Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-06-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

New York and Indiana can now be safely placed in the republican column.
 Anarchists and democrats are now sailing along smoothly under the same red-colored flag.
 The pro Chinese cry against Harrl- son will be turned to good account in his favor before the campaign is over.
 California received recognition from the Chicago convention, in the election of M. Nj. Estee, as permanent chair man.
 Arizona vas heard from in the conven. ton, by Delegate Eggers seconding the nomination of Alger in an eloquent speech.
 How comparatively few people there are living to-day, who voted for ''Old Tippecanoe," the grand father of our next president, in I84o.
 Republicans are getting so numerous in Virginia that two sets of delegates were elected from one district to the Chicago convention.
 John F. Ellison, a staunch California republican, and cousin of J. C. Hern- don, of this place, placed Hon. M. M. Estee in nomination as chairman Of the republican convention.
 Editor Albright. of the Albuquerque Democrat, telegraphs his paper that, ''the editor of the Democrat IS. as usual, among the leading journalists Of the country on the platform"
 The bill for the relief of J H. Marion, which passed both houses, has been ve- toed by the president. Grover has a strong penchant for vetoing private per sonal relief bills and pension bills.
 Our city dads are wrestling with the financial proposition of the city. As it is impossible to raise the percentage ot taxes they are seriously thinking of raising the assessment about twenty-five per cent.
 "Sagacious Mr. Blaine," the Courier calls him, predicts an overwhelming victory for the republican party this year. The result of the election will only further demonstrate MT. Blaine's sagacity.
 That purported letter of Senator In- gals published this morning has not such a great funeral tone after all to it I've can elect anybody" expresses the deep conviction of every republican in the country.
 That was ve,y ghastly attempt at humor in our contemporary this morn ing in ITS attempt to ridicule the re- publican platform. Intelligent demo- crats ooncede that the platform IS a very able production.
 Some of our territorial exchanges seem to be working themselves into a white heat of exitement over the alleged Peralta grant Keep cool, gentlemen of pencils, Baron Reavis IS not likely to "gobble" up this country in our genera tIon.
 There will be no more ''mugwumps. v The issue now is republicanism and pro lection to American indusiaies-sSa;ns
 sS~'.'"' Ensl'sh Hee ss The intelligence of ""e' workers of the country can be safely relied on as voting for their own interests.
 The platform adopted at Chicago by the republican convention demands re- duclion of letter postage to one cent, and condemns the. administration for at tempts to demoralize silver, for surren- der of fishing privilges and for special hostility to pension legislation.
 There are stil. few democrats to be found who are in favor of Jeff Davis. According to our contemporary. an en- thusiastic Prescott democrat wanted to see him vice presidential candidate, and We do not doubt it. Jeff and the prip- ciples he represented are both still strong in the democratic party.
 Advices from Zanzibar state that there is little doubt that stanley IS dead. The families of the persons who accompa- nicd the expidition have worn mourn ing for several weeks. It IS believed that Tippa Tib has taken revenge for Stanley's having thwarted him in his ef- forts to continue the slave trade.
 Judge Gresham is said to have replied to a gentleman in Philadelphia who wrote hlm regarding his views on the tariff, "any one who has studied the sub ject must fully understand that while free trade may be good thing for Eng land, 1t would be exactly the opposite for the United States"
 We are. in receipt Of a copy of special issue of the Detroit. Michigan, Tribune of date June I7th. which is claimed to be the largest paper ever published by daily newspaper ID the world. It contains forty-eight pages of reading matter and advertisements and was printed on new Hoe perfecting press.
 At the annual election of officers of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad held in Boston on the I4th instant the following were elected, H. C. Mutt. president i; E.. F. Winslow. first vice president !; W. B. Strong. second vice president i; H. w. Gardiner, secretary and treasurer; FEE Hancock, auditor H. L. Morrell, general manager of central division C. w. Smith, general manager of western division. Angus M. Cannon, son of President
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