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Published fiery Thursday at Holbrook,
Navajo County Arizona, by ,
Editor and Proprietor.
Txs AB31 is the Official Paper of Navajo
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OHOBKSS10XAI
Representative in Congress N. O. JJTjJ
BirCXTITB DEPABTMJtT.
Governor Ij)iiU C. Hushes. Pbcnlx
tecretary Clio- 11. Kruce
Tmwurer P. T. Cole.
"Auditor C. P. Lcitrh.....
Atfy tienT T. D. Satherwalte..., Tiirwm
Sunt. Pub. Imt.F. J. rtbert.,...Uera ttty
Adj't General... Edward Schwartz Pbenix
JUDICIAL OWASTMMT rncEMB COl'KT.
Chief J utice A. C. "aUer. . . . -: h"i ?
Asso'te Justice. .J. P. Ticthnno. -Tocwn
. iM ..Owen T. Kuuxe Florence
" . John J. Hawkins,... Presrott
n.rk J. I- B. Alexander. ..Phenix
U. S. Dist." Átty..E. E. ElUnwood Pbouix
DISTRICT COI BT. rOCBTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Jndire John J. Hawkins.. Preaeott
.Clerk. O.lt. Flake Holbrook
HAVAJO COITTTT.
cL) CP. Owens
Under-sheriff. Robert Hrd
Probate JuHee " if;.ilt,Z"'ii
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Treasurer -E. A. Sawyer
Ex-olücio Tax Collector E. A. Saw ycr
BOARD OF SITBBVISOBS.
t t ' .Chairman
j" H. BiwJ.....'.'...'. Member
J. H. Willis .
F. W. Nelson Clerk
THURSDAY, MAY 14.
Bora Illinois and California Lave
Instructed for HcKinley. Is there
nnv ñnñ fool enouzh to think the
. 3Iajor is not in it for keepsT
"The prisoners captured on board
the American schooner Competitor,
will be tried by court martial a the
"Havana, Cuba, navy yard.
A dispatch from Valparaiso says
the statistics of the general army
staff, show the national guard now
numbers 400,000 men in the republic
of Chili.
The house committee on publjc
lands has reported favorably the
bill granting Arizona a portion of
the camp Verde military reservation
for nprmal school purposes.
Deijxaíioxs intending to go to St.
Louis with no other purpose than to
sell themselves for office, had better
remain away, for their occupation
is gone!' ia a McKinley convention.
California republicans came out
flat footed for silver coinage and
McKinley. Delegates at largo from
the state are John D. Spreckles,
Geo. A-'Knight, U. S. Qrant jr., and
Lionel A. Sheldon.
fO'THAL ASIEKICAN KEF CD 1.1,;. '
Three of the five central amcican
republics have again unñed thein-sc-lycs
into one republic This is a
sensible move, and had the other two
Guatamala on the north and Costa
Rica on the south joined the con
federacy, a republic would then have
been created that could command
intcrn.tioual comity.
The much abused and maliciously
villified Rufino Barrios, president of
the republic of Guatamala in 184-5,
attempted to carry through asimilar
scheme of unification, but unfortu
nately lost his life while gallantly
charging the enemy at the battle of
Tegucigalpa. Bnrrios being the
head and brains of the movement, it
collapsed with Lis death.
At the time tho former "confeder
ation" wa3 mutually dissolved, a pro
vision was adopted, t hat if at any sub
sequent p?riod, a majority of tho five
.tatos should deem it for tho best in
terests of all to again unify, they
shall have the right to call a Junta
Unificación, at which articles of con
federation may bp adopted. In 1S81
President Barrios set about te uni
fication of tho five Central American
republics into one. Ho first secured
he hearty and loyal cooperation of
Bogran, then president of Honduras;
nest, he picked up a druggest'in the
city of San Salvador and with his in
fluence caused him to be elected!?)
presidont of t he republic of Salvador.
In tho following spring 1885 Don
Rufino, npw having a "majority of
tho five republics," issued a joint
call for a Junta Unificación. To this
"call" the republics of Costa Rica
and Nicaragua refused to give heed.
