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The times., 1897-06-06

The Republicans seem content to let tho
Democrats Go the talking On the tariff iill-
They have determined to delay as little
as possible its progress, and continuously
refrain from challenging Democratic state
ments because OF the fear that it might
precipitate a limitless discussion. ills this
policy that has much to do with the raridity
with which the tariff bill has been con-
siGered.
The times., 1897-06-06

Senator Jones of Arkansas is q stalwart
among the opponents of the tariff bill.
He is the Leaf der of the opposition, and as
such is pinned fun Of information on the
different schedules. More than once he
has called attention to the inaccuracies
Of the comparative statement issued by
The times., 1897-06-06

New York reports assert that Secretary
Gage is having an investigation made into
the strike of the working tailors in that
city. Some idea of plan to restrict INF
migration is said to be connected with the
inquiry.
The times., 1897-06-06
A business Mans snieide.

Savannah, Ga, June 5.-HenTy Ingra-
ham, of IngTaham Bros leading wholesale
groeers, OF Columbus, Ga, committed sui
eide last night in a ToOm at the PULASKI
House BE was fifty-three years old, ami
weil-spown in business circles throughout
the State
The times., 1897-06-06

Once more the benevolent heart of SEN
ator Thomas @. Platt is wrenched by a
strong movement among the reform eie-
rnent OF New York Republicans to place
President Seth Low. of Columbia Uni
The times., 1897-06-06
A GREAT CORPORATION.
New Railway Enterprise Across the
Continent in Contemplation.

Continent in Contemplation.
Chicago, June s. The Times Herald says
today: a transcontinentaI railroad from
tide-water to tide-water. is the gigantic
enterprise which was set in motion when
e.0o0 was paid at Springfield for The
incorporate of company with capital
stock Of $50 900 900.
The baltimore and Ohio. the Wisconsin
Central. the Chicago and Northern Pacific,
and tie Northern Pacific systems figure in
the great undertaking. The headquarters
wiii be located in Chicago. Associated In
the enterprise are Edward Adams. OF the
Ncrthern Pacific and T. 7. Gates, of Mont
clair. y. J.
Mr.. Gates represents The Rockefellers. the
Standard OF corporation being largely in
teTested in the undertaking.
The times., 1897-06-06

Two hundred and forty three warships
are now in process OF building In Europe.
and the next small power on which the
SIX great powers aIight VIII assurediy
be crushed
The times., 1897-06-06

the Finance COMMITTEES. and with bis OWN
information compelled an admission as TO
its errors He is In his seat at an early
hour and during the debate his desk is
hidden un der a mass of papers.
The times., 1897-06-06

One of the South Carolina papers says
that the sugar schedule is hafefaced- Is
it considered desirable that sugar Bched-
,iies should have whiskeH?
The times., 1897-06-06

Cuba and the Spanish mission continue
TO keep the President and Judge Day very
busy Uncle John Sherman appears to have
resigned this particular branch of his
secretaryship. Why7
The times., 1897-06-06

yersity. in nomination for the mayoralty.
the question Of his filial obedience after
adoption is a distressing one to both the
boss and the machine
The times., 1897-06-06

The vote OF the Senate on the Mantle
case does not augur weH fol- the success
OF Mr. Corbett BY vote Of 81 to 20
the Senate refused to seat Mr. Mantle
The Republicans VITO voted against seat
ing him were: Aldrich, Cullom. Gallingcr,
Hale. Mcmillan. Morrill, Plat, Proctor,
total OF eight The Democrats and other
Republican opposition, who voted In fav II
OF seating Mantle were: Bate, Jones of
Arkansas, Morgan, Petdgrew, Roach, W1l-
thall. Jones. of Nevada; Stewart, q total
OF eight. Owing to the fact that the seat
ing OF Corbett would give the Republicans
the control of the Senate. it Is asserted
that the Democrats would change their
positions and vote against him Should
they do this, and the Republicans follow
suit, the result would be the same; for
there are eight votes on each side among
the Senators now In the Senate. 1t is
said by Republicans who have looked
carefully into the subject that 1t Is not
certain that the eight Republicans who
selves In order TO seat Corbett, so that. at
the best, the Republicans VIII be short
il the vote. The accession OF Repubii-
can Senator from Kentucky would help
the Republicans some, but even the yoto
of Senator Deboe would leave them stifl
one vote short OF majority. Under nn
the circumstances, therefore. the members
OF the committee have very little hope
of seating Mr.. Corbett.
The times., 1897-06-06

