Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-31

 was for Mckinley in 1895; gave $40, GOO toward his campaign. Today he's for Bryan, and had long interview with the NebrasSan on the occasion of re- cent visit.
 Al special meeting of the executive committee of the National Assoc- ation of Democratic clubs, held in Washington, D C., William R Hearst of New York. was elected president. The National Association of Demo cratic Clubs IS represented in nearly every city, town and village in the United States. Almost every demo. cratic club of the country belongs to the association. Democrats of sll sorts and condtio"s are included in its membership. It is estimated that almost 2,000,000 persons are on its rolls
 By vote of 433 to 2:}S the Methodist general conference. in session at Chi cago, abolished the time limit of pas torates, thus finally disposiug of one of the most important questions before the great Methodist body and doing away with one of the fundamental features of the itinerant system of the denomination Hereafter. according to the amendment to the discipline adopted by the conference, preachers will be appointed annually bv the bishops. with no limit to the number of years a pastor may serve one con. gregation, except the limit imposed by his own ability and popularity with his congregation. He will still be pilgrim and stranger. but now may tarry longer than five years.
 The senate sidetracked the Vicar. agua canal bill for this session on the 2lst by a vote of 2l to 2S, on motion by Senator Morgan for it's consider ation, which, if carried. woulG have made it the unfinished business. As a rule the democrats voted in the af- tirmative, and the republicans in the negative, but there were some eXcep- tions. The republicans who voted in the affirmative were Bard of Calfor- nia, Foster of Washington, Hawley of Connecticut, McBridge of Oregon, Mason of Illinois. Nelson of Minne- sota and Perkins of California. The democrats who voted in the negative were Caffery Of Louisiana, Lindsay of Kentucky and Vest of Missouri. The indeDendents divided in d similar way.
 It is believed in Philadelphia that former Senator Nj. s. Quay will soon announce that he intends to retire from the republican national commit. tee as the member from Pennsylvania. Who will succeed him Is a matter of doubt, but the general opinion isthat it will be Senator Boise Penrose. There are two reasons assigned for the re. tirement of Quay. One, and probably the strongest, is that he feels that both Mckinley and Hanna deserted him at the critical moment in his battle for re-entry into the senate, and that he does not care to help Hanna manage the campaign, nor does he care to aid Mckinley to a reelection The other reason is, that he has aged rapidly in the past year, and that be is not phy- sically able to stand the arduous du- ties of an active campaign, much of the work of which would devolve upon him.
 A Washington correspondent says: The Montana seat will in any event be left vacant for it is now accepted on all sides that neither Mir. Clark nor Mir, McGinnes will be seated. Mir. Clark has the legal title, under the appointment of the acting governor, according to most of the best lawyers in the senate, but the majority of the senate are opposed to admitting him