Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-05-12
Democracy is still in the saddle in Arizona.
 Senator Call, of Florida, has with

day, May $.
 Senator Deboe, of Kentucky, has been sworn in, and has taken his sen; in the Senate.
 The New Mexican says the Santa Fe people should hang together. They lo-toUra at a time.-Albuquer- que Citizen.
 The adage, where there is smoke there is fire,' has been exemplified by S2,000,000 conilagration in Pitts burg.
 The campaign of the Turks against the Greeks seems to have been a continuous series of victory after victory
 Tho Greek war news seems. to have had the effect of dwarEing the literary efforts of both Spaniards and Cubsns.
 When Speaker Reed has anything to say, he will not choose demo- cratic paper for his mouth piece. He isn't built that way.
 The lower house of Congress will meet only on Mondays and Thurs dsys hereafter, pending action in the Senate on the tariff bill.
 Not being able to legitimately criticise any act Of the administra- lion, the opposition papers are exer- cising their ingenuity in manufac- turing pred ctions of future trouble for President Mckinley.
 Judge Baker has rendered de- cision in Phenix which indirectly sustains the validity of the salary reinstatement act passed by the re- cent legislature.
 Phenix, claiming a population of anywhere from l2,0O0 to l5,0o0, y boiled SO9 votes at the recent q oc- tion. oi about the same as poll. at the last election in Prescott. e total registration of Phenix amo l. ed to only 1O69.
 It would be strange, indeed. I England's greed iu Africa sho i'd result in an alliance between France and Germany; but such an alliance is being seriously discussed Europe, and is said to have be n actually proposed by Germany. Pheui1 elected a republican mayor yesterday iE the person of J. C. Adams, proprietor of Hotel Adams. His opponent was Tom Smith, an old timer of Phenix, Mir. Adams IS a progressive man and will make good chief executive for the capital city.
 Mayor Harrison does not recog nize any civil service rules in his administration of affairs in Chicago. He has just removed John P. Bar rett, superintendent of city tele- graph, from office. Mir. Barrett has held his job for thirty-6ye years.
 The recent municipal campaign in Phenix was one of the most heated of the many warm campaigns that place has been noted for. A most bitter. malicious personal fight was made on the republican candidate for mayor, but he was elected by a majority of S5 votes.
 The Turks don't ask much of the Greeks as price of peace. They only want an indemnity of fifteen million dollars, a arrangement of the Greek frontier, annuling all treaties favoring Greeks, cession of the Greek fleet to Turkey and settle met of the Cretan question,
 The tragedy enacted in the court house yesterday, has caused gloom to overshadow the town. Lee Norris, the victim, was an exceptionally peaceable and we'll liked young man, and the manner of his death, in the very bright morning of his manhood, causes additional sadness to the occurrence.
 The Phenix Gazette is trying awfully hard to let go of tbe recent city campaign. Here is ono ofrs post election excerpts: "A citF that will elect a man like ]. C. Adams over a substantial tax paying citizen like W. T. Smith cannot expect to have anything but dirty sidewa ks and dirty alleys"
 While King George, of Greece, has had au eye on the Turk for some 1 time, be has also had an optic on the 1 ''mam chance" He is said to have 1 made from S30,0O0.0OO to SS5 OOO,UOO 1 speculating in Turkish and Gre, k i securities since the trouble com msuced between the two nations, We would rather have one thirtieth l of the smaller sum than to be King | of Greece.
 Late news from Hawaii are to the effect that Japan has sent a commis- sioner to investigate the immigra- ton troubles. The Hawaiian cabi- net has decided that Asiatie laborers must sooner or later be replaced by | Americans, and that the sooner the work is commenced the better it will be for the islands. The Hawaiian
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