Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-22


 ID accord with the laws of nations;
 the Filipinos did not, and tbey will
 be made to suffer Tor their crime.
 Public opinion will attend to their
 American advisers.
 Germany is fighting hard for
 Oriental trade. It has agreed 10
 pay more than a million dollars a
 year, for fifteen yesrs, in subsidies 10
 steamship lines between its ports
 and those of China, Japan and Aus
 tralia. Another reason why we shall
 need the Philippines.
 Speaker Reed won his point by preventing the canal bill being tackled on the sundry civil apPropri- sti0n ball as a rider The speaker
 rules the house with a rod of iron.
 The end, however, is not yet.
 The objection of some of the Cuban officers 10 a pro rata division of the money -S3,OO0,OOO-congress appropriated to enable the men 10
 make a new start in peaceful oecu- patiOns Is doubtless based upon their inability to produce as many soldiers as they would like to draw money for.
 in view of the senatorial muddle in various states the following from the Flagstaf Sun seems pertinent: ~If it Is impossible to bring about the election of senator, by a direct vote of the people, a public auction, giving all bidders an equal chance, would be better than she present system"
 The stories of suffering and death in the east, from the effects of the cold wave and blizzard, furnish very sal reading these days. One tele- gram tells of a little child being frozen to death while sleeping with its parents. In order to relieve the suGerings in New York City Gov eruor Roosevelt has ordered the armories opened to homeless people.
 Phenix is just now wrestling with a local expansion question. The cIty wants to take all of the outlying ad- dItions under her protecting wing, and like the Filipinos with the United States, the outlying districts or additions do not want to be brooied by the city. The greater portion of the population of Phenix lives out of town and at the hotels and lodging houses.
 "Benham, who voted against the reservoir exemption bill when it nrst came up, allowed the corpora tion bulldozsrs to frighten the dem ocratic streak out of his makeup, and voted with the class legislation crowd. Courier. The democratic streak seems Co have been missing m a good many democratic members, if voting in favor of exemption, Is an anti-democratic principle.
 North Carolina has just proposed an amendment to her constitution two years residence in the state, nine months in the county and six months in the precinct to eutitle one to vote. While this proposed Co the North Carolina constitution was being prepared and considered Arizona legislators were considering a measure to permit a residence in the territory of six months sufficient 10 qualify one to exercise the elective franchise.
 Senator Jones of Arkansas, has 6 way of twisting facts to meet bis views and wishes, but he knocked out all previous efforts in that line when he gave out a statement claim ing that fl the silver men elected the president, next year. they could count upon control of the senate. Of course, knowing that they can DO; elect the president. Mir. Jones knows be will not be called upon to the contingent clai m which he hopes to make useful ID the campaign.
 IT Secretary Alger had been tray cling in Arizona and had been of tered the insult that is reported of those Boston hoodlums, the eastern press would never have gotten over about 1t As 1t happened n cultawed" Boston, however, not 70 much Is said about it. The fact 8, for genuine, downright hoodlum- 1 sm the pure stuff abounds in greater in some of the eastern ,itIes than in the much maligned, wild and woody west"
 A few days before the appoint nent of the board of inquiry to in Miles, one of the latter's riends boasted that there would be . 10 investigation. That Gen. Miles vas a little ''too hot a potato" for Secretary Alger 10 handle. Despite . lis boast the board has been ap- l and it remains to be seen ! LOW just how "hot a tamale' the ! ,ompous man at the head of the . rmy IS.
 The first vote on tax exemption in he present legislature did not in- Iicate that the democrats of this euitory are 50 violently opposed to his doctrine as they would have otars believe prior to election. Despite the noise made m a certain irection against tax exemption the 8ct still stan Is out in bold relief hat the first tax exemption bill ever nacted m the territory was by emocratic legislature and every one assed up to date was accomplished .