The Arizona sentinel., 1885-09-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

minated Charles F. Whiting for Governor.
 General Logan will continue to be known to fame. A trade mark has been granted for "RIack Jack" chewing gum.
 Gen. Fltzhugh Lee, son of the late Gen. R. E. Lee, has been mo- minated for Governor of Virginia, by the Democracy; and John S. Wise by the Republican.
 Governor TritIe has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of Albino Aguirre, the murderer of John M. Mccormack of Clifton. Additional rewards amounting to $500 are offered.
 A Santa Fe paper says it is the general belief in Washington that c. M. Zulick, of Texas, will be appointed governor of Arizona. and that Major Thomas Morgan. also of Texas. is a favored candi- date for Attorney General.
 The political arena is warming up and will, no doubt, before long be at fever heat. There are a number of States who hold elec- lions this fall, the most important being Virginia. Ohio, and New York. The canvass in Ohio gives signs already of being the most closely contested for years. For aker is the Republican nominee, Hoadley the Democratic.
 Los Angeles Herald: The gov ernment has recognized the growing importance of this Rev enue district by establishing in Los Angeles an office for the sale of Revenue stamps of all sorts, and has rendered MT. J. c. Rays, a most competent and acceptable official, the position of salesman. This will be a great convenience 10 our distillers and business men.
 Los Angeles Herald: MT. Ben. jamin Butler intends, it is said, 10 oppose the Presidents "cattle order" in the courts of law. MT. Butler is audacious enough for anything and in his case fortune has very frequently favored the audacious, but he will not make very much out of the matter he has just taken in hand. The gov ernment has both law and equity on its side of the case. All this is supposing that the story about what MT. Butler is to do is true.
 And now comes an exposure which shows that twenty-four persons have been systematically borne on the payroll of the Court of Claims without the slightest, authority of law, with salaries amounting in the aggregate to S34, 900 per year. The First Con- troller of the Treasury, as soon as he made the discovery, put his foot down, and stopped the leak. This is a reform administration.
 More than 7,5OO,OOO cattle graze on the green plains east of the Rocky mountains, and their value reaches the snug little sum of about two hundred millions o dollars, It is an unpleasant fact, however, that the herds and near. ly 21, 100000 acres of this grazing land are either owned or unlaW- fully occupied by English capital. ists, to the detriment of our own citizens.
 State elections will be held this year as follows: Connecticut, To- vember 4; Iowa, Minnesota, New York New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, November 8; Ohio, October II; Virginia, Now ember 2. Of the obove, Connec- ticut, New York, New Jersey and Virginia, may be counted upon as democratic; Minnesota and Pennsylvania, republican; while Ohio, is debateable ground.
 ParnelI has created a genuine sensation in England by his re- cent speech in Dublin in which he demanded the repeal of the union, or, in order words, the in- dopendence Of Ireland. As mat.