Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-03-25

Il, Is hinted that the president will shortly issue a proclamation on the Cuban question.
 The democrats might secure a candidate by offering good sized purse for the right sort of man.
 Jerome had a successful prize fight the other day. Where was the noble Arizona militiai
 Isn't it about time that the re- moval of Governor Hughes was startling Arizonans again. Whenever a train robbery takes place the DSltons are some where around, peculiar as it seems.
 A San Bernardino woman tried 10 wreck a train because another train ran over and killed her milk COW.
 An epidemic of colds is on in this burg, and of a thousand receipts, whisky Is at one end of each dose to cure it.
 The election of Senators by direct vote of the people, will necessarily make the Arizona legislative ticket, as usual, go begging.
 Here is the way a politician sizes up the delegate question to the republican national convention: Prescott, 1; Tucson, I; Phenix, 1.
 The jingo papers are after Dele gate Murphy again on his state- hood work, transferring their spleen now to the House of Represents | tives.
 If the Senate decides to elect its members by popular vote hereafter, the greatest good to the greatest number" will be the war cry, so far as the sack" goes.
 pr. MonrOe's accusation that a mutton head jury is guilty of send ing him 10 jail, can only be settled by bringing in the cathode rays, in justice to all parties concerned.
 Ed. Howe, of the Atchison Globe, says that some people seem to think that man cannot behave himself unless he belongs to a church. As Ed. belongs to a church himself, he is saying this for friend of his.
 Kid Thompson, who is to hang soon in California, objects to dying on the same day that Craig and Durrant do, for the reason that the above pair are woman killers, while he dies on account of a woman.
 Senator Vest pulled down Gro,er's vest in the Senate the other day. But the tirade against the president is getting to be so common nova days, nobody cares for what IS being said against the big gold bugger.
 J. Monroe Heiskell, special agent of the Department of Justice at Washington. D. C., is in Phenix, Arizona, on an official visit. He is investigating the several charges l made against Chief Justice Baker. l
 Japan has had the same Finance l Minister for twenty-five years. The | people of this country should give | thanks that they will not have to put up with Secretary Carlisle for such long period. It is true that he has 50 nearly done his worst dur ing the last three years that fear of what he might do during his last year in office has been discounted. Still it will be a relief when he is succeeded by a good republican, as he will be on the 4th of next March.
 A very interesting experiment was lied at Patterson, New Jersey, the other day, which the police declare was a success. It was the photo graphing of the last impression left on the retiDa of a murdered girls eye, and which, it is claimed. con iained a portrait oF her murderer. The eye was photographed in a room, which was dark. Four large gas jets and as many candles were used, and the result was most satis- factory, and the police are trying to find the original of the portrait they have secured.
 Ohio republicans did not seem to straddle the money question. h. stead of their utterances being meaningless, they have very pro nounced meaning in favor of gold md silver both. The platform adopted by them fsvors gold, silver and paper, with which to measure our exchange, that shall be as sound as the government and as untar- nished as itshonor, and to that end We favor bimetallism, and demand the use of both gold and silver as standard money" That IS all that the most ardent silver advocate wants.
 Whatever may be said of Delegate Murphy by the press of Arizona, that is hostile to hin politically. or all must accord him praise for the determined and zeal ous manner m which he has labored for what he believed to be right and just. He has accomplished mere for Arizona in two months than any other delegate did in two years, or, for that matter, than all of the rest of the delegates ever did. His fight on statehood particularly demon strates that he has pushed himself