Arizona republican., 1896-06-27
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.


 Kingman Miner: The prominent men of the Republican and Democratic parties in Arizona are favorable to the gold standard, although protesting to be for silver A new set of men will have to come to the front if either par ty wishes to gain the confidence of the people.
 Los Angeles Record: The nomina- tion of Major Mckinley was the very best nomination which it was possible for the Republican party to have made, granting that it was necessary es sential that such aanominee be gold man. But the nomination of Hobart for vice-president was a dull, stupid piece of expediency politics. He is an unknown man who can impart no strength to the ticket in any locality He is corporation man who will call out the fire of the opposition. The people nominated Mckinley, but the politicians nominated Hobart.
 Holbrook Argus: Dick Kerens got in his work at the late convention. Old-timers of twenty-five years ago in southern Arizona will remember MT. Richard Kerens.
 Kingman Miner: When the news of the nomination of William Mckinley on a gold platform was received in Kingman Thursday not a cheer or word of commendation was heard. His nomination and the platform adopted was like a wet blanket.
 Mohave Miner: There are two print ing offices in Mohaye county, but the board of supervisors send to Topeka, Kansas, for the county printing. The people rejoice that this set of incom- potent officials has but a few short months in which to show how utterly incompetent they are. The law re- quires them to advertise for bids and contracts must be regularly let, but to vent their spleen on the newspapers the small souled outfit tramples on the laws. To them next fall an indignant people will say: Out upon you, you poodle gang
 Albuquerque Democrat: There was no booming of cannon in New Mexico over the adhesiveness of New Mexi- co.'s delegates to St. Louis to their seats. There were no congratulatory telegrams, no addresses of welcome, nc public ovations in preparation for the return of our Republican delegates They were not met at the state line by NI prominent citizens without regard to political creed. Public enthusiasm did not know no bounds. There was nc spontaneous outburst of admiration and respect for their independent as- sertion of principle. Not sound was heard, not a funeral note. Instead oi that they came home in the night, un- heralded, unobserved, undetected. Not 1 only did their friends fail to proclaim the hour of their return, but the dele gates carefully concealed it. They skulked in under cover of night, each | ashamed of his companions, as if he | were afraid of being apprehended in the act of cultivating evil associations And for few days when audacious persons intrude upon their privacy | ClICy VIII lIuul6S III WOlu uy pIOtcSld- tions and elaborate explanations. They are conscious of their betrayal of the people who sent them, they know thai they have bartered away the principles of New Mexico's Republicans and they ask nothing better than to be ignored overlooked and possibly forgotten un- til the distribution of federal offices is brought up for discussion.
 Albuquerque Citizen: The Optic has learned that the New Mexico delegation took thirty-five ballots for Nationa committeeman from the territory with out result. In thirty-three of these bal lots the vote stood three for CatroI and three for Luna, and in two i stood three for Springer and three fol Catron. The delegates voting agains Catron were Llewellyn, Clark an( Burns, and for Catron voted Morrison Luna and Perea. The National com