Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mark Smith got maJorty in every county in the territory. except Mohsve G. T. Peter, republican. defeated Judge Robertson in Gilay county, and Jones, republican, is elected to the as- sembly. The "doll.r a day" he of the cam paign, against Harrison. although well stuck to. was of little avail to the democracy. A. E. Davis, a former resident of Mohave county, was elected member of the board of supervisors in Los An geles. California. Foster s. Dennis is negotiating for the erection of . number of concentrat- ing plants in Mohave county for work ing tow grade ore.
 Peter Bolan demonstrated that he was a bigger man than Little Steve" and Judge Fitzgerald combined, in the Graham county political fight.
 Nevada cast 16.597 votes m the late election. or more than 1000 less than Arizona; yet she has two senators m the senate of the United States.
 An Omaha paper alluded to nnmoer of prominent and influential residents of the city as "old timers" but the types got it "old terriers" and the esi- tor had to apologize.
 Northern Arizona IS sending large ou,ntities of water down from her noun tain streams into the Salt river valley, to supply the people of that country with the means of irrigatlng their fertile fields.
 General Harrison is not only elected bu, he has a large plurality of the popu- lar vote of the country. Grant. Gar field and Harrison are the only republi- can presidents who have ever achieved this honor.
 Democratic leaders are trying very hard to figure out working majority m the lower house in congress, but hnd IL up hill work. Their scheme to seat enongh members to give them ma)0r- ity will scarcely work.
 An army officer living at Orchard Neb.. is said to have discovered a plant common ts the country which has the property of converting milk into butter-one pound of the former mak- ing the same amount of the latter.
 A New York paper hoists the name of David B. Hill for president in 1892 while the Phenix Gazette has started a Mark Smith boom for delegate to con. gress in 1890. The Gazette thinks that Mark can carry Mohave county mex tune.
 Chairman Mosely, of the Alabama state executive committee, gives notice that he will contest the election o congressmen from the first, fourth, sixth and seventh districts. He asserts tha he can prove fraud st the polls. and will be able to seat the republican contes tants.
 Joseph was reelected delegate iron New Mexico for advocating the McCrear land grant court bill. and Smith, of thi territory. was elected for opposing Il Smith at first was the especial champion of the bill but Aepped in time to saw his reelection.
 Wstcnm4h at the top st the Wilmington natl onal monument at salary of $45 pel month, but he declined.
 There has probably never been sr election in the history of the country ir which so much was wagered as in the late national contest. The amount whict has changed hands in the state of Nev York alone reaches into the millions, and in not few cases men will be literally bankrupted by the payment of their bets.
 The supreme court ef the Uuited States has refused to release David s. Terry, of San Francisco. from jail Justice Harlan, who rendered the opin. ion, says the offense. committed inl Hull vie~ of the court. and punishment that followed is radically witheu; any inter- mission. and the case is one in which this court should not interfere.
 The press will be we'll represented in the next legislature. H. B. Penney, of the Tucson Citizen. J. J. Chatham, of the Nogales Herald. two active jour nalists, and Sam Purdy, retired jour- nalist, will be in the the assembly, and ]. w. Darlington, of the Yuma Senti- nel and w. H. Hardy, who has prOba- ply contributed more te newspapers than any man m the territory outside of the profession, will be in the coun- Nsi. NtSuotO ASOlCp 0 AVuIOUSOuS JOok- nalist, was candidate, but "sot left"
 There was no paper m the territory that made stronger fight for the repub- lican ticket of its county than the Tomb stone Prespector. Its heavy broadsides. fired into the democratic camp, were only met by its opponent the Epitaph by sneering remarks concerning MT. Bagg. editor of the Prospector. The latter. however. went along in his cam paign business and had the satisfaction, when the returns came in, of seeing every man on his ticket except three elected. We congratulate the Prospec- tor on its succesA 1 -Hnked States Senator Henry w. Blair says that sne of the first things the new congress Hill do wil be pass the educational bill Dakota will be ..aalYidad and admitted as two republi. can states. Washington and Msntana