Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-10-25
PIrHr. POINTED AND PERTINENT

PITHX. POINTED AND PERTINENT
 Mrs. Lucy Stone. the woman's right advocate, is dead.
 Bismark could give some of our shrewdest politicians pointers on how to work up public sympathy.
 The entire absence of tact in the makeup of Mir, Cleveland was never more deplorab!e than now.
 It the democrats can carry New York with their present state ticket, dishonesty in public life will at once rise to premium.
 This country seems to be suffer ing from an overproduction of hnanciers, or rather, of those who think themselves fnaneiers.
 It is difficult to feel any sympathy for the man who allows himself to be swindled on the promise that rich widow will be found for him to marry.
 Why doesn't somebody offer a handsome prize for the production of genuine mugwump who does not want office It would never be called for.
 The last democratic tariff-that | of ls57-bankrupted the United States Treasury; tha"s why the peo- pie feel some anxiety about the next one.
 Tammany must be responsible for the idea of allowing the inhabi- tants of Hawaii to settle everything by an election. That's the way TAmmAny settles the big bills of its bosses.
 If members of Congress do not 1 hold office under the Federal gov ernment, as some people claim, why | do they not stop drawing their sal aries from the Federal Treasuryf
 Congressman Bryan, the Nebraska silver champion, knows more than he did before he was run over by the administration gold train, but he's talking less.
 Tamnany Hall is run in the southern democratic style he who dares to refuse to accept ready made opinions or to blindly obey the orders of the boss is at once disciplined.
 As shrewd manipulator of free advertising Mrs. Frank Leslie is sev- eral points ahead of any living woman, not excepting Sarah Bern hart. Perhaps Mrs. Frank is medi- tating a starring tour.
 There is disposition among democratic office-seekers to believe that the announcement of MT. Cleveland's having turned the mak- ing of appointments over to his cabinet was made for effect only.
 The democrats in the House evi- ieRtly forgot the republicans had a say when they were widely adver- Using the exciting partisan debate that was to take place over the bill for the repeal of the federal election laws.
 Funny things occur in politics. Senator Daniels free silver speech is being circulated as a campaign document by the Virginia populisis and Senator Daniels himself is stumping the state against the pop ulists. The ministers who have under taken the task of purifying Jersey City politics are certainly brave men. They desere the good wishes and moral support of all patriotic l citizens, for even attempting such a ,
  seemingly impossible task. The anti-cotton ginning clubs of 6 the South go further even than the l "white caps" ip asserting their right to control other peoples affairs. Yet We bristle up at any ' foreigner who expresses doubt about i this being free country. The number of amendments to the Voorhees, repeal bill already ( equals about p per cent of the c of the senate. If va y riety be the spice of life the fnan- cial views of the senate are surely a ,piced high. 6 Ex-Secretary Whitney might have t sent the folio wing telegram to Sen 4 ator German while it was doubtful ti certain democratic senators t' would ratify the sale of the position il 'f ambassador to Italy, by confirm W ng Van Alen's nomination: "No p ,on. no more mon." c, Some over-silly people are crying IT down the Senate" because they do m lot happen to agree with the meth It 'ds of that body. The Senate has, lpon more than one occasion, proven o' tself to be the balance wheel of g 'ur system of government, and will V' do so again. It will never Ot 'e abolished so long as this is a cf rec country. at
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