinpricking of Americans and the administration at Washington which would seem to have all the criti- cism it needs right at home. Still the Saturday" must scold and nag, for, if it didn't no one would believe i. was the genuine article. Lcrd Hardwick seems to be having a merry time in guiding his corps of editors who have dipped their pens in a new stock of venom and are puncturing the skin of the long suffering Uncle Sam who has more troubles of the Alger-Eagan sort than even the most patient policeman will give ear to.-MeXican Herald.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

It is reasonable to assume that MT. Adams of Yavapai will net again at tempt to induce the house to go into an executive session. Precedents in cases of this kind require a p1evious understanding, particularly with the ergeant-at-arms. When it came to 8 question of excluding members of the press last night the house nat urally bucked, and the whole scheme went by the board. The appropriation biIl will, have to be considered in the open and it is well that this is so. If the house had adopted the proposed precedent the news of the session would still have been made public this morning, and the members Of the house would have been obliged to pose as gilIies. It is, perhaps, just as well that the meeting of the house last night came ttc, a sud- den close. It will teach some people that things cannot be done in Arizona that similar bodies elsewhere would not attempt to do.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

The members of the council who are opposing the capitol appropriation bill are not aetuated by broad gauge mo tives. And motives that are not broad gauge are unworthy of any man who professes to believe in the future of AriZcna. This particular bill calls for small appropriation to enable the capitol site commission. to erect a building which shall be a decent nu- cleus of a capitol of which Arizona some day shall be proud. If the bill fails the building will be a common place affair, and many thousand dol lars will be required by and by to rectify the mistake made in it's con- structiOn. Several members of the council have taken the ground that the bill should be defeated and they may be depended upon to do their utmost to prevent it's passage. They should not be permitted to succeed. Every member of the council who has a de cent regard for his reputation should take a stand in opposition to this CO., terie. Otherwise we shall gc3 but a shell Of a building and future legisla- lures Twill be called upon to repair the costly mistake. Now is the time for broad gauge sentiment to rule in the council.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
THE SILVER QUESTION.

Since the practical abandonment of 5imetallism and the closing of the In
 dian hints, the principal use for silver the world over is in the arts. Taking this fact in connection with the steadi- ness of silver prices on no decrease of production, we may be justified in the supposition that the future of silver mining is more likely to be benefited by purely commercial influences than by anything that can be done in the way of securing increased use of the metal as money.-Providence Journal.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
EXPANSION.

Ii tie next democratic candidate for the presidency is to be chosen with ref ernce to his views on the question of expansion the Record would incline to the selection of Judge CulbersCn of Texas. He covered the whole ground when after the signing of the protocol, he was asked to state his opinion as to the policy of acquiring new territory. His reply was: ''We have done ex- banded "
 The pppermost question at present is: Having got the eggs in our bas- ket, how shall we cook them ?-Phila- delphia Record
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

In stating the Iacts concerning the governors present attitude to the leg islature The Republican simply fol- lowed it's policy of giving the news when it is news. MT. Goldwater, strangely enough in view of the op- portunitie5 presented to him of esti- mating the value of The Republican as purveyor of news, takes the narrow ground that the governor inspired the article in question. In view of his re- ception of the interesting statement we naturally infer that MT. Goldwater failed to watch the calendar. His med icine is apt to be extremely bitter, in consequence.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
SWEAT SHOPS.

