Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-10-27

he Word from every portion of the Tel
ho ritory now being received by tn
IS HERALD points to a pelling majorit
ed for Colonel A. o. Brodie throughou
tne Territory. As Things now lool
from u Conservative standpoint, Col
t. Wilson wiA nOl carry more tnan on
lie cOunty III -Ar4zOna al the coming e.ec
lie ton.
1t Colonel Wilson was attorney-genera
OF this Territory at the time the no
torious~ NOl,on bid which set free up
d ward OF thirty murderers in the Ter
8 ritory, who Were awdioing trial 1or
:, their red-handed crimes was passed.
/ He applo.ed the bal, evidenIy. Wha5
I has Colonel Wilson to say to the people
of Arizona in excuse for the outrage
nron thom thus committed.
Chaplain Scott has not only a record
as a most enterpriSing citizen in Ari-
Zona. but he has been one of the lead
ing factors in the settlement of the
, great west in years gone by as COM
missioner of immigration in Kansas.
He is thoroughly familiar with the
making and Improvement of a new
country and his experience will be
valuable to the people of Arizona in
The legislature
Col. Brodie's quiet manly department
and sound business talks to the peo-
! pie appeal to the good. common sense
| of everybody. democrats and republi-
cans alike. Col Brodie was the repre-
sentative of the people of the United
States amid the hail of bullets- froma
hidden foe at La Guasimas; ne IS now
no less the representative of the reo-
pie as candidate for delegate to Con-
gress and he will be no less their rep
resentative when elected and in his
seat in the halls of Congress.
The toral mortality of the war with
Spain FROM bullets and disease. up to
October Sd. is shown by the official
records of the Adjutant-General to be
less than 1000. The figures are as
tonishingly small for so important a
conflict. yet an uniformed foreigner
in this country would think from. Ire
Democra tic platforms that we had lost
about hundred thousand men by
starvation and disease.
James Bark, the Republican nominee
for Sheriff is one of the representa-
tive citizens of the County regard IS
OF politics He is known rs Il man and
n good farmer among his neighbors.
aI.i as sound business man among
tl'a business men of the County. every
where. He has been endowed with a
liberal education, gentlemanIy quail
ties. manly sympathy with good cit
iZinship, fine executive ability and will
be model officer as Sheriff of the
County Mr.. Bark will command
large vote. greater than his party can
give him. and he deserves it. The ppo-
pie recognize in him the proper man
for the place.
The Spaniards and some Democrats
seem to he congeniaI spirits in one
thing: They want 10 see the 1cKin-
ley administration, which brought the :
Dons to their knees. embarrassed AMI
hunIliated by the dereat of lis friends
at the coming election, AMI crippled by
the choice of Il hostile majority in Con-
gre-ss- A spectacle of a foreign enemy I
of America. hating this country with :
venomous bitterness and wishing 1t :
the worst that could happen-the spec {
tacle of such an enemy hand in hand {
with an American political party in
lis leading policy this year, tho defa- /
nation of lie victorious army and tEe J.
humiliation of It's officers. is ore tha.
The gods have seldom Witnessed. !!
The office of county treasurer is no o
sinecure and requires not only a :
skilled accountant but a substantial
citizen occuS toned to handling large t
amounts of funds and who can not
only give the required bond, but who
owns sufficient property himself to
back those bonds. In such case only
can real security be anticipated. Bonds
are not always good though good men :.
may be on them; they more frequently >,
20 unpaid in case of defalcation than
paid. Mr. NJ W. Messenger is the only :
-andidate offering for County Treas =
lrer who can give complete security.
and he is thoroughly skilled in hand i.
ing money in large quantities. and =,
with business methods generally. The :,
county funds will be perfectly safe in :,
his care.
What is the use of Colonel Wilson :
blowing for free silver and against -
Statehood when there is not hope in :