They not only refused to abide by
an express provision to that effect,
but they wheedled the (fool drug
gest) president of Salvador into the
belief that ha was really a big man
in Central American politics, caus
ing him to turn traitor to his bene
factor, and to repudiate his own sig
nature to the "caH" General Bar
rios being of a peppery disposition
and a man of action, his first thought
was to punish the traitor and coerce
the recalcitrants into a Union. To
do this the president of Guatamala
took the field iu person, and at the
battle of Tegucigalpa, nearthe Hon
duras and Salradoran frontier, both
he and his eldest son wore slain.
This event put an end to our great
military expectations, whereby we
had hopes of a brilliant career, and
if TCe did not turn out a "little cor
poral," at least we might astonish
lo3 nativos, but thebattleof Teguci
galpa knocked us clear out of the
xma.H tree.
After the death of Barrios and the
consequent eollapso of the "unifica- j
tion" idea, tho Salvacloracs deposed 1 1
the (clruggest) resident who lied
the country to save Lis worthless
bacon.
The loug-espeeted order of tLe
president has been issued including
in the civiljservipe (humbug service)'
most offices now remaining out
side the classified service. This
order includes about 30,000 addi-:
tional government emplojees.
If this sort of humbug is continued
much longer, tho trenches are going
to be heard from in no uncertain
tone and tho great question: "What
Civjl Service Reform.
A few years ago George "William
Curtis, a leading writer, a learned
scholar and aa amateur politician
j started the Civil Service Reform fad
in this country. Dormán B.Eaton
I and á few other theorists assisted at
the accouchment of this infant. It
is true that a similar system has
been ia vogue in China since the days
of Confucius that is since five hun-
aro we hero for?" will have to bean-I
swered in a manner satisfactory to KK:a ana ""J UEIoro laQ Ulrtu
the men. ' of Christ and its fruits in that
country aro well Luown. These
gentlemen ought to havo had the
Lnovlodgo that tho English govern
cient had practiced a similar system
for ncariy a century, and that the
net results were "tho circumlocu
tion oCco" bureaucracy. But little
things li!:o this did r.ot deter them,
There in not a doubt in our mind
but that a "pledged" JIcKinloy dele
gation will surely and certainly bo
seated in the St. Louis convention.
The KcKinley forces will Lave con
trol of the "temporary organization"
and consequeptjy tho committee on
"credentials;" it necessarily folloy-3, : and so
by the assist a ceo of a few
that "pledged" JIcKinley delegates earnest men a modified form of this
are not going to receive the shake.
But one real reason can be given
by the "anti-pledge" gang, and it is
solely a selfish one the chance to
sell out for oilico. However the peo
ple havo no interest in delegates sell
ing themselves for office; therefore
the people demand a '"pledged" dele
gation in favor of McKinley.
A private letter from Phenix
by one who was present at that con
vention, intimates that everything
was not wholly on tho square, here
is what ho says about it:
"The convention here, illus
trated how completely the republi
can party Las degenerated into a
mere machine for promoting the
ambitions of a few men. Through
out the entire convention,prefidy pre
vailed, from the purchased chairman
to the most vacillating proxy holder.
No principle was involved. It was
merely the fight of a mob to see who
should have tho opportunity to soil
themselves for offieies at St. Louis."
"Vliat Are AVe Hero for?"
The Louse committee on pensions
have ordered a favorable report on ties profitable to hold.
the bill to increase the pensions of
the veterans and their widows of the
Mexican and Indian wars, from S3
to $12 per month.
Om democratic friends will go
through the "formJof sending dele
gates to Chicago; bi;t i Fill & bo
done in a sort of perfunctory man
ner knowing as they do, that the
contest is simply hopeless.
"Flanagan of Texas" is a name
tLat always bring3 up the famous
question, "What are we here for?"
