Arizona sentinel. [volume], November 23, 1916, Image 2

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YUMA DAILY EXAMINER!
A Thinking i'aper for Thinking Peopie.
Established March 17, 1906.
W. H. SHOREY,
Editor and Proprietor.
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ARIZONA SENTINEL
Established November, 1S70, by Jas.
M. Barney and Judge Wm. J. Berry;
purchased 1S75 by John W. Dorring
ton, who relinquished to W. H. Shorey
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' EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH.
It is doubtful if in all history there
has been an active, authenticated reign
longer than that closed by the death
of Francis Jeseph.
At nineteen years of age he ascend
ed the sthone of Austria, upon abdica
tion of his uncle, Ferdinand I., Decem
ber 2, 1848, and his death last night
ended an active reign of 68 years, all
but the first twenty, during which he
was also apostolic king of Hungary.
Tradition says that Pharoah ruled
for 99 years and there is the more cred
instance of Rameses II., Seostris of the
Greeks, whose reign is reputed to have
covered 67 years.
But in recorded history there certain
faas been no reign equal in period of
time of that of the Hapsburg, which
closed yesterday. Louis XIV of France
:was nominally king for 72 years. He
actually occupied the throne for little
anore than half a century. A closer
rival, and the only one of modern times
was Queen Victoria, who reigned for
64 years.
Francis Jesepli's reign was as event
ful as long. From his imperial van
tage point he saw the French monar
chy go down, the second empire rise,
and crumble, the -commune flare brief
ly, and the republic of today rise on
There isn't any use of holding on
to a forlorn hope of a Republican vic
tory. The tiling's "done gone Demo
clatic" and that's all there is to it, and
no wailing or gnashing of teeth or in
dulging in vain regrets will change it
now. There isn't one chance in ten
thousand of a change so what's the use.
The sovereign people, caught by that
joker "he kept us out of war" (who
was it wanted to fight us?), turned
the trick and that's all there is to it,
save perhaps the fact that there were
traitors in our own camp. But that's
all past and a dead issue. The Demo
crats are in power and it's up to them
to steer the ship of state and when
trouble comes, if come it should, they'll
find the brain and brawn and red
olood of the Republicans from Cali
fornia to Maine, arrayed with the pres
ident for the glory and honor of our
country and our flag. It is our presi
dent now, our country, and we are one
people. We have had our fight and
about half of us have been licked, but
we stand together for the everlansting
good of the country and we are all
Vmericans and all ready to go and die
for America. And no one knows this
better than President Wilson. He is
big enough and broad enough to recog
nize the loyalty and patriotism of
those who opposed him most bitterly
and to discriminate between their op
position to Wilson the candidate and
Wilson the president.
democratic and for years he held
weekly audiences with the common
people at which any one of his sub
jects could appeal to him for the right
ing of a wrong. When there was riot
ing in the city once and a cabinet
minister proposed to quarter two regi
ments in the center of the distur
bances, the emperor said: "Bah! Send
them the imperial band!" All night the
band played and the people danced,
and in the morning they went home
to sleep off their anger.
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.
The Arizona Temperance Federa
tion has just held a celebration at
Phoenix, of its success in making Ari
zona dry. No body of men and women
ever had more reason for celebrating.
They have accomplished what would
have been called two years ago, the
impossible. Two years ago when this
state adopted a prohibition amendment
to its constitution, a raucous cry went
up throughout the country. A "dry"
Arizona, the setting for fiction center
ing around a heroic gunman and a
saloon thrown in for a target, did not
at a.11 correspond with the country's
conclusions about Arizona. But it was
soon seen that' Arizona was in earnest.
To be sure there were some in Ari-
animal has learned that by working
a pump handle up and down a supply
of cool water can be obtained for
slaking its thirst. This mule, when
it wants a drink of water, simply
grasps the pump handle between its
teeth and pumps its own water. It
doesn't stand around the pump, spit
ting cotton and waiting for the hired
man to come to the pump and supply
it with water. The mule knows a
thing or two it just gets buy with
the pump handle and the way the
aqua pura flows is a caution. This is
a true story and Mr. Morgan stands
ready to vouch for it. And any "doubt
ing Thomas" can be convinced by
visiting the farm where Mr. Morgan
will be pleased to "show him." Gold
eng City Tribune.
