Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-02-21

the financial bill by vote of 46 to 2S.
 Mir. Bryan has added the Boer cause to his free lecture repertoire. It is now said that the people of Arkansas are claiming that it was Coin Harvey who discovered the circulation of the blood.
 The Hon. Sam Jones promises to carry Ohio for Bryan. Is Sam talk ing for a place on the ticket? He failed to carry the state for himself.
 Congressman Sulzer of New York announces as a candidate for the vice-presidency on the republican ticket.
 The president has issued an ex- ecutive order placing the island ot Tutuila under the control Of the navy department.
 A New York yellow journal has announced that Ohio will go for Bryan next fall. Possibly, If go for be interpreted in its slangy sense.
 John L. Pennington. formerly managing editor of the Denver re- publican, died in Los Angeles Feb. I5 of spinal meningitis. Notwithstanding the results of the last election, there appears to be enough left of the Hon. Sam Jones for featuring purposes,
 Tammany's government of New York costs its residents very nearly S42,OOO,OOO. Think of it! Forty two million. And it would be dear at any price.
 At Bryan's request the national committee will call the national democratic convention for June 6 in order to take the initiative against the republicans.
 The republic of Mexico held its election for president February b and elected President Diaz by an overwhelming majority. He received 4OO OOO ont of 100000 cast. Our exports to China and Japan were nearly S4O.OOO,OOO last year. an income of 246 per cent since 1889. Surely such a growing trade IS worth making an effort to preserve and ex- tend. Expansion and aid to our commercial fleet will do it.
 The English have galned their first advantage in the Transvaal. The telegrams state that they are using some successful strategy and have set their enemies to thinking.
 
 Senator Mason has no time to at tend to letters asking him to resign. These are purely domestic matters and must wait until Billy has re- formed the rest of the world.
 A recent telegram from Washing ton says that Delegate Wilson has introduced a bill in congress to amend the Harrison act. The spe- cifc nature of the proposed amend ment is not given.
 Consul Vansittart at New Orleans 1 denies having called Senator Mason | a mountebank. Probably the re- porter was a good mind reader and | acquired the consul's opinions with out hearing them stated.
 Governor Roosevelt has positive ly declined to become a candidate l for yice-president. He will not ob- ject, however, to becoming the re publican candidate for president in . 1904.
 There are fifteen states which have no democratic representation in the present house, and if the democratic party dees not speedily change its tactics the number of states that will send solid republi- can delegations to the next house will be increased.
 Circumstances alter cases. Law by injunction" although so severely denounced by the last democratic national platform, seems good enough for the Kentucky democrats. This somerssult Is easily explained. The Kentucky courts are part Of the democratic machine.
 It does not speak well for the Christianity and civilization of the Boers that they should have public ly executed a young Scotchman in the city of Harrismith, Orange Free State. for no other reSson than that he refused to take up arms to fight against his own country.
 Now the enterprisiug Washington correspondents, who tell us so much about the so-called alliance with Great Britain, have discovered that the sun daily casts the shadow of ] Queen Victoria on the columns in front of the white house. They will soon have the good old lady on the Inside.
 Governor Taylor undoubtedly has justice on his side whether he has law or not. The Goebel law was framed to enable that individual to steal the state. and 1t is being used to do that very thing Taylor's methods of preventing 1t may be but most people think [ it is about time for a revolution in The right to attempt this always exists. Those gentlemen of the House of Representatives who keep them a selves busy looking out for the iu- terests of the Boers, Filipinos and d other people than their own con will fl d a day of reckon V