Whether in New York, Chicago or
San Francisco that name on tho
hotel register always brings a crowd
of people to see the man who origin
ated one of the most famous
phrases in American politics. The
sentence has gouo into Listory and
liecóme a part of it. It wa3 one of
the memorable incidents of one of
the most memorable conventions
that ever assembled in America
tho Chicago National Republican
convention which defeated Grant
and nominated Garfield. Ever since
then somebody ia every convention,
arge or small, has arisen to ask,
"What are wo here for!" Web
Flanagan, of Henderson, Rusk
county, Tex., Í3 tho
Ax important gold discovery is
reported near the south end of Utah
lakcj twelve miles from Provo city, j
Hundreds of prospectors aro on the
ground and reliable assays are said
to run as high as $75,000 per ton.
After Alabama, Arkansas and Ari
zona comes Californiaj and what a
yell will go up when the chairman
of the California delegation an
nounces that the Golden State casts
her solid rote for Wm. McKinley
and future' prosperity.
Thz Ohioan will be nominated a
St. Louij and have lots of delegates
to spare. Ppople associate McKin
ley with protection and they also as
sociate protection' with prosperity.
And furthermore, the people are da
cideqly tired of Cleveland and Lis
preseut rotten democratic' adminis
tration. "' ' ' - ...: -
It is annoying that Mexico should
go on prospering on a silver basis,
but we fail to see what tho money
kings arc coins to do alxmt it. Mexi
can prosperity makes Mexican securi-
litueyiailto
hold them they loose the profits.
and yet holding them gives an
object lesson in silver not at all to
the liking of tho sticklers for tho
so-called "sound money." It is a
sad case however you look at it.
Tempo News.
It is annoying that Mexico should
go on prospering on a silver basis,
but wo. fail to see what the
money kings aro going to
do about it. Mexican prosperity
makes Mexican securities profitable
to hold. If they fail to hold them
they lose the profits, and yet holding
them gives an object lesson in bilvoJ
not at all to tho liking of the stick
lers for the so-called "sound money."
it is a sau case, However vou iooü at ; -,r . :..:
it.-S.-m Frsn.n RnllM in. 3 JIuSWUmP lm 83,011
Last week wo Lad the abovo item
in our paper and credited to Our
Mineral Wealth, of Kingman. Tbis
week we republish it giving credit to
the Tempo News, and also to the
Sau Francisco Bulletin. This is
done that we may not do an injus
tice to either of the three papers.
An Old-Time Editor.
The postofHce at Globe, Arizona,
was entered on tho night of the Cth
instant, by two burglars, and an at
tempt was made to open the safe.
But the" robbers were scared away
by some, paeans not jet known.
About 2 o'clock same- night, the
saloon of Mr. House was held up
by tito 'men,' they forcing Mr. H.
to open his safe ' containing at the
yiode about $43 which the robbers
carried away with theip. No clew to
the robbers. " '
The Democrat received a call
Wedonsday from B. C. Murray, editor
of tho Denison (Texas) Gazetteer.
Mr. Murray has been attending the
Texas State Editorial Association
meetings at El Paso and reports
having a royal time. The El Paso
people did themselves proud, spar
ing no pains nor expense to enter
tain the editors. Mr. Murray pub
lished a paper in La Mesilla in 1861
2, and met some old-time friend3 in
Las Cruces. He is accompanied by
3Irs. L. S. Owings, whose husband
was' provisional governor of this
territory (then Arizona) in 18G0, '61
and 62. Independent Democrat.
Thé above tumps us all iu a heap,
for we had supposed all along that
the Gadsden purchase was a part of
New Mexico until Feb.. 23rd, 1863,
at which time all that paj. of the
territory of New Mexico west of the
109th meridian wascreated into
tLe territory of ArizoMs,.
man who said
it first of all. To a writer for tho
Galveston News, Flanagan told the
story of tho phrase. This is tho
way he told it:
"It was in Chicago in 18S0. I
was a member from Texas in the
National convention When the
committee on platform and resolu
tions reported, Barker of Massa
chusetts offered to insert a plank
pledging the party to Civil Service
Reform. I aroso in my place and
said: Mr. President, Texas has had
quite enough of Civil Service Re
form. Out of 1,300 offices in that
state, 1,000 of them are filled by
Democrats. We believe that to
the victors belong the spoils.
