The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-18
To The Public.
"When the cat is away, The mice will plaY.n

''sunday-school exponent" is now away at Phenix, attending the ter ritorial Democratic Convention, which met on the 18th instant for the purpose of nominating the win ing candidate in the coming race for congressional honors; or in other words, to nominate Hon. NJ. Aurelius Smith. And also, at same time and place, to nominate Sen ator at large for the Northern Dis trict of Arizona, in the person of Hon. Harris Baldwin. If the Con- vention now in session at Phenix, shall be politically wise in it's de- Alterations, it will surely make the aforementioned nominations. Se- lah h!
 However, it was not our object, at the inception of this article, to write of the foregoing matter, hence We will proceed to the discussion ot more serious affairs of life" Whilst our Chef is absent on poli- tics bent, this paper is in the tenn porary charge of Capt. John T. Hogue (rep.) and Dist. Atty. AL bert F. Banta (dem. :; in this con- nection, we desire to remind the public, that the abbreviations ''rep" and "dem", do not signify "repro- bate" nor "demented." And it has been mutually agreed to by the ed itors pro tem., that during the ab- sence of the Major, an equitable division of space in this paper shall be accorded to each, thus giving the two political factions their pab- ulum of political lies. And it is further agreed by the said "pro tems". that in order to make of 1t a respectable and intelligent news paper, to devote certain space to legitimate news-the only desider- tum required by nine of every ten persons who read. To do this the second and third pages are reserved for tbe purpose. Therefore to sum up the gist of this matter, the first" page of the Herald Is devoted ex- clusively to the dissemination of "the time honored principles oi democracy, and we most cordially and with pardonable pride, invite the attention of our democratic friends to the columns of our paper found on the first page hereof.
 To our republican friends, we ex- tend a like invitation to the col umns of this paper which are so conspicuously set forth upon the Fourth page. It shall be our duty as well as a pleasure, so long as we retain editorial charge of the Herald to spare neither pains nor mental labor, in our endeavors to i'll the Fourth page of this Journal, with such good republican news as is so precious to the republican heart; and we sincerely hope our laudible efforts in this direction may meet with the hearty appreciation of our Party friends.
 For the exclusive benefit of large number of republicans who are unable to read, the present man. agement have undertaken, at an enormous expenditure to ourselves, to add two columns of selected pie torial matter, which can also be seen on the Fourth page. The pie lures were designed and executed by the best known artists; and in fact, very many ofthem, as also the cartoons, were taken on the spot by "our special" This pictorial fea- ture of the republican department" of the Herald, shall be carried to the highest artistic mark of excel lence consistent with aesthetic art. In doing this we hope our republi- can friends and patrons, for whose pleasure and edification our brains and our finances have been so se- verely taxed, may gratefully appre- ciate the great sacrifices made in