Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-09-19

thing since the Congress hold up of l republican delegates the system has been reversed, aud, to say the least, our democratic brethren are at last catching on.
 \ great many mechanics and poor people are now buying clothes of superior quality at greatly reduced prices, owing Co recent legislation Co that end. Courier.
 Great goodnessl where do they get the moueyl
 An important event was inadyer- teutly omitted from the sketch of Editor Bagg's career, as published in yesterdays JouRNAL-MISER. It seems that his newspaper, the Pros peotor, was the pioneer populist sheet of the territory, and carried at it's mast head for weeks prior to the last presidential election, "For Pres ident, General Weaver" Wonder if Grover knows this.
 Like Joey Bagstock, Mark Smith is "sly, deyillsh sly" He realizes the fact that a democrat in Arizona stands no more chance this year than a eat without claws, and SO withdraws in favor of MT. Herndon, thereby killing of that gentleman politically, and leaving an open field in the race for the senatorial toga. And isn't it possible that Oliver Twist is in with the playi
 Democratic sheets are ju5ilant over Bucky O'Neill's populist nomi- nation, claiming that he will draw from his discarded party a sufficient number of votes to elect the demo cratic candidate easily. IT Bucky's sirname goes for anything, he will capture many a shamrock wreath. and everybody knows that the sham rock is only cultivated in one polit- ical garden, as rule.
 Populism is all right in any coun- try, but the appearance of Bucky O'Neill with S250,OO0 onyx sack on the poverty field of Arizona politics is a very bad break for this leader. Their platform says that no man should have over SlO0,O00. Bucky will probably come down to the measly figure, however, before the campaign is over, and before he gets there, also.
 In these piping times of demt- cratic perfdy and dishonor, it is sat isfactory to note that there was one honest man in the democratic con vention recently held in Marieopa county. When the question came up of indorsing the national and territorial administrations, that gal lant old Hassyamper, Henry Wick enburg, voted mo-" and voted loud.
 The postponement of statehood until winter is another instance of democratic treachery and contin- uation in the old rut of hard times. The busted patriots will miss the big sacks the two national commit tees promised for the initial per formance. But Bucky O'Neill will probably be on hand. if reports are true, and fair sailing may be ex- pected.
 A. j. Doran secures the nomina- ton for councilman large, and beyond doubt he will be elected. His political life is a peculiar one and the longer he serves the people the better satisfaction does he give. Ordinarily one term in the legisla- ture for any man is sufficient for the people to stomach. Doran has been there often, and will get there again.
 The nomination of J. c. Herndon may be put down as a democratic sacrifice, and is only another plain illustration of cooling the ardor of northern democracy. There was no fight for the nomination, and even Mark Smith did not seem inclined to use the campaign yigor which he is so noted for. The southern dem- ocrats are shrewd, and if they can silence Herndon now on the eve of statehood, when jucier plums are to be plucked later, the demands of the north in the future will only be laughed at. Mir. Herndon's candi- dacy, OF the whole, is only of local importance, and seems to have been generalled by a few overzealous strikers only.
 There IS no place III the west or southwest which offers better in- ducements for showing and prov ing what irrigation can accomplish for a community than can be claimed for the capital city of Arizona. The promoters of the irri- gation congress, though, in their ideas Of selecting localities in which to hold their annual meetings, seemed to be governed more by "pull" than desire to practically illustrate their work. Instead of Albuquerqus, the Garden City of Arizona should by all means have been picked out for their next meet ing place. For every acre under irrigation around Albuquerque there 1 are 100 in the Salt River valley, l while as between the two cities there l is no comparison.
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