Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-31

 The chief danger from trusts IS to he speculators who buy their enormously watered securities.
 General Wood has ordered all Cuban office holders to work seven hours a day. This horrible tyranny ought to be punished severely.
 France threatens to put prac- tically prohibitive duty on Ameri- can goods if that reciprocity treaty ss defeated. Such threats do not alarm us.
 The demand for carbolic acid for the manufacture of lydite shells has caused the British government to prohibit the exportation of that commodity.
 The administration has decided that no title of information shall be withheld from the country, how ever unwise or unreasonable 1t may be for congress to ask it.
 Now Secretary Gage is blamed because a New York banker has written what is held to be an i'm proper letter to him. Improper let ters might be written even to that bright young son of the west, Mir. Bryan.
 If some democrat would suggest possible disposal of the Philip pine problem instead of decrying everything the republicans propose, the country would have a better opinion of that party.
 Talk about inconsistency Sena- tor Jones now urges his colleagues to vote against Mir. Quay, when a lew months ago he and other demo crats urged the Pennsylvania demo- cratic legislators to elect him.
 To hear all the outcry that St. Louis is making over the Chicago canal, one would thi at that city had pure and clear supply, But those who are familiar with Mississippi mud are skeptical.
 After dlsplacing the republican from the Baltimore city govern ment, chiefly by means of charges oi corruption, the new democratic mayor confesses that the city owes a debt of gratitude to several of the former administration.
 Secretary Gage some time ago re- quested congress to authorize him to charge interest on national de posits in banks, but no action ha: been taken on his suggestion. Now congress has asked him why he loans out the government money without interest. It would seem tc us that MT. Gage has pretty good answer to make.
 The Clark senatorial investiga- ton now going on in Washington l: certainly not a good argument fol the future admission of Arizona tc statehood. The eastern press re fers to us again as the "wild anc woody" in the manner and method Of eIecting senators, and take both sides of the Clark controversy a: the basis of their dislike to see either Arizona or New Mexico admitted.
 The administration is moving rapidly for the relief of Puerto Rico. Bills have been introduced n both houses extending the United States customs and internal revenue laws over the island and very soor the people there will enjoy free trade with this country. Now, il individuals will cooperate with the administration in asking for anc using Puerto Rican coffee, which ii said to be very fine, the island vii soon be prosperous again.
 There did not seem to be much politics in the final vote on the Roberts case in congress on Thurs day. The case was presented il the following resolutions: 'That under the facts and circumstances of the case, Brigham H. Roberts representatiye-elect from the state of Utah, ought not to have or holc a seat in the house of representa- tives, and that the seat to which ht was elected is hereby declared va can't" The resolution was adopted by a vote of PTS to 50, and MT Roberts will return home. In the meantime Utah will be without rep resent ation in congress unless a spe cial election Is held.
 The hackneyed cry for statehood is taking on it's second wind, and i: principally being discussed in Phe- nix, of course. A big junketing commission has been appointed tc go t. Washington, but it seems tc move vexatiously slow and uncer- tain. This is due probably to the fact that the financial assistance necessary to show a strong front ha: not as yet been realized on, anc from the disposition of people hert and elsewhere in northern Arizona we doubt very much if any sum whatever will be contributed to foster the question or assist any one to go ahead and plead for the cause
 The republican argument for the ship subsidy bill can be put in |; nutshell. Every nation n the world that has a merchant marine give: subsidy. At least four nations = England, France, Germany and Ja- pan--give approximately as much a; is proposed by the bill under dis cussion. Naturally American yes eals cannot oOmDet0 with such yes.