Arizona republican., 1896-09-15
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

having goldbug leanings will receive the marble heart from the braWny farmers and miners.
 Holbrook Argus: By reason of our silver sentiment, as expressed in The .Argus, we have lost one subscriber the past week and gained three; we also lost one advertiser and gained one; the balance is on the right side of the ledger, and The Argus still continues discomfture of our would be coercers. We may have reason further along to say something more as to this affair. Bide a wee.
 Florence Tribune: The woods seem to be full of Democrats this year, or maybe they are Republicans who have been compelled to take to them on ac- count of the single gold standard. But it amounts to the same thing. Tombstone Prospector: The towns in Arizona are showing commendable de- votion to the silver cause in contrib uting their little mite raised by pop ular subscription to the campaign fund.
 Florence Tribune: The gold standard Republicans of Maricopa county seem to have control of the party machinery.
 but some twenty-five prominent free silver Republicans have issued call
 for the purpose of forming a silver Re-
 publican league, which proposes to
 have something ito say in the coming
 election. This is as it should be.
 Tucson Star: It is claimed by the
 Pops that Buckley O'Neil1 will carry
 Cochise by 300 majority and Gila by 250.
 Florence Tribune: There were more
 than four times as many votes cast at
 the Democratic primary in Florence
 this year than at the Republican And
 yet Florence has always heretofore
 been considered Republican. The vote was cut down with little gold hatchet
 1, Florence Tribune: It is almost i'm poss i5le to find a goldbug among the intelligent Mexican voters They are
 for "la plata" to a man, and that is
 why they will vote for none but silver
 men this year, though heretofore most. ly Republicans.
 Yuma Sun: Tom Fitch of Phoenix commonly known as the "silvel tongued orator. of the desert, is try. ing to change his silvery tones into golden ones back in Illinois. We hat
 been pleased to class the wordy gen tleman with the forces of the people l but in some manner he has begun bat tie in tjhe army of the goldites. Bisbee Orb: Arizona onyx is in de l mand in the east A shipment of 10. t 900 pounds from the Big Bug quarr, e was made recently
 l. Yuma Sun: General A. J. Sampson e department commander of the, Grant
 Army of the Republic of Arizona, de y lfvered an address to a large audienc s in St. Paul last week, his subject be e ing Our Flag" The press of St. Pau
 says it was the most eloquent addres a delivered in that city for years.
 Bisbee Orb: Prominent Republican d in various parts of the territory hay ). expressed themselves as to its bein n impossible to elect a Republican dele
 gate to congress, as the action of tn e National convention against free coin Il age will cause the free silver Republi l. cans ito vote for either the Democrat y or Populist candidate.
 y Holbrook Argus: The assistant R
 publicans met in convention at Indian e apolis, and aside from an indulgence ii a the only authentic gold standard argu
 ment-abuse of Bryan and the silve l. issue. accomplished nothing-wel is nothing worth mentioning. d
 Tombstone Prospector: The Sta is says the dormitory of the universit
 has been completed, and it is one c n the finest and most complete publi IS buildings in the territory It i IT constructed of stone of very sub
 stantial quality The interior is als
 substantial and up to the highest work :. manship. The university tank has als | been completed, it being the largest il : the territory, save those of the rail ' road. It has a capacity of 50000 gal z Ions, and is at a height which wi [ give pressure that will insure protec : tion to all of the university building ! in case of fire. Thus the mana agemen z is doing substantial work for this i'm > portant educational and territorial in z stitution.