Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-12-12

work for the party during the late campaign, has had his name put back on the republican caucus list.
 Senator Hanna says the republican motto at this session of congress is "Do business"
 Hon. Benjamin Harrison is in Washington, as lay member of the national committee of Pres5yterians now in session there to consider the creed question.
 Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt scored a scoop when she declined to become a candidate for the presidency of the daughters of the American Revolution
 Perhaps it was only to convince his new father-in-law that there were no frills on his ducal coronet that the Duke of Manchester went through "cake walk" in New York.
 If the French are not careful they may find themselves Krugered into trouble with England.
 Wisconsin proposes to pass a law requiring all applicants for mar riage licenses to pass a medical ex- animation before being permitted to marry. The experiment will be watched with interest.
 Oom Paul Kruger has decided to take up his residence at The Hague.
 Congress has made an excellent start toward making this a strictly business session.
 Senor Degetau, Porto Rica's first delegate to congress, said of his con stituents: ~Mypeople want to become root and branch Americans. We can not do it too quickly
 If it pleases the sultan of Turkey to pay those American missionary claims in a round about way, this government was not disposed to ob- ject. Our demand was that the claims should be paid.
 The democratic leaders in congress are showing very commendable dis position, in their talk, to put no fac tious Instructions in the way of legis- lation in line with the will of the peo- pie, as expressed at the polls.
 President McKinley's message to congress furnishes more proof, if it were needed, of the wisdom of the people in re-electing him.
 Italy isn't getting its share of pros perity. Its government is wrestling with a deficit, about two-thirds of which its minister of the treasury says to its participation in the China expedition.
 The bill for the reduction of the war tax contemplates looping ioff of about S40,0O0,000 annually. The list of articles from which the tax is to be removed is quite lengthy and includes conveyances, mortgages, shipping re ceipts, bank checks, money orders  and telegraph messages.
 Chas. 4. Towne has been appointed as United States senator from Mime sota, to succeed Senator Davis. de ceased.
 Congressman Boutelle, of Maine. who has been lowering between life and death for some time has resigned his seat in congress.
 Dr. o. L. Geer, of this county. is being talked of for speaker of the house of representatives in the next legislature. Dr. Geer is eminentlv qualified for the position.
 Oom Paul shed real tears of sor- TOW on account of the snub given him by Emperor William of Ger many. His reception at The Hague was so cordial and enthusiastic that he was moved to tears of joy.
 A telegram from Washing says that Brigadier-General Chas. P. Eagan, commisSary general who was suspend ed during the Spanish war. has been restored to duty by the president and immediately placed on the retired list. General Egan's many Arizona friends will be rejoiced to learn of this.
 One of our contemporaries asserts that that western girl who bet a kiss on every state carried by Mckinley, has refused to pay up. That will do to tell. No girl who bets a kiss where she Is dead sure to lose. will refuse to pay, and particularly no western girl.
 The papers announced the other day that Jones and Bryan had had a long talk over the telephone. Later they announced that Jones declared that Bryan wouldn't run again. Xvi dently, the wires got crossed. It was Grover that Jones was talking to.
 Judging from the election returns. the fifteen millions or so increase in the country since 1890 were nearly all republicans.
 South Dakota has just repealed its state dispensary law. Neither it nor Pettigrew has turned out to be as good as they were cracked up to be. The democrats are claiming that .ne --e7eat wonderful export trade of .