Tie board of health of New York is
 making ar Investigation of the condi-
 tion of the so-called sweat shops" of
 that city-places where men, women
 and children are packed together and
 work on ready-made clothing of all
 kinds. It WAS found that twenty-nine
 of the buildings were in miserable
 sanitary condition and they will be at l tended to- But the most important | fact revealed, according to a dispatch
 from New York, is that the workers in the Italian quarter toll from o'clock in the morning until II o'clock at
 night and earn only about 45 cents a day.
 For several years the curse of the
 Hsweat shCps' has been known, and
 occasionally there are efforts made to
 right the great wrong. Frequent
 strikes are forced by these underpaid and half-starved workers, and occa-
 sionally some of them bring about a slight betterment of their condition by a meager increase of wages. Still the wrong continues and again the world is told that men and women toll for eighteen hours a day only to earn 45 cents for their work.
 That such a process of brutal extor- tion should be permitted is amazing. It is wrong morally and 1t is wrong so- ciany. It is one of the natural results of the accumulation of poor and ignor- ant foreigners in that great city-men and women who come to this country and cut into each other until the sched- u'e of wages paid is reduced to the lowest possible figure. These miser- able workers are a menace to society and for the most part they cannot be raised above the low standard they set for themselves. Complaint is made of the product of prison labor, but if the labor unions would pay more attention to the sweat shop" workers they would be proceeding along the right line. The output of the sweat shops is far more disastrous to high class labor than are the prison products
 The real cause of the existence of the sweat shop evil is the demand for cheapness, for so many years the slo- gan of the democratic stump speakers. l When President Harrison declared that | "a cheap coat makes cheap man" he | uttered a truism that cannot be dis puted; but the political demagogues tried to turn it against him. The 1 cheap coat, the cheap vest and the | cheap trousers turned out by the | sweaters make the workers cheaper | and cheaper as their wages are re- duced. If the people insist upon the minimum of cheapness for their clothes they must expect the workers to re- ceive the minimum of wages.
 The flood of immigrants that steps when it reaches New York makes pos sible the cheapening process so far. as is concerned. How to stop it is a question that will have to be con- sidered seriously before long. Restric- ton of immigration might be a partial but if the cry for cheaper clothes keeps up still cheaper wages will result. At the same time the sit lation is most deplorable and most dis Forty-fve cents for eigh- .een hours Of hard work in a filthy tenement house, void of pure air and good light, is not calculated to improve he character of the workers. It is a vital problem.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
GzRS1 1s f1.

"Why is it that your nelancholy-lool1- ing ncigLbo always has so many roubles?" asked a suburban resident of another.
 "Becauae he can borrow them. There's q man that will borrow your paper every day before you arc through reading it, and then get grumpy on your hands if you quit taking it. You can bet your life that if he had to buy trouble he wouldn't have any. De troit Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
TWILIGHT REVERE.

Though the nights dim shadows falling
 Have blurred the light, To you dear, my heart is calling
 Calling tonight. Though nc more the sunlight glistens
 In sky of blue, In the shadows one still listens,
 Longing for you. And memory-artist of truth
 Paints one dear face A face that's fair and pure in youth
 Radiant in grace. Surely death cannot enthrall you,
 Making you dumb To my voice, dear, when call you
 Call you to come? Can't you hear me? Do those cold skies Hold the spirit that would near me? Oh, are your eyes To earth's sorrows and pities blind? Have you word. No token, dear, that human mind May know you've heard? Only silence. Breaths from mead
 ows
 Lone have found me. Mystic silence-and the shadows Close around me. -Etta Wallace Miller, in Atlanta Consti-
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Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
Visitors are Cordially Invited to Gall

PERSONS LEAVING THE. CITY FOR ANY PERIOD CAN HAVE THE REPUBLICAN MAILED TO THEM TO ANY ADDRESS IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA, BY ORDER ING IT AT THIS OFFICE, IN PER SON OR By LETTER TERMS: 50 CENTS PER MONTH INVARI- ABLY IN ADVANCE. SUBSCRIBERS CHANGING THEIR ADDRESS FROM ONE POSTOFFICE TO AN OTHER SHOULD GIVE THE LAST ADDRESS AS WELL AS THE NEW ONE.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

Several of the ablest democrats in the United States senate have written to the democratic members of the Pennsylvania legislature urging them to support Senator Quay for re-elec- tion. Mir. Quay evidently realizes that there is moro than one way of agitat- ing the plum tree.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
THE PIRATES DESPAIR.

The rattling of the musketry in creased. The pirate chief leaped to the n.izzen halyards. He waved his bro ken sword.
 '.Scuttle the shipl" he shTieked. .
 There was a moments agonized sil- ence Then a quavering voice arose above the guns.
 Master" it screeched. somebody has stolen the scuttle! !"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

Senator Mason of Illinois has be- come reccnciled to the administration. This, it is believed; is the most fortun- ate thing that has happened to MT Ma son ill a long time.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

Lord Charles Beresford returns to England so delighted with America that hc may come back next year and grow up with the country. He has in him the making of an ideal American citizen
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

Germany is entirely confident that her subjects in the Philippines will De amply protected by the United States. Evidently common sense is again in control at Berlin.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

Luckiess AgoncilIo has been ship wrecked, and his chief, Aguinaldo, is preparing to surrender. Now, if the shivering Agoncillo will return to the country whence he fed, MT. Hoar may philanthropically buy him a dry suit of clothes and a steerage ticket to go home and work in the paddy fields.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

There is general increase of wages in the iron and steel industries which the calamity howlers cannot contem- plate With anything but speeches. hor- TOT. There has never been a more widespread epidemic of vocal paralysis in this country, and all because pros perity Is prospering.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
HE DESERVES THE BEST.

