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

An attempt Is being made to goad Senator German into attending the Chicago convention, but 1t hasn't yet succeeded. Mir. German doesn't wish to unnecessarily scorch his fingers. He has nuts of his own ID that fire.
 Major Mckinley ought 10 sit down hard on some of the tcadies who are seeking newspaper matter from Canton, or, better vet, on the editors who employ them. Unless our judgment of the man is errone- Ous, he must be as much disgusted with that sort of thing as his sensi- ble friends every where are.
 Our democratic friends need not worry about the lack of republican enthusiasm. Republicans have too much good sound sense to work themselves into sun stroke at this season. Later there will be plenty of republican enthusiasm, and, what Is more important, 1t will be backed by votes enough to elect Mckinley and Hobart
 By reference to the public idebt statement published elsewhere, 8 sample of democratic fnsnciering Is given. The administration, ID figuring up its losses for the year, discovered that they were too great to go before the country with in a presidential year, So in order to reduce the deficit as low as possible, they stop payment temporarily. This system can not but strike a business man as a rather ludicrous one.
 Colorado's state silver convention met in Denver June 25. The chap lain who opesed the convention with prayer asked 8 blessing on the convention, also on the coming si'- yer convention at St. Louis, and es- pecially on the convention that is to meet at Chicago. H. A. W. Tabor was chosen temporary chairman of the convention and Teller was chosen delegate to St. Louis.
 Altgeld announced on Monday that he would not accept the demo cratic nomination for governor of Illinois. On Tuesday he was nom mated amid great enthusiasm, and literally tumbled over himself in his eagerness to accept the nOmina- ton. A party that can nominate Altgeld for anything has fallen to hopeless depths of degradStion.- Los Angeles Times.
 Now that he has been elected mayor of Portland, eI-Governor Peunoyer, of Oregon, announces that he will accept but One-half the salary of 5000 allowed 10 the occu- pant of the office. His reason Is that as prices, profits and mechanics and laborers' wages have declined with the 100 per cent appreciation of gold and money based upon gold, official salaries should also decline He Las preached this doctrine for sey- eral years, and now that he is in 8 position to do so he proposes to show his consistency and sincerity by practicirg il.
 Governor Franklin is a remover from away back" He is not only removing territorial officials, but he has commenced 10 remove prisoners from the territorial prison al a rapid gait, also. Two more pardoDs have been granted within the past few days, the parties to whom they were granted having been credited with cutting 20 cords of wood. This may eventually settle down as a permanent condition of pardon. After all, a man who will cut 20 cords Of wood any where in the vicinity of Yuma, is entitled to some sort of consideration.
 The Yuma Sun has the following to say in regard to the political sit uation: Tt Is hard to follow the party along the road it now travels, and we must confess that at this time We cannot say what will be the future policy of the Yuma Sun. As the events of the next few weeks happen. should we see there Is hope along other lines to do even httle something to remove the bsaeful effects of the gold standard, we will work that way. Should no light appear, We will stand by the old party of protection, reciprocity and Americauism, but repudiating its gold standard, hoping it may yet see its mistake and correct it.
 If s national fight Is to be made on the question ot free coinage of silver. Henry NJ. Teller, of Colo rado, is the logical, and only csndi- dste of the party. A democratic candidate on free silver platform, with the party as evenly divided on the money question, as it is, will not satisfy republicans who feel that they can no longer support their party. 4 populis, will not meet the approval of either republicans or democrats, so that the only man.