Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-08-29

NN4A''NA"NN HNN' AAANf w o"A'' h'N on the rooster.
 President Cleveland has been weighed and not found wanting he touches the 800 pound notch now.
 Budd is the nominee oT democrats for governor of California. He will probably be nipped before he blooms.
 In order that the political harar- que may be better perfected, we would like to see Bucky O'Neill drop in on the scene a; the present time.
 The finding of a new and rich mine in this section, excites more interest as to our welfare than all the statehood bills ever manufao- tured.
 In every issue, of every paper, in every community in Southern Ari- zona, there is but one question statehood. How tired the people must be.
 The Michigan republicans have come out flat footedly for the free coinage of silver. What a stinger this is on the silence Of democratic conventions.
 Small groups of men may be daily seen preparing their ideas for the political incubator to hatch into big propositions for the suffering voters next November
 The sheriff of New York recently received SlOOOOO in fees for one weeks transaction in business. The army of would be sherilTs in this county will please pardon us for mentioning this little incident.
 There arc several religious idiots in Phenix who are endeavoring to organize "Law and Order" society. This would naturally create the inn preSsion that the Capital City of Arizona must be getting on the var path over the delay in statehood.
 There is one good feature attached to the Arizona admission bill in the senate, and that is that the tax roll of but S2S,0OO,OO0 the territory possesses isnot sufficient to have the statehood bill properly sugar coated.
 Edison claims that sleep is habit due to the succession of night and day, and that any man of suth- cient fortitude can. overcome it. Possibly so; but the attempt might result similarly to the Iushman's description of becoming used to hanging.
 As soon as the big strikes are all over in such manufacturing centers as New Bedford, business will adjust itself and good times will again come in measure. This is the way several democratic sheets spoke of the dull times just passed, before the tariff was disposed of.
 Since the defect in the income tax has been ran onto, it is simply laughable, even in this little com munity, to hear the number of admirable expressions there are for this deceased cuckoo.
 A we'll known republican, on being asked to run for office this fail, informed his audience that he was going to Africa before election. With some democrats the reverse of this would be in order, and they would rather go to than refuse.
 Mir. Cleveland might make very fitting appointment, and at the san e time relieve his party of a burden, by sending Congressman Breckin- ridge, of Kentucky, to Turkey, as U. $. Minister. He and the Sultan have tastes in common that would probably make them strong.
 All counties throughout the terri tory are rushing their conventions ahead of time this year, with the possible exception of Yavapai. With the two parties here its IS a Corean proposition of the Chinese watch ing the Japanese.
 The republican committee meet ing last evenisg was conspicuous for one good feature in the delibera tions of it's purposes. All present were accorded the same privileges, in discussions, whether members or outsiders. There was no speaking trumpets propelled by silent bosses.
 Secretary Gresham evidently is not a heavyweight on foreign mis- sionaries. To church bodies who have been persistent in behalf of their fellow worker in China, Japan 1 and Coreo, he has been brusk to the | verge of incivility. This is one of l the cases in which the mugwump 1 secretary agrees with the general | public that missionary work should | be done at home first and in China 1 afterwards.
 There will be a meeting Tuesday | evening at s o'clock at the Baptist Church for the purpose of organiz- ing Law and Order society. All persons in sympathy.with the move ment are invited to be present. Republican. Phenix, as usual, is premature. The statehood bill has been passed until the next session.
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