Arizona republican., 1898-01-06

Washington is as gooo city to stay in during the summer as any I know. The greatest reform of all would be to have the congress elected in No vember assemble in the January fol- lowing, and not wait, as now, for thir- teen months to elapse, by which time new issues have arisen and conditions have changed. The fresher the rep resentatives come from the people the better they are qualified t0 ren Ter good service.''
 ''Idaho is enjoying 8 very fair de- gree of prosperity, said ex7State Sen ator R. s. Browne of that sta.e at Willard's.
 eve possess a governor wh'ose chief idiosyncrasy runs to leaving out neckties from his costume, but, aside from that little peculia,ity, there sit much room for complaint. However, I am free to predict that the republi- can party will elect a governor of it's own at no distant day, for it is a cer- tainty that sooner or later the com- bine that is now in power through fusion will go to pieces. My belief is that the time is got very distant. There is not near so strong a free sill yer sentiment in our state as there was last year, and if the election were to be held now the Mckinley ticket would get a far bigger vote >xbaan~in xebhaan in 1896. By9SS01 By199SS1 1t would not surprise me, if the free silver issue were not in the nature of a. reminiscence, even 1 in Idaho
 ''Our stockmen and sheep growers are very prosperous, especially the latter. Nobody who has flock wants
 to sell, but there is a strong demand
 for sheep in every part of the north
 west"
 "I have been over the United States
 a good many times, and am fam liar
 with all the cities of any consequence in the Union," said MT. ID. R. Gentry commercial traveller for big eastern house, at the Raleigh
 My opinion is that for absence of all puritanical restraints that go to hamper the liberty of the citizen, without improving the general moral 1 ity, Boston, San Francisco ard New Orleans are the best towns in Amer ica- I do not characterize them as wide open,' for that is too sweeping a term, but there are no petty re- strictions to annoy the population duu CNCly DOuJ tudI "ohto O. hSAhy timt can enjoy himself without fear of running up against some municipal blue jay. San Francisco has natur- ally the breezy and joyous spirit of
 the west; in New Orleans the people have ever been of the pleasure loving
 kind, and Boston in it's population of today shows a revolt from the rigid ways and customs of the grim old
 Puritan fellows who, were they alive
 today, would characterize the Hub as a modern Sodom"
 'fOut in California said MT. J. E. David of San Francisco at the No-- mandie, T believe that eight men out of ten are in favor of the annexatfon
 of Hawaii, and that is a conservat we statement. It is rare to find anybody who opposes the proposition Coming east I heard the matter discussed vd generally, and in the east. too, I eound nearly all the sentim dgs On the affirm alive side.
 "If congress does not pass an annex ation bill the wishes of great majar- fty of the people of the United States will be disregarded. Most Americans want to see their government adopt a
 bold and vigorous policy, and this course regarding Hawaii would make them think all the better of their coun-
 try. It Is wise, I think, to stimulate patriotism in this way. No citizen loves government that acts always as if it were afraid