The records OF the Senate do not intli-
cate the possibility OF the Republicans
being able to seat Mr.. II. w. Cerbctt, ap-
pointed a Senator by the governor Of
Oregon, to succeed Mr.. Mitchell. whose
term OF office expired the 4th OF March
last. The committee yesterday sought to
get vote on report. but owing to the
absence of two Democratic Senators. ac-
tion was postponed until next Tuesday
An effort was also made to secure an
agreement that when the report was made
to the Senate, debate should be limited 10
two hours ON each side. but this was OBJ
Jected TO. When the vote is taken in
committee Mr. Corbett's claim will be
fayorably acted upon by a strict party
vote. but the whole affair viii end there,
for the Democrats will not permit the
subject to go farther until the regular
session OF the Senate in the winter.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30
The Tendefoot Judge is All Right.
[From the Lordsb urg Liberal.l ]


 Judge Davis, of Tucson, was ap- pointed from the east and is the only judge on the Arizona bench who was not resident of the territory when appointed, hence is known as the "tenderfoot judge" He is proving to be a first class man in the position he holds, that is to say he is a first class man for the law abiding portion of the community, but he is not much admired by the criminal classes, He has way of bringing a law breaker 10 realiz Bug sense of the fact that he is not hero, and he sentences the convicted criminals to terms in the penitentiary that are commensurate with their crimes. The judge finds many thing in the courts of Arizona that are different from what he has been used to in his eastern practice, and while at first they surprised him he is catching on, and probably will in due course of time either straighten them out or get used to them. Recently there was a smuggling case before him. Pablo Perez, Castillian of noble descent, and his wife were indicted for snug. gling some shawls from Mexico. It k strongly suspected that they stole the shawls on the other side before snug gling them, but no cognizance of thai conld be taken by the federal court The evidence against them was quit' strong, and it was thought they nigh be convicted, when Senor Perez tool the witness stand in defence of hi . wife. He testified that she did no smuggle the shawls, that he brough them across the line and then gay : them to her. The jury refused t ? acquit Sonora Perez, standing eleve : for acquitial to one for conviction neither would the jury aequit Senc Perez, standing eight for conviction !. four for acquittal. As no agreemel s could be reached the jury was dii
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30

The changes in the doctors in the case of Judge Truesdale reminds us of an instances that occurred in Tomb stone in the early days. One of the physicians of that town had very serious case, and after due considera tion he concluded his patient was sure to die, so approaching the sick man he said From, want to be frank with you. You are going to die, and if you have any last request to make, hurry up and make it, as you are near your end" Tom looked at the doctor, and as shadow passed over his face he replied; "Well, die goes, but as an to make last request, I request [ changed of doctors" The change wa, made and the patient recovered, ans Tom lives to-day to tell the story of hi Hast request "1Gazette.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30
Prescott, Arizona, Oct. 13.

The Star learns from Hermosillo thnt the Copper Queen company has been granted a concession to erect 8 smelter at that place, the company having deposited guarantee of $10,- 900 gold coin to comply with the con- cession. The concession carries with it exemption from taxation and special low rates on custom ores hauled over the Sonora railroad. The plant to be erected will have all modern convent ences and appliances for treating cop per ores as well as silver and lead ores.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30

