Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-05-03

sell on to Philadelphia where be
 pald his respects to Capt. Coghlan
 and patted him on the back for the part he took in the Manila affair of
 May 1, 1898.
 F. M. Murphy was in Washington few days ago putting in some good
 work as usual for Arizona. Despite the malicious, bitter and vindictive
 personal attacks made on him from certain sources he continues the good
 worI of doing everything possible to
 aid in the development of the re- sources of this territory, and in aid iug in every way possible to build up its material resources. The un-
 pardonable sin committed by Mir. Murphy consists in the fact that, in
 the work he has accomplished by
 which the entire territory has been
 the gainer, he realized some lndivid-
 ual benefits himself. For a man to
 show such a degree of sel6shRess as
 to take advantage of conditions
 which has been brought about large
 ly by his own iddividual efforts. and turn them to his own profit is, of course. a crime-in the minds of an
 realistically inclined people.
 The assertion that "man is but a creature of circumstancen seems to
 be borne out in very many instances.
 It is often the opportunity that
 makes a hero of the individual and enables him to have his name writ
 ten indshbly on the scroll of fame. ! Unless there is war there can be no
 military heroes, and even in times of
 war military men are often surround ed by such environments that they are not given sn opportunity to dis tinguish themselves, while perhaps others, of less ability, and of no superior courage, are chanced to be placed in positions where opport un- Ity are given them to distinguish themselves. The modest tanner
 Galena, Illinois, would probably never have been known outside of his own county had it not been for the civil war. This was his oppor- tunitY to develop into one of the most renowned ofs military men as we'll as statesman of modern days, and the name of U. s. Grant will live on the pages of history as long as history lives. But for the Span ish-American war, the name of Dewey would probably never have had the importance which attaches to 1t today and which will forever live on the pages of history.
 If the telegraph reports of those Georgia lyachings are correct, those who participated Tn them have brought everlasting disgrace on the civilization of the present century, as well as upon the fair name of their state. 1t IS true that the crime which was avenged in the killing of Sam Hose, was one of the ID )st in conceivably atrocious that could be committed, but the manner in which it was avenged would scarcely have been expected of the most savage people on earth, Even the Apache Indians. that sre noted Ter their ssvagery, in the mutilation of their victims, did their beAslly kendish work, as a rule, after death had oc- cured. While the popuiace cannot bs blamed at being justly incensed in the case of the fend Hose, and the lynching of him itself might have been justified, the 6endishness of it, as reported, is whs. sends a thrill of horror through civilization. The mutilstion and hanging of the aged negro preacher, on the unsup- ported assertion alone of that fend incarnste, Hose, seems to have been wholly unjustifable and demon strate the danger of mob rule when the passions are aroused into a frenzy.
 To an undiplomatic mind 1t looks as though that little talk of Captain Coughlan, at club dinner in New York, has been msgnifed into undue proportions, both. in Europe aud the United States, Captain COughlan simply repeated little history which was known tethe world. having been spread broadcast a year ago. The speech has been the subject of dis cussiOn. by all the leading papers of Europe as we'll as the United States. The London Mail and News accept Capt. Coughlan's statement as the true version Of Germany's attitude at thai time. The Tsgeblatt of Berlin recalls the fact that the in cident IS a year old referring to the message which Admiral Dewey IS said to have sent to Admiral vOn Diedrichs,) and adds: ''If We must admit Admiral Dewey first hsrbored suspicious of the German squadron, these suspicious were subsequently, removed, and their relations became most cordial. Admiral Dewey even decorating his ships with flags on the Empress's birthday, which in tern ational etiquette did not com pei him to do." While it may have been indiscreet on the part of Cap tain Coughlan to have recalled this incident, which was aggravating st he time. it does not seem to be of sufficient importance to justify all he talk that has been indulged m ,ver 1t.