Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-11-21


 fend with tongue and pen the princi- ples which l believe to be right and the policies believe to be wise."
 Mayor Harrison of Chicago broke all normal sleep records after election He had Overworked himself duringthe campaign, losing much sleep. After hearing the returns he went off to a place of seclusion and slept nearly thirty-eight hours without waking After a brief spell of wakefulness. he went asleep again and had another unoroken sleep of twenty-four hours
 Democrats have been wont to con sole themselves on sundry occasions by remarking that while republican candidates for president have received a majority of electoral votes the ma Jority of the popular vote was against him, as has been the case on q few occasions. Even this consolation is denied them this year, as McKinlev's majority of the popular vote is the greatest ever received by any presi- dential candidate.
 A gentleman in the east who is ep. gagged in enlisting capital for the de velopment of Arizona's resources writes the Journal-Aliner that he has made greater progress during two days since election than for two months prior to it. While there was a general feeling of confidence in the reelection of Mckinley, there was still the possibility of Bryan's cleo tion, which capitalists feared would upset the financial conditions of the country.
 McKinley's plurality in the republi: can states is 1,46O,327; Bryan's plu- rality in the democratic states is 615.- 3l6. The plurality over Bryan is S45.Ol1. The highest previous plu- rality, that of Grant in 1872 was 763.- OOl. The plurality of the popular vote secured by William Mckinley in his second successful contest for the presidency of the United States far exceeds any that has ever been given a candidate for that office. It tops his own plurality of 596.749 in 1896 by 2lS,262 votes, and exceeds that of General Grant in 1872.
 The country is still waiting to as certain "What Happened to Jones" at the recent election.
 A Washington foot ball player had his neck broken the other day and still lives. He must be something like the democratic party.
 Every man who tries to array class against class is a public enemy, and the time will come when he will be treated as such.
 The Chinese minister predicts that an era of railroad building in China will follow the settlement of the Chinese troubles; and it is safe to say that Americans will do the most of it.
 The American liner St. Paul, which figured as a cruiser in the war with Spain, lost one of her propellers in her last voyage. The damage was about S2O0,0OO, but no lives were lost.
 According to the cable news. there was great excitement in Manila over the election, which was not surpris- ing. It will be quiet for keeps over there pretty soon.
 The queen Of Portugal, who is an expert swimmer, saved the life of a whose boat had capsized. and the man is now being cared for at the royal residence, one of his legs having been broken. This queen is also medical student.
 Charles A. Towne wants all of the so-called Lincoln republicans to join the democrats. The suggestion was made at meeting in Minneapolis to to hold an inquest over what could be found of the remains of the demo- cratic party
 One Of the regretable results of the recent election was the election of a democratic legislature in Idaho, which will result in retiring Senator Shoup from the senate. Senator Shoup had a large circle of acquaintances in this territory and having visited Ari- zona several times was thoroughly ia miliar with its needs and was a warm and steadfast friend of the territory.
 The recent grand jury made record. They were in ses- sion only three days, during which time they examined seventeen cases. returning thirteen indictments, ignor- ing four charges. They also made an examination of all the county offices and county hospital, submitting sepa- rate reports on each.
 The defeat of the republican party in Arizona at the polls at the recent election, is easiest thing in the world explained. There were too many democratic votes. Governor Murphy received the full vote of his party. be- sides receiving very many democratic votes. All talks about swaps and trades Is mere nonsense. The demo- crats have good big working ma iority in this county as well as in the territory.