Arizona republican., 1898-02-16

people at the Shoreham yesterday. He pulled 300 pounds of baggage from Dawson City across the country to the coast, making about eighteen miles day in weather 50 degrees below zero. "Billick" is a handsome fellow, very broad chested, iron gray in color, shaggy, and his bushy tail showing clearly the heavy strain of wolf blood in his makeup. He is as kind as any of our domestic dogs to men, but will fiercely attack any strange canine he meets. Regarding him MT. Wells said:
 Like all Esquimeau dogs, he is one half wolf, which gives him his tre- mendous strength and qualities of en- durance He will not fare so well here in Washington because the weather is too warm for him. On the trail he can't be coaxed into tent to sleep, but curls himself up in the snow. Of ten in the morning I have only been able to tell where he was by little white mound, the falling snow having covered him up completely in the night and acting as a blanket. The moment I called him he'd jump out of his bed, shake himself, and frisk about as gayly as though he had enjoyed the most luxurious sleeping quarters.
 "He cost me $500, which is the av- craze price of his class of dogs at Dawson. Common CUTS cost $200. The Esquimeaux are not only scarce, but are more valuable for drawing sleds by virtue of training and inherited quali- ties. On the trail "Billick" will eat three pounds of meat day, which he greatly prefers cooked, but will dis patch raw. Since he mas reached civi- liZation, however, he won't touch any kind of raw meat"
 w. C. Irvine of Ross, Mont.-"Billy" Irvine as he is better known in the west-is a typical ranchman, and he has had adventures enough to furnish material for half a dozen novels of the plains. A few years ago when there sprung up the bitter war between the cattle owners and the "rustlers" IT, vine was at the head of the former and he made it particularly warm for the gentry that wanted to appropriate COWS that belonged to somebody else. He is now manager of the Ogalalla Cattle company, and has, so he told reporter, sold s200,OO0 worth of beef steers since the first of January, 1898.
 There is not more certain thing in the world than that the state of Loui- siana is republican on fair and square vote," said Hon. Armand Ro- maine of New Orleans at the Shore ham. MT. Romaine is a contestant for the seat in congress now occupied by Gen. Adolph Meyer.
 ''I am as sure as I am of my own existence" said he, ''that majority of the white vote of Louisiana is re- publican. Our party gets it's majori- ties in the white parishes, while the democrats rely on the black districts. where the negroes largely predomi- nate, for their success in elections The constitution convention, which met Tuesday of last week, had for it's chief work the question of limiting the negro vote by some plan similar to that adopted in South Carolina or Mississippi.
 My belief is that the great difficulty will be experienced by the democrats at fixins on policy of qualified suf- frage that will give satisfaction to all. As matter of fact, many of them do not want to see the negro eliminat- ed as voter, for as long as he is reg istered they can count him as a depos- itor of democratic ballot. and there by swell their majorities''