Arizona republican., 1898-10-10
MOHAVE MATTERS.
Politics and Other Incidents of fhe
 Week Gf kinqman.

The silver democrats of Mohave county are not in a good fighting trim to meet the silver republicans in the issues be- fore them as they might desire. There is large disgruntled element among i the lay members Of that body polite in the county which is likely to result more disastrously than many of them that are kept in the dark in certain matters might suppose In the first I place the very men above all others that should have been nominated to fill the local and territorial offices were left out entirely, and their places filled by men who have stood back and watch those who have borne the brunt of the battle in enterprises and meas ures that looked to the development of the country This the bone and sinew of the little commonwealth of MOhave regrets to Sse, and while they are not outspoken in their complaint, i they are far seeing enough to know that the best interests of the people will not be served as they should. The pot is simmering over the matter and 1t is not unlikely that the county con- mittee will be publicly asked to meet and expunge from the list of the late nominees some whose names should not be there and place in their stead the names of those who have built or helped to build the county to what it is today.
 Deputy Sheriff J. N Cohenour, can- didate for sheriff On thei silver repub- lican ticket, has just returned from a trip of week or more in northern and western Arizona in Mohave county, and was met everywhere he went with the greatest of enthusiasm and well wishes for the campaign. The miners through out the county are not backward in stating their preferences for MT. Co., henour, because he IS olie of their number, and the ranchmen as heartily indorse the county convention for placing him before the public, for he is also one of their number. It is very evident from the talk and sentiments expressed from all sources that the county nominating convention that people for sheriff did not err, but in so doing expressed their most hearty wishes.
 There came near being a serious confagration here this morning which. | if it had not been squelched in it's well advanced incipiency. would possibly have equaled the great fire here of the 18th of May last when more than half ! the business houses and many homes went up in smoke and ashes and men. women and children left homeless for the night But fortunately for the northern part of the city the incipient blaze in the roof of MT. Beebe's resi- dence was seen, as it was o'clock and broad daylight, and the winds which have been almost reaching the dimen- siOns of tornadces since the first Of i the month, had subsided during the night and the atmosphere was as gen. i tie as a zephyr. People at the court house, enly few steps away, saw the blaze leaving the roof followed by vol 1 umes of black smoke It was but an ] instant to give Nhe alarm and ladders soon reached the caves of the house and buckets of water ran up and after much difficulty to Subdue the flames the fire was extinguished. The fall of the wind the previous night is all that saved the house and prevented the spreading of the devouring element to the residence of Mr. O. D. M Gaddis and other beautiful homes.
 1 Little Miss Pearl Fowler, aged 10 years, left over the Santa Fe route last Tuesday morning for Arkansas City, Kan, quite long journey for one of her age.
 Sometimes an editor is rewarded for his righteousness. Mir. AnsOn H. Smith has received the nomination for justice Of the peace in Kingman pre- cinct, and is TOW, by appointment Of the board of supervisors, filling a short unexpired term before election in place of ex-Judge Redman, resigned For sixteen years Judge Smith has made of the Miner one of the best newspa- pers in Arizona and makes many homes and firesides happy with it's readings. The judge will have little opposition. The democratic county committee slipped in the ether night and nominated a man by the name of Baker to run against him, although Mir. Smith is as good silver democrat as can be found and is mainlyithe cause of the party adhering together so wei, in the past But the opposition will be as but straws in the late winds, and the sixteen years of useful newspaper life will be rewarded in some degree by the