Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-01-11
J.C. MARTIN. Editor and Proprietor

Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, IS confident of reelection by the Mis- souri legislature.
 Illinois proposes to extend the civil service law into county and township governments.
 It is said that Hon. J. H. Choate, of New York, will be selected for the position of ambassador to England.
 If '99 is wise, it will not attempt to rival '9s in the production of i'm portant events.
 The democratic party seems m a fair way to be dominated by the coloneIs, but not necessarily by those of the Spanish war.
 The North Dakota legislature IS asked to revise its divorce laws and to make them more strict than at present.
 If Col. WatteFson keeps on boom ing expansion, and war ticket for l90O, he is likely to be put on Col. Bryan's little black list.
 Governor Pingree of Michigan, is after Senator Burrows with his scalping knife to prevent the latter's reelection. He has put up lum- herman named Pack to try and pack of the senatorial honors.
 There is DO law to prevent such democrats as have a notion to throw themselves in front Of the expansion train and get ground into mince- meat.
 The anxiety of some senators to get the Nicaragua canal constructed would be more generally accepted as real, if they would pass a bill providing for it's construction
 According to the Nicaragua canal commission Gen. Hains, Admiral Walker, and Prof. Haupt,-the out side limit of the cost of construct ing the canal will be I35,0OO.OO0.
 Governor Leedy and his followers are doing their best to make Kansas forever ashamed of having been, even temporarily, controlled by the populists.
 The Tucson Star is putting in its best lieks for female suffrage. It Is sweetness wasted on the desert air though so far as being able to secure any favorable action on the subjec. from a democratic legislature.
 General Weyler is playing fine game to get into power m Span He IS travelling through tine country talking sweet 10 citizens generally. and recently bsuquetted a lot oi high army and naval officials.
 Emperor William stopped long enough in his antI-RussIsn machlna- tions to write an autograph letter to the czAr, declarins hIs "hisu esteem and unalterable friendship for his egood brother" What lot of fax CTS these royal chaps are.
 The transfer of authority from Spain to the United States, at Ha- vana, was as quiet and orderly as change of administration at Wash ington. Cen. Brooke wIll now pro ceed 10 give the Cubans their first taste of honest and just government.
 We are ready at all times to en- dorse Col Watterson's proposed platform-"The Stars and Stripes, God bless them;7 also, his assertion that democratic party pledges are fabricated chiefly to be broken, but there We must part company with him.
 The Albuquerque Democrat has changed its politics from democracy to republican. It has been owned for some time by republicans and the change is made simply to har- monize the politics of the paper wi;h the political belief of its proprietors.
 It seems to be the policy of the democrats in congress to permit the country to expand a little at first and then put it in splints by the army and resisting necessary appropriations. A demo crat is almost as tricky as a Span | iard.-Globe- Democrat. The newly elected board of super visors have started out on the road to economy by hiring room on the outside for one of the county off cIals, with one or two vacant rooms in the court house. IL may be nee cessary to build another addition on the court house to accommodate all the officials. There has been a decided change recently in the tone of German of icials in speaking about this coun- try. They now say that we mis- understand them. IL strikes us that ye not only misunderstood them. t ou. know exactly hsw to deal with hem, too, ss the German admiral vho tried to bully Dewey can tes ' .ify. The navy department can ensure . fortune 10 the man who will in- rent a preparation that will really make wood ireproof; 1t ls wanted for [ use on fighting ships. There are a ! number of 6reproofng processes, @ put none that will stand all the .ests. ''The year 1898 has gwen to the American people the exaItation of 2 patriotic duty, and leryor to relieve he suferings of an oppressed and people. In 1898 We nave become cItizens of the world. We have become the foremost wer."-Chauncey NJ. Depew. l. Senator Camd an of West Vir- ,,