Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23

| pean steamers was oVerhauled Dl custom officers recently at New Yorl
 and relieved of a lot of diamond
 which he had concealed beneath porous plaster on his back. II,
 was allowed to keep the plastc
 duty free.
 Our democratic contemporary
 thinks it would be imposing or
 good nature to return Mark Smitl to Congress. Marcus, however, doe, not take the same view of the mat ter, and is perfectly willing to sacri fee his personal feelings in the mat ter, and in fact he would rather have them sacrificed by a recollection than otherwise.
 Phenix is talking of raising sugar beets. From the experience this office has had in trying to collect bills of couple of attorneys in that town, we have concluded that both soil and climate are favorable to beat culture, and that dead beats, particularly, flourish we'll there without cultivation.
 The arrival in Kingman recently of a Mormon with a load of hay was the occasion of a heavy edito- rial in the Mohave Miner. extolling the virtues of this class of people and condemning the JoURNAL-M MINER because it has seen fit to tell some plain truths recently about this un- American organization.
 The New Orleans Picayune, speak ing of New York as the pivotal state of the Union in politics, says: Some day that pivot must be taken away from New York, and set up where an election will turn on combina- tion of southern and western states. This will happen when Americans are thoroughly ashamed to have it known that ward politicians in New York city can elect president of the United States.
 A bill has been int reduced in the House of Representatives by Hen derson Of Iowa. which prohibits the mailing of "every obscene, lewd, filthy, indecent or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print or other publication of an indecent or filthy character" under penalty of not less than S5,- GOO fine or five years imprisonment, or both, and gives the postmaster general full authority to declare what is unmailable under this act.
 While the democrats are talking up candidates for delegate to Con gress, we have not yet heard the name of Tom Parish mentioned for the position. We would like to have A. C. R. express his views on the availability, as we'll as the available ability, of Mr. Parish for delegate. Will MT. A. c. R. kindly drop national affairs just for one single letter and accom- modate his readers by writing a letter entitled, Tom Parish as candidate for Delegatew Will hel Well. we gusss his modesty will not admit of it.
 Ex-Secretary Bayard has address cd an open letter to Democrats, in which he takes an anti-free coinage silver stand. He deplores the false position of the Government in 1878 in entering the market as a pur- chaser of silver bullion and forcing its coinage into money. He is thankful that such a grave error cannot be laid at the door of the Democratic party. He expresses the belief that Democrats in talking free silver are clothing the party with diseased and fatal garments and impeding its march to power and usefulness by the ball and chain of slIci dal error.
 Tom Parish has written a letter in which he says that Mark Smith has done as well as any one could as delegate. I think it would be unwise to supercede him with an untried man." \. c. R. says: Il have no special love for Mark Smith, but I believe that he has done as we'll as any man could as delegate to Congress-; that during his seven years service, he has gain ed knowledge and experience that is aud that neither the terri tory nor the party will be benefit ted by the removal" From the above it will be seen that Mir. Parish 1 has expressed himself in regard to | Mark Smiths candidacy, and Mir. A. c. R. has also given expression to his views on the same subject. Now | if NIT. A. c. R. will only give his views in regard to the availability | of MT. Parish as candidate for dele l gate to Congress, it might prove of | great benefit to the democratic party, and certainly would pr owe in teresting to Mir. A. C. R.'s readers.
 GENERAL NEWS.
 C. E. Wilcox, a contractor of San Jose, Cal, shot and fatally wounded