The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-22
Now that a republican house of

Now that republican house of representatives has killed the bill for the admission of Arizona and the bill for the free coinage of sil- yer, we can hardly realize that they will go before the people of Arizo- ma next fall. The old party IS noted for its marvellous resources, but how it can pull the wool over the people on these issues in tbe face ot this record is beyond our ken.-Gazette.
 It strikes us about the same way, its hard to realize how they can go before the people, with such a re- cord, but it is not difficult to im- agine how they 0iU. The G. o. P invariably rises superior to such trifiing exigencies, their effrontery is on the sublime order that downs all opposition, and overrides all argunentSssBy next fall (among re- publican orators) the political com pIexion of the committee, which re fused uslstatehood will be Democrat ic, and their deluded hearers will cheer to the echo, pull the wool over the people on these issues 'forsooth :; they don't have to. The people who swallow republicanism, pull it over themselves, through misguided zeal and blind infatuation, every ca lamitY prophecy of that party has fallen flat, ,;ind they are resourcefulin particular. The cattle industry that that was ruined under Democratic Legislation in the republican politi
 cal speeches last fall ought to con vince any one with an satom of sense, Of the injustice of the charge (contrnctors are offering to buy now at an advance per head of $2. ] Hides have gone out of sight, the demand exceeds the production, and prices are double what they were a few years ago, and yet these results were brought about by Dem ocratic legislation. The Republi- can orators dinned into the ears ol their hearers last fall this very fact; that the Democrats were responsi- ble for this legislation at that time, they never conceived what the re- suit would be, but now that it has proved so disastrous from their theory, and heneGcient from a Dem ocratic standpoint, how will they evade it? for evade it they will. Their resources are not only mar velous, but practically illimitable.
 The Gazette in another article, states that the only reason assigned by the committee on the admission uf the three territories, is, that il would increase the silver senate, and the Gazette luther says, "and yet next fall the republican party Tn Arizona will without doubt, declare for free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to l. How long will the people believe such hypocrisy? Of course they will declare for free silver, even now the free silver plank of the republican party of Arizona Is drafted ready for inser- ton, never doubt them, their the ories and principles are self adapt able, like a partially inflated rubber ball, punch it in on one side and 1t responds with well defined protu- berance on the other, and the party leaders take every care in present. ing the we'll rounded side to their followers. Machiavelli says: You may corrupt to govern. Machia- velli were he living at the present day, would be a Republican.
 War clouds are omniouslY gath ering over Canada. The Bill restor- ing Catholic schools in Manitoba meets with great contempt by u e peo ole of the last named 1rovince