Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-08-24

, been visiting in Prescott for severa days, left for Phenix this afternoon D Before he left his attention wa | called to notices which hay, D appeared in several territorial news ' papers suggesting him as eandi , date for Delega'e to Congress, anC , asked as to his intentions in ih' r matter. He said that while hs , appreciated the complimentary men l ton which had been made Tn thu s connection and while he haC received quite a large number oi
 letters from persons in different r parts of the Territory, he would not consent to permit the use of hi' name. He expressed the opinion , that there would be very little difficulty in electing a Republican , this fall as successor to Mark Smith , and that there are plenty of good , men in the party, any one of whom can be elected and any one of whom would make an excellent represen-
 tative. Speaking of available can
 didates for the position, he said:
 "Tbere is K. A. F. Penrose, of Cochise; E. s. Clark, of Coconino;
 J. L. Hubbell, of Apache; Dr. C. D.
 Belden and Edwin s. Gill, of Mari
 copa; Mark J. Eagan, of Graham
 and last, but not least, Hon. w. $.
 Head, of Yavspai, as we'll as several
 others whom I might name. Any
 one of these, if nominated, can be
 elected, and any one of them would
 make a representative Of which the
 Territory could be proud"
 Our contemporary seems to be
 frightened about the Murphy teuts- cles. It does not state which enc it
 refers to, but presumably the ones
 which reached out to the east. and
 brought the money to Arizona for
 the building of the S. F.. P. & P.
 railroad, and later those other tanta-
 cles that raked the money westward
 to build the Big Bug branch. Then
 there are other tentacles from the
 same source that has brought Tn
 money for various other enterprises
 10 the county. And then again, these same tentacles have been try ing 10 get grip on the government in Washington to secure the per manent establishment of Whipple Barracks, and others have been try ing to twine their folds around the necks of capitalists in the east to induce them to take water and 1 sewerage bonds that we may be able | to build up prosperous and healthy town. This juggernaut of progress is now and always has been terri ble thing in the eyes of moss backs of all kinds, and silurians to whom the praying of the mule in freight wagon, seems more pleasant music | than the sound of a locomotive whistle.
 Col. John Jacob Astor, the New York millionaire, has shown a patriotic spirit worthy of emulation of rich men all over the country. It has been said of the wealthy classes that they possess no patriotism, that their affections are all ceDtered on the of wealth. Col. Astor has proven himself to be a worthy exception 10 the rule. If the wealthy men of the United States only had the love of country and love Of fel- 1 fellow men implanted in their hearts .o induce them to spend the surplus 1f their wealth for the betterment )f the human race, for the allevia- .ior of suffering, the prejudice exist ng against them would pass away. They would certainly feel better and l 'njoy their riches more, too, than by accomplishing and piIiug q millions upon millions which they annot enjoy. and which. eventually, hey must give up to others. The E ordid spirit which actuates this ac- a umulation of wealth, which is eally of no benefit to its possessor : what creates the prejudice against U his class of people.
 When the Maricopa democratic < had proceeded to a point
 here balloting was about 10 be |, ommenced, Frank Baxter. a veteran D the party, arose and demanded lat voting shold be done viva yoce. se he suggestion brought forth a oI orm of noes from every part of M Ie house, and when a delegate de- anded to know of MT. Baxter why Ia wanted to introduce an innova- D, DO on the old time honored secret co Hot, he (Baxter) remarked that any Of the delegates had promised de cry candidate that they would SI te for them, and he wanted to see lo w 1t was done. It is needless to ot d that with this explanation, the 'ret ballot was overwhelmingly tn opted, as those delegates were no, oGh G gre to attempt the impossible, arr an if they had promised it. During the last democratic admin We ration over S26C,OOO,OOO in bonds re re issued in time of peace. During be.
 present administration, when ser
 country became suddenly and sxpectedlyinvolyed in war and was ma npelled to hastily prepare for it, car conduct it to 8 successful cul- see Istion, $2OOOO0OOO in bonds have ou' n called for, and it is given out # 7 this amount will be all that IS inn essary to pay all expenses. This big lishes a better illustration of the hin