Weekly Phoenix Herald, 1885-04-02

tritd by the delays in the issuance of their patents. Wednesday of last week was Presi President - dent President Cleveland's forty-eighth birth birthday, - day, birthday, and he varied his daily pro programme - gramme programme by taking a two hours drive with Col. Lauiout, behind a pair of ex-Presi dent Arthur's horses. The retiring President kept ten horses of his own at the Executive stables, all of which he- left for the use ot Mr. Cleveland until the latter should make other provision. Mr. Arthur has called socially on President Cleveland duricg the w eek and at attended - tended attended his official reception. Since his retirement from effice he has been the guest of ex-Secretary Frey Frey-linghuysen, - linghuysen, Frey-linghuysen, and a recipient of con constant - stant constant attention from society people without regard to party. President Cleveland will giv6 an entertain entertainment - ment entertainment in his honor next week. Sec Secretary - retary Secretary Whitney has begun an inves tigation of the accounts of the Xavy Department, and Secretary Endicott proposes to turn things over in the War Department. He has requested the Adjutant General of the Army to

out a political friend to support him or a political principle to animate him. He is an Ishmaelite, with his hand against every honest man. Sordid, mercenary, vaccilating un unprincipled - principled unprincipled and unreliable, his course is more an subject tor pity than crit criticism. - icism. criticism. Coin is the only aim and gain the only god that he worships. And this is the man who assumes to speak for the Democracy of Ari Arizona! - zona! Arizona! We say assumes, for we know that his barking has about as much effect as that of a dog baying the moon. Poor Hughes! His Star which for some time past has twink twinkled - led twinkled dimly, is about to touch the hor horizon. - izon. horizon. When it shall set forever, the Democratic party will be relieved of an incumbus they have long tried to shake off. Every honest and le legitimate - gitimate legitimate enterprise in southern Ari Arizona - zona Arizona will be the gainer, and" decent and honorable journalism can well exclaim, for this relief,much thanks.

and decides in favor of the thieves. He says the lands mhi be withdrawn from market within two weeks "but not till Secretaiy of the Interior, Lamar has investigated the matter " Now does anyone suppose that Secretary Lamar, a new man in the offiee, with a thousand new mattus pressing upon bis time and attention every day, suppose that he is going to investigate and decide so impor important - tant important a matter within two weeks unless be does upon the shameless showing of Royal A.Johnson, a man who is supposed to be here to pro protect - tect protect the public interests but who has shown himself by his talk aud ac action - tion action to be one of the schemers who are atteptine to defraud the Govern Government - ment Government and the people? The sooner Secretary Lamar can hoist this fel fellow - low fellow Johnson nut of the office he now uses to further his own selfish filchs

Is it not about lime for the old Democratic and Republican parties to tumble to the iact that e new par ty has control of the government? To be sure it took the reins of office under the name of the Democratic party and would never have got these but for the socalled portion of the Republican parly. But the men who now are at the head of govern government - ment government affaiis are neither Democrat nor Republican as those terms have been known in a party sense for the past forty years. Old things have become new, before they knew it. The party now in power is not a re rejuvenated - juvenated rejuvenated Democratic party. It holds to-day. as represented by Cleveland, Phelps and Manning to no single doctrine of ancient Democracy. It insists on the civil service method of doing things, a Republican doctrine sadly neglected by the Republican party. It sits down on free trnde. a

and on Christmas day the Academy of Music was burned. The flames leapt into the air fifty feet, a gust of wind struck one of them, broke it into fragments, the fragments frozo solid and fell onto the roofs of adja adjacent - cent adjacent buildings. When this sou' east by sou' three quarter sou' wind struck them they thawed out and set the roofs all on fire. I tell you it looked dark for Minneapolis about that time. Why it was so cold on Chiistmus that a regular old fash fashioned - ioned fashioned Jonathan Edwards orthodox sermon, two hours and forty minutes long, didn't make the least Impress ion on the frost on the windows ot our Presbyterian church here. If we could only have had that place here, about which we hear so much and know so little, on that day, we could all have put ou our fur overcoats and gone skating on solid brimstone, Ex.

Amonthemost important uomiua lions were Mi . Hay, of Pittsburg to be First Assistant Postmaster Gener General. - al. General. Mr- Montgomery, of Michigan, to bo Commissioner of Patents, and Ex-Representative Durham, of Ken Kentucky, - tucky, Kentucky, for First C'omptroll er of the Currency. The defeat of Phil Thompson for Commissioner of In Internal - ternal Internal Revenue, by Mr. Miller, cf W, Va., was a surprise to many and a real shuck to his friends, v ho had strenuously uiged him for the place. They say they will not suggest his tame for any other place now since his ability and claims are not appre appreciated - ciated appreciated by the new powers. The aoing Commissioner of Pat Patents, - ents, Patents, Mr. Dyrenforth, did not hesii IMe. in ipii;s Mirnx.se iit thfa.ofuui.

weeks ago. Disappointed spoilsmen shake the dust of the city from their weary feet, and sadly turn their de jected noses toward their distant hcihes. The discomfiture of the place hunters gives some relief to the Cab Cabinet - inet Cabinet officers who have been under hot seige since the fourth of March. Even the Postmaster-General has had a perceptible respite from call callers - ers callers during the past few days. The applications for postmasterships do not, however, fall off. They rather increase. In the office of the clerk to the first Assistant Postmaster Gen General, - eral, General, with an extra detail of assist assistants, - ants, assistants, it is difficult to keep up with

at Annapolis. A certain "Southern Senator says that Higgles owes it to his party to resign, but a Baltimore Baltimore-an, - an, Baltimore-an, who knows the Iligginses, re marked thai "though they may die they never resign. " The Baltimore Civil Service Reform Association is expected to come here to-day and petition Secretary Manning to re remove - move remove Higirins. If he does not con consent, - sent, consent, they will probably appeal di rtctly to the President. O.