Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-10-05


 among his hearers. Witnesses who testified for the prosecution put the chaplain in a very bad light LH'er ones testified that the lecture re- 6ected neithei on Sampson, the naval officers or the government.
 Anzona Rough Riders have had honors hcaped on them in the east by eastern people. A failure ot Ar izonans 10 honor Col. Brodie by electing him as their representative would subject them to charge oi by eastern people. AS Ar-zonans are not ungrateful they will elect him.
 Our demoeratic friends are mak- ing desperate efforts 10 stop the stampede of voters to Col. Brodie by trying 10 attract attention from the individual to something else. Col. Brodie is a good man, on any platform and is man of the people. He has demonstrated this, not only by professions of interest m them but by his life long actions, winch have always been in accord with the hes, interests of the masses.
 Lieut. Hobson has staked his rep utation on his ability to float the Cristobal Colon,one of the finest vess sels of the Spanish navy, sunk m the fight of July 3, of Santiago. He has done this against the unanl- nous opinion of all other naval oi- 6cers, who state that the Colon can not be raised. The administration shows it's confidence in Hobson's opinion by giving him the means to carry out his plans.
 Our contemporary has trained Its batteries on the editor of the JouRxAL-MINE again, according to its usual custom, when uDsble to answer with argument the replies of this paper to its political harargues. Ii is noticeable that we have al ways refrained from discussing the personality or individuality of the handsome editor of the Courier, but discuss bis sayings. As we are not running for office, his personal al lusions will be treated as heretofore, in silence as it seems an absolute impossibility for him to discuss poll tics or any other issue without mix ing in h,s vindictive vituperation and abuse of individuals.
 If the Yavapai county railroad bonds are illegal, as alleged by the democratic platform, then those of Maricopa county issued in aid Of the Maricopa & PhenIx railroad are also illegal. The law governing both cases was passed by the same legislature and one is identical with the other. The validity of the Mar Icopa bonds have never been called in question. Why is this the easel When 8 democratic orator or demo cratic paper wants to make a strong appeal to the prejudices ot the Peo- pie he refers to the illegal YavsPaI county bonds, but never once to those ol Maricopa, which were is- sued under similar law passed at the same session of the legislature as the one providing for the Tor mer.
 In his Kingmsn speech Col. Will son is quoted as saying that: "Trusts were born of vicious legis- latiou. The democracy is 1 pledged against this kind of busi- ness. We declare that this kind of business should be stopped, and
 tell you now, as the representative of the democracy of the territory,
 I am pleged to the last diop of my
 blood to destroy this if within the
 reach of my power" We would ] like to ask tho representative oi Arizoua democracy before his last drop of blood oozes out in his fight
 against corporations and trusts, how
 many of t1esa obnoxious things did
 the denocratic party smash when i1 control of governmental affair:
 under Cleyelandi We would like tC
 further inquire if trusts did not
 flourish during that period. as they
 never fourished beforel Is the
 democr ltic party in any better con-
 dition to lay 10 grapple with these
 trusts than they were then? Is Il not fact that many of the leaders
 Of tha d-mocratic party are them
 selr ,s a; the head of trustsi