Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-08-27

! vice to voters to elect good men to office. From the amount of repeat ing done at Saturdays election, the advice does not seem to be taking very deep root.
 Much talk is indulged in as to the possibilities and probabilities of Sen- ator Mark Hanna being a presiden- tial candidate in 1904, but Hon. P c. Edwards. of Ohio, announces with apparent authority, that Senator Hanna will not be candidate, and that President Roosevelt will.
 The republican protective policy has accomplished too much for the industries of the United States to be left to the mi~geided and amateurish methods Of the democrats. If any revision is necessary, the republicans who have fostered the policy are the ones to perform it.
 A cradle Is being built at the Brooklyn navy yard upon which to construct the new battleship Con- necticut, whir,i Is to cost S4,2l2,000. Some 5000 lies are to be driven to make an absolutely safe foundation for the cradle to rest upon, as the To- cation has quicksands.
 If the legal proceedings against the beef trust, the railway merger, etc, now being conducted by Attor- ney General Knox prove unsuccess- ful the republicans in congress may be relied upon to amend the anti trust law or revise the tariff schedules in so far as is necessary to protect the consumers.
 Negotiations have been opened in Washington to adjust the difference between Columbia and Nicaragua, and, if possible, restore friendly re- lations between those two countries. It will require mutual explanations and apologies to conclude an agree ment by which each country will rigidly respect the laws of neutrality and the rights of the other,
 The two democratic papers of Phe- nix are divided on the delegate ques- .ion. The democrat is an ardent supporter of Wilson and is manu- featuring some good republican cam paign material in case Shannon is nominated. The Enterprise is just as actively supporting Shannon, but is more guarded in what it has to say about Wilson's candidacy.
 Democratic campaign headquarters in Washington, with the intending friction which prevails therein, Mir. Bryan talking free silver, Mr. C'cve- advocating sound money, Mir. Teller talking protection. and Representa- tive DeArmond talking free trade. These serve as a fitting forecast of the conditions which would prevail in Congress were the republicans to abandon the helm of the ship of state.
 A dispatch from Indianapolis says that Senator Beveridge, chairman of the senate committee on territories has decided in the early part of No vember to consider the bill granting statehood to Arizona, New Mexico and Ohlahomi. By agreement this bill must be taken up in the senate soon after the opening in December, and must therefore be disposed of in committee before the regular session of the senate opens.
 The people of the Philippine Is- lands are beginning to understand the great advantages of a settled gov ernment under the supervision Of the United States, and to realize how they have been misled as to the purposes of the United States in seeking the pacification of the islands. Returns from the customs revenue of the archipelago show that for the first four months of the present year the receipts reached nearly S3,00O,000 in gold; more than twice as much as they were for the corresponding months of 1899, and a considerable increase over 1901.
 Biebee has new paper. l. is called the Daily Miner and k repub- lican in politics. This makes the third Arizona paper with the name Miner at its masthead. The Arizona Miner nowconsolidated with and hyphenated to the Arizona Journal was the first paper to adopt the name and it dates back to March 9, 1864 It has been published continuously and without interruption ever since that date. Along in the early eighties, the pro- prietor of the Miner sold a lot of printing material to a man in Mineral Park, and with it the Mohave County Miner was started and has continued ever since. Now comes the bisbee paper of the same name.
 The much discussed question of lowering the assessment of the United Verde company seems to have been settled by the board of supervisors. No action has been tak.n and the board has fixed the tax levy accord ing to the roll turned in by the as sessor. As a reduction of the United Verde's assessment would mem a very large reduction in the revenue of the county, and as there has been practically no margin left, 1t is ia-