The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-23
a belief on his part that General Grant will
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accept the Presidency of the Inter-oceanic
canal company.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-The census COM
mlttee OF the House has agreed to recommend
an increase OF the compensation of enumer-
ators IN sparsely populated territories two
dollars per diem. Several bills before the
were discussed to-day, and General
Walker was heard upon all points.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-Fowler Brothers dis
charged two thousand hands in their packing
house at the stockyards because they insisted
That no non-union men should work with
them. Other houses are running very few
hands and the whole number of worlmen
now idle is estimated at from five to eight thou
sand.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 19.-The negro exodus
from Texas to Kansas continues. A consid-
cradle number of colored people pass through
Dallas daily, bound to that State. On the
other hand quite a number have returned,
stating that they have been deceived about
Kansas. . .aa !
CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-The Hon. E. F. Pills
bury, answering atelegram from the editor of
the Chicago Daily Ne,cs, telegraphs from Au-
gusta to-day, a long defense of the action of
the Maine Returning Board The apparent
Republican majority for members of the Leg
lslature was obtained by wholesale and sys-
tematic bribery, bulldozing, and fraud. There
was a popular majority for Governor, in OPP
position to the Republicans in many districts
givinga fusion majority. The Republicans
succeeded in getting a majority for members
OF the Legislature by trickery and other fraud
lent measures. The Governor and council
have not based their action on these frauds,
III any instance, not having jurisdiction, but
they have strictly followed the constitution and
thrown out such returns as were fatally defect
i've, whether Republican or Democratic. In
some counties more Democratic than Repub-
lican returns have been rejected. The Re-
publicans have been in the habit for years of
secretly returning defective Republican re-
turns to town officers for correction, but took
advantage of detects in Democratic returns.
During twenty-three years of Republican rule
they have never lost an officer by reason Of
such defects, while the Democrats have lost
more or less nearly every year. This has
served to make the Democratic town officers
more careful and Republican officers more
careless. The present Governor and council
have held the Republicans to the strict letter
of the constitution and laws, which results IN
an anti Republican majority in both branches
of the Legislature. They have in no case
travelled outside of precedents established by
the Republicans themselves, and in most cases
their action was based upon opinions given
by judges of the Supreme Court. For instance,
a Judge gave an opinion in 1875, that the Gov
ernor and council could not count the votes
returned for WIN. II. Smith and w. H. Smith
for the same Office, as having been given fol
the same person. Applying this rule this
year changes the result in a large number Of
districts. The returns from the City of Port
land were fatally defective in not complying
with the constitution in giving names OF the
persons voted for with the number of votes
-os- oa-1 n-o .,-I,al o,l Govt
votes were returned as scattering, thus chang
ing the result on three Senators, which leave:
five vacancies in the House. In Lewiston
Saco, Bath and Rockland returns We're signee
by a minority only of aldermen. The Law
requires the whole number of ballots to be
given in the returns, and there are abundan
Republican precedentS for registering then
when they fail i'll that respect so, too, where
there is a material difference between tn
whole number of ballots and votes stated
Several changes have resulted from these de
fects. In all doubtful cases the Governo
and council have consulted eminent counse
before coming to a conclusion, and in ever
instance the action of the board has been un
%aniinous, with one exception only. In tina
instance the question at issue did not aztec
the character of the result.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The EXecutiv
Committee of the National Republican Con
mittee has authorized Chairman Cameron t
issue a cali for the next National Convention
| and to attach the names of the members c
l the Executive Committee thereto. Senate
. Cameron left this morning for new York.
!, PITTsToN, Pa, Dec. 1S.-Jacob Boyer W q
,, killed and Peter Steinhaner and George Rae
= were injured by Il fall of top-coal in "a min
y here to-day.
NEW York, Dec. 1S.-The play at the Par
5 Theatre was interrupted about nine o,cloc
0 this evening by an alarm of fire. The Irea
urer of the theatre was leaving the box otiit
/ in the vestibule, when his attention W;
called to a cloud of smoke rising from IL
stairs leading from the vestibule to the tn
atre which were in flames. Means were
once taken to prevent apanic in the audienc
There were three exits from the theatre,
' which the doors were thrown open and pollt
: officers called in and asked to guard Il
! Broadway entrance. In spite of the preca'
q lions there was great excitement, as inform
ton that the building was on fire reached tt
ears of persons in the rear of the house al
spread through the audience like lightnin
= A police officer stepped to the inside door al
informed the audience that there was a fire
the vestibule, and advised every one | l3aN
a the building quietly by the two doors on 2
street. This quoted the alarm and the Peep
= dispersed without accident. The flames orr
u mated from the packing about one of tt
~ ~ pipes attached to the heater. The dana!
y was slight.
If R~EDDINGToN, Pa, Dec. 1S.--A train
d the Lehigh Valley road to-day struck al
a instantly killed Mrs. Kramer and Miss You
who were crossing the track.
d ST. PAUL, Dec. 1S.-A fire in Bismarc
Dakota, this morning started III restaura
d on Main street and burned twelve stores al
buildings adjoining the Sheridan house. II
Sheridan house was saved with difficult
Loss, $4,000 insurance, small.
n a large meeting in the Opera House t
Il night passed resolutions expressing sympatl
with the suffering people of Ireland and to-
measures to start a subscription.
= SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S.-A dispatch fro
u Virginia Nevada. saws the Bank of Virgin