Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-10-22

them with the civil service commission, which has already began an investiga- tion. The object of those charges is to
 ntimidate pOstm9sters in ali sections, but 1t will not succeed, as most of the postmasters are Republicans, conse- quently men of intelligence, who know that holding office does not deprive them Of any of their political rights.
 MARK SMITH showed himself last night to be political charlatan without the courage of hls convictions. Ills at tempted laudstions of General Grant were insiDceTe and hypocritically ex- pressed. No Bourbon Democrat ever had any use for General Grant end nc ! Bourbon Democrat ever sincerely spoke 8 word of praise in his behalf rnlees he had personal and selfish end to gain. This Is true and "pity tis tis true" of every Bourbon Democrat and 1t is fair 10 presume that Marcus A. $. is not different from the balance of his faith
 IN what respect can public man hold himself when he brazeuly states as a fact that which every intelligent mem Der of this community knows to be uu- true? Mark Smiths statement, in his closing reply to Mickey Stewart, last night, that our Territorial bonds were not yet sold, was not only an impudent 1 false ehood, but was tantamount to a ccn- fession that there was good ground for the bold accusation of Mickey Stewart that Mark Smith had basely betrayed the cause of free silver in Congress.
 THE political news coming in all con
 tInues favorable to Republican success. The insignificant showing made by the Peoples Party in the state electiors in Jhe south is reported to have had an ex- cellent effect in the northwest, and present indications are that Harrison and Reid will be supported by a solid north, if they get no electoral votes from the south. At the headquarters of tEe Farmers Alliance, which is the only headquarters the Peoples Party has ever he'd in Washington, they are keeping very quiet these days, whereas few months ego they were jubilantly claiming everything, were even talking of the possibility of electing Weaver
 Now they will probably be glad if they | succeed ID electing dozen members of the house.
 ''IT is just as much larceny to steal political right as it is to steal private property" said Attorney General Miller in h;s argument before the Supreme Court against the constitutionality of that Democratic steal known as the 1 Michihan electoral law. Referring to the Democratic argument that the case was political and therefore out of the | jurisdiction of the courts. the Attorney General pertinently said: 'l hold it to be one Of the most hopeful signs of the times that the courts are either arous- ing or beIny aroused to the fact that i the rights of the people of the United States are to be preserved they must be | preserved by an observance and enforce ment of the law and that they are pre- pared to take and are taking by the wrists political bosses, who, assuming that questions are purely political. are committing grand larceny with reference to the rights of the people of the United States" A decision in this case is ex- | pected in time to have the Michigan l Presidential electors chosen Tn accord ance herewith, and there IS little doubt that It will upset the contemplated Democratic steal
 THE shadow is upon the White House; 1t may come tomorrow, next week, or next month, but all Lope that it can be averted has been given up; and all that is left for the President and his family IS to make Mrs. Harrison as con- fortaOle as possible and to bear with Christian resignation and fortitude the affiiction which the inscrutable wisdom of Divine Providence has put upon them. Mrs. Harrison, in the full knowledge of her condition, is setting them a most worthy example. One of Mrs. HarrIson's lungs Is entirely gone and the other nearly gone, but in spite of her great and growing weakness she continues cheerful and exerts herself constantly to cheer her husband and children. Constant watchf1lness and suspense have had a very bad effect upon the Presidents nerv-s, and he is far from be!ng well, although he strives to bear up under lis great trouble. He is cous- tantly receiving evidences of the deep sympathy felt for him acd his by all classes of his fellow citizens, and from none IS it more sincere than from his political opponents.
 IN last nights discussion Mickey Stewart charged Mark Smith nith hay ing ireacherously deserted the cause of silver, by substituting the words "gold coin for lawful currency" in the fund ing bi!l of Congress. Mickey showed that the interests Of silver were thus shamelessly sacrificed by Mark to the interests of the gold bugs, who have added untold hardships to the miners of Arzona. Mark evaded this ave charge of hostility to silver, by ;hs flim- Sy pretense that he understood the ac- cusat on to be that he had thus amend | ed the Territorial Funding Act, passed 1 by a Democrati: Legislature, which l contained provisions identical with his l amendments, namely, that b tn priucj- pal ald interests of said bonds he paid 1 in gold coin. Marks ans yer was ID d5- ! fense of Marks cIuse, but simply an | ariaignment of the Democratic party of { A'izona, which he showed to be subject ]