Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-09-30

a famine.
 The imports of gold during the past few weeks have amounted to about SSS.OOO,OOO.
 The republican party's candidate for delegate to congress IS the Peo- ple's choice. Hurrah for Honest old Jim" Doran.
 New Mexico hanged three men yesterday. aud without the assist ance of statehood, either.
 Mark Smith IS the crown of thorns" candidate for the people of Auzona to gulp down again.
 Hon. Jim Doran has gone to Tue son. After November 1t will be the proper thing to say that de has gone to Washington. D. C.
 The Maricopa democrats fired Kays from their ticket because he believed in sound money. Rays, like Senator Hill, says he is "still a democrat.
 Democrats have made a very care ful poll of the state of Missouri, and have come to the conclusion that 1t Is reasonably safe for Bryan. They gre engaged in polling other doubtful Southern States.
 Bryan says his voice Is busting He is poor material, and not half as much Of stsyer with his tongue as Dan Dwyer of Prescott. The latter commenced talking before the nomination and keeps 1t up still, being as fresh as a daisy to-day.
 IT NIT, Bryan is elected president Daniel Dwyer, of Prescott, will probably be the next governor of Arizona. He has been one of the most ardent and jealous party workers in the territory, and the democratic party has few more capable and no more honest men within its ranks.
 Japan has been visited again by the severest earthquakes, storms and floods in its history. In Gifu Pre- lecture, 1900 houses were blown down and 100 persons killed. The river Minatogawa overhowed its banks. sweeping away $50 houses, and drowning 20 persons at Kobe. Fire started and 2.26O houses were burned.
 With a peristeucy of misrepre- sentatiou worthy and characteristic of the cause they stsad for, the democratic and populist press of Arizona misquotes lhe financial plank oF the republican party adopt ed on the 22d inst. Pheni1 Her ald. l. IS a chilly campaign when a democratic or populist paper don't mlsrepreseut. Misrepresentation and abuse are the two standard ar ticles of campaign literature with them.
 John Hsrtin, again comes before the people for reelection to the office he has so well and honestly filled. that of county treasurer. He Is an old timer, and in the past has won the regard of all people. by a conscientious and faithful admin istration of the office he has filled so well and satisfactorily. The selection of MT. Hartin to succeed himself, by the central committee, was unsought by that gentleman, be being. in short, the logical cauii- date of his party.
 Mention was made some time since in thes columns of the discov- cry by Dr. Emens, a celebrated chemist of New York, of a means of silver into gold. A hss been organized in New York with a capitalization of Si,OO00O0. divided into 1000 shares Of Sl 900 each. every share of which has been taken and paid up.
 Mayor Pennoyer of Portland has devised a novel way of raising cam paign funds for the poPulist party in Oregon. He assesses each mem Der of the police force s per and m order that 1t may not prove 8 hardship on the men he raised their salaries & per month, thus virtually taking the amount out of the public treasury. Peunoyer has a long head on him.
 It was either in his platform, or in bis address to voters, on Saturday, that Mir. O'Neill made the state ment that the supreme court of the United States had declared the bonds. issued by this county, in aid 1f the P. & A. C. railroad. invalid. Now, whether it was through iguor-  ,nce. or through deliberate and will iul misrepresentation that this state nent was made, we have no means )f knowing. As a matter of fact .hese T.. X A. C. railroad bonds have never been passed upon by any court. hence their validity or invaliditv IS s not a matter of court record. The made by Mir. O'Neill 'omes about as near the truth as many other political assertions of lis.
 In his opening address on Satur- lav. Colin Timmons took great pains to state that the portion of hat speech which was his own had