Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-01-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The commonwealth of Australia composed of the six British coIonie, therein, began its existance with tho new century.
 Our financial independence wa, | strikingly demonstrated by the fail, ure of the recent crisis in the London stock market to affect our own mar, Aets. A few years ago furry like l that in London would have produced
 )anic in New York.
 According to press dispatches, the
 segovernment is showing a com adable desire to meet the wishes of powers and end the present unsatisfactOry condition of affairs in that unfortunate country.
 The Pacific railroads now have an iron clad agreement which provides tor the dismissal of any official who cuts or sanctions any cut in freight rates.
 w. J. Bryan is down in Texas hunt ing ducks. Texas was one of the few states in the union which gave Mir. Bryan its electoral vote. and he therefore has a kindly feeling for its people.
 The city council of Omaha has of fered a reward of S25,OOO for the ar rest and conviction of the persons who abducted Edward Cudahy Jr.
 Hail the new century! Welcome the new year.
 Gov. Pingree recently refused to obey summons to appear before a ourt and answer charge of con tempt.
 Benjamin Odell was inaugurated as Governor of New York, January l. E. A. Cudahy, whose son was re- gently abducted in Omaha. and for whose return he was compelled to pay S25,OO0, has just received a letter from the kidnappers in which they state that unless he withdraws tbe offer of S25.OOO reward for their ap- pnehension and conviction, they will kidnap others of the children.
 A young man in Washington ex cited good deal of comment recently |. by not moving a muscle for several kfays. And he wasn't a government Fcierk either.
 Even the powers cannot ignore the woman in the case in China.
 Prince Tuan's recent death was not fatal, and probably his more recent arrest Is not true An Ohio man has just served term ln Jall for kissing a girl. But he is game and says it was worth it. Mir. Bryan has announced in a speech of several columns that he will positively not be a candidate again unless he is asked to be. z The marvellous thing about the C south African situation is the number
 saGa6 s that the Boers seems able
 Kill or capture one and l
 another just as good in his |
 Or Is 1t deficiency on the part $ the British rather than proficiencv il 5n the part of the Boers? It must he e one or the other. V If the supreme court should take u the altogether unexpected and highly a improbable course of deciding that 5 the constitution has been extended to 5 colonies by the Spanish treaty, a s grave condition will be present W
 Just what will be done, cannot II
 e said, but it is safe to trust the tI ssatlon to the republican party with re he certainty that it will do the very o' pest thing possible. ca If the south is really in earnest in ae r' ieslrlng to suppress lynching. why ye ioes 1t not do as Akron. Ohio. has R, lone! Iwenty-two men who took. ap 'art in lynching there have been o9 oo
 1ed tO the penitentiarv. and e. .il soon follow them. I,
 ,T storm, driven by ,a strong xii
 been aging in Wisconsin t.
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