Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-02

Fornia, where it is found less expen- sive than it is to repair the roads, the sprinkling keeping them sold and prevents them from being cut.
 New Mexico has somewhat the same experience of Arizona in re- gard to its appointment for gover- nor. The Albuqurque Citizen says: ''AIr. Price, it is predicted at Wash ington, will be appointed governor He is the only candidate who Is al most unknown in the territory and against whom charges of some s5it were not brought"
 The committee on territories ot the United States Senate, met on i Saturday to consider the nomua-
 tions of governor and secretary ci i Arizona. Attorney General Wilson, who is in Washington to preltr charges against Col. McCord, sent a
 written request that the confrna- i ton be postponed, as he was Lot ready with his charges. The eoi'- sideration was postponed till next Thursday.
 Advices from Washington stat d 1 that Attorney-General Wilson tele- 1 graphed there asking that McCord's | confirmation be postponed until his arryal. when he would present
 charges that would paralyze the ap- pointment. The committee waited and although tue attorney-general 1 has been there nearly a week be still asks for more time. he ! gubernatorial charge, sffidayit-mak- ing machine of the Arizona de-
 moeracy must have skipped a cog.
 There is talk of convening the legislature in extra session to unoo the act by which certain criminals
 are escaping the penalty of the law.
 It is a questionable proceeding, but possibly better than lynch law, which IS almost certain to prevail
 should the criminal law prove as in-
 etTectual as it is reported to be. 1 When the people are compelled to
 take things into their own hands to 1 secure protection to life and limb
 aud property, to secure that peace
 aud quiet the law should secure, the results are terrible and without
 remorse. 1t looks as though there
 were an attempt to drive the peo- pie to a last resort.-Phenix Her
 aid.
 l It is alleged that ths inspiration
 for getting up protest, in Prescott,
 against McCord's confirmation cane l from Phenix. Whether this be so or not, it Is a fact a certain Pheni-
 elan nowin Prescott is making strong
 anti McCord talks in Prescott bar
 rooms whenever he can secure an
 audience to listen to him. That the
 fight against confirmation emauates 1 from democratic officials, who at
 tempted to get tenure of office bill
 passed, to enable them to hold on
 Tor an indefinite period, there is DO
 doubt. The better class of demo-
 crats, in Prescott, denounce the
 methods used for the attempted de- | feat of the confirmation of MT. Me 1 Cord.
 Phenix papers report that A:tor-
 ney General J. r. Wilson has gone i to Washington 10 work against the confirmation of McCord in the sen- ate. Democracy holds on with death like grip to the offices. The object in trying to defeat McCord is not in the interest of good govern
 meHt, but solely in the interest of democratic officials. to enable them
 to hold on to the public teat just as long as possible. It is also stated { that Secretary Bruce objects to re- tiring, but wants to hold on to his office till July. The JoURNAL-MINER
 believes that Col. McCori will be confirmed, despite the democratic l protests against him, and it believes
 further, as previously stated, that he will make a good governor. An enterprising contemporary in ] Phenix has set about to correct the mail service In Arizona. Now, there is DO doubt that considerable can be done in that line, as the JOURNAL MINER gets frequent complaints from subscribers of the non-arrival of