THE "SNITCHER.'
zona who did not thin the M ajority
its ashes; he saw the black pinions was in earnest about abolishing Hie
of the Prussian eagle striped on the Honor traffic, but these were soon
flag of the new German empire later
to tower threateningly over Austria it
self; he saw the papacy shorn of its
territorial demesne, while about o
bickering family of petty principalities
was wielded into united Italy; he saw
Spain, once the greatest of colonial
powers, lose the last of her dependen
cies in two oceans; he saw Japan
opened to western civilization, and la
ter defeat the sprawling colossus of
two continent" ; he saw the most abso
lute despotisms Russia, Turkey and
Tersia concede representation to the
tfeople; he saw at a distance the Uni
ted States cement its federation with
the blood of a g'eat international war,
and he saw his own brother prove that
monarchy could not take new root
on American soil.
In his own country he faced internal
dissensions and external aggressions
from the moment he came to the
throne. By the war of 1859 with
France and Sardauia he was forced to
cede Lombardy to Italy; by force of
arras and treaty he lost the Dutchy of
Holstein to Prussia, and Venice to It
aly; and by the revolt of Kossuth,
the Hungarian patriot, he barely es
caped having his dual empire cut in
two.
His popularity reached beyond the
army. He was truly the idol of his
people and especially of Vienna. His
tall, gaunt figure was familiar to every-
Viennese. He rode through the
streets unguarded(bowing to the salu
tations of his loving people; if it be
came known that he was to leave the
city a crowd would congregate to see
him drive by. He was imperial yet
disillusioned when the temperance fed
eration met shortly after the 'personal
use" decision of the supreme court,
and determined that the law must be
amended to overcome the obstacle
which the supreme court's decision
brought to light This obstacle, by the
way. was not the court's decision but
was inherent in the prohibition amend
ment itself.
It will be news to many people that
the so-called "stringent amenamenL
We notice that some of our contem
poraries are criticising the methods
employed by some leagues in differ
ent parts of the country for enforc
ing prohibition, or for ascertaining
whether prohibition laws are being vio
lated. Special objection is made to
the employment of the "snitch er," an
agent employed to purchase or obtain
liquor wherever he can and by what
ever means he can, by cajoleries, by
feigning illness, etc.
We will admit that the "snitcher is
not necessarily an admirable character,
but neither is to.e business of skunk
hnnt.insr an admirable business. Yet
it must be engaged in. Men do not
wear dress suits in hunting skunks,
nor wouH one take a highly prized
dog along with him on such an expedi
tion. So we do not always send the
best class of men after the bootleggers,
b"t men who we think will go farther
to secure the needed evidence against
fchem.
The word of a snitcher" may not be
CHOOL
Has appropriated $2,000.00 for the building of an
INDIAN
AT SOMERTON
It will be built immediately on a site presented
by the Townsite Company.
Thus the Government admits our claim that Som
erton is the industrial center of the Yuma Valley
Buy a lot now before your great opportunity
passes forever.
SomertonTownsrte Co
O. J. Moss, Secretary, Fred L. Ingraham, President, '
ar oomerron, at Ja second street,
Arizona. Yuma.
just adopted was a compromise be- j always readily accepted, bmgie-nana-tween
the radical and conservative j ed and alone he could not make out a
-i ; fVio ctnto tprrmfirance f ed-! case. He merelv noints out where a
1 1-1 1 1 r: ii uo in www 1 , -
eration. So those who may be prone
to mourn the passing of the good old
violation of the law is going on. He
is a pioneer for the regular authori-
days, may comfort themselves that the ; ties.
situation they find themselves in now
might be a great deal worse.
The two popular verdicts have had
the effect of solidifying the dry forces
in Arizona and they constitute a mili
tant look-out in the tower of temper
ance. It will go hard with the peace
officer in Arizona who fails or refuses
to enforce the prohibition amendment.
Arizona Daily Star.
MISSOURI MULE SENSE.
No longer let the mule be held up
as the synonym of obtuseness or dull
and listless apathy. No longer let it be
said that the mule cannot reason from
cause to effect, for we have unim
peachable evidence to the contrary.
A. D. Morgan, a well to do and
veracious farmer of four miles north
west of Golden City owns an 8-year-old
mule which never went to school a
day in its life; but nevertheless this
As to the statement that by feign
ing illness he may be served with li
quor and the arrest of a well-meaning
unsuspecting man or woman would
follow, that is a very violent suppo
sition. No warrant would issue out
of any court in Arizona on such a
statement of facts, and if such a case
were begun no jury could be found
to bring a conviction. The only prey
that could be landed through the ac
tivities of the "snitcher" is the man
who intends deliberately to violate the
law. Whatever means may be taken
to catch him and bring him to jus
tice are justifiable.
Keep Your Bowels Regular.
If your bowels become constipated,
lake a dose of Chamberlain's Tablets
just after supper and they will cor
rect the disorder. They are mild and
gentle in their action. Obtainable
everywhere. Adv.
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j
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Now is a good time to start an account with
us.
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