Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-01-15

electric railroads from Cairo, Egypt, to Mount Sinai, thence along the coast of the Red Sea through Syria to Mecca, with a branch to Damascus.
 Frederick S. Nave, the recently appointed United States attorney is the gentleman who tried to get his work in against the newspapers when he was secretary of the code commission. The newspapers of the territory have been heaping coals of fire upon his head since his appointment by saying all sorts of nice things about him.
 The Albuquerque Citizen re- marks that "there are four subjects which no paper may mention edi- torially without bringing a wagon load of communications" in reply: | Socialism, the single tax, Christian Science and the numerical strength | of our river brethern.
 General Funston says that 'the fear sometimes expressed in the United States that the Filipino will food this country with cheap labor is laughable to one who has lived in the Philippines. An Amer ican laborer who is paid $3 per day for his toll is cheap compared with the Filipino laborer paid at the rate of 50 cents per day. In the opinion of many people who understand the labor situation in the Philippines, the industrial de- velopment of the country depends upon the introduction of Chinese and Japanese labor. Awhite man cannot work in the Philippines with any comfort. The climatic conditions are such that an Ameri can laborer cannot do heavy work in the islands"
 The Yuma Sun, Solomonville Bull letin and a few other democratic papers of the territory speak sneering- ly and sarcastically of the visit of Governor Murphy to Washington in the interests of statehood. It seems almost beyond belief that partisan ship should become so binding as is manifested by these papers from the fact that for years Governor Murphy has been the most earnest, persistent and consistent worker in the cause of statehood of any man in the territory. He has worked for it in season and out of season, and the insinuations and sneers of such journals are un- called for, great injustice to a man who has honestly worked as he has talked. The only criticism which could come with good grace from anyone would be from opponents ofstatehood that Governor Murphy is to active ir its support. But to be maligned by in situations and sneers from those who profess to be its friends is simply dis gusting.
 In an interview in San Fran cisco, General Fred Funston gives one of the most intelligent descrip tions of the condition existing 1T the Philippines that we have seer published. Amongother things ht says: "There are only two prov inces on the archipelago that art not under absolute control at th' present time. One is the island oi Samar and the other is the Prov ince of Batangas on the Island O Luzon. Both these provinces art in a state of turmoil, but in all tn, remaining portions of the archipel ago human fife is as safe as it is il most parts of the United States There are ample troops stationed il all of the provinces and there are ; number of towns in which peac' and quiet reigns where no soldier arestationed. The provincial gov ernments established by the Philip pine commission have been, as ; rule, successful, largely because al the provincial treasurers and mos of the governors are American Native officials are, with rare ex ception, inefficient, lazy and cor rupt. It certainly will not be yer, long before the last of the insurrec tionis entirely crushed out in Sa mar and Batangas. It cannot, il my judgment, be more than two O three months at the outside befor the natives are conquered. Afte that, if we keep a firm hand owe the Filipinos, give them to under stand that for the present such thing as native legislative body i out of the question, vigorously en force the excellent laws that hay been passed by the commission an' make them fully understand tha any outbreak will be stamped ou with an iron hand, we will have n further war in the Philippines !"
 A Pleasant Visitor.
 The Journal-Miner received a yer, pleasant call today from Fredericl W. Hyde of the Jamestown, Ney York, Evening Journal. Mir. Hyd is paying his first visit to Arizoni and is the guest of w. A. Kent o the Oriental Mining Co.,, who ac companied him on his visit to thi
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