Possessing rich natural resources, enjoying climatic conditions nnriyaIied, presenting industrial opportunities that should alike attract capital and labor, for ten years Arizona has made little progress, either in wealth or population. Why? Because neither capital or labor cares to enter where it has not a voice in the making aud administration of laws affecting their condition-laws which will either rob or protect them. Since it's organiza- ton as territory, so far as it's real rulers were concerned. Arizona has been the spells ground of parties-the province to be farmed out to award political services, or to provide places for political hacks whose past records made them eye sores to their parties, or whose peculiarities made them un- desirable fellows-at-arms in the game of politics in older communities. Mere political oif-seourings-such men are never strong, often not even honest Had they been so, had they been able to play the roles of leaders that they had assumed in Arizona elsewhere, they would never have left their old homes to seek political preferment in Arizona. The policy adopted of get ting rid of than by appointment to public office in Arizona merely convert ed the territory into a political penal colony. With such men in control of public affairs-nen lacl-ing in ability, often in common honesty, there could be but one result, miSnauagement and misgovernment. Where man have not been directly imported Co m t4se offices, those who have been selected have owed their appoint ments entirely Co outside inau- enees, and as result nave always been dominated to greater or less degree by foreign influences instead of repre- senting home sentiment ard home thought.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30

Train No. connects with Southern Pacific ls, passing Maricopa at 10:08 D. m. Train No. connects with Southern Pacific 20, passing Marieopa at 5.l5 a. m. Connections made at Phoenix with $. F.. r. & P. R. R. for Prescott and Congress Connections made at Mesa with stage for Goldfeld, Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:31. for Florence and Globe, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at o'clock a. m, Trains stop on signal.
 Pullman Palace Sleeping Car on trains Nos. and between Phoenix and Marieopa Tickets sold to all principal point4 and bag
 gage checked to destination.
 E. X. HASTEN, c. c. MCNEIL,
 President. Gen. Supt. 2. E. SANFORD
 Genl Freight & Pass. Agent.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30
HOME RULE FOR ARIZONA.

With present public indebtedness of $2, ,S23, ,S47, which is steadily incraas- ing, with tax rate higher than that of any other section of the Union, de- terring alike the incoming of settlers and investors-a rate in some counties to $4.5o on each one hundred dollars worth of property, with con stant and increasing deficit, deficit which, logically, can mean only re- pudiation unless public expenditures can be brought within tine public in come, with but a single county in the entire territory on cash basis, with a spirit of ssscontsnt and tiistrust -ethe future of the territory pergaaing sarg class of eiaizens. the time has come for 8 change in the public affairs of Aris zona.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30
From ths Rsrper,s AsrazIns

Ffom the herper's Aagazine
 It will be admitted on all hands that it is the duty. and that it should be the wish and the endeavor, of every citizen so to employ his political rights and privileges as to serve the common welfare to the best of his knowledge and ability. But there may be, and almost always are, honest and serious differences of opinion among we'll meaning men as to what the common welfare really demands. As these differences of opinion concern 'ng the requirements of the public welfare be- come more distinct, and as they more actively engage the popular attention, they will form lines of division among citizens, on either side of which those who are in the main of the same mind will associate themselves for political cooperation, to the end of making their views of what the public welfare demands prevail in the community that is, of procuring the enactment of those views into laws, and the enforce ment of such laws by the proper public officers. This is the way in which political parties are formed in com munity in which the people govern themselves, or at least take part in the government. It requires no proof to show that political parties, rightly conducted, may be very useful in carry ing on such governments as are more or less influenced or controlled by public opinion, for it is by political parties that public opinion is organized and made practically effective They are useful in the same measure as ths objects they pursue are ia harmony @ith tLe plblic Interest, and as tht methods of acton they use in ths 1 pursuit of those objects are fair and honorable.
 A political party shopld therefore never be regarded as a thing thai exists for it's own sake. l. is only z means to an end, and that end is tn, promotion of the prblic welfare Whenever a psrty ceases to serve tha- end, the party loses it's moral right t, exist.
 Then he will have to remember tha political party is not an end in itself 
 but only means to an end, the ent being the promotion of the publi good that in the same measure as party ceases to serve that end it lose it's moral right to exist, and at th, same time it's claim to the allegiance
 oi it's members; that it is the overrul
 ing duty of the citizen to exercise hi
 political rights and privileges for tn l public good to the best of his know
 ledge and ability; that when he can
 not do this in cooperation with hi
 patty it is not only his unquestionabl right but his duty to endeayor to do , independently of his party; and tha , then the only question for him is hol , he can most etfectually accomplis , this-whether by acting with the oI . position, or in what other way. I'll fundamental principle always to | 7 kept in mind is this There al
 various considerations of public inte } est that may absolve the citizen fro  party allegiance, but there can be I 7 consideration of party allegiance r party interest that might, under ai circumstances whatever, absolve | e citizen from his duty to tho publ q good.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30
S2OOOoeo

