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Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
MIR. cRoKER ON THE STAND.

Admirers of Mir Croker defend him, and MT. Croker defends himself, against all charges affecting his con- duct as boss of Tammany hall by the general statement that in politics there must be organization and that organization must have head. Tam many hall is a political organization and MT. Croker is at its head. There fore, in the hour of success, the organ~' ization must be considered by all who either in office or out are benefitting by it's activities, and he as its head is entitled to decide in what way and to what extent that consideration must apply.
 Mt. Croker thinks this statement covers and justifies all that has been done by him or in his name in the af- fairs of New York city. Judges of high courts are assessed" by him. and they respond with cheeks for large lump sums. This is for their nomi- nations When elected they are ex- pected to favor in their official capaci- tie6Mr. Croker's private business af- fairs and to appoint his personal friends to good places. If they refuse they are b1acklisted, and at the first Opportunity are retired to private life. If good things are going in the com rnunity in the way of old or new busi- ness enterprises MT Croker must be remembered. The argument is that those enterprises are going under the protection of a Tammany admin istration, and they must remember their protector in the days of that pro- tection.
 Like master like man. If MT. Crok- CT is authorized thus to assess" peo- pie and to be remembered in this way, why are not also the small fry of Tam many? What in fair reasoning can be said against the practices of the police department? Why may not the chief or any captain 'sdivvy'' with Tom, Dick and Harry in the matter of spe- cial privileges, or any obscure rounds man assess the sports and the drabs on his beat for his special benefit? What rule of successful highwaymanry requires that the leader of the gang shall ''hog" and selfshly enjoy all the pickings? A rule like that would make 1t impossible to get a gang to- gether, and would soon make an end of the noble art of pillage under the protection of law
 But there is nothing new in all of this to the New Workers. It is an old, permanent good come out of these lat est developments? Who shall say?
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
BEEF AS ARMY FOOD.

There is not so much conflict be- tween the testimony pro and con re- garding the army beef question as at first thought appears. Various officers have testified that much of it was bad General Shafter said before the beef court of inquiry that he ate the canned roast beef every day. It was not ap
 petizing; but hci heard no complaints during the Cuban campaign. General. Chaffee said he had large quantity of the meat officially and carefully in- spected and found only two per cent of 1t bad. This was to be expected, for a portion of any army food supply will spoil. The point in which there is no conflict is the effect of the meat on the soldiers, and the question arises whether any meat is good for men in tropical climate doing arduous work. The best beef that could have been put before them would probably have
 made many sick, and it is not unlike 1y that the inquiry board will so re- port What the public wants to come from this inquiry is some practical good If the war department was ir1- posed upon it wants the impostors punished. If the department is a bu- reaucracy it wants the evil reformed; if improper raticns are served to
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
THE POET AND THE OTHER.

What are the trees saying as they sigh?" said the poet, as he and the practical man paused on the banks of a river
 They are saying" said the practi- cal man, ''that saw mill in this sec ton would pay big dividends"
 Then the poet said something about the music in the river that rippled at their feet.
 "Yes,' said the practical man, T was just thinking that such a fine water power ceuld turn enough mill wheels to grind all the corn in Geor- gia to frst-class article of meal"
 T don't think said the poet, that you and I can pull together"
 T know it,' said the practical man. 'SSo I'm going to dinner. Where are you going?"
 I'm going to wonder said the poet, just how and where I'll get a dinner ''-AtIanta Constitution.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
GEoRG1A's SABLE SINGERS.

Attention was called in this column recently to the remarkable rhymes written by a Liberty county picka- ninny-Who scrawled his work on a barn door, with a charcoal pencil. Now comes a letter from Dade county which contains specimens of the 1hymed work of a 16-year-old negro there. That which seemed intelligible is pretty fair, as follows:
 De ol fe1' mule so stllbbo'n,
 He put me out CT breath.
 l wisht I had a fence rail-
 I'd whale i'm mos ter death! I says: You got ter blow dis fiel', ,'
 He look dis way en dat;-
 He back his ye'rs-he If his heel,
 Den-brudder, whar I at?
 And 'hersi is another specimen, en- titled "Gwine Ter School"
 I des don't want no book ter read
 I never go ter school;
 Fer dis new-fangle 1arnin'--
 Hit tu'n desc niggers foo1!" Perhaps, after all, Georgia will pro- duce the true negro. poet, who will sing his race into literary glory Constitution.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

