Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-06-29

Au fSiiVus fosts VI DShSto, a@S pSSA arrested, tried and convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to be shot.
 Our contemporary says that the democrats will prepare to celebrate in November. The party is not over enthusiastic over the nomina- ton of Cleveland, and it is perhaps just as we'll to wait and see whether he can be elected, before making any demonstration about 1t. They can at least assist the republicans in November in celebrating the vic tory which President Harrison will win at the polls.
 The Phenix Herald, speaking of its city government, says: Eighty six cents on the hundred dollars is the rate it is proposed to tax the property owners of the city the com ing municipal year. This. is not & very high rate if the city could see anything beyond Government for it." Here in Prescott we pay one per cent. in municipal taxes, and about all we have been able to see for it is government" But then we have city government" as is a government
 The Susie Wilson murder case was argued last night and was given to the Jury about ten o'clock and it was II o'clock today when they re- turned verdict of manslaughter. This verdict is condemned generally by our citizens, althought it meets with favor by some. The general impression prevails that human life is valued too low and that under the very slightes pretext or even no pretext st all human life can be sacrificed and the murderer can es- cape the penalty of the law.
 The time is approac hing when it will be necessary for the republi- can party to select its standard bearer for the approaching cam paign in the territory, as candidate for delegate to Congress. That Mark Smith will be the democratic nominee now seems assured. The JOURNAL MINER suggests the name of Ex-Governor F. A. Tritle flor the cousi ,er,.ion of the republicans of the territory, for he position. With him as the nominee of the party, republicans can enter into the cam paien with Lew Yim and energy, knowing that we had a winner at tho head of the tcket. We do not know that Governor Tritle would accept the nomination, but we do know, that If nominated, he would be elected. as the northern portion ei sg ,-fr.fsag i'd be solid for h i'm, while be would be able to draw algreat many votes all over the ter rritory that have heretofore been east for Mark smith. We also know that whith him as our dele gate we would have a man whose influence would be felt in Congress, and his ter, Of office would not be marked by the masterly inactivity that has characterised our present delegate.
 That the republican party leads snd the democratic party follows in it's wake is pretty clearly demon stratei by the platform adopted at Minneapolis by the platform adopt cd at Chicago It IS almost identi- cal with the one adopted at Minne- apoiis by the repul'lican convention, except as to the tariff question, and reciprocity. IL opposes protection to American industries, and opposes the opening of foreign markets to our products. in exchange for allow ing foreign products to be sold in American markets. It reiterates the sentiment expressed in the re- publican piatfalm however in re- gard to trusts, silFsr coinage, starv- ing Jews in Russia, home rule for Ireland. instruction of immigration, liberal pensions to soldiers, Missis- sippl rivsr improvement, the Nica- raugua canal, aid to the Columbian exposition, maintenance of free schools, the admission of Arizona and New Mexico, home rule for the territories, and the protection of railroad employees. From the above it will be seen that the com mittee on platforms and resolutions had what would be termed in the west "a soft job" They just took the republican platform and, after injecting the usual denunciation of the republican party at various places in it, adopted it bodily