Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-11-29

Cd the VallOlty or the oaolnouce AOi prohibition.
 Dick Croker intimstes that Dave Hill was luke-warm in the last cleo tion. This is the first time that we have ever heard of David leaving his normal trapped state.
 From the silence of the Hon Champ Clark, who saw visions of democratic victories in all directions before the elections, it would seem that be permitted some of the vic tories to escape him.
 Mir. Bryan's analysis of the result shows that the administration has sustained a crushing defeat in Ohio, and it is by the employment of this system of treatment that the demo cratic doctors hope to keep their patient alive until next year.
 It has leaked out through other sources that Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, hos just disposed of 25O head of fat cattle at a big price. This item of news was not culled from Jerry's newspaper, as his com petitor in Medicine Lodge scored a big scoop" by publishing it.
 We would advise the Hon. Joe. Blackburn to keep a close watch on that senatorship. The Hon. Bill GOebel IS prowling about the politi- cal back alleys and has already shown himself to be q persistent political burglar.
 Captain Hughes and 6 small force made one of the nestest coups of the war in the Philippines, recently. By making a night march they sur prised POO Filipinos and took them all prisoners and captured 10000 rounds of ammunition and a large lot of other stores.
 Signs of a political scrap in the republican party seems to be brew ing in PheniI. Keep your vests on, boys, as the common enemy, the democrats of the territory, will af ford all of us all the scrap" we need, and breeding dissension in the ranks of the republican party will accomplish no good for it.
 It is a fact that when 6 democrat gets control of 6 republican paper, Ur a republican of 6 democratic pa per, he can generally do more good to the party to which he belongs by stirring up strife behind his politi- cal mask, than he can by the open advocacy of his principles. Both parties in Arizona have had experi ence with such political hypocrites,
 New York green goods men have been profting by the country'l prosperity, since it has increased the number of 'come -ons" who have good money to invest in packages of sswdust. The republican ad- miEistration and congress can keep the country prosperous, but they can't put common sense into the heads of gullible fools.
 Senator Clark, of Wyoming, who spent the greater part of the con gressional recess in Hawaii, is an ardent advocate of the immediate establishment of a territorial form of government for the islands, and Senator CullOm, of Illinois, says he intends to reintroduce his bill pro viding for the territory of Hawaii, on the first day of the coming ses sion of congress.
 While the calamity howlers dwell on the advanced price of many man ufactured articles during these days of prosperity they touch very lightly, if at all, on the increased number of people who have employ ment, upon the increase of wages pad and of the increase in the price Of wool, wheat, cattle, and nearly, if not all products of the country. They cannot work these facts up into calamity vail, with which they try to deceive the ignorant.
 It turns out that an alleged tele gram sent by Perry S. Heath to Tucson, announcing that H. K. Chenoweth would be removed as collector of customs at Tucson, was a fake. The information bore the impress of falsehood on the face of it, ss MT. Heath is too shrewd a man, as we'll as too discreet an off cial, to anticipate the administra- ton by sending out such news in advance.
 The Chicago Chronicle notes that among the names of contributors to Lady Randolph Churchills British hosPital-ship project are those of MT. Brsdiey-Martin, Dr. Seward Webb, W. K. Vanderbilt and D. O.. Mills. The paper in question adds that 1t would be impertinent to question the right of these gentle men to bestow their money upon a British charity if it were not notori- ous that they are singularly frugal when their own countrymen are concerned. Of the four million aires named only one is credited with doing anything for American soldiers during the war with Spain. Tie exception noted is Dr. Webb, who conferred upon the members of 8 Vermont regiment medals of honor-in bronze, not gold-in- scribed with his own name.
 General Funston is on his mettle over the ibelous reports circulated concerning him in the Philippines. He has written a letter to the San Francisco Call in which he en- A..s..ll- Annsn- thnA hn lnnkoI