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Arizona republican., 1897-11-19
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

J. l.. Davis, who recently returned from the Yaqui gold d6ggings, says the country is over estimate
 J. Coleman has decided to remove his two stamp mill from the Green Valley mining district, near Fayson, to the Goswick mines near the mouth of Tonlto.
 The governm mt of the colony of New Zealand has purchased ire Mac Author -F,orrest cyanide patents, for the public welfare, subject to the ap- proval of parliament, fer the sum of $150,0O0.
 The longest application for mining patents ever made has been received at the Prescott land office. 1t covers seventy mining claims and mill sites in Mohave county, owned by D. H. Moffatt. The law allows the register of the land office a fee of $10 each for every application filed, so that the applicant, in this case, makes a sav- ing of almost s7O0 by grouping all the claims in one application.
 The Joe Don group of mines eleven miles from town is another valuable property which is being quietly open ed up by one of our contemplating mer- chants, who has in the last few years developed this property by over 500 feet of tunnelling and sinking. Late results show that the work has not been done lin vafln as tine ore proves to be of good quality. A few more men like MT. Wilson will soon dem onstrate that we have alt our doors some of the greatest mines in the western country.-Courier.
 Twenty-four inches of $40 ore in the Thorn shaft and twenty-six inches of $68 ore in the Aztec mine is the latest report from the Sun Dance group near Prescott. The last car of concentrates shipped ran $158 per ton.
 An important strike was recently made tim the Rescue silver mime in Gila county. The ore body shows a face of twenty inches and has been stripped sixty feet. The ore averages 800 ounces in silver and is growing richer and the vein apparently becom- ing wider as work progresses.
 The workings of recent Arizona statute was commented upon therein, the case being where the University of Arizona is required Ito <nake assays Of gold and silver for 50 cents, the result, of course, being that the busi- ness of the private assayer in Arizona is not, at present. a particularly lu- crative one. In answer tha author of the bill, who is the editor of i.he Flor ence, Arizona, Tribune. defsn the measure and says: "The law is a good one. It is in the interest of prospectors and miners, who can i'll afford to pay $1.50 for such work, and, besides, 50 cents is the prevailing price in Colorado, and most of the assays from that section went to that state. Now the money is kept at home and helps to educate the youth of the territory" In this case, as in many others, so much depends upon the point of Mining and Sci entific Press.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-19

silence took possession of the scene the old woman took her cigarette out of her mouth and repeated seve; al times in low voice with all the soft ness of the Spanish accent: "Who called you to Mexico?" George took a dollar from his pocket and threw 1t into the lap of the shrurken figure in the dark corner, and now he never says anything about the customs of the people among whom he has cast his lot. G. H. s.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-19

ings have not cnly ea e1 real value but have prov;d.d the means for cen veying that va ue from it's ste t3 he surface and ,thenco to marhet.-Mil- ing and Scientific Press.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-19
THE METAL MARKET.

New York, Nov 1S.-Silver ce- tiff cates, 5SA@59k; silver bars. 57B i; Mexican dollars, 451A; copper. un- changed; lead, steady; brokers, $5.50; exchange, S3.771h.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-19

If you have a mine to sell, or to bond, or if you know of a desirable mining property that is for sale, please write to or call upon the min ing editor of the Arizona Republican.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-19

A Republican Mining Correspondent Throws Fresh Light on the Subject.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
TRUSTS BREAK INDUSTRY RE
WIVES

Defenders of trusts and similar COM
binations should take note of the refu-
tation of their arguments by recent
events. They maintain that trusts are
really in the interest of business.
steadying it, and allowing a healthy.
Gently an agreement, as rigid as if
bound by its own steel rails. unified
the steel rail industry of the country
and enabled it to maintain prices at a
figure unrelated to cost of material or
of production. It broke and prices went
down to profitable basis, and orders
flowed in on every mill in the coun-
try sufficient to keep it running full
time for a year. Mills long idle or run
ming on short time went into operation
or on to full time. Men long out of
work or put on short allowance of earn
ings found full time employment. The
contrast is or should be convincing
that it yet remains true that competi-
ton is the life Of trade.
Again we have now the dissolution of
the combination that for two years has
controlled the output and price of Bes
semer ores. From an average Of s.. 80
a ton it raised the price to an average
of S. 5, and kept 1t there for two years.
Meantime the output was reduced,
wages We're cut and men either turned
adr1ft or put on short time. For
weeks the various interests have been
trying to get together to continue the
combination. Uncertainty as to the re-
suit and what the ensuing price would
be has obliged furnaces to restrict op-
erations and the acceptance Of orders
on prices fixed now. but to be filed from
material whose price was unknown
and indeterminate. The announce
ment Of the final and complete failure
to unite for this year is ACCOMPANIED by
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