It appears to be necessary to inform the politicians who are criticizing The Republicans course in the present campaign that this newspaper does not claim to be an organ. It is a republi- can newspaper because it's editor and proprietor is a republican. Whea the republicans nominate men whom it can consistently support it takes pleas ure in supporting them. In reserving the right to exei else it's own judgment The Republican may antagonize the time servers, but it preserves it's self respect.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

Missouri is the latest state to cast envious eyes on New Jersey and the riches that have come to it through the large corporations, and Missouri is the most ingenious in her plan of bidding for them. Her legislature pro- poses to enact a corporation law that will be SC tempting to promoters that they can't overlook it. Under the pre- visions of the Missouri act, minority stockholders will have no rights that the majority are bound to respect: in fact the latter are given authority to pay the minority the market par value of their holdings and kick them out whenever consolidation with other companies is assured That provis
 ion in the act will attract dishonest promoters, perhaps, but it is not like ly to affect great corporations that have a desire to stand well in the business and financial world A char ter under it would soon be a badge of rascaiity and fatal weight on the neck of any corporation. But what do the democratic sheets that have been flashing republican New Jersey as the "nest of trusts think of the scheme of democratic Missouri? That com monwealth is welcome to aLy corporations of the kind it can entice under the premium which it proposes to offer swindling promoters.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

troops it wants to know it and to de- mand that proper food be supplied. The honest public does not want any
 body unfairly bounded or branded on mere suspicion. We already know that unless the board confirms every horrible charge of the yellow sheets they will shriek "whitewash," but fair-minded men want nothing more than an honest and practical verdict out of this mass of worthless and worthy, prejudiced and impartial. vim dictive and honest testimony.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
THE LAST SUMMONS.

would not die in springtime, When nature first awakes. When men get out their wheelbarrows And spades and hoes, and rakes, And twist their backs, and plant their
 seeds,
 And wait to see them sprout, While yet they stone their neighbor's
 hens
 That come to scratch them out. would not die in summer. When everything is ripe, And fallen man is writhing In raw cuIcumber's gripe; When base ball cranks are talking, And all the landscape OCT Is sprinkfed thick with flowers And garden sass galore. would not die in autumn, When foot ball has the call, And long-haired youths are training Somel other youths to maui. When politics are booming. Thanksgiving close at hand, And cider mills are running Throughout the happy land. would not die in winter, Fen though it be so drear, For then, you see, there's Christmas, With all it's goodly cheer. No, I'd not Gie in winter. Nor summer, spring or fall; And, come to think it over, I would not die at all.
 Boston Post
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
N1cARAGUA.s CONDITION.

Private letters from Nicaragua re- port a most desperate situation, both politically and financially in that dis tracted country, with very little hope of improvement. Although the revo- lution which broke out in February has been suppressed it will be a long time before the people can recover from the 6ffeues of it, which have been especially serious upon mining, India rubber collecting, mahogany cutting and other Industries Ln the eastern section. It has also developed an in- tense hostility to President Ze.lya in part of tshe country where the people were practically indifferent to him before.
 In western Nicaragua, on the Pa cifc slope, where coffee. the great staple of the country, is grown, conCl- tions are even worse. From natural causes the crop was less than half the usual quantity, and a greater part of that has been lost because the planta- tion hands were impressed into the army when they should have been gathering it. At the same time the peons lost ltheir wages for several months, and, being paid nothing for military service, are now entirely des- tituta and dependent upon charity. Many families are actually SuHeflng, even though in the country, as in all parts of the tropics, it is impossible for a person to starve, because of the abundance and the rapid growth of fruit and vegetables. The planters who have lost their crops cannot pay the money they borrowed to cuhivate -hem; the merchants and commission men who advanced it are therefore unable to me-t their obligations, and the consequence is almost universal commercial and financial distress, which affests the public as well as the private revenues and credit-Willtam Curtiss' Washington Letter.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
TT OUGHT TO BE ACCEPTABLE

The American commission has is- sued a proclamation declaring the pol icy of the United States. That policy we have several times accurately fore casted and 1t ought to be acceptable to Aguinaldo himself, if he did not as- pire to dictatorship, which would within three years lead to a scramble for the islands among several Euro pean powers. The most ample local libsrty will be a matter of course so far as is consistent with effective and economical administration. and with the obligations which the United States have taken over with the sov- ereignty, ceded by treaty, from Spain. Civil and religious liberty will be strenuously maintained, a sound edu- cational system established and the islands will not be exploited fer the benefit of the United States. In fact the proclamation is an attempt to take up the white mans burden in the full est and most generous sense.-London Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From the Chicago News.)