Tired Treadwell-Wot do you tink of dis sckemc to make Dewey a full ad miraI?
 Sloppy Simpkins-Say, dere's man wot not'n ain't too good fer. If I had me way I'd even have dem furnish him wit what he'll need tc git over it next mornin'.-Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

About the most cheering feature in the senatorial career of Arthur Pue German of Maryland is the fact that it came to an end last week.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
NOT IN ANY DANGER.

You appear to have a heavy jag on this morning." remarked the book keeper, as the cashier wabbled uncer- tainly to his desk.
 "Thass all ri'," responded the cash fer. I'm loaded, I guesh, but you can't fire me, y know. w."-Chicago Trib- une
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
PLEASURES OF MANILA LIFE.

Letters from the Kansas boys in Ma nila declare that the town is full of assassins, and that after dark the sen tries must walk their beats with guns
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
In iftcr Teare.

She-Before we were married you often spoke of being intoxicated with love for mo.
 He-T-Ge. my dear, but you must re- member we have been married nearly three years.
 she-Wel, what's that got to do with it?
 Ee-Oh. nothi>g. Only there isn't much hope fer q, man who doesn' I sober up ir. that length of time.-Chicago Daily News.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

Germany's love for dear America is becoming strongly demonstrative. There must be something over here that the kaiser wants.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
A Eusircss Point of View.

''SiIcnce is goi5cn" may do very well For folks who have secrets they'd rather
 not tell. But if you have goods that you desire to
 sell, You'll find it more golden" to stand up
 and yell Il, A w Bulletin
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

The administration doubtless feels that it has the right to the assistance of the congress the people elected last November.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

Directors: Emil Gang, Sol Lewis, J. J. T. Smith, Charles Goldman, s. Ober- fielder, B. N Doris. J. D. MonihSa-
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
GARDEN CITY RESTAURANT

THE OLDEST IN THE CITY. Enjoys the best standing with trades men. Buys everything at spot casA price and gives the Best 25c Meal.
 TUCK HING & co. 2 and A Washington st., east of Jaoohs & Co. Private rooms for famines. Tick cts, $4.50; Single meals. 25c.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

EMIL GANz, President.
 SOL LEWIS. Vice-President
 g. OBERFELDER. Cashier.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

CORRESPONDENTS.
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Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
The Arizona Republican.

Publication onice: Se-3s East Adams street. Telephone No. 47.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
National BankofArizOna

PHOENIX, ARIZONA CAPITAL PAID UP ............-.. g10e. 0ee SURPLUS -s........ 3Sstts
Arizona republican., 1899-03-09

Entered at the posrof1ce at Phoenix, Arizona, aa mail matter of the second Ala@G
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-17
TERRIBLE TIME IN ORIENT.

Vancouver, b. G.. Aug. TO- The fol-
lowing mail advioes have been received
by the steamer Empress of Japan:
= A terrible flood has swept over the
sub. prefecture Of War Chow, were
$50 houses were destroyed, and thou
sands of poor people rendered homeless.
A band of thousands of robbers is raw
aging the country. Ten iunks full Of
soldiers, who were sent to head them
off, were captured, arms were taken
from the soldiers. and the junks were
burned. Hundreds of the soldiers were
drowned. Seven hundred natives, who
resisted the onward march of the
enemy. were killed, while 1000 saved
their lives by joining the robbers.
"A British cargoboat on the Canton
River was boarded by pirates, who car
ried away cargo worth $4,000. The
commander of the Sand Pipes, an adj
miralty launch built last year at Hong
kong for protection of trade on the
river, steamed after the pirates, who
succeeded. however, in landing their
goods near village called Kamchkat.
The commander of the Sand Pipes
asked that the pirates be delivered to
him, and the goods restored. No salts
factory reply was given to him, and he
shelled the place, which was entirely
destroyod.h
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-17

