Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.


 The Lawtou fund has now reached over S7O,OOo.
 MT. Nash was inaugurated as gov ernor of Ohio on Monday, January -sth.
 Drummers are great political mis- sionaries. This explains MT. Bryan's solicitude for their welfare.
 The rapidity of the growth of tn fund for the widow and children of General Lawton shows how Ameri- cans appreciate bravery.
 The democratic policy, in oons gress and in the coming Presiden- tial campaign, may be summed up in one word-opposition.
 The indiscriminate attaekssof the democratic press on all large in dustrial corporations have lost thousands of votes to that party.
 In all the world outside the Unit ed States, there are only seven steamships of 15OO tons or over that do not receive government subsidy of some sort. It is hard for our ships to compete with this.
 President Mckinley would prob ably would be snubbed both by British and Boers If he were to at tempt to mediate between them. The United States is nobody's cats paw.
 Two negroes will be among the prominent speakers and debaters at Harvard this year. The race is be- ginning to justify what has been done for it.
 The pro-Boer tone of the French press isn't worrying John Bull, who knows that it would only be ques- tion of outbidding the Boers to re verse it.
 The thriving and enterprising town of Winslow aspires to become a city and has petitioned the super visors of Navajo county for per mission to incorporate.
 Congress should see that Inspec- tor General Breckinridge's plea for more effective cooperation between the army and navy is intelligently acted upon, as it is plea justified by the late war with Spain.
 Major General Leonard Wood made a good beginning as military governor of Cuba by securing the active cooperation of General Max imo Gomez, in his efforts to restore prosperity to the island.
 It will be noticed that none oi England's European enemies have considered her reverses in South Africa a sufficient inducement to openly take sides against her. The reason is obvious; they know Eng lands latent strength.
 Our democratic friends need moi worry about the republican candi- date for vice-president; he will be a good man, and, like President Me Kinley, he will be nominated by ac- clamation.
 Careful observers must have noticed that nearly all the leading democrats have suddenly become afraid of the 16-to-1 idea; they are just beginning to realize that the people of the country were in dead earnest when they condemned that idea in 1896.
 4 formal order has been issued from the war department to Major General Shafter to escort the re- mains of the late Major General Henry ". Lawton from San Fran cisco to Washington upon their ar rival at the former place from Ma nila, which is expected to be about February l.
 General Joubert declares that he has not lost a single man by lyd- dite. Is the awful carnage de- scribed by correspondents to be ascribed to the imagination of the owners of the patent for the con- pound?
 Judge L. A. Grof has been ap- pointed postmaster at Los Angeles Judge Grof was commissioner oi the general land office for short period under President Harrison. but resigned on account of i'll health and located in Los Angeles, where he has since resided.
 It will prove of interest to MT Bryan to learn that on New Years day Austria-Hungary adopted the last measure whereby that great commonwealth becomes in fact, as well as name, gold standard coun- try. For years Austria has grad uaiiy been swinging into line and has demonstrated to her own satis- faction that the money which prac- tically remains unaltered from age to age and maintains it's market value virtually unchanged, is the only safe business basis.
 The pope is being quoted as say ing that the twentieth century does not commence till next year. It does not seem to need such eminent authority as this to decide this ques- fion, as the tables of arithmetic furnish a correct answer to the ques- tiop. These rules say that 100 years make a century, and nineteen Atimes 100 years make nineteen cen