Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-05-02

WEDNESDAY. MAY 2. 1888.
 EDITORIAL NOTES.
 Silver is quoted ss os. and copper at $I67o
 Apache county has three flouring mills in operation.
 Illinois democrats hope to cauy that state by free whisky proposition.
 The democratic territorial convention will be composed of sixsy-four delegates.
 The territorial democratic convention will meet in Phenix next Monday. May 7th.
 Pima county democrats seem to think that [. C. HugheS democracy IS sound enough for them.
 Dr. Mahooey has been suspended from the position of superintendent of the insane asylum.
 Senator Vooehees delivered himself of vay strong partisan speech in the sem ste on the ssth inst
 Cochise county has instructed her del egates for Judge Berry q delegate to the s. Louis convention.
 It is reported that both delegates from Arizona will support Governor Alger for the presidential nomination.
 Kentucky's late democratic state treas urer. "Hooest Old Jim Tate," ]" has been found to be short $s3o,ooo.
 A brother editor who probably knows what he is writing about says: "Heh hath no flify like . human corn"
 Secretary Bayard's action, in refusing to participate in the primary election on Wednesday, is to be commended
 Medill w. Fuller. of Illinois. has been appointed chief justice of the United State& Fuller is . Chicago attorney.
 Utah prohibitionists have decided not to divide the gentle vote of that territory by placing a separate ticket in the held.
 The man who attempts, or who insists cr having his friends make enemles Of all his enemies. is unworthy of friend ship
 Mohave county is said to have can didate for delegate to the St Louis convention in the pesson of Foster s. Dennis.
 John [. Sullivan, since his European trip. has lost none of his self esseem and has issued a challenge, to fight any man in the world.
 The Mexican government has appso priated money for the resurvey of the national boundary line between the ~Unted States and Mexico.
 The little oratorical sparrlng in the re- publican convention last Saturday was a regular love-feast compared to the demo- cratic circus of yesterday at the primary.
 We are in receipt of . speech by Sen ator w. B. Allison, of Iowa, on the ques- noa Of silver coinage which shows that .satesmsn to be sound on the silver ques- ton.
 new press to be built for the Evening Sun, of New York, is designed sv p.iut, fold and count 96 1000 copies of that paper an hour, of four or six pages.
 "Boss" Andrews has gotten badly left in Apache county, and hls man met with crushing defeat in Prescott yesterday. Mohave county remains to be heard from.
 Democratic conventions throughout the country wall have kttle difficulty in instructing their delegates to the na- tloual convention. ''Cleveland or nothing" will embrace it all
 Chicago. Santa Fe & California is the name of the Santa Fe company's new road between Kansas City and Chicago. It crosses the Missouri at Selby. Mis- scuri and the Mississippi at Fort Madi- sen, Iowa. The prospects are that J. C. Herndon. from northern Arizona, and either Judge Berry, of Tombstons. or L. C. Hughes, of Tucson. will represent the democracy of this territory at the national demo- cratic convention.
 0ila county democrats elected an anti-administration delegation to the Phenix convention and spoke very strongly against the code. "No Zulick man need apply" seemed to be the motto of the convention. Secretary Fairchild opposes the issue offraotional currency. claiming that postal notes serves the same purpose. The value of the latter depends very largely on the accuracy with which they are is- sued. Speaking of the work done by Col Cameron H. King commissioner of immigration. the Gazette very truthfully says that the late edition of the Yuma Sentinel was worth all the pamphlets in Christendom, as were also the articles in the JoURNAL-MlNER at Prescott.
 The Phenix republican platform was bulk by Judge Sumner Howard, C. D. Reppy and Captain John T. Hogue. all ot whom have been residents Of the ter ritosy for several years, and none of whom have been office seekess that we are aware of
 At o'clock last Tuesday afternoon, in the presence of large gathering of the leading citizens of San Diego, Gov eenor Waterman shoveled the first dirt oq the San Diego. Cuyamaea and East efu railroad. and the Woek WaS formally