To the ordinary man and woman no
conception of the torture TO which the
poor unfortunate goose is put could
possibly be imagined. The geese when
about nine months old are taken from
the pastures and placed in an under
ground cellar, where broad, slanting
stone slabs stand in rows, and are
bound fast to the tables. They arc
literally crucified. Feet, wings and
bodies are spread out and bound by
bands, so that only the neck is left
free. As may be imagined the animal
struggles with all its might against
this stretching, till, after days of vain
endeavor to free itself from tho bands
and its position, its powers of resist
ance are overcome, and dull resigna-
tion, broken only by its low cries, takes
possession of it. Two months must
pass away before death brings relief.
The animals are meanwhile crammed
with dumplings made of dough Of
buekwheat, chestnuts and stewed
maize. Every two hours, six times a
day, they receive from three to i've
dumping pills, which in time become
SO sweet to tho tortured creatures that
they stretch their necks to be crammed.
The most difficult task is to determine
the right moment for death. Those
who die of their own accord are lost to
the liver factory, therefore kind of
study is needed to see when the cup of
agony is trimming full and the liver is
ripe for taking. The bodies Of such
ripe ones are like pumpkins where
ordinarily fingers are buried in flesh
and fat nothing but skin and bone is
found. The livers have absorbed all
the strength and juices Paris Figaro.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-17
NEEDLESS FEAR OF LIGHTNING.

In the Century, Alexander McCnbe
gives ENCOURAGEMENT and advice to peo-
pie who have an excessive fear of being
struck by lightning-or thunder, as
some Of them think.
The keen suffering which many un-
dergo just in advance OF or during q
thunderstorm is Of dual nature. The
sense of impending danger alarms and
terrifies; but there is also depression
of spirits which is physical and real,
brought about by some as yet unknown
relation between the nervous system
and conditions of air-pressure, hui
midity and purity. The suffering due
to depression and partial exhaustion
requires, from those who are strong,
sympathy rather than ridicule. The
suffering due to alarm and fright, how.
ever, is unnecessary. 1t is largely the
work Of the imagination. To n ner-
vous nature there is something appall-
ing in the wicked, spiteful CLEAN of the
lightning and the crash and tumult Of
thunder. But such one should re-
member that the flash is almost always
far distant, and that thunder can do no
more damage than the low notes of a
church organ. Counting all the deaths
from all the storms during year, we
find that the chance Of being killed
by lightning is less than one in hun.
dred thousand. The risk in the city
may be said to be five times less than
in the country. Dwsllers in city
houses may be startled by peals of
thunder, but owing to the, great spread
of tin roofing and fair ground con-
nections. there is very little danger.
In the country, il buildings are ad-
equately protected. and the momentum
of the flash provided for, the occupants
may feel secure. A good conductor
well grounded is necessary in all isolated
| and exposed buildings. Barns, es-
pecially, when lined with green crops,
should have good lightning. conductors.
The question is often asked, do trees
| protectY'' Tho answer is that the de-
gree of protection will vary with the
character Of the tree and lis distance
| from q watercourse An oak is more
liable to lightning stroke than beach.
The character of the wood, the area of
| LEAKAGE, the extent and depth of root,
| will determine the liability to stroke.
Another question which is often asked
is whether there is danger aboard a
large steamship during thunderstorm.
| On the contrary, there are few safer
places. Sufficient metal with proper
superficial area is interposed in the
path of the lightning, and ITS cleo
trical energy converted into harmless
heat and rapidly dissipated. Accidents
occur chiefly because the victims ignor-
antly place themselves in the line Of
greatest strain, and thus form part OF
the path of discharge. For this reason,
it is not wise to stand under trees,
near flag poles, or masts, in doorways,
on porches, close to fireplaces or neal
barns. Those who are not exposed in
any Of these ways may feel reasonably
safe. 1t should be remembered, in the
event of accident, that lightning does
not always kill. 1t more often results
in suspended animation than in somatic
death. Therefore, in case of accident,
try to restore animation, keep the body
warm, and send for a physician without
delay.