Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-06-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Our commerce with Span, which was interrupted by the war, will be as large this year as it ever was.
 Canada has granted a subsidy to a steamship line from Montreal to Havre, France, which is another ar gunent in favor of the passage of the ship subsidy bill by congress.
 The democratic wrangles in Vir- ginia would give the republicans a good fighting chance to carry the state if it had an election law that was even possibly fair.
 Of course, there will be wars in the future, but it is a consolation to know that the strength of the United States, both in material resources and fight ing men, make it nation that no other will willingly attack.
 Bier Bryan's hold on the demo- cratic party gets weaker every day. Proof O. this may be found in the steadily increasing number of demo- crats of more or less prominence who are publicly declaring against Bryan ism. Hon. P. T. O'Ferran, ex-gov- ernor and ex-congressman of Virginia is among the latest.
 There is more or less silly talk on the tariff question now being present ed. To take for granted because President Mckinley favors the exten- sion sf OUT foreign trade by recipro city -eaiies, wherever possible, that he is any less believer in protective tariff nan he ever was is to ignore facts Reciprocity is the child of prop n. It is because we have a prot tariff that We have some thing fer nations for commercial reciprocity.
 T telegraph announces the ap- poh mt of Col. M. H. McCord as Unit States marshal for this terri tory to succeed W. M. Griffith on the expiration of the latter's term of office. Col. McCord served in con gress with President Mckinley and the 70 have always been warm per sona. friends, and the appointment was made without solicitation on the part of the appointee. Four. years ago he was appointed governor of the territory by the president, and after serving about year and a half, re signed to accept the position of col onel of a regiment for the Spanish American war. For the past year be has been engaged as part owner and business manager of the Phenix Ga zette. The Journal Miner congratu- lates Col. McCord on his appointment and congratulates the territory on se- curing so able a successor to Mir. Griffith, whose administration of the office has been eminently successful.
 Hon. R. c. Mccormick, the first secretary and second governor of Ari- zona, died recently at his home in Long Island, New York. In addi- ton to serving in the above official positions, MT Mccormick also served as delegate to Congress one term from Arizona and served two terms as member of Congress from New York. He was always a firm and faithful friend of Arizona both dur ing his residence and official career here as well as during his congress sional terms from New York. While secretary of the territory MT. McCor- mick established the Arizona Miner on March g, 1864, and the paper has been published ever since. Governor Murphy has issued a proclamation officially announcing his death and in which his official career is outlined. closing with an order that as mark of spectful esteem and sorrow for the loss of a noble citizen of the re- public and a powerful friend of the terri'o ory, the flags on all public insti- tutions of Arizona be placed at half mast for the period of ten days from June 3,