A man seeks his ideal; woman seeks the ideal of another.
 What a lawyer doesn't think he knows isn't worth lying about.
 One way to get anything on tick is to put your watch under it.
 Too many cushions at the bottom may account for the room at the top.
 The man who falls into subway knows what underground rapid tran sit is.
 The golden rule is frequently used in drawing a line of conduct for others.
 Love is all right as an illusion, but as fact matrimony is the real thing.
 The man who knows he is a bore and acts accordingly can make himself agreeable.
 When a woman can wash fiannels so they won't shrink she knows enough to get married.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

The democrats are having consider able to say about 'fthe kid in poli- tics" meaning thereby that Thomas J. Prescott is too young to seek office at the hands of the republicans It is true tha: MT. Prescott was born some time after Phoenix was first settled. and he took no part in the pioneer work that we hear so much about these days in the Gazette, but he has done exceedingly well in spite of this handicap and is now part owner O. a fourishing business in this town. He is, in fact, good type of the pro gressive young man whose liking for politics ought to result in much good to the city. M-. Prescott makes an efficient assessor and tax collector and ought to be retained in the office.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22


 The legislature of North Dakota has recently passed a bill compelling ev- cry citizen to pass a medical exanina- tion as to health and sanity before marriage license can be issued to the applicant The act has caused wide comment, somel of which indicatesa be- lief that this is new experiment in social science, when in reality it is old and as surely foredoomed to failure as the similar experiments made in Eu- ropean communities. Some of the old est of the econOmis' and sociologists have declaimed upon the evils of in discriminate marriage, the vast num- Der of criminals bred, the appalling poverty caused, the ignorance and general degradation perpetuated through succeeding generations, and some have suggested this very thing If restricted marriage rights. Wherever it has been tried it has decreased the lawful marriages and increased un- lawful alliances to an extent that multiplied all the evils sought to be cured
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
AMERICAN ENGINES IN ENGLAND

During the eight months ending February 2S last 344 American Icco- motives, valued at S3,172,000, were shipped to foreign countries This is an increase of seventy-f1ve in number and S91S000 in value over the ship ments for the corresponding months in 1S97-'9S. Some of those engines went tc England, and were so satisfactory that more are going there A Welsh railroad company has accepted an American bid for several locomotives. One reason for this is that they will cost about $2,000 less apiece than if built in England, while the workman ship will be equal if net superior Fur thermore, the American manufactur- CTS can deliver the engines sooner than their English rivals can This suc- cessful American competition is scar ing the English manufacturers They have reason to be alarmed Steel is cheaper here than it is in England. The American locomotive works have more extensive plants and better Workmen and machinery than the Englishmen. They are on the look out for time saving and cost-reducing improvements in methods of manufac- ture. Their rivals are averse to new methods, and when they do try to in- troduce them fail often because of un- reasoning trades union opposition. which the American manufacturer does not often have to encounter. The United States IS to be the great ma chine shop of the world.-Chicago Tribune
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
THE SPRING NUMBER

c. c. Randolph, formerly a Topeka newspaper man, is making a great sue cess of The Arizona Republican at Phoenix Recently he issued special illustrated edition which would be credit to a city ten times as large as Phoenix MT Randolph's Repuhli- can is easily one of the leading papers of the uthwest-Topelka Mail and Breeze.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
TAKE A HINT.

How long does it take some people to take hint? A young man says that he has called six times on an Atchison girl, and that her sisters still stay in the room. He says that by the time man makes a second call at a Topeka home the family have decided which girl he wants, and all the rest move out and give him a show-Atchi- son Globe.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
A POINT SCORED.

There ought to have baen woman jury in that canned beef inquiry"
 ''Why, Maud?'
 Because men are so used to finding fault with beef that they couldn't view the evidence. without prejudice. De troit Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

Tom Jobs has made an ideal city recorder, and there is no doubt that the majority of voters, irrespective of politics, want him to fil the position another term at least MT Jobs IS 2 capable officer and has endeared him. self to the people of this town. Vote for him
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

New York was apparently married to Brooklyn none too soon to save her prestige. The recent heavy vote in Chicago-nearly 305, ,000-- indicates that the Windy City has a population of close to two millions and that she would socn have distanced Gotham in the competition if the Greater New York had not been created
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

I. M. Christy is an accurate and trustworthy city treasurer and it would be folly to put another man in the office. If the re- publicans shciw their full strength on election day there is no dorht that MT Christy will be reelected
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
THERE'S THE RUB.