ScAaIIimg's Best tea is the best you can get for anything like the money 1t costs.
 SeAs9lsng's ; Bsst baking pow- der is the best you can get at any price. A sehluiag & Comnany
 San FrAnciseo 2oo3
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30
sDining station.
 THE SCENIC ROUTE OF ARIZONA!

The hest rorite to California. The only north
 and south line in Arizona to the
 Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Petritied Foragf Cliff Dwellings, Great Pine Forests, Salt River Valley and Numerous Other Points of Interest.
 Through tickets to all points in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
 Nos. Is 2 connect at Jerome Junction with trains of the U. V. S P. By, for Jerome. Connecting at Prescott with stage lines for ali principal mining camps; at Congress Junc- tion with Congress Gold Co. R.hs. for Congress and stage lines for Harqua Haia StasA2n 15 snSi 1 YarneIl: at Phenix with the M. < r. 6 ;. fs' f' R'y for points on the the $. P. By.
 Trains for California leave Ash h. Fork at 1:S5 D. m., arriving in Los Angeles next r1orninr at 8:s0. and San Francisco same evening at 6:15. Train for the East leaves Ash Fork at 7:40 a. m.
 F. N. MURPHY, GEO. A. SA K6tNIi Pres't & Genl Mgr, Sen fI. C ...s.i Fass. As v Prescott, Ariz. PreseoJt, AfAzoi'' RR. WELLS. ". s. GODsWORTHY,
 Asst Gen. Mgr. City 1lclee 1seii.;
 Prescott, Ariz. Fresco tt, AA a4
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30

most plastic-the easiest to work to his own ends. lie has created them. and they are his to use. To him theg are alone responsible, to him they must only answer. Whom he favors. they must favor, whom he disreparss they need not care for. Under this system of government based on person al fayoritism there can be no justice not even security, yet this is what constitutes government to-day in Ari- zona, and has constituted it for over thirty years past.
 As an example of what this rule of personal favoritism means, take the consideration which through it for aigft years past has been shoun the railroads alone by the board 9f equal izatien in the matter of taxas.on. In Ae teta astion of gal 5ad property for the purposes Of taxation iu Arizona amaanted to s8,8s8. .2l4, in 1897 Il amopnts to bat f5,367 200, mak- ing : total re4uetion in valuation since the first date-eight years only of q ,476,Ol3. Deduct from this s4OS,- IA constituting the amount for which the now abandoned Prescott & Arizona Central was assessed in 1889, and the true reduction in the valuation of rail road assessments in that time amounts to $l ,072 ,20s There is not railroad in Arizona but what has enjoyed re- duced taxation within the period men tioned, yet, to-day, the value of the roads, the volume of freight and pas senger traffic carried by them is greater than in 1889.
 The time has cone to change this by giving to the people of Arizona the right to elect their own officers-to elect men of their own choosing. This is right, not privilege. There can be but one argument against it; that it may delay statehood. It did not do it in Utah, it will not do it in Arizona. Men who would bitterly oppose the admission of new states, will readily accord to the people of Arizona the right to elect their own officers. It is only question of endeavoring to se- cure this right. It can be done and done at once if the people of Arizona demand it-not as Democrats, or Re- publicans, or as Populists, but ss Americans claiming the constitrtional rgat of self-goyernment in their home affairs Properly presented, backed by he entire influence of tbe territory. eonefess regasilsss of party aiiI pass sieh an ast foe Arizona as it did for Utah. Let every city and settlement work to accomplish that end, and at once. NM. c. o3NgILL.
 Prescott, Arizona, Oct. 13.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30
rniustice.