quire a part Of his education in those
schools, and every teacher in them,
will bear witness to this most impor-
tant, but always overlooked advantage.
The bright boy or girl in the lower
classes, whose eyes glistened with Gag
erness for permission to answer the
question the advanced class were STALL
ed on, Is the constant incident Of the
country school and never that Of the
strictly graded school. Not least of the
advantages Of the ungraded school is
the familiarfzing Of the younger pupils
with the ground over which they are
later to plod, gained by hearing the
recitations of the advanced classes.
When their progress brings them for
ward they are not strangers in a.
strange land. They have at least a
nodding acquaintance with their new
studies, and their progress is smoother
and more rapid So far, then, from
trying to bring the country schools to
grade, the process should be re-
versed, and educators and parents
should be studying how to give to the
city schools this immense advantage
of the country school. With it and
their other advantages, the eight years
now needed to get through the grades
might be shortened one-fourth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

do Is to press the knob for the candi-
date of his choice, and this automati-
cally registers his vote, and also locks
the knobs bearing the names Of all
other candidates for the same Office,
so that a. duplication Of the vote is i'm
possible. It has been proved by ex-
perience that so many votes can be
polled by this machine within election
hours that, the size of the ordinary
voting precinct might be increased
greatly without interfering with the
casting of the vote.
The advantages Of the machine, many
as they are, are obvious on their face.
The first is to do away with the ex-
pense and the bewilderment Of the
Australian ballot. States and cities
will not be obliged to print great guam
titles Of these blanket tickets, but an
investment once made in voting ma
chimes will be good for all time. While
the first cost will be little greater,
the saving in the long run will be con-
siderable. The voter himself will find
1t far simpler to perform the mechan-
ical act of pressing a. knob than he
does to use the pencil for an X mark,
while, at the same time, the designa-
ton Of the different party tickets by
different colors will immensely simplify
voting and assist the illiterate in his
choice.
The greatest advantage of all, how
ever, is the early ascertainment of the
total vote and the immense economy
effected in the expense for election
judges and clerks. The difficulty of
canvassing the votes under the Aus
tralian ballot grows with every year
and every election. Where the ballots
are numerous and badly mixed and the
judges are men unused to clerical work
1T is not infrequently from twenty-four
to forty-eight hours after the polls
close before the tabulated results are
turned in. Frequently, also, these are
so full of errors that a judicial re-
count discloses a host of mistakes and
may reverse the announced result The
voting machine avoids all this. The
total for each candidate is registered
as cast, and within ten minutes after
the polls close and the machine is I'M
locked the result for the precinct Is in
the hands of the election officers The
total vote is known over a whole city,
and might be over a whole state with
in two hours after the polls are closed.
Facility, certainty and economy are the
great recommendation of the voting
machine. It is a step in the evolution
OF the ballot second only in Importance
to the Australian ballot itself. We hope
to see these machines introduced in
Minnesota at the earliest possible day,
and to accomplish this legislation au-
thorizing them Should be had at the
present session.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
1T is INVULNERABLE.

It Is singular in view of past
pretensions, and significant, as indicat-
ing the sincerity Of these pretensions,
that the restoration Of the Republican
party to power should be accompanied
with so many virulent attacks upon
the civil service act, There was an
assault on it all along the line in the
senate the other day, echoing the at
tack made in the house. True, the
animosity is not confined to parties,
for Republican GrOsvenor is not more
bitter than Democrat Bailey or Popu-
list Allen, who, in the senate adver-
tises his waybackness by offering a
bill totally abolishing the whole sys.
tenn. In our own state legislature.
dominated by Republicans, a tentative
step towards the introduction Of the
reform was emphatically rejected by
the house, and the senate bill, estab-
fishing the system in the larger cities.
is probably doomed to the same fate.
One Republican representative con-
fessed that he was very tired Of the
whole matter, and a Populist member
voted against it, because he still has
lingering hope that his little coterla
may, through the wrathful vengeance
of the Almighty, some time get their
feet into the hog trough.
But the permanency Of the reform is
shown in the very measures to over
throw it. The bill in the federal house
to limit tenure to five years is an adj
mission that competency is necessary,
else why five years? Why not return
to the good old plan of a tenancy at
will during the good pleasure Of the
feudal lord Of the senate or the house?
What comfort will there be to tbs
boys" in the sight of political adj
versaries enjoying for five long years
the places, with perquisities of salary
and comfortable quarters, they crave?
And Senator Allen is forced to the
same unwilling admission in the pro-
vision of his bill requiring rules to be
|NAA0AiSO w CAS lSduS OL depart
ments to ascertain the special fitness
of applicants for the particular service
required of them, although he would
exclude educational standards And
what Is this but the present method?
What examination is now made in
disregard of the fitness for the special
work? And, pray, how is that fitness
acquired unless it be by education?
And what rule or law now requires
a collegiate or university or academic
education? If there is to be no merit
system, why require the heads Of de-
partments to prescribe rules for as
certaining fitness? And what does in
curry into fitness mean, unless it means
that the more or most fit shall be
chosen? And what is that but the
present system? 1t is one Of the tri-
umphs of the reform that it's bitterest
enemies can only attack it by offer
ing measures that rest upon it's funda-
mental principles. But they only make
display Of their animosity and senility.
Don Quixote's assault upon the wind
mill was no more hurtless to the mill
than will be theirs upon the merit
system.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.

