Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-04-26


 latest tool-type of politician
 Inspector General Breekinridgs
 who has been in Cuba three months
 expresses the opinion that Genera
 Gomez will bear close watching sn'
 that he is an enemy to the Unite'
 States.
 Since Altgsld's overwhelming de
 feat the democratic national com
 mittee has been trying to squiru
 out of having endorsed his esndi.
 dscy.
 An exchange asks; "Why don
 Jerry Simpson name is new paPe
 the Calamity Yowleri If he write
 as he talks, that is just what 1t vii
 be" There are plenty of '-Cslamity Yowlers" now in the United StateI Our alien born fellow citizens lik' Carl Schurz can safely trust the con stitution in the hands of its present American-born eustodisns and essss tO worry themselves into nervou' , prostration.
 The trial of the thirteen men who have been indicted for the killing ol the South Carolina colored post master and hIs child and woundinG hIs wife and two other children vii be watched with a great deal of in terest.
 The fact that Secretary Alger i' on his way back to Washington tc resume his duties has had no effect upon the newspaper men who aO- nounoed that he resigned before go ing to Cuba; they are 90 busy man. ufscturing new lies that they cant stop to explain ,be old ones.
 Republicans of PheniK have nom mated the following city ticket Mayor. J. D. Monihon; assessor aud tax collector. Thomas J. Prescott recorder, Thomas A. Jobs; treasurer l. NJ. Christy; marshal. Thomas D MOlloy; eouncilmen, C. J. Dyer Clinton Lauver.
 The editor of the Phenix Republi- can has a personal dislike to J. b Monihon, the republican nominee Tor mayor of PheniI, hence he re- fuses to support his candidacy. Mir Monihon is s good man and ha. served the capital city as its mayor faithfully and we'll before. 1t re- mains to be seen whether be can be reelected.
 Prescott has had charge of the financial affairs of Phenix for the past few months in the matter of Ss- sessing and collecting taxes, sad if all signs do not fail, will continue to do so for the next year to come. Thls does not mean the municipality of our mountain city, but Thomas J. Prescott is the name of the city assessor and tax collector of Pheni1.
 The telegraph informs us that on March g the German protected cruiser COrmorant, en route for Sa- moa, from China, struck 6 reef in the Bismark archipelago, between Kaiser Wilhelmsland and New Ire land, where she remained fast for six day. The only wonder is that she did not sink immediately on en- countering such q combination.
 Now comes the announcement from New York that Speaker Tom Reed will resign his seat in congress to engage m the practice of law iD New York. Ita glance from his eye has the same effect on a court and jury that it has on congressman, Thomas will make 8 great success as a lawyer. It is stated that he has been guaranteed yearly income of S5O,OOO.
 The California law requiring all newspaper articles to be signed by their author, is 8 very radical de- parture ID the line of journalism. If obeyed it would take away from the newspapers their distinctive characteristics as public journals and simply become an aggregation of individual correspondence. The law is a very foolish and silly one, and those who are observing it in California seem to lack the proper stamina and independence to make a successful newspaper.
 That Samoan commission cannot reach Apia any too soon to avoid serious complications. A telegram from Victoria, B. C., says the steamer MorAngia, from Australia, brings news of the arrest of the com of the German war ship Fake st Apia, for supplying arms to l Natasfa- The arrest was made by i he British commander. The cor -ectness of this information, how yer, is doubted, as later sdvices lave been received by cable and no- hing has been stated of such sn in ident.
 The attempt of the New York democrats to shift the investigation .ow in progress there of running affairs, to an investigation f Senator Platt, was s very weak sf- air, but still 1t was in keeping with tactics. The municipal fairs of New York are absolutely uder the dictation of Boss Croker nd the attempt to bring MT. Platt lto it was simply sn act of import hence intended solely to detract at- sntion from the real manager. If nat committee can in any way con ect Plstt with Croker's corrupt then it would be pertinent ) bring out all the facts in the , ase. '