Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-11-10

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 The democratic press seems to ignore Bryan's latest speeches. Xvi dently they place less value on them than they did on his cratorical efforts in 1896.
 In Nebraska the fusiOuists have elected Sullivan for supreme court judge over Post, republican, by a majority of ll,615 votes.
 It is now conceded that Kansas IS again safely in the republican coli umn. The populists concede to the republicans nine out of the thirteen district judges.
 If the announcements of the so- cial triumphs of Mrs. Langtry and her kind were given less prominence in our newspapers, it would be bet ter for the morals of our people.
 It is a remarkable fact that 55,000 persons will directly or indirectly draw pay from the city in the first administration of the mayor of Greater New York. Mayor Van W7ck will ignore civil service, an distribute the pie among his demo- era 2orters.
 IT there is anything wrong with that proposition to erect Sl00,00O building in Phenix, the democratic party cannot escape from it by shouts of "McCordism and Mur- phyism," and fl it contains anything of merit, that party IS deserving of it.
 Hence, as previously stated by the JoURNAL-MINER, it can afford to watch the hair pulling contest be- tween the Courier and Gazette, over a democratic measure, and a demo cratic official with perfect com. placency.
 A bold scheme is announced in tic New York Sun, whereby some klOn dike flibusterers propose to siege Dawson City as soon as navigation is we'll closed, and hoist the star: and stripes and proclaim the towr and the gold fields in the Unitet 1 States.
 The war scare is on again, and according to rumors that emanatt from no one knows where, except that it is kept a dark secret in tho war department at Washington, W, are to fight it out with Spain at al early date. The war scare manipu- lator ought to be throttled.
 If the Sultan of Turkey doesnt do something handsome for ex-Mln ister Terrill, who, in order to mak, the Sultan a saint, makes, by infer ence, liars of all the Christian mis sionaries in Turkey, he will be oper to the charge of ingratltude.
 Hr. Hannis Taylor, ex-minister tC Spain, in making public his pro- Cuban views, was probably actuateo more by desire to embarrass Prasi dent Mckinley than by his desire tC help Cuba.
 A free trade tariff: General do. pression and distress. A protective tariff: Prosperity and plenty. ! hi: has been simply the history Of the country since its first president, and no amount of theoretical argument can change it.
 Tammany has once more shown its power, and holds Greater New 1 York in the hollow of its hand. To be mayor of Greater New York is next to being president of the United States, and, it is question if the emoluments of the office, are not equal to that of president. Kentucky tried to hold an election without a killing scrape, but failed. The quietude was dispelled by the killing of three men. This awakened interest in the contest, and as a result the democrats carried the state.
 A Pittsburg dispatch quotes Pres dent Mckinley as saying: q am we'll pleased with the results of the election, as it indicates fealty to the republican party and that the principles it represents are as strong as ever."
 II, in the musty reoesses of some long forgotten democratic pie coun- ter, a piece of decayed pie can be found, some friend of the Chronic Courier should unearth it and pre- sent it to the C. C.; for it is evi- dently suffering from the bangs of political hunger. Satiety of appe- tite long deferred, maketh sad that political stomach.
 4 European correspondent says the Emperor of Germany wants a new crown that shall be more gor- geous than the English imperial crown, which reminds us that he wants several other things he will never get.
 In recent speech in Ohio, Mir. Bryan stated that ''the first six months of the Mckinley admins tration were the most disastrous in the history of the country" Bryan must have imagined his audience to