Out Of this rushing flood of daily
events let us catch and make fast some
Of the leading and most significant Of
them that we may know what the cur
rent is carrying and whittier it Is carry
ing all Of us.
Congress adjourned to meet the new
president and hear his inaugural. Mr.
Cannon, chairman of the appropriations
on rules, which virtually controls legis-
lation, had just finished his remarks in
which he summed up the appropriations
made by that congress, stating their
total to be $1,O43, 437,O1S, and making
all acknowledgment, never before
forced from a leader, that "the appro-
prlatiors are, in my judgment, in ex-
cess Of the legitimate demands Of the
public service"
Among the bills thus passed and sent
to President Cleveland, and by him
"pocketed,' were the sundry civil bill.
carrying s53OSO,O51, Stuffed" as even
the Chicago Tribune is forced to admit,
with scandalous jobs" the Indian
bill, carrying other jobs; and two others,
each carrying appropriations "in ex-
cess Of the legitimate demands of the
public service" From their seats the
members went to listen to President
Mckinley tell the people that economy
IS demanded in every branch Of the
government at all times, but especial
ly in periods like the present
depression Of business and distress
among the people. The severest econ
omy must be observed in all expendi-
lures, and extravaganza stopped wher
ever 1t Is found and prevented wher-
ever in the future it may develop"
The new congress met in extraordi-
nary session. A majority of it's mem
bers were new men, unfamiliar with
public life and measures The pocket
ed appropriation bills were introduce
ed and referred The steering commit
tee on rules was appointed. The ap-
preparation bills, stuffed with scan
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

the statement that ore prices will be
lower, and that "the failure to agree
will produce a boom in the iron bust
ness" The furnace men who have been
holding off will now resume operations.
The price will probably approximate
that of 1894, without affecting wages,
as the larger interests on the ranges,
the Rockefeller and Gogebic, announce
that they will make no wage reductions,
whatever the price. These two in
stances, the rupture of the rail and
ore combinations, and the industrial
results Immediately ensuing, effective
ly sweep away the cobweb arguments
put forward by the Sun and other
apologists for the trusts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
AUTHORIZE THE VOTING MACHINE

The bill which has been introduced
providing for an amendment to the
constitution that will authorize the use
of voting machines at elections in Min
nesota ought to be passed without fail
Even if it become a law at this session
1t must go before the people in the
election of 1898, and the succeeding
legislature will then proceed to carry
1t into effect. Thus, with the greatest
expedition that can be used it would
be impossible to use voting machines at
elections in Minnesota earlier than the
year 1900, or some municipal elections
of the year preceding. We do not think
that there is the slightest doubt that
long before that time the voting ma
chine will have taken the place of the
Australian ballot, and that every live
community will be more than anxious
to adopt it in the interest of economy.
accuracy, expedition and a truly secret
ballot The voting machine is no longer
a mere experiment It has been tried
on large scale, and at the election
last IolI lIIS voters OF ROc16Ster, N, Y.
and Worcester Mass, used these ma
chimes to their great satisfaction and
the facilitating Of election proceedings.
Different machines were used in the
two cities, so that there is no monopolv
behind this movement. Each Of them
is doubtless susceptible to improve
ment, but each has already been so
far perfected as to recommend itself
strongly to every community.
The machine now generally employed
consists of a steel booth with an en-
trance and an exit, one closing auto
matically as the other opens. Within
the booth is an arrangement of knobs
lettered with the names Of candidates
for different offices, corresponding in
lettering and in color with a ballot
pasted outside Of the booth for public
comparison. All that tha voter has tn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

