Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-09-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Pittsburg Labor World in an editorial demands the impeach- ment of President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association.
 At a special election held this week, Los Angeles, by vote of 5,017 to l. 267, decided to issue bonds to the amount of s2,OOO,OOO to purchase the water works of that city. The bonds will bear three and three-quarters per cent interest.
 The Phenix Enterprise jumps on the board of equalization for the in- creased territorial tax rate in the fol lowing manner: "The fact that the territorial equalization board has raised taxes thirty-two cents above last year is an outrageous shame and has roused the indignation of all the taxpayers. In the first place, there was no necessity for this raise and in the next place the board knew that it was outraging decency or it would not have attempted to saddle its sin on the democratic legislature" As the tax rate with two exceptions were fixed by legislative act and in the case of the two named, no raise was made, it is difficult to understand by what rule of mathematics the Enter prise does its "6ggerin." In fixing the levy the board simply complied with the various laws passed by the last legislature providing for particu- lar and specific levies to raise revenue for specific purposes, yet the Enter prise and Courier would make theiI readers believe that republican off. cials are responsible. Wonder what the readers of those papers really think of these bare faced attempts to impose on them and to adversely re feet on their intelligence anywayi
 Possibly it is the speed of the auto. mobiles that keeps down the popula. tion of France.
 Baseball players at Farmersburg Indiana, killed the umpire on account of a decision that was displeasing to them.
 The silver republicans in Nebraska, the home of the Commoner and of Bryan, have dissolved and gone out of business.
 Judging from the bloodlessness of the average South American revolu- tion, their managers are plagiarizing from the modern French duello code.
 A bill is to be introduced in Con- gress for the maintenance as a gov ernment reservation of the famous petrifed forest, near Holbrook, Ari- zona.
 More cotton was exported during the last fiscal year than in any pre- vious year. The total value of cotton and cotton products exported averaged more than Sl, 100000 day for every day in the year, the exact figures be- ing S365, ,405, ,707. As a king, cotton is still in the ring.
 Our contemporary says that charg- ing Governor Murphy with something he was not guilty of and then heap ing abuse on him for the alleged ac- ton is the mildest comment ever made about him. A truely frank ad- mission to say the least.
 Our contemporary now excuses the extravaganza of the last legislature by saying that the money is handled by republicans. Of course this is some comfort to the taxpayers, as they have the satisfaction of knowing that it will not be squandered, but will be hon. estly applied to the purposes intend ed. It is some satisfaction to know that money appropriated for some thing useless, will not be corruptly misused.
 It will not be very long until Has sayampa and Groom Creek sections will demand a railroad at the present rate of development. But for the fact that they are only a few miles from Prescott they would need it now. As it is, transportion rates to the railroad are comparatively low and the mines can stand it, but it will not be long until the volume of busi- ness will be heavy enough to pay a railroad to take care of it.
 Referring to the Journal Miners statement that the secretary of the territory was secondarily responsible for the appointment of an assistant secretary, our contemporary says: "When he (Stoddard) did get in office he said he thought the office amply able to pay for its own secre- tary. Oh, no; do not do Stoddard this injustice. Bottle up your spleen against Ssoddard." The Journal Miner has exhibited nospleen against Stoddard and has none to exhibit. It simply stated that if he had stuck to his original expressed opinion that the legislature had no authority to create such an office and as he is quoted above, that ''he thought the office amply able to pay for its own secre- tary," that would have been the end of the assistant secretary question, and that S2,400 donation of the legis- lature to the secretary's office would | have been permitted to remain in the territorial treasury. There is not the slightest grounds for belief that man damus proceedings would have been instituted to compel him to appoint | an assistant or to take that money from the treasury.
 Henry Clews, in his weekly Finan- cial tCircular says: The marvellous