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


 friends to attend the sitting of thi cortes while the peace treaty | under discussion.
 President Mckinley will see tha law and order prevails in the Phil ippibes. as iD all other territory con trolled by the United States
 Voting Made Easy" should b the title of that bill changing th' qualification to vote, from one year residence to six months in the tern tory.
 It is known that the German con sular agent at Hong Kong aideC Aguinaldo to purchase 5000 stand of arms through a German firm Another proof of Germany's friend ship for us.
 The Phenix Herald wants the leg islature to pass bill providing fol voii lg by machines at all elections The voting in Yayapai county las November was strictly under th' auspices of the democratic machin' aud it worked like a charm. Il never skipped a cog.
 Today, February l5, the auuiyef slry of the blowing up of the Maine in Havana hsrbor. is the date fixed for laying ths keel of the new battle ship Maine. One year from today it is expected the monster new shiI will be launched.
 Aguinaldo would never hAy dared to attack our troops at Manila had lie not been encouraged to do 50 by the public utterances of U. $. ser atos. God may forgive those sen, ators, but their constituents should not.
 .' "Remember the Maine" Today Is the anniversary of the dastardly work of the Spanish at Havana The secret of tho destruction of the Maine will doubtless some day be come public, either through the per sonal spite of some Spanish yellow journalist or by other means 1t is Ooe of those crimes that are difficult to keep hidden.
 The Mitsu family are the Roths- childs of Japan. Their fortune Is estimated at SJO,OOO,OOO. A repre- sentative of tho, family is now visit ing the United States, for the pur- psse of securing a number of bright American boys, to be sent to Japan and China, and educated iu oriental business methods, with a view of eX- teniing trade with the United States.
 X Pittsburg man started m to hunt for a leak in his gas pipe by striking a match in his cellar. Whether he found the leak or not will never be known, but his neigh boTs found the dead bodies of him self. wife and two children m the wreck of his house. caused by the explosion which resulted from the l;rb. -,,., ,,F fha match
 Governor Murphy IS Toundly abused in the Courier this morning, on account of remarks of disap- proval made by him in connection with a recent bill passed by the leg islature legalizing the acts of county assessors in taking a commission of twenty-five cents for the collection of poll taxes. The only mistake made by she governor was that he did not veto the bill.
 \ strong effort IS being made to get a bill through the legislature which will permit recently elected democratic officials to get their hands down deeper in the public treasury. IL Is proposed to return to the fee systems for recorders and to raise salaries of other officials Under the fee system the office Of recorder in this county is worth any where from 5000 to S.OO0. The recorder at present receives a salary of 5000, certainly very good com pensation for the hours of work re- dui-ed of him. The balance of the fees goes into the county treasury. This IS the way, though. that DOT tioa of the democratic party wants 10 keep its pledges for economy ID the administration of public affairs.
 A Wickenburg correspondent writ ing ot the future prospects of that towo. says that people are talking about the great town that will spring up there in the next half dozen years and discussing the pro fec; Of a new county formed from parts of Yavapai and Maricopa with W ickenbuIg as the county seat. The road question has much to do with this desire for a new county. Most of the best mineral section lies just across the line in Yavapsi county Naturally Msricopa will not help improve roads in another county, and as new roads about Wickenburg will not directly help Prescott, Iavs- pal county will not assist. At great expense the people themselves are building good wagon road east of Wickenburg and they are begin uug 10 say that if they must build their own roads they propose to get out of the old counties and builG them under the auspices of a new county.
 The army appropriation bill. as . introduced in the house, contains an 1 ij -m. in accurdance with the recon ! of Secretary Alger, oi . S5o.OOO for the rehabilitation of l Waipple Barracks. If this Is not . topped of somewhere on the route |
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