had procured his discharge because he
would not join the union, pay the fees
and subject himself to it's rules. Not
only did they secure his discharge, but
they prevented his getting employment
in his trade thereafter. The defense
was a mutual agreement between the
labor organization and the association
of employing firms in Rochester that
the latter should employ only such per-
sons as were members of the former
and discharge any employee who would
not become a member of the former
within four weeks. The court holds
that the agreement represses individ-
ual freedom of action and contract,
the largest freedom in which is de-
manded by public policy and the inter-
ests of society. eff the purpose Of an
organization" says the court, "be to
coerce other workingmen to become
members Of the organization and to
come under its rules and regulations,
under penalty Of losing their positions
and deprivation of employment, then
that purpose seems clearly unlawful
and initiates against the spirit of our
government and the nature of our in
stitutions." Comparing these varying
decisions with what appears to be their
conflict of principle it strikes the lay
man that a new and revised edition,
brought down to date, of Story's Con
f1ict of Laws" is needed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

The editor OF the Milwaukee Sentinel
should scan the specials Of his Wash
tngtcn correspondent We assume he
does not, for if he did he would not have
let that imaginative persons statement
that from the date OF it's enactment
until the Democratic congress was con-
vened the Mckinley act brought to the
treasury an average Of 81 900, 900 a
day" 1t is quite evident that this
very versatile correspondent has cred
tied to the Mckinley act all receipts
of the government from internal reve-
nue. and other sources. That act made
no changes in any revenue law except
the customs. But the restoration"
makes necessary a defense of it's pro-
genitor, and the correspondent is
bravely essaying his task. Neverthe-
less the editor should keep close watch
Of him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
ORGANIZED UNEMPLOYED OBJECT.
DiscIaim All Share in the Market
House Meeting.

To the Editor of the Globe.
The organized unemployed desire to inform
the public that they have nothing to do with
the entertainment to be held at Market hall
next Friday. Capt. Castle has never been
elected treasurer Of the unemployed, nor
have they invited Rev. s. G.. Smith to ad-
dress them. They have repudiated all con-
Hect1on with the Dorans, Smiths etc. and
all enterprises such men are concerned In.
Fifty thousand dollars could have been
spent to advantage this winter in clearing
the streets OF snowbanks and rendering them
passahle; yet, when a small amount was APP
propF1ated as a consequence Of the action Of
the unemployed organization, Mr.. Doran and
Rev. Smith, who had not previously made
move to assist them, came forward to
claim that men willing to earn their living
should be treated like paupers
There Is a law compelling the street rail-
road company to keep its tracks clear OF
snowbanks. The council a8ole to this fact
Just before the spring thaw began, but was
entirely unconscious Of It at the beginning
OF the winter. when men should have besn
at work doing what would have been great
benefit to the city.
AS an Offset to It's charity to Tom Lowry
& Co., the council concluded to be charitable
Through its committed to workingmen, but
was somewhat negligent In failing to make
them take their charitable aid 'fn kind"
F. r. Hays,
Secretary OF the Organized Unemployed.
Peter Max, President
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
DARE THEY Do TIT
Let the Schools Close for Lack OF
Needed Tax Legislation.

To the Editor Of the Globe
II, as the comptroller says, there is $685.
200 IN sight for the schools next year, or I'M
I'll June ], 1888, there will be Of this amount
$1,000 to be deducted for the new school In
the Eighth ward; and If the free text book
law goes into effect in August next, it will
require $4,000 more for that 1t is claimed
tnat between. twelve and fifteen hundred now
pupils VIII be admitted TO the schools be-
tween now and next October, and these new
pupils will require at least twenty eight new
teachers at cost Of $500 to a teacher or
$4,000. That there will be a shrink OF at
least $4,000 on the comptroller's estimates
land some CAIN much more, making total
to be deducted from $46S, 600 OF SCI, CO. leaV-
ing S406 coo to run the schools next year.
At the end Of the next school year 1t IL
claimed there will be 5000 school children
who will have to attend school one-Ilaf day,
and at least $4,000 must be spent in new
buildings. Where is the money to como from
unless the legislature passes the tour-miu
tax, or We adopt the "tri-charter2' Will they
stop tho schoois7 "Win they DO 1t, dare they
do ft?' Second Ward Taxpayer.
St Paul. March n,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

dalous jobs" were reported back un-
changed, with Recommendation that
they pass. The rules committee limited
debate on each to forty minutes. No
time for discussion. no chance for
amendment. In two sittings all four
were damned through. The presidents
injunction for economy was regarded
with no more consideration than are
the promises of political platform.
He was merely giving the people some
nice platitudes, good enough in their
place, but entirely out of place in ap-
preparation committees. Mr.. Speaker,
where are we at?