Every proposition of this sort comes
from states that aro threatened with
Sir, tho boys
in tho trenches are demanding re
cognition. Party service entitles
them to something at the party's
hands. They need tho offices, and,
sir, what are we here for but for
the offices?" Immediately the dele
gates and the galleries yelled.
They shouted until they were
hoarse, and it was several minutes
before the chairman was finally able
to restore order. The next day the
incident was in all of the papers,
and from then till now it has been
traveling around the earth. It was
simply a forcible way I had of ex
pressing myself. I never had tLe
sigh test idea that my chief claim to
fame should be a chauce expression
in tho confusion of a great national
body." Ex.
lorum laa wa3 cngranea upon our
political system to which it is utter
ly unsuited.
This putrid excresenco upon the
body politics ha3 grown as rapidly
as a poisonous cancer and all politi
cal parties are claiming the hybiid
as "a favorite son." They laud it in
public, curse it ia private and apply
the knifo to it on every possible oc
casion.
It would be amusing, if the
coming danger could be eliminated,
to look at the manner in which these
professed reformers observe tho law.
With every change of politics hun
dreds of officeholders go out "into
tho cold" for no other reason than
their political opinions, and vacan
cies are filled by the political friends
of the party ia power. This is done
in what is known as the classified
service. .
In that part pf the Departmental
service not under the Civil Service
wholesale discharges are made, the
friends of the Administration are
put in place and then this branch
is added to the Classified Service,
It it said "the devil laughs when
ho sees a hypocrite." How ho must
laugh when he sees the antics of
these reformers'?
Festus said to tho Apostle Taul
"much learning doth make thee
mad." And so continuous successes
has made these roforuiers "mad."
Their last effort proves this. It
is proposed to place the o'J,uuu
country postraastors undar a hun
dred chiefs, located ia the larger
cities, making all the country post
offices branches in charge of a clerk
to be appointed under Civil Service
rule.
How do tho country people like
the idea of a clerk from the city
sent put to handlo their mails?
Tho country postmasters could
not pass a Civil Service examination.
They could not tell the distance to
the sun, nor when tho occultalion of
mars' and the moon would occur.
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NOTICE for REGISTKATIOX
In accordance with the laws of the ter
ritory of Arizona, requiring the Board ql
Suiiervisors of each county of the territory
of Arizona, rt the rcjular April meeting of
said Board, precccding any General Election,
to make an order requiring a registration
ofthe voters of said county, it is hereby or
dered, all members voting aye, that a re
rcgistration of tho voters of Navajo county,
territory of Arizona be made, said order be
ing as follows, to-wit:
"In compliance with Act No. 7, of the laws
of Arizona for ls83, it is hereby ordered that
a re-registration of the voters of Navajo
county, Arizona territory bo made, and that
a copy of this order shall be published in the
ARGUS,
a newspaper published in Holbrook, Navajo
county. Arizona, the first publication to be
maco in the first issue of said newspaper in
the month of May, 1636, and continue until the
next ensuing General Election in November,
1896."
I, P. W. Nelson, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors, of Navajo county Arizona terri
tory, do hereby certify that tho above is a
full, true and correct copy of an order of said
Board of Supervisors, as the same appears of
record on Pages Nos. 173 and 170, in Book No 1.
of the minutes of said Board, under date of
April 9th, 1698.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
SEAL. have hereunto set my hand
' ' " ' and seal of said Navajo coun
ty, this 5th day of May, 1895.
F. W. NELSON.
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Navajo
county, Arizona Territory.
F. J. WATTRQN,
-DEALER IN-
Dnifs, Medicines, (Meals
Fancy and Toilet Articles.
A CALL.
For a Conference for the Organization of
the Peoples Party in Yavapai
County. Arizona.
A conference will be held at tho court
house, in the city of Prescott, Arizona, on
Saturday, the 6th day of June, at 10 a. m.. for
the purpose of organizing the People's Par
ty in Yavapai county. All men who have
grown tired of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties, all men who believe in the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1; a'.I
men who believe that tho growing power of
wealth in America is daugeiou3 to the main
tenance of American liberties and American
institutions; all men who believe in the gov
ernment of tho people, by tha people and for
the people, in every precinct in the county,
are asked to send delegates to represent them
at such conference one delegate being ac
corded to every precinct for each fifty votes
or fraction thereof cast at the election of
IS01.
