Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-12

Club. Two hundred business men were present, and all are enthusias- tic over the project to organize an army of cyclists. The club starts with a sprospective membership in Chicago alone of fully 10000.
 Republicans in the fourth con gressional district of California do not seem to be able to get enough | fun out of Populists and democrats, and will run two republican tickets. 4 recent telegram from San Fran cisco says that the Spreckels faction of the republican party has nomi- mated H. G. W. Dinkelspiel for con gressman ana W. W. Montague for presidential elector.
 "While Mergenthaler is tenting out near Prescott, be might busy himself inventing 6 thinking ma chine. This is not intended as hit at Prescott's editors. Re publican. It is not taken ss such, either, but is simply taken as an advertisement for a machine to fill a long felt want in the Republican office as an accompaniment to the line casting machine in use there.
 "There is nothing which gives the gold bug republican so much satis- faction as a tariff discussson, as thereby he avoids discussing the live issue of free silver. There IS nothing which Sc much perturbs the mind of democrat as the mention of tariff, which four years ago they declared to be the only issue before the country, but which they now declare must not be mentioned.
 Georgia populists are not sat- isfed with the deal that Chairman Jones, of the democratic national committee, gave the party at St. Louis. They propose to keep m the middle of the road, and to call upon their national committee to put up a straight populist candi- date for president. Chairman Jones would better move that ''argumenta- tive box" of his down to Georgia.
 Editor Wolfey has solved the | financial situation in ten lines. In one item he says: The man who knows the least about finances is the man who more frequently than the rest explains the means of l6 to l." In another paragraph he puts the quietuS on the question, for all time to come, in the following: Treat gold and silver alike at the hints of the United States and the parity between them at the estab- lished legal ratio will always be maintained. That is the long and short of the parity questi In-
 fla large proportion of demo cratic papers are to be believed, Bryan will have to make all his ap- pointees from the ranks of republ- cans if elected president. Accord ing to the tone of the democratic press there is not a sIngle individu- al in the whole length and breadth of this vast country, supporting NIT. Bryan, who wants any position un- der him or who would even accept an office. They are actuated by motives of pure patriotism, ii these papers are to be relied on, in their assertions and inferences, and hence they could not accept an office, lest their motives might be falsely con strued. On the other hand, every republican in the country, who con- sistently supports the nominee of his party, is doing so solely in the hopes of getting some office. 4 republican Is not allowed 10 sup port bis party, and be honest, &C., cording to large portion of the democratic press.
 Alabama populists are up in arms over the result of the recent cleo tion. Frank Baltzell, secretary of the Populist campaign committee, publishes the following card: The election last Monday was character ized by frauds more wide spread than in any previous election, and in the black belt, in defiance of law and contempt for the opposition, which the law required to be recog- nized by three to ten representatives at every poll. Reports state that in Dallas, or some other of the black bslt country, they will send up the usual majority. which means that whatever majority that may be needed from these counties will be sent up next Saturday when the votes shall be canvassed. The popu- lists are very much e1asperated on account of the wrongs practiced upon them, and will not support the Bryan democratic electors. They will put up an electoral ticket for Bryan and Watson, and the demo crats can take down their ticket, or vote their ticket. and see hundred thousand votes practically lost"
 Senator John NJ. Thurston, of 1 Nebraska, in a speech at Madison, ! Wisconsin, on last Friday, made the | following statement concerning NIT. i Bryan: Il happened to hear Bryan four years ago in the congressional