The Montana post., 1868-03-07

ed forever against Republlcanlsm, and
that an outraged people were about to
wrest, the reins of government, post
offices, and several other things from the |
hands of the spoilers Principal among
the evidences of this were the RESULTS of |
the elections in Ohio, Pennsylvania ana !
Massachusetts, 4 On account of some
contingency not provided against by
these political prophets. the great cur
rent has set hack even sooner than Re-
publicans anticipated, and the elections
in the East recently, from Congressional
to the smallest local contests, are car
ned by increased, or completely turned
majorities for the aforesaid spoilers.
Cornelius 8. Hamilton was elected on
the Republican ticket, in the Sth Ohio
Congressional District. last October by
less than 800 majority. He was un-
happily killed by an insane SON; new
election was ordered for a successor; the
Democratic papers from La Crosse to
Boston announced that it would be the
opening gun of the campaign and its
result would omen the Presidential cleo
ton; the valiant and victor crowned
stumpers of October entered the field in
full force and threw their herculean
efforts in the scale-the election came
of the other day. Gen. John Beatty,
an out and out Republican, was elected
by $50 majority. We like the omen.
At an election in Brookville, Pa, abont
the lat of February, the old Democratic
town gave sixty Republican majority.
In the Braintree District. Mass, that
never gave anything but Democratic
majority before and was the stronghold
of the unterrified, there was an election
to fill Legislative vacancy last month,
and the Republicans carried it by a
large majority. The "tides and
ground swells" that were to do SO much
for Democracy are behaving badly in
deed. I.-..I ,i 1870 ...-...r ....-
WHILE we have been congratulating
ourselves upon tropical weather, unin-
,terrupted Communications, mail and
telegraph regularity, economy in fuel,
and our ranchers the well doing of stock,
we may possibly have overlooked the
fact that the absence of snow was cal
culatsd to work serious injury to the
productiveness of the placers of the Ter
ritory, While merchants look upon
the new light draught boats as a surety
IL .bs
or Mt least Cow Island, with the head OF
water the spring rains will give, and
having the railroad as dernier resort
the miners upon whose labors the pro
ductiyeness and prosperity Of the Terri
tory principally depends, are almost
wholly dependent for a good summers
work upon the mountain SHOWS. The
spring rains may give a few weeks work
no more, and 1t was only in '63 thai
Montana had rainy season of any con
sequence. In the tavines and mountain
gorges, where the snow. drifted in forty
eighty or hundred feet deep, is retain
ed until the ardent breath of summeI
looses gently its letters, are the reser-
yoirs to which miners look for requisit,
water to give steady work. Until thii
last storm, there had not been th'
fourth, or perhaps sixth as much snow
as at this time last season, and although
the amount that has now fallen is com
paratively small, the rude winds tha
tossed it in relentless fury through tn
streets, were doing good service in tn
ranges in carrying it where in late
months it will subserve good purposes
Although IL may be immediately ammo,
ing, we could lily do without it, and W
welcome the coming of bountiful snow
Constitutional Regulations.
live give below the portions of tn
Constitution authorizing and governing
cases of impeachment: rf,H -7-, arr
4 ARrrcLB 1, SECTION 2.-The House of Rel
. .Iresentatiyes shall choose their Speaker an
other officers, and shall have the sole power G
Impeachment. - % -'ril'1 ~
, n ART. 4, SEC. 3.-The Senate shall have th
sole power to try all impeachments. Whe
sitting for that purpose they shall be on oat
? OF affirmation. When the President of th
r United States is tried, the Chief Justice sha