Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-01-21

President Castro may be over
 thrown, but Secretary Hays diplo
 macy will prove equal to every emer
 gency.
 The trouble with democratic ire,
 trade is that it is a mere party shib
 boleth and is no longer believed in by
 the rank and file.
 There is no longer doubt that Sena tor Spooner will be returned to tn, senate. There are others who could
 be better spared.
 A correspondent wishes to know il there is any authentic case of the dead speaking. Yes, oh yes! The Commoner, for instance.
 Over 5000 Boers are coming to tbi. country. What with the boors native here and the bores we have earned we will soon have enough.
 And fnow the democrats in the house will make a strenuous effort to free themselves from the fossilized leadership of fSlippery Jim Richard son.
 The Pennsylvania railroad enters into contracts this month which will involve an expenditure of $50, 900. 900. This is only one illustration of the prosperity of the country.
 Prof. Franklin does not say any thing about having received "a call from above to leave Kansas University for the Leland Stanford. He says frankly that he goes for a s1,OOO in crease in salary.
 The resolution introduced in the house today on the coal question is a hummer. Should the government de- eide to go into the coal and transpor- tation business there would be more coal mined and fewer strikes.
 The Jerome Telephone Telegraph company is wiring Jerome in a most substantial manner, equal to that of any city on the coast, and is in every way improving its service. The citi- zens of Jerome will appreciate Presi- dent Wright's efforts by throwing a large balance of their business to his companv. News.
 An ocean liner is to have a news paper containing wireless specials The exchange editor will continue to contribute wireless telegraph material to good many newspapers that are not published on steamships.
 Prescott continues to be the liveli- est town in Arizona. Not only is it a summer resort, but at this season of the year many people are seeking houses to rent, and rooming houses and hotels are we'll filled. All this indicates substantial growth which in a few years means a city of many thousand inhabitants '-s
 A few days since the Journal-Miner referred to exchanges copying from its columns without credit and of the items afterwards appearing in other papers with credit to the paper pla- giariZing them. A case in point is the recent appearance in an alleged Pres colt paper of the Journal Miners re cent writeup of the Treadwsll shelter credited to Phenix paper.
 After Tillman's spread eagle an nouncement that he intended to use his pitchfork on the president and attorney general of the United States in his debate on the coal question. the country will look with expectant eyes for that speech just to see how many kinds of a damphool the South Carolina senator can make of himself.
 Hon. Binger Hermann is candi- date for United States senator from Oregon. The Journal Miner sincere ly hopes that he may be the successful 1 man. The state of Oregon owes Mir. l Hermann a debt of gratitude which it 1 can pay in this way. As a member of | congress he exerted great influence and secured much beneficial lesisla- tion for his state Mr Hermann is friend of Arizona and with him in the senate this territory would have one more friend in that body.
 Delegate Rodey of New Mexico. in retaliation for Dillingham's speech went down town and bought book containing the writings of Bill Nye. just on purpose to get his description of farming in Maine. and gave it to Senator Patterson to use in his reply. The article, as nearly everybody knows, tells how the land of Maine and New England is so rocky that they have to plant clover with a hy- podermic syringe and raise it with plaster, and sheep have to have steel bills to pick the grass be tweenSthe rocks, and the country runs Cht AAtlN lD AIlll lSluldS trees duU spruce gum. When that comes out, coupled with the poem, of the man from Ari- zOna, it will be one of the richest speeches that has been heard in a good many years. it Lloyd Childs. of San Jose, Califor- lia, was offered position in the leg a slature but declined for the reason. a IS he says, he does not desire to assist m wasting the public funds
 Rust shas destroyed over s1OO. GOO v worth of asparagus in California and a threatens to entirely destroy the as i 'aragus industry of that state.
 One cent postage is almost in sight. O There is no reason why penny post T ge rate would mot pay the govern s ent b