Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-03-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

eUiIUklAL nUlES.
 John H. Mitchell has been elected United States senator from Oregon. He received thirty-five republican and eleven democratic votes.
 The Oregon and Oriental Steamship company have put in operation a direct line of steamers between Port land and Manila. The steamer Mon- mouthshire and Carmarthenshire have been placed in commission and will be used exclusively in this service, making regular stated trips.
 It is rumored that General Botha has surrendered to Kitchener.
 The English are closing their lines around DeWet and former President Steyn and their capture seems immi- nent.
 The Phenix Enterprise is quite elated over the action of the legisla ture in overriding the governors veto of the penitentiary improvement bill. The action will just cost the tax-pay CTS of the territory about S25,000 or S30,0O0. If this is just cause for ela ton, the Enterprise certainly has just cause for its enthusiasm.
 The government is talking of adopt ing automobiles for use as mail wagons in large cities.
 Another hold up" epidemic has broken out in Los Angeles.
 A protest has been entered in the United States senate against the ad mission of w. A. Clark. The protes- tant, who belongs to the labor party, charges that Clark spent S20,0O0 to secure his election.
 The country is going to the demni tion bow VOWS, according to Senator Allen of Nebraska and Kean St Charles of Mohave county. The former telegraphs Bryan that there are no democrats left in the senate and St. Charles writes his paper that republicans are running all the demo- crats in the legislature except him self.
 If there is any citizen of the terri tory who has overlooked presenting a relief bill to the legislature they are reminded that there are yet seventeen days of the session.
 President Mckinley entered upon his second term of office today.
 Congress adjrurned at noon today. The senate, however, will meet in spe- cial executive session for the purpose of passing upon the new cabinet ap- pointees.
 Minister Conger is enroute home on a sixty days leave of absence.
 The relief afforded by the present legislature has been something re- markable Old claims that have been submitted to every legislature for the past ten or twelve years, and which have been rejected by each one, have been taken up and passed as fast as received. The individual relief Mus afforded has been numerous and con siderable in amount, while the tax payers, bytheir provisions and numer- ous other appropriations will be re- lieved of thousands of dollars of their hard earned money.
 "The Ivy irrigation bill contains many good features and the measure is not entitled to the vicious attacks made by the Prescott papers. When priority of right is established, which will no doubt be done some day, the people of Salt rlver and all of the older settlements will be the gainer." Enterprise. The above is a fair sam pie of the Enterprises methods of meeting anything that appears in the Prescott papers with which it does not agree. If there is anything fair and just in the Ivy bill towards the Verde valley, why does not the Enter prise point out its good points instead of simply designating as vicious at tacks what appears in the Prescott papers. The people of the Salt river valley may just as well understand first as last that no legislation which may be passed which will interfere with the rights of the Verde valley ranchers, can ever be enforced