Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-05
A Destructive Tornado In
Illinois.
SIXTEEN MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL
WOUNDED.
BEN BurLgR's ILL.NArURED AT.
TACK on THE PRESIDENT.
Report or the Minority on the Sill.
YER Bill.
THE PREsIDEDEHT's VIEWS ON THE
MONETARY QUESTION.
. Decision which will In.
terest Trades Unions.
lsrrciAL DISPATCHES TO mi Com HUI
DAILY Naval


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Iii.rimed Sarcasm from Ben Butler.
NEW YoRK. June 5.-A Worid'' wash-
ington special says q delegation called on
Butler to-day to bcSpeak his influence ior
a candidate for Office. Butler says: you
have come to the wrong man. nave no
influence at tho White House. and no dis
position to ask any favor Of the PRESIDENT.
II you want your friend appointed 60 q
ask Corcoran, General Gordon and others
Of their patriotic antecedents.' The Presi'
dent sent for Corcoran and requested MIN
10 name the man hc wanted Tor . Commits.
| siononhip and he modestly mentioned
| Archibald Campbell, for he IL . great
| statesman. and has instituted new
| dcparture. No moro money is TO DO
| spent on elections. have heretofore con-
| tributed 10 the extent Of my means for
| no nurcb.se of lanterns and the painting
Of transparencies, but this tax 10 no
iopyrr IN bo endured. The people here.
.,,or ara AZ rush creediIy Al the polls
,r.mnIjny over each other, II you don't
want ~ al Corcoran 10 ask the President,
a.. n, 4. GENERALLY understool that both the
| Republican anil the Democratic parties arc
| deceased. and the old whig party has been
born again. 90 ont 10 some graveyard
ami transcribo the names Of defunct mem
hers al tLat organization from their tomb
atoms. IN your pstitions. and you will
.,and . chance al getting what you ask
for' I did AJAX ono favor Of the Presi-
dent. When / went TO New Orleans ] had
as.ivp,J In the care of my STAFF and self q
~Jis,iryuisbeI surgeon. lie fell heroic
siIy az his nost A victim OF his pro-
ss.,ionaI anil patriotic duty. Not
ionv ago I received q touching
letter from his sou asking for an appoint
ment 10 Annapolis. went 10 see the
President and showed him the letter. I
ioId him the story OF his fathers life and
,Ic,th. I aid 10 him I have q nomina-
iion in INV district, but would have TO
smpgyl, ihe how through. Others do
lila I'M I wont. The President said: i
have three appointments this boy shall
hay, one Of tbrm,' l left satisfied. The
apnointments were made, but this boy
was moi n Of them. The fathers Of two
~ them hal contributed about a. much ~
the preservation Of the Union A. Corco-
ran or Gordon
SILVER sSss ,
W" o" '" =. -, a.
on 'he rfe'''en. po'
'he SILVER que'''oa say
9ose'y naoI,
make y eohee's'oh
ish and most dishonest nnaneiai theor'es
OF our time. The restoration Of tho old
.uv,r.J,I,.r wouIJ simnlv mean an effort
-. an. nsyt ~ tbe limited State. 10 rcgu.
- ~ ,aonst,yv concerus without refer.
anc. a. ibo.e III lie rest OF the civilized
wo,iJ m Jriy. what ali civilized nations
r.,cs,d .s coin ont of the country, and 10
renJer The promisa of resumption In 1879
imno..ible on fulallment. IL would mean
fur,ber. a deliberate attempt 10 cheat tho
foreirn and domestic creditor by paying
him In depreciateL coinage. cheat labor by
lowering the value Of Its accumulations In
The savings banks and purchasing the
mower Of It's wages. That people who were
unable 10 pay one hundred cents on the
dollar would bc sensibly relieved by the
permission 10 pay ninoty.three cents on
the dollar. Is = somewhat visionary oIpcc.
tation. That Doln ,hs meIv anu n III
uuA ,,o shoet from Which neither
wonli very soon recover. seems to US too
plain to require demonstration. II the
,Isslnsnn' y. h sor,,inlv moi m, arst
nublic man who has done good service
against paper imitation, who Is about to
lend himself to tho equally dangerous pro-
| posal Of the deterioration of our currency
by the unlimited introduction OF silver.
That il n kind IL business which ought To
be left 10 fraudulent debtors. ~demagogues
| and Democrats, AMI which can only bo
| carried out successfully by political COM
| bination mainly composed Of these three
| elements. We have the word Of John q.
| Tbomn.on Of Ohio that the Democrats Of
,hat Stats will demand. among other
thinvs, an, unconditional repeal Of the
dato clause in tho resumption Act, and the
restoration Of the silver dollar a. Legal
,snder Tor nj "' ~ anu R,,n ",
,hs.s .pne.. and they probably will, il
Republicans attempt any weak temporiz.
ing after the fashion OF Indiana with such
postilcnt demagogism.
p...,I.,, HAYES nm the silver
n...,,..
- r,.. ,...,.,,
WAshi>"i"N' '""c f'-i"o f'e''"e"'
to-day expressed surprise and regret to
| two IIlinois,ps that Governor Cullom
-, A.. u,,,o,, .;,vor lin Ia az.