Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1896-07-02

D. THE Ladies Home Journal has
most interesting article this month o
the childhood end home of Joan d'Arc
q One can scarcely realize that today
8 four hundred and sixty-fvs years afte
her death at the stake. that home
yet standing az it did when he patter
ing infant feet first pessed it's portals.
+ ELSEWHERE in these columns we Civ,
today the opinions OF cousiderebl,
number OF Kentuokyene, all prominep
men and mostly Democrats, GA the ST
Louis platform, and if those opinioni
meen anything they mean that Ken
lucky will leave the Democratic psrty
by large majority in Novem Dor.
Hon. JoHN ROONEY. toe we'll known
Irish oretor of Nav York doesn's pro-
pose to be uncomfortable OF account OF
the crowded coalition Of the nations
capital during the inauguration of Nc
Kinley aud Hobart. Ia order to u eke
sure Mr.. Rooney stopped eff bhere while
on his way from the ST. Louis oonven-
tion and engaged quarters for himself
aud q party OF friends during ipaugur-
alton week. Ard it is said others are
doing the sans thing, in person and by
mail The Mckinley inaug uration
crowd is likely to break the record, and
people are just as certain be will De
ineugurated as shey were that he would
be nominated.
PHOENIX has oeen enjoying fair aver
ags GUNNER weather fer week and it
mas been very pleesanb through the
''hot season" began with an unpreoe-
dented rush ten days ago. At Yuma
the Thermometer went 10 III and at
FIT. Mohave, near the Needles, to 127.
Here is reached rs, also at Tucson,
Florence and other places. The
"stresk'' OF intense heat was, however.
of short duration. The days have be-
gun SO grow shorter and within six
weeks the cool nights will have a very
perceptible effect on the days. The
rains should lower the thermometer
next month.
EITHER the United States needs 3
minister to Mexico OF it doesn't. IL it
does, somebody should be sent there
who will spend at least one half OF his
time st his post of duty, which is more
shan Ex-senator Ransom, of North
Caroline, has done. He was appointed
so the position at the expiration of his
term in the Senate, March, 1895. Since
then he has spent considerably more
than one-half his time in the United
States. He has been back three or
four times, and upon each occasion has
made prolonged stay at Washington |
and al his home. He was presu msbly |
ION leave" upon each of these trips; |
but his worship of Mr.. Cleveland is not
a sufficient reason for granting him SO
much time for which the public pays
him his salary, and there seems to be
go other He is now in Washington.
The foreign commerce of the United
States annually consists of between one
and half aud two bilious of dollars
worth OF imports and exports, and en-
ployes several millions OF tons of for
eign shipe Ia order that American
ships mey be restored to the carrying of
this commerce, al agitation has been
begun for the reodoption OF the policy
of 1889, to create a preference for Amer
lean ships by taxing imports higher
duty when brought here in foreign
ships. Senator S. B. Elkins. OF West
Virginia, and Hon S. E Payne, OF New
York, have this year introduced in the |
United States Senate ard House, re-
speo5iyejy, joint bill which provides |
for duty of ten per cent more upon
Imports N foreign ships tbaB IS levied |
upon imports IN American chips This
policy has THE year b=en indorsed by
the!Rspublicsn Conversations. The Re
publican National Platform has also
endorsed the policy of 1889 Whether
the Democratic party GER be induced to
favor this policy, which Thomas Jsffsr-
son wss particularly Influential in hev-
Ing first established, aud which is the
only policy that has ever been success
tul in giving to American ships the car
zisge of American commerce, IS rot at
present known II the Democrats
would jim the Republicans and restore
ard naintain thst policy, il the same
nor-par. isau and unanimous msnDeT
that it vas hundred yeara.ago, it's
permenence would be assured, 1t would
continuously employ Hundreds Of thou
ssnds of skilled workmen in American