Arizona weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1885-1903, 1900-05-02

GaluSha y. Grow, the veteran states
nan of Pennsylvania, has been nOmin-
tied for congressman-at-large from
hat state. He has served several
-erms in congress.
The English for a long time were
as hammering away at the
-kopjes'' and "laagers" of the Beers
Now it seems to be the "dorps' and
the plain ''kops" that they have to con
tend with
The New York Herald. which has
been trying to nurse the Dewey boom
into life, has dropped it and the paper
comes out squarely for Mckinley.
The editorial which makes the an
concludes with n scath-
ing attack on Bryan.
One James Creelman predicts an
overwhelming victory for Bryan this
year. Wonder if this is the same
Creelman who has made so many pre-
dictiOnS that have not come true?
Same name. same foolishness- must
be same an.-Globe- Democrat.
Postage to Portion Rico, Guam and
the Philippine islands is only cents.
while to Honolulu. which became a
possession of the United States prior
ia any of the above, it still takes a .
cent postage stamp to give safe transit
70 a letter.
As kicker. the democratic party is
a screaming success. As n clog on
the wheels of prDSrcss it beats the air
brake As n promiser it out promises
the man who never pay; his debts.
But when it coars to keeping its
pledges. the recnrI is 'I:Trrent
The Fresno. California, Merchants
association. is contemplating build
ing a canal from Fresco to Antioch. a
distance of ia miles. The peculiar
part of the transaction is that they
propose to obtain their water supply
for the canal by pumping It into the
head.
Tom Watson. populist. says: ''Undel
no circumstances would l accept any
nomination or any office. Please mum
Der me among the political dead Lei
me- henceforth rest in peace" After
the ideS of November. 1900. Mr. Bry@I
will be able to iOin Thomas. in the
above.
The sultan of Turkey has 3,5OOOOC
followers in the Sulu islands, whom
he can turn loose on the American
troops there.-Courier Well. that vii
be Il little piece of news. even to the
sultan himself 1t is pretty certain he
never knew of it before One thine
IS sure no one else in the world evel
knew it until the discovery was mad,
by the editor of our contemporary.
In the last two calendar years under
the Dingley tariff. W.. bougn- from
Europe goods worth S723.OOO.OOO. Il
the same two years we sold to EErop,
goods worth s19D,O9lOOO. The bal
ance of trade ill or flvoc was Tins Il.
215.OOO.0OO from F.: ape alone. TIN,
IS the sort of ''entar~lin- foreign al
lance" that is causeI by the rcpuhii
can policy of protectiol 1t is en-
tangling to the other fellow.
The eyes of all Europe seem to bt
centered on the United States to wit
ness the outcome of our attempt tC
make that little collection of $4,000
from Turkey The sultan has beer
so successful in having his own way
with the powers of Europe that they
want to learn how to handle him il
case of this country being successful
The slippery ruler is very profuse il
his promises to pay. but promises tc
come to time
The Hon. James X. Jones has taken
the pains to explain that he introduced
his proposed amendment to the Porte
Rican bill in good faith and was ig
nOrant of the fact that it would make
present of S1.SO0.OO0 to the sugar
trust He Furthermore explained that
he withdrew the same as soon as some
one took the pains to point out the
far-reaching effect of his proposition
This is the same Mr. Jones who pre-
sides over the destinies of and makes
the predictions for the democratic
party
The assertion that the Standard Oil
company will secure the greater share
of the compensation provided in the
shipping bill is maliciously untrue
Not a dollar of that money goes tc
that company. Their vessels engaged
in the carrying of oil are ineligible
to any compensation under the bill
The assertion that the Standard Oh
company controls the only American
line in our transatlantic trade. made
by the enemies of the shipping bill. i.
utterly devoid Of truth.
Ii would be pretty difficult to con
centrate more truth in the same space
than is contained in the following
from the Globe-Demorcat: There i.
no real search in Kentucky for GOe
bells murderer All that has beer
done. beginning with the suppression
IF the inGueSt and the offer of tn,
100000 corruption fund. is part OF
scheme for selfish political and per
Sonal advantage. If the murderer i.
known to the Goebelites they ar,
hiding him in order to smirch re
publicans and TO strengthen the Goe
bel law for its one single purpose. thai
IF substituting for the Will of the PEG
pie the viii Of n gang of cheats anC
usurpers.'