Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-01-03
states Press Association.


It's lucky that the holidays have
come for the buzzing bees have been
buzzing so hard that there might
have been danger that they would
have buzzed themselves to death In
another week or more. In the re-
publican fold 10 is doubtful IL any Of
the leaders seriously question but
tbnt President Taft will be renomin-
ated, but the La Toilette candidacy
is being pushed with all the vigor
that an energetic camp Of enthusi.
asts can put behind N. Despite the
protestations Of Colonel Roosevelt
and his friends, the demand for the
ex.prcsident will not down. Tho
movement in Nebraska TO put his
name on the primary ballot may re.
quire some energetic efforts on the
part Of Mr.. Roosevelt TO check the
attempt to run him for the presidency
against his wishes, since the same
performance may be duplicated in
other states where the presidential
preference plan Is in vogue. The In.
Inmates Of President Taft meet all
these movements with the declara-
ton that IL Is the usual prcconvcn.
part Of the regular plan of making
history 20 go after the party leader
in power and stir up all the opposi.
tion possible prior 20 the time when
the real work Of choosing delegates
comes around. The democratic stu.
alton has been shifting with the com.
pass for many months, but the Champ
Clark people claim that most Of the
breeze has been in their direction;
and certainly they are quite right in
this. but Wilson and Harmon have
both been quite as much in the fore
ground at different stages of the
game ms the genial speaker. The
astute ones have their lids cooked
askanee towards the prairies Of Ne.
braska, and there are Others ready to
faint when asked about Hearst. Mat
ters are reasonably well defined in
the republican party, but guessing on
heads and tails with the coin flying
high in the air Is easy, rs compared
with what is going to turn up when
the spotlight falls on heads and tails
Of democratic presidential candidates.
The coin has only two ways to turn,
while in the other instance things
may flop any one of a half dozen
ways without jarring the wise old
guessers about Capitol Hill very much.
Some people charge that the senate
is slow, but this Is not always true
The regular congressional pay day
falls on January LIST, but there were
n lot of congressman who had defer.
red engagements with Santa Claus
and they took some Of the senators
into their confidence. In just sixty
seconds the august senate advanced
pay day for the suffering representa-
tives ten days or thereabouts.
For a few days IL looked doubtful
whether the report Of the Tariff
board on the wool industry would b'
given to the country, owing to thu
opposition in the house Of representa-
tives TO placing II In print the rea
son being assigned that IL was to-
long and dry for popular consumption
However publicity finally won out
and the country win be able to stud.
the wool question in all its phases b.
securing copy Of the report.
Senator Kenyon Of Iowa, has intro
duced q bill TO begin the practice o
democratic economy in the Capito
itself, and the measure would abolis
the barber shops and bath room
maintained by the senate out Of I'll
public treasury. Mr.. Kenyon has di'
covered that these senatorial luxurie
are costing about 100000 to $4,000
a year, and he says there il no NOR
reason why the government shout
pay for the baths and shaves OF II
senators than for their meals.
The retirement Of vice-Presider
sherman at the expiration Of b
present term Is one of the politics
predictions Of the past few days, thi
seems to have been generally a
cepted.
The Tariff boards report on II
wool industry is in. The Tariff boar
will Immediately 20 on trial for !
life, and unless its work meets wit
the overwhelming approval Of Il
country, the democratic majority
the house Of representatives IL like
to refuse further appropriations 4
the board, In which event II viii
obliged to close shop. Everybo'