The members of the People's Party in every-
precinct in Yavapai county, are earnestly
urged to communicate with the undersigned
regarding said conference at their earliest
convenience.
Prescott, Arizona, April 27, 1S93.
Wm. O. O'NEILL.
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sil Kinds.
A messenger from Cuba arrived
at the office- of the Cuban junta in
New York City and reported to
Gen. Palma, practically as follows;
'Gen. Maceo, with a well-equip
ped army, has full and complete
possession of Pinar del Rio province
and expects to hold his present posU
tion untill the rainy season sets in.
The recent victory claimed for the
Spanish troops under Gen. Inclan
WE3 a severo reverse for Spain. Gen.
Mall
Orders
ltf
'rouipf':; i'U''-
Maceo sends word that ho will re-
They could, however, assort and j cross tho Trocha when he gets ready
deliver tho letters and papera seat
to their neighbors, and do the work
with the genuine politeness which
comes from loug association. Tho
clork from tho city might bo better
learned and mako a better written
return to his city ''boss" but would
tho people want him to handlo
their mail? Try it, gentlemen re
formers, and time will tell, The
National Republican.
Qrt
Sirs. Stoneinan Awarded the Let
ter She wrote Dcfore tlie Iíis
closurcs Vcre SXade.
Cure fo Museular ltheumatism.
Mrs. R. U. Lamson, of Fairmount,
111., says: KMy sister used Cham
berlain's Pain Balm for muscular
rheumatism gnd it effected a com
plete cura I keep it in the house
at all times and have always found
it beneficial for aches and pains. It
is the quickest cure for rheumatism,
muscular pains and lameness I have
ever seen." For sale by F. J. Wat
tron. '
The letters which Mrs. Mary O.
II. Stoneinan wrote to tho late
Judge Anson Brunson, and which
proceeded the disclosures iu the
sensation which stirred Los Angeles
and all Southern California a few
years ago, have been restored to her,
by order of court.
When Judge Brunson died in this
city last fall, his estate went into
tho hands of the public administra
tor, and along with the pictures,
books and other legal papers which
were turned over to Public Adminis
trator Taylor, was the bundle of
letters which Mrs. Stoneman had in
indited to Judge Brunson before
the crash came, which shook social
Los Angelas to the very center.
These letters have not been open
ed to the vulgar gaze, but had they
been they might have revealed a
story which would have furnished
not only the ground work but most
of the material for a romance not
often equalled.
As soon as the letters came into
the posession of the public adminis
trator, Mrs Stoneman petitioned the
the court to restore the letters to
her, and the motion has been pend
ing for some time. Yesterday
Judge Hatch of Los Angeles, rep
resenting Mm. Stoneman, was in
town, and while he was here Judge
Camobell made the order authoriz
ing the letters to be 'turned over to
Mrs. Stoneman's representative.
She is now abroad, and is under
stood to be in Europe. Times-Index
to do so, but that he has no inten
tion of leaving his headquarters in
the mountains at present.
"Wyeler wants Maceo to attack
the trocha now, because he has
massed thousands of soldiers there,
Maceo laughs at this, and would
like to have Weylor know the patri
ots will pay him a visit soon
enough."
Gen. Mariano Torres related in an
official report from Maguaraguas,
received by Gen. Palma, that Nar
cisco Lopez, an American citizen,
was snatched from the breakfast
table by Spanish soldiers passing
that place April 11, taken to the
road and shot. Gen. Torres says
the Spanish are constantly com
mitting atrocities in the interior of
Cuba.
- . .
The dervishes have arrived at
Adarama in a dismayed condition.
The families of Osman Digna, and
the other leaders have fled to El
Damir on the Nile. It is reported
2000 men have been ordered to rein
force Dongola,
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scriptions to the Argus.
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