Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-07-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Cholera has broken out in Russia
 Prohibitionist St. John favor.
 fusion with the third party.
 John w. Foster, of iydiana, ha:
 been appointed Secreta:t of State
 The sore heads are in .the demo.
 cratic camp now, and there are lots
 of them.
 Whew! How the pemocratic figure
 has shrunk since the convention.
 It has evidently lost most of its
 wind. That portion of the democrtic
 platform which isn't twaddle may
 be best described by the word
 "straddle."
 Wide hat brims are the proper
 things this summer, but none of
 them have brims wide enough to
 hide the ears of some men.
 President McGrath, of the Kansas
 Farmers Alliance, has renounced his
 allegiance to that organization, and
 has returned to the Republican par
 ty. He says, and very correctly too,
 that the Alliance in that state is
 only boodling office-seeking annex
 of the Democratic party.
 The periodical "Our Dumb Ami
 mals" is making a vigorous fight
 against the cruel practice of mutila-
 ting horses by docking their tails.
 The paper in question is fighting in
 good cause, and it is hoped that 1t may win and that the bob-tailed
 horse may soon become relic of the past, together with other barbarous practices.
 Free trade or bust was the motto Henry George carried to the democratic national convention. Henry differs radically from the average democrat in at least one i'm portant particular; he knows what he believes in, and he is not afraid to let everybody else know it.
 Senator Stewart has introduced a practical and sensible silver bill. It provides that any owner of silver bullion may deposit the same at any mint of the United States to be coined for his benefit, the coins to be legal tender for all debts and ? dues. Foreign silver coin or bull ion is excluded, and the silver act of 1890 is repealed. ce
 Emperor William might find food for some hard thinking in the fact that Bismarck was so enthusi- astcially received in Vienna, when he went to witness his sons mar riage, that the police were compelled to disperse the crowds. 1.-the man of blood and iron" should take it into his head some day to visit Berlin, it might take stronger force than the police to disperse the | crowd that would gather to meet | him. -s2- =
 A bill was passed by Congress, May 9, 1892, authorizing the presi- dent to select an officer of the army whem he may consider to be espe- cially weu- qualified forthe performs ance of the duties, with rank and pay of colonel, who shall have charge of the military and hospital records of the volunteer armies and the pension and other business of the war department connected there with. The object of the bill is for the permanent preservation and custody of the records of the volun- ger armies. Under the authority of he bill, President Harrison has appointed Major F. O. Ainsworth to he position. Colonel Ainsworth , vas formerly stationed at Whipple , md has host of friends in this erritory, who will be pleased to lear of his promotion. Arizona has { 10 warmer friend, either in the ter : itory or outside of it, than Colonel [ '. c. Ainsworth. Some of our democratic exchanges re talking about what a gallant I oldier the democratic vice-presiden- t al nominee was during the war of le rebellion and what brilliant war tI scord he has, and argue that he i'll in consequence of it, draw a st 'rge soldier vote. We have also u card of individual democrats, who z, 'ught on the other side, stating H nat they had had occasion to test g, lese fighting qualities. In prais- P g up General Stevenson and his ~ ar record, or his fighting qualities, nj IT democratic brethren are lauding ey entirely different man from as Ie nominee of the democracy for ti The latter so far as el a lown never saw days service in pms m @ army, either during the war or be any other time. Democrats are m t in the habit of nominating Un- ne n veterans for such positions, z. her. An exchange gives the fol sil wing biographical sketch of so eveland's running mate during re e approaching campaign: Colo sa . l" Adlai E. Stevenson was born
 Christian county, Ky, October an 1885; removed to Bloomington, of ., in 1852; was educated at the E' inois Wesleyan University and at uoP nter College, Kentucky; is a law in, T by profession; was Master in tw of Woodford county, IL. exl 'm 1861 to 1864; was States At or rney for the Twenty-third Judi tn m