Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24


 The mistakes and failures of the we'll prepared British explain any errors on the part of the unpre- pared Americans last year, and furnish pretty good justification of the administration.
 The bubonic plague seldom at tacks white men. but rages amongst black and brown peoples. II it | comes to this country, it is likely to prove very fatal to the negroes.
 Qnite number of democrats are engaged in loosening Senator Jones' hold on the chairmanship of their national committee, but Jones doesn't wish to give up the job. Joe" Blackburn is doubtless glad to know that he will be provided with money for irrigating and other purposes for nearly SIX years to come.
 Senator Hoar means well, but he has got himself all tangled up on the Philippine question and seems utterly unable to see the facts as they are.
 The subsidy asked for Pacific cable is less than the annual interest charged on the first cost of the line, to say nothing of the cost of re- newing it about once In twenty years.
 The hemp imports of the United States during the past eleven months were larger than the re- ceipts for any year in the past, ex- cept 1897.
 If there isn't hair pulling match when Brigham Roberts goes back to his three wives, they must have very forgiving dispositions.
 Suppose the autis try waiting un- til Uncle Sam gets mixed up in some foreign complications before doing their Yowling.
 If the democratic legislature of Kentucky trys to steal the gover- ship for Goebel, the United States courts may take a hand in the game.
 It is estimated that the opening up of Puerto Rico by railways will largely increase its production of coffee, but that sugar and tobacco have about reached their limit.
 The populist have an idea tha the democrats mean to play them false and will hold their own con- vention early and name one of their number for vice president. This may mean two tails to Bryan's kite, as in 1896.
 We are shipping gold 10 Europe, but we are getting a bounteous equivalent in stocks and bonds that are steadily increasing in value John Bull needs cash more than se- curities and must sell for what he can get.
 MT. Bryan's only reason for call ing the republican financial bill bad is that it is a republican measure; at least, we infer as much by his having called the bill bad without giving any reason for it's badness.
 Secretary Cages willingness and promptness in giving congress and the country all the details of the relations of the treasury depart ment with national banks was a great disappointment-to the dem ocrats, who expected him to balk and make campaign material for hem. The present is not baking administration.
 This is scarcely the time to revive old animoslties by trying to cut down southern representation in congress. The good feeling arising from the Spanish war has put the democrats into a helpless minority, anyhow.
 The Goebelites could not force two of their own election commis- sioners to violate the law of Ken lucky, but they have forced them to resign so as to permit more facile men to be put in therr places.
 General Tino may live to thank the Filipino officer who failed to carry out his order to shoot Lieu tenant Gilmore and h1s fellow prisoners; but his fate would have been quickly settled had he been caught by the troops who rescued Gilmore and his party.
 IL does not necessarily follow be- cause the United States government gave Germany a strong hint that it would not be allowed to buy the Danish West Indian islands that we will buy them ourself, although that will probably be done eventually, but not at a fancy price.
 Another Jones has appeared upon the political skyline. This time it is Jones of Georgia. The patriarchal Jones of Arkansas, whose long, flowing beard has been made glossy with popocratic elixir, and the good natured and ever harmless Jones, with sleek face aud aldermatic pro- portions, of Nebraska. have no place with this original rip-snorter from Jonesville. These Joneses have not been loud enough in their praises for Hoar and Pettigrew and have gained the ill will of this Jones. or course Jones of Georgia cannot devote his time to pacifying the derelict senators, but he has a sub stitute that the people of Georgia