Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-07-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Senator Hill fayors gold plank for the democratic platform.
 The democrats have nominated Alteeld for governor of Illinois
 Wha: has become of the rain makers, who erstwhile were 50 nu- merouSi
 Harrison, the British crown sur Veyor, has been reless, by the Neae- Euelsns.
 Denver will give S5-atOr T~-ler grand reception ou roturn from the St. Louis convention.
 Mohave county Is 3vertising for proposals to build a jail at King rAn. They will be opened July 6, Texas will send con;esting delega- tions to the Chicago convention. One will favor silver, the other will oppose it.
 Leadyille mine owners have de- eided to close down indefinitely. rather than yield to the demands of the strikers.
 If Spain is wise, it will not allow its inclination to fight the United States to occupy too much space in the newspapers.
 Indiana will push the claims of G.vernor Matthews for the presi- dential nomination before the Chi cago convention.
 jerry Simpson will have another go al a seat in the House, but the republicans of the district will see th he doesn't get there.
 Mckinley was officially notified of his nomination June g. He pro ,ah,y heard of it, though, before the committee reached Canton.
 The Utah delegates, who left the St. Louis convention, endorse every principle of republicanism except tbe financial plank in the platform.
 l-r Cleveland did not enjoy read i- the Cuban plank of the St. Louis platform, but about nine tenths Of the American voters did. The Kansas City Times, the lead ing democratic paper west of the |ississippi river, is out in lengthy editorial in favor of Senator Teller :or president.
 Eastern livery stable keepers do not propose to be run out of busl- ness by bicycles. and the horseless carriage is now found for hire long with the horse and carnage.
 Our contemporary this mornius boasts of having caused the defea, of the so-called Murphy land lease bill.p For the information of our neighboE, it may be stated that the bill became a law and was not de feated at all.
 Before leaving Washington, Sena- tor Pefer is quot't as sayia 7 that Teller would not be aomins- ed by the democrats. ar declared that the poPulists shou.G nominate an independent ticke'
 The supreme court Ct this terri tory has decided that Train Robber Rogers must hang, thereby affirm ing the validity of the law making train robbiug punishable by death. The Louisville Commercial has interviewed s great host of demo cratic business men of that city all of whom sSy they will support Mckinley as against any free silver democrat.
 1T democratic papers are consist ent in their argument on the silver question, they are willing to drop ps-tv organization, and are willing to .easc being democrats. for the cause of free coinage alone. Yet we do not see many of them doing tf.s
 There was sn Arizona land lease b;'l. Ir.roduced by Dubois. which became a law" says our contem- pofsrv. This same bill was pre- parei 5y Delegate Murphy, intro dU I'd 8; his request, and was in effect and substance identical with the original one introduced.
 Morgan, Belmont and their Wall street associates take the ground thst private profit on a public bond issUr IS something with which 8 C greSsional investigating com mi, ee hsS nothing to do, notwith- standing a popular idea to the con trary.
 Gen. NJ. H. Sherman, one of the r,reatest fnanciers or the Pacific Cast, has purchased t5e Ph-alx water works. and $. \. Pratt has been appointed superintendent. wee T. W. Fine.
 Judge Shaw, of Les Angeles has decidei that even where bylaw of a society provides for the forfeit ure of membership by reason C nCr payment of dues for a given period. such society must first notify the member of its intention to enforce the law else the membership stands valid.
 England has asked the friendly ..,-,ans;n- ,,F tka T,Ara3 St..,-