Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-23
EDITORIAL NOES.

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 Arizona jury.
 The popular song, "She was Bred in Old Kentucky" will soon be changed to .Thers is Chaos in Old Kentucky" for use by the anti-GOeb- elites.
 Ethaying been reported that Bryan spoke morning, noon and night in a small town out west, a bright para grapher has suggested that his work will soon take on the features of 6 continuous performance.
 Jadg Sloan's decision in the lava pai county bond case yesterday, did not touch on the validity or invalid it7 Gf the bonds, but was simply to the effect that the proceedings against the treasurer were not the proper ones to secure the object desired.
 The question of free mail deliVery is now up to the city council lt has been ordered for November l, f the streets are properly labeled and bus mess and residence housss number ed. The city council will DO doubt do their part towards securing this deliverY,
 The anti-Goebel.tes of Kentucky are just now having an inning. With politics already pretty close in the blue grass state the nomination of an anti-Goebel ticket insures the election of a republican governor John Young Brown will be the anti GOebel nominee.
 The attempted assassination oi DreyFus' attorney shows the desper- ate measures which the enemies of the pSrsecuted will resort to in order to accomplish their ends. It IS now stated that the attempt was made to steal a wallet containing Labor's important papers relating to the court martial, including his notes for the cross-examIuation of MercIer. No attempt was made to take his watch or money
 Over two thousand couples who were married by the same minister, Rev. W. l., Meese, have assembled at Auburn, Indiana, in sort Of matrimonial reunion. The affair is also attended by hundreds of de- scendants of the couples. As a closing feature of the reunion Rev. Meese offers to marry free of charge all who apply to him on the closing day.
 Ohio democrats have nominated a so-called anti-Hanna republican Tor congress in the Hamilton district. These "anti" republicans are the ones loved by democrats all over the country. Out here in Arizona they are cajoled and embraced and labeled tbe true, honest republi- cans by their democratic brethren, In Ohio theg are nominated for office.
 Our contemporary threshes over three columns of the same old straw it has been working on for years with the word Journal Murphy used in nearly every other line. The nearest approach to anything new in the entire childish sereed ts the following calamity shriek: "The Courier still says that times are harder than ever before in the his tory of the country; that the toiling masses are in direr financial straits, not only in Yavapai, but all over the United States
 "The editor of this paper can be au enemy of republicanism and still . have on honest desire to see honor able republicans in charge of all the federal offices ID Arizona-represen- tatiye men, whom men of all parties can respect regardless Of politics. '- Courier The trouble Is that just as soon as a republican gets into of fee, DO matter how honorable and honest he may be, he al once be comes the target for all sorts of abuse and inSinuatiOns.
 Our Salt river valley neighbors seem Co be going at the question in real dead earnest of getting a pleas ure resort established m this section in the hope of diverting as many summer tourists as possible from the coast Co this section of theil own terrltory. They argue correctly that in so Tar as climatic condition: - are concerned the mountains oN Yavapai county are far superior tC California. As Co the matter of en tartainment and amusement they state that there will he a sufficient number of them Co provide theil own amusement and entertainment
 Just who the Gazette editor had in mind when he penned the follow. r. ing is not known. The truth of il cannot help but be realized by every one who reads. and 1t Is left for each eue to make his own application s.Tha bas- friend oi the territory oi Ar.zrue today Is the newspaper that keep, alive Inc advocacy of thing: beneficial to the people of the terri tory. The worst enemy of the ter r.tory Is the paper that endeavor: ta keep aaye and burning the ques- ti1n as t) who Is going to control the next political conventions These conventions are a long time of Tn tAe future. The needs of Ari- zona arc pressing today"
 So according ta bis own admission the Courier editor wrote d private personal letter to Col. Brodie last year advising him not to run