Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-07-27

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 pie of the campaign of education which both parties have promised, it will be noticed that the educa- tion does not promise to be very edifying. Such epithets as the above should find no place in the campaign literature of either party.
 Editor Hesing, of the Illinois Staats Zeitung of Chicago, has promised to deliver 30,0O0 German votes to Grover Cleveland. Mir Hesing evidently undertakes the in- telligence of the German voters in his state. Mir. Schurz entered into similar agreement with Horace Greedy in 1872, but failed to com plete his part of the contract. Mr. Hesing may discover that he can not vote the Germans of Illinois as he would drive sheep.
 Bourke Cochran, of New York, recently declared that in New York State there were .25yOO0 democratic war veterans who would not vote for Mir. Cleveland, and that old sol dier, Gen. Sickles. rose in his place to corroborate the statement. If the democratic soldier vote in New York that will not support Cleve- land is 25,000, what must it be throughout the country, asks an ex- change. During his administra- tion President Cleveland was fight ing the claims of disabled old sol diers, and during the war Gen" Stevenson was fighting the Union army in the rear.
 The democratic press and lead CTS of the party, failing to find any thing in the administration of President Harrison of which they can make political capital, have turned their attention to his son Russell Harrison and are trying to bring odium on the president through the son. They are ma king very slow progress, though, in this direction. Russell Harrison is of age and is fully accountable for his own actions, and the attempt to make political capital in this round- about way shows the straits to which the dcmocratictic party is driven for campaign material. Even Tom Parish, in his A. c. K. communications from the Vulture mine, in the squeaking, piping e,h- oes of other men, attempts to be funny at Russell Harrison's expense. Tom is so we'll known in Arizona, though, that even his echoes of what other people have written at tracts little or no attention.
 The drouth which set in last year, and which was but partially broken during the winter, continues this year. Spring rains this year were very light, while the first month of the rainy season is now we'll ad- vanced, with but one single shower of rain. The question is becoming a very serious one to stockmen cf the county. The ranges in many places are practically tramped out. The losses of stock last winter, amounting in some portions of the county to as high as sixty per cent of the entire stock, relieved the ranges somewhat, while thousands of head of steers have been shipped out during the present season. But even this does not enable the stock men, or at least some of them, to see their way clear if the present dry weather continues. One of the most prominent ones in the county is now making inquiries east, with a view of shipping all the old COWS on his range to Kansas, to be wintered, and then be placed on the market in the spring. He states that if the expense of this is not too great he will be compelled to adopt this course in order to save their lives. If, on investigation, the proposition should prove to be losing one, he will be compelled to let his cattle die, as there is no possibility of his being able to get them through the winter alive. From the Mogollon mountains the report comes that what have been considered as never failing springs, and what have in reality been so in previous years, have this seaso become dry. Wells in Chino valley are also reported to be failing, while general scarcity of water is reported from all sec tions. The present outlook for the stockmen is by no means an en- encouraging one. It is not confined to this particular part of Arizona either, nor indeed to this territory alone. The ranges of the entire territory, as we'll as those of New Mexico, Colorado and Texas are all suffering alike. except in isolated and favored localities.
 Hon. Thomas H. Carter has re- signed as commissioner of the gen eral land office, to take the chair manship of the national republican committee. Mir. Carter was one of the most efficient commissioners that ever occupied that position. He is an active and energetic man, of indomitable perseverance, and is just the man to fill the position of chairman of the national committee. Mir. Carter is resident of Montana, where a few years ago he was en- gagged in the practice of law, and his reputation was confined toa rather small oi,oIa ho;n l4 I:4.l