Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-08-22

command the army and the dlvislon of tbe Atlantic both with his present rank as major general. unless Congress should take action.
 A number of our democratic ex- changes are experiencing their perlodi' cal attack of the Churchill tremens and are snapping and snarling at hIs heels
 with their usual venom and mah1nIty. They seem fearful lest he becomes a candidate for some office on the republl- can ticket. General Churchilrs private business being sufficient to occupy the time of two men, 1t IS not pfooa- Die that he would neglect 1t for politics.
 Possess your souls Tn patience, ye dem- ocratic sCrlbes.
 The Tombstone Prospector welcomes daily r,val into the feid as follows :; "The Daily Evening Epi'aph made its appearance for the first time last evening It IS strongly democfatic, and presents neat appearance. We hail the new venture with pleasure. The campaign IS about to open and we need some outside influence to brighten our ideas. We hope the campaign will be hot one. We love excitement, and sleep on the pillows of political agi- tatlon, and trust that our esteemed contemporary will prove itself worthy of our steel"
 The Tucson Citizen publishes an arti- cle in which Judge Barnes attempts to excuse hls action in fining s. C. Bagg, of the Prospector, for contempt of court The excuse Is a very, very weak one. His first point is that the remarks in the Prospector contained covert threat against his life or of doing him a bodily injury. Taking this view of the case it was clearly not case of contempt but one which entitled MT. Bagg to jury trIal and the judge exceeded his jurisdic- lion His second point was that he thought Bagg was a wealthy man. Great Heavens what an error of judgment! To. think of an Arizona editor being wealthy
 Senators Sherman and Evarts made speeches against the fisheries treaS, and in spite of the many speeches already made in opposition to this treaty, both gentlemen made rev and convincing points against its ratification. In the course of his remarks. MT. Sherman made the prophecy that Canada would be represented in the American Con- gress within ter years, m other words, would he annexed to the United States rkese words, coming from a state man of MT Sherman's experience, have caused genuine political sensation and coming too, just at time when Canadian matters of various kinds are exciting much interest.
 Jacksonville, Florida, is being depop- ulated on accoun, of yellow fever Every means known to science IS being used to stamp il out A recent telegram says: "Llm-, sulphur and tar have been ordered in large quantities, and tonight several hundred fires will be kindled all over the city, two or three m every block, in order to kill the fever germs if possible. Tomorrow evening the icon cussion" theory of killing the germ will be given practical test. Wilson's bat tery, with five pieces of artillery, will begin firing at : o'clock, a m. and fire continuously for several hours. Nearly every hotel, boarding house ard restaurant in the city has been closed. Hundreds of stores are closed and the proprletors have fled"
 The platform of the American party tavors the abolition of the naturalization laws demands that no criminal or insane persons be allowed to lmmigrate, and that Tn order to become an emigrant 10 the United States a person must satisfy the consul at the port from which he wishes to sail, that he does not come under that clause, and must pay capita tax to the consul before sailing. And it l declares in favor of a prohibition of immigration of all persons not in sympa- thy with the government of the Unied States, against alien ownership of land, n favor of free technical schools for ! American children, and m favor of the | of the surplus for the building of Notifications and naval ves- 'els. The convention nominated ]. L. Curtis, of New York, for president.