Arizona republican., 1900-12-29

discussion. Many senators have re- ceived letters from New Hampshire asking if Chandler's influence in the senate had become impaired. The eX- istence of this suspicion has created considerable surprise and has led to emphatic refutation of the charge through letters and interviews. In all probability no member oi the senate has been more generally endorsed by his associates than Chandler His
 term expires in March and he is hay ing the fight of his life. His votes and views on the silver question are re- sponsible for this state of affairs. He is a bi-metallist and declined to vote for the currency bill recently made a law. New Hampshire republicans are
 very much in favor of that bill, and
 there is disposition in the state to discipline MT Chandler This ought to be interesting to those Arizonians who still cling to the delusion that the siI- yer question is still an issue.
 THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
 The official count of the vote fer president has been decared and the figures are very interesting. McKin- ley's plurality is shown to be 859, SPA. and his majority 46S, ,055. The total vote was only 43,921 more than it was four years ago. McKinley's vote was 112,- l S9S greater than in 1896, and Bryan's vote was 145.072 less. McKinley's plu- rality was 256,31O greater than in 1896. and his majority over all was 1S1, ,327 greater. Prior to this election the largest plurality ever given to ! any presidential candidate was 762,- 991, received by Grant in. 1872. l quote these figures to make good the asser- | ton of The Republican during the campaign, that Bryan would be beaten worse than Greedy was. It was land slide, truly.
 | California people are losing no op- l poTtunities to attract tourists to their state. Every day one sees signs of great activity in that direction. A few | days ago l saw in southern Virginia a IcarfUu of California products on ex- hibition. The advantages of the state l for tourists and homeseakers are be- ! irg advertised throughout the east and middle west. Californians are united on the ore proposition to boom the golden state. Mir. Paul Shoup cf the Southern Pacific. who is now in Wash | ington, said today that the state finds that he business accruing from winter e2,cursiCnists constitutes one Of it's chief sources of income.
 During the last few years" said he. t"the passsng traffic from the cast has 1 increased to an enormous extent. The result is that thousands of dollars find their way into the state which. prior to this wholesale incursion of tourists, remained in the east. The various tra1scontinental railroads are now placing a superb train service at the disposal of their patrons. For instance, cur road 'is rIraing several limited trains from the east to .he state of California whereas two years ago only one such train was operating on the line. California is rapidly growing as a winter rs-ort in the estimation of the eastern people. and many hundreds of | customers who in the past have spent their win CTS in Florida now s1journ during that season of the year in Cali fornia."
 Once in a while some Arizonian who comes east is interviewed about the territory, but there is no concerted ef- fort to make known it's advantages over California. California secures a
 
 Arizona. and yet the readers of The Re publican know that the winter climate of Arizona is far superior to that of California. If Arizonians would get the sa-na kind of "hunch" on them that the Californians have there would he a different story to tell.
 MINERAL INDUSTRIES.
 Attention has been directed by local newspaper to the imposing fig ures employed in relation to the min eral industries Of the United States. It is stated that the dividends paid by companies ergas sad in this department of our industrial operations amount to the enormous sum of $114.5I7.432 for the year 1900 alone. This, it will be seen, is over five per cent cn two billion dol lars. It is significant that these fig ures relate to a perfectly legitimate de- velopment of the mining industry. They are likely to be larger next year. These prof s wera not produced by gold and silver alone. Copper furnished siaty-twO per cent of the dividends paid by all ntning companies, or about twcnty-siX per cent of all the dividends declared by corporations connected with the minera! industry. Copper ana petroleum alone contributed eighty millions to the total amount of divi- dends. Inasmuch as Arizona is fast forging to the front as a. copper pro- d-cer these figures ought to be very stimulat ting to the copper industry in the territory. It is becoming known that the territory possesses inexhaus- tilo,e quantities of the metal, and the alluting figures relating to last years dividends unqUestionabiy will turn the eyes of investors to the territory. Now is the time for owners of copper properties to be on the alert. l pre- dict that there will be a great move ment in the development of Arizona | copper mines in the next year or two | There appears to be no end to the de- Laad for copper.
 AN INNOVATION RESENTED.