Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-04-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

for the long term and Governor Charles H. Dietrich for the short |, term. They received the unanimous vote of the republican members.
 Those newspapers which have been inclined to sheer at General Funston and to belittle him in the past, can amend their opinion of him. His re- cent expedition into the interior of a hostile country, of several days march from the coast with but bandful of men, was daring and intrepid act.
 He was not only in danger from the enemy but in danger from treachery of the natives accompanying him.
 The new printing law went into effect immediately after its approval by the governor and is now one of the laws of Arizona,
 Victor E. Lawson has sold the Chi. cago Record to Herman Kohlsaat and the paper will be merged into the Times-Herald. By this newspaper change the Chicago Times, once the most famous paper in Chicago drops out of existence altogether.
 Prescdent Hays, of the Southern Pacific company received rush orders, recently, in San Francisco, for his ap- pearance in New York. The railroad magnate had been travelling over his line of railroad for some time in his private car, but on this occasion de- cided to take the limited train iii order to make all possible speed. There is rule of the company that prohibits private cars from being hauled on limited trains and also for bids the acceptance of passes on these trains. In order not to have these rules violated Mir. Hays took his place in line at the Grand Hotel office and awaited his turn with the others to reach the counter where he pur- chased a ticket to Chicago, and se- cured the drawing room in Pullman car, to make the journey in.
 Editor Bryan is not altogether pleased with the capture of Aguinaldo. He had hoped that he might hold out to make political capital for him. He expresses his disapproval of the capture in the following disgruntled, pessimistic way: ''The report of the capture of Aguinaldo is apparently verified. While no one can predict with certainty the effect of his cap ture, it is possible it may put an end to the war for the present, but the objection to imperialism is not re- moved by the surrender of those who have been opposing it in the Philip pines. Imperialism is wrong, because it changes every theory of govern ment. We cannot administer an en- pire in the orient and maintain re- public in America"
 Today's election for school trustee was one of the most spirited elections held for years for that position. Mir. Andrews has served the people of the district well in the capacity of trustee, and in fact it has often been remarked that the present board in its entirety has never been excelled. In spite of Mir. Andrews faithful service as trus- tee, because he differed with some one else, on some proposition in his ca pacity of legislator, the parties who could not make him come to their way of thinking set about to compass his defeat for trustee, and a most excellent woman, Mrs. J. R. Lowry, was pre- vailed upon to become the standard bearer of those opposed to him. At the same time the vilest sort of calum- nies were started and peddled about from house to house, particularly among the women, who it was thought would be most influenced by them, derogatory to his moral character. He had lived in Prescott for nearly score of years, but it was only when he sought a reelection as school trus- tee that this wonderful discovery of his alleged immortality was discovered. Political campaign lies are generally graded in degree, according to the importance of the office sought, but those circulated adout Judge Andrews in this case would have done full jus tice for candidate to congress. At the hour of writing this the result is not known, but the country is safe whatever the result of today's election may be.
 A plot to overthrow the Brazil re- public has been discovered and thwarted.
 Present indications are that Russia will be compelled to recede from her intimidating position in China and look more to her internal affairs. Late telegrams indicate that a serious revolution is threatened, and the life | of the Car is in danger.
 With the Harrison act as a safety | valve to our finances and the experi- ence of recent legislatures, in the prohigate appropriation of funds, l what might we expect of state legis- Iature with no restrictions on it?
 When oil is added to the other val lable products of this county, as the now are that it will at an early date, old Yavapai will be strictly n it. Look out for boom, and that quite speedily.
 The Phenix Enterprise makes the lire threat that in case of President refusal to admit Arizona IS a state after his visit to :the terri ;ory it will make Arizona safely demo- ,ratic for years to come. The terri iory seems to have been democratic or several years already, and it can lot be more safely so than it has oeen. That is what has been delay ng our admission.