Mother (soothingly)-You mustn't mind what he says about his mothers cooking, my dear. All men do that.
 Married Daughter (warmly) - don't. mamma. It's the things he says about my cooking that make me mad.-BrOoklyn Life.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

If Tom Molloy is elected city mar shal you may rest assured that the city ordinances the marshal is sworn to enforce will not be permitted tD De- come dead letters.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
THERrp uBLionN N nuNlcIpAL TICKET

Assessor and Tax Collector. THOMAS J. PRESCOTT.
 Recorder. THOMAS A. JOBS.
 Marshal. THOMAS D. MOLLOY.
 Treasurer.
 I. M. CHRlSTY. Councilman First Ward. c. J. DYER. Councilman Third Ward. CLINTON LAUVER.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

Publication office: S6-3s East Adams street. Telephone No. AT.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

GIr. Moss probe seems to be, all things considered, the most efficient instrument of it's kind ever iwielded under the public eye.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

CHHRLES (. RANDOLPH. Editor and Proprietor
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

Ahea1y inspiration sc1y the mother of family the sometimes marvel at the patience of finds that her her sleep disturbed horrible suddenly the feeling aarn regain strength
Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

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Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

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Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

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Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

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Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
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Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

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Arizona republican., 1899-04-22

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-07
Delights in Twisting the Lions Tail.

ingalls, article Sunday mornings Eagle, written for
the New York Journal quiet health resort down
In New Mexico is at least Ingasesque If chilli and hot
tamales have not improved temper they
have not clouded memory pertinent historical
facts holding his and holding big
DOT Of English we'll There doubt Of
General Whites predicament at Ladysroith.
If General Redvers Butler careful he will himself
alunder into trap set by wary
wise Beers evidently nothing learn from
their English ragoniss they there would
thing conquering them. AS it is there is
doubt British mind regarding the issue
All the world knows that great
progress given a good of themselves
that they justified asking
whenever they see fit
General White invested and tied up at Ladysmith is
regarded incompetent by British military experts
easy plan campaigns home but another thing
carry the hostites Downing Street
contains many magnificent paper strategists there
shortage Natal they are really needed
where the British up against thing.
The British press many expressive
of qualification because the sympathy Americans
English present English nevspa-
pers exchanging publications are
widely circulated in country Very few American
newspapers of any standing the British
N this war.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-07
Not Again i'm a Century.

During the present autumn, the month November
especially the astronomical particular
delight in the study Of the planets will very
unusual unsatisfactory affairs, says the
Youths Companion. With the exception of Neptune and
Of the asteroids which anything
telescope objects, single planet available
observation. Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn
viii all be far south and that middle
Of the month all will morning evening
twilight except that Saturn then possibly for
few minutes after low in the southwest
the sky will be practically planeess night
be much better for month before after
Such crowdng of the planets very
1t would require tedious
happened last and just it will again Probably
does not than in century it, indeed
often. may while of certain semi
supestitious ideas which current this
sided massng of the planets special Importance or
significance 1t will produce effect upon per-
ceptbe ordinary observation upon human
affairs the slightest influence either harmful beneficial
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-07
Those Isla nds a BIG Thing.
in this war

Commerce between the United and Cuba, Porto
Rico Hawaii Philippine continues to grow
with amazing rapidty. September summary of COM
and finance just issued treasury
statistics imports from these islands are
per greater the corresponding months of
1898 1897 the exports per cent greater
or 1897 The total of our
imports from these four islands groups was in
1899 S53273224 against s344126 in the
corresponding $685. s88O591O5 in the same
months of 1897 while exports them in nine months
of 1889 $299SS against in the correspond
ing months 1885, and Su4So158 in the same months
of 1887
An examination Of that in the matter
of sales islands or groups of
islands have been months just ended
than corresponding period in the history Of our com
nercia relations with them except those to Cuba in the
in which reciprocity brought to that island
TO much higher figure than they attained in any pre-
oeding subsequent Porto Rico Hawaii and
the Philippines the of nine months just ended
are larger than corresponding months in the history
of our commerce with those islands
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-07
Evidences of Prosperity,

In spite of the high of rails great
activity manifest in railway building.
Our railway mileage already that Europe,
and now, though still further advance of 81 rails
has occurred, the demand for them increasing.
Last year built 221S miles of railway and this year.
in spite Of the high price steel doing more
1t is proof of national prosperity genuine beyond
all doubt the expansion being speculative but
President Mckinley has for issuing day of
Thanksgiving.
OF course the Republican party under adminstra-
ton of Mckinley lays claim the credit only the
higher price of rails, but which makes it
profitable to build greater mileage spite greater
cost Good times always marked by higher prices
fact high prices essential to good times or rather good
times simply high prices.