Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-04-11

A man who talks all the time can
hardly expect to get a reputation
for deep thinking.
Whist are the Agrarians coming to
when Prussia sends to America for
locomotives to enable German me-
chanics to study the principles in
volved.
Those who are advocating inter-
vention by this government in the
South African ware are. with few
possible exceptions, sctuated by no
higher motive than a desire to en-
barrass President Mckinley.
As the nomination will be equiv
aIent to an election, it is not sur
prising that there should be numer-
Gus aspirants for the republican
vice presidential nomination.
The appearance of newspaper
stories of big winnings in the Arkan-
sas Hot Springs gambling establish
ments indicates that business Is dull
with the games.
The Beers are in possession Of the
Bloemfontein water works. They
have determined that if they cannot
shut off the Rritishers' wind they
will shut of their water supply.
Kentucky democrats will gain
nothing in the end by their attempts
to distract public attention from
their own rascalities by making
sensational charges connecting re-
publicans with the killing OF Goebel.
The truth is bound to be found out.
Dom PauPs press agents, both in
this country and in Europe, are try
ing to earn their money.
Dewey has announced his inten-
ton to become a candidate for presi-
dent. He says his politics will be
announced later.
A Washington dispatch says the
announcement of Dewey's candidacy
is a part of a well known plan to
head off Bryan's nomination.
Every resolution calling for in
formation that the democrats have
asked congress to adopt has fur
nished an additional reason for the
reelection of President Mckinley.
The announcement of the candi-
dacy of man for the presidential
nomination without a knowledge of
his politics is something decidedly
new and novel to the United States.
If Mr.. Dewey persists in his de-
termination to become presidential
candidate he will discover that
Presidential Candidate Dewey is an
entirely different person from the
victorious Admiral Dewey on his
return from Manila bay.
The sending of 100000 republi-
can campaign speeches through the
mails without a cent of postage is a
moral abuse which appeals loudly
to Postal Reformer Loud.-Gazette.
How about the millionsof demo
cratic speeches sent out in the same
wayl
Here's chance for the flying ma
chine man. A responsible Paris club
offers a prize of $4,000 to the one
who can take his machine over a
specified route of seven miles in
Thirty minutes.
The chief of the United States
weather bureau has issued an order
against cigarette smoking by its
employees. He says he has con-
WINGED himself by Investigation that
a cigarette smoker is not fit to be
trusted with important work. He
was not the first man to make this
discovery.
The Bryan committee of Phenix
has formulated programme for
Bryan day in that city, 1t stipulates
that no talking, other than the
ordinary conversation will be al
lowed at breakfast. The opening
or Introductory address is limited to
three minutes and no speech max
ing except by Mr.. Bryan will be per-
mitted.
Mr., Bryan speaks about the "par-
alysis that is creeping over the re-
publican party" With a popular
vote of 7,1O4,719 in the last presi-
Dental election, against a vote for
Bryan of 6,5O2,925, it is manifest
that paralysis" was not noticeable
to any marked degree four years ago
aud intelligent observers are unable
to discover any creepy" indications
at the present day.-Ex.
An error, in an item which
recently appeared in the JOURNAL
MINER demonstrated to what extent
it is read and its value as an adver-
Using medium. The item stated
that ]. J. Fishsr intended shortly to
erect smelter on his Little Daisy
mine. What was intended was that
he intended to put up hoist. The
error, however, has resulted in Mr..
Fisher receiving propositions from
nearly ever manufacturer of smelters
in the United States to put up his
plant.
Hon. A. P. Greeley, who has re-
signed the Office of assistant COM
missioner of patents to practice
patent law, making a speciality of
copyrights and foreign patents, in
Washington, was recently referred
to by a prominent and successful
patent lawyer as "the ablest and
best equipped man that has ever
acted and served as commissioner of
patents. The government lost the
services of this valuable official by
not paying him sufficient salary.
The hint should not be lost on
congress.