"Your honor, I want to tell you the other side of this story"
 q don't want to hear the other side, what do you mean trying to confuse the court?"-Yellow Book.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30

charged. Judge Davis saia that he had practiced law many years and had an extensive acquaintance with iuries, but until he came 10 Tucson he never saw jury that would disbelieye a defendent when he admitted he had committed the crime of which he was charged. The next day the jury was locked out of the court house and the couple was brought before him. The wife said she was not guilty and the husband pleaded guilty. He dismissed he indictment against the womln and sentenced senor Perez, whom he thought he could believe, to day and year in the Yuma penitentiary.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30

NorrcE.-Any information regarding the Casa Grande valley will be eheerfully fur- nislled by Chas. D. Reppy, Immigration Com missioner for Pinal county, Florence, Ariz.
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30
Southern Pacific Railway.

saarIcopa & Phenix & Salt River By Time Table No. 4. Pacific Time. n take effect Wednesday, December SOth,
 1898. at o'clock p. m.
 Maricopa g. Phoenix,
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30

All political parties have recognized the injustice of the system. Every party in it's national convention for sixteen years has pledged itself to rectify the evil by giving the territory home rule, and each party in it's days of victory has broken it's pledges. This
 too, though the home rule implied meant merely the appointment to office of such residents of the territory as had the greatest political influence without its boundaries, regardless of how such appointees might stand in Arizona. There can be but one home rule system possible. and that by ac- cording to the people of Arizona the right to elect their own officers administrative and judicial-from gov ernor to justice of the peace-except- ing only those officials as are of 8 pure ly federal character. The time has come to secure this right. In congress granting it lies the sole salvation oi Arizona its future it's all. One hou
 | of congress passed such q law for Utah
 and it would have been put into effect had not the territory been admitted te statehood. What eongreas deemed just for Utah let 1t now accord to Arizona
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30
New Mexico & Arizona By.

Daily except Sunday. Pacific time.
 J. l. FREY, General Manager
 T. A. EAUGLR. L. H. ALBRECHT, Assistant General Manager. Train Master
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30

The power of governor oi Arizona is absolute, for there ia no force that can restrict him. The courts are powerless to stay his hand, and the legislature powerless to impeach or punish him. In his hands are cen tralized the entire affairs of govern ment. There is not territorial off cial which he does not appoint. They are his creatures, created simply to carry out and defend his policies, be those policies good or bad. On his acts the people have no safeguard, no guarantee of honesty, no power to even review or condemn. He appoints the attorney general and thereby controls every suit to which the territory is a party. He appoints the auditor, and the treasurer as well as the superinten- dent of public instruction and all other officials in territorial school matters
 To one favorite he gives the control oi the asylum, to another the superinten dency of the prison. He selects ths board of equalization-a body controll
 ing absolutely the matter of territoria
 taxation, and likewise the board o
 control that disburses the public funds For each he takes the clay which i
The Florence tribune., 1897-10-30

Party Allegiance and Political lasepera-
 encs4
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-25

A Washington dispatch OF the 22nd
inst. went into an elaborate statement to
show that the government has lost in the
depreciation of silver purchased under
the Bland-Allison act of 1873 and the
Sherman law of 1890, the enormous sum
of nearly 222 millions of dollars. Well.
it is a big sum to look at, but if it is lost
i, will be the people who loose it. The
government is only an instrument OF the
yeople and loses nothing but whatit first
gets out of the people and then makes
up again by getting more out OF them.
The parties who steer the government
and through it the people into these
losses are the responsible parties. When
the republican party demonetized silver
and made 1t Il commodity in 1874, it laid
the cause and foundation Of the loss in
silver and all other commodities which
have fallen in greater proportion than
even silver by the appreciation Ut gold
since that time. The loss to the govern.
ment from its silver purchases are but a
mere bagatelle to what the people have
lost in the same time from the deprecia-
ton in values of the products of their
tot. Five billions of dollars would
scarce repay the people Of the United
States for their losses in that time by
the appreciation of gold. But it is q
piece of bare faced ~effrontery for repub-
lican organs to affect q righteous criti-
ciem of the governments losses from it's
silver purchases at all, and in view OF
the fact that the system has cost the
people twenty times as much 10 other
ways.