The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-06
T.ELEGRAMS Z!
UNITED STATES.

y ol0N tlho CNCAIIlSS q youllS lidl
dressed as a workman, fired a shot from a
revolver at the royal carriage, but his aim was
bad and nobody was hurt. Thu ball has since
been found and 1t weighs one ounce. 1t
passed close to the head of one of the royal
footmen King Alfonso was driving at the
time. The would-be assassin was immedi-
ately arrested, and has confessed his crime.
His name is Gonzales, aged 10, a waiter by
occupation, and a native of Gallicia.
Senior Ayala, President of the Chamber of
Deputies, is dead.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-At the cabinet
meeting this afternoon there was much dis
cussion OF the Ute affairs. Secretary SchurZ
submitted several dispatches which he receiv-
ed night before last. They contained no
further details than has already been given.
The information in possession of the Govern
ment, however, is of a somewhat different
character than that received by the President.
There is nothing in this official information to
show that the Ute commission has been a
failure and nothing to indicate that General
Hatch and his party are in any danger from
the Indians. Steps have, however, been
taken to protect the party in case there should
be any attack upon them. 1t was agreed that
the friendly southern Ute chiefs about whom
General Hatch has telegraphed, should be
brought on to Washington.
PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 3O.-An immense
audience assembled at the Democratic mass
meeting tonight, City Hall being packed. A
number of ladies were present in the galleries
and many distinguished Democrats were
upon the platform. Congressman Ladd said:
Men have spoken of arms, but he would tell
them lie was thrice armed who hath his quar-
rel just. In the late election the Republican
party was beaten, but by corruption and fraud
they had carried certain districts, but IN times
past they had made certain precedents by
which they now lose control of the Legisla-
ture. He believed the Governor and Council
had counted all the cases right, but if not,
why all this bluster?: The Legislature can
correct all mistakes and seat all its members.
Governor Garcelon is an honest man. He
has taken oath to heaven to maintain the
constitution. He considered that the Supreme
Court could not decide this case it could
only arbitrate.
Congressman Murch said he trusted this
meeting was composed, not of Democrats or
Greenbackers alone, but of loyal citizens,
DESTROYS of carrying out the laws. The Gov
ernor and Council had acted strictly in COM
pliance with the letter and spirit of the law.
1t is too late to arbitrate the matter in tie
Supreme Court. The decision has gone forth
and the Legislature must now decide the
question. The citizens of Portland claim
they have been defrauded of five representa-
tives. The Governor and Council are right
and it is the stupidity Of your own officials.
Put men in office who will not load the re-
turns so they will scatter and you will be all
right. The Republicans are making a great
how about candidates who have no doubt
received a majority of votes, but through the
laundering of their own officials have been
counted out. They have practiced the same
thing for years and never counted out their
own. This buster don't amount to a pinch
of snuff. The whole hue and cry has been
raised by pap suckers of the Republican
party. Intelligent Republicans are satisfied
that the action is right. He believed a large
majority of the people of Maine are in accord
with the Council in this matter.
When We e to Augusta, though WI were
aware of bulldozing and fraud, we were de-
termined to give the people of of Maine an
honest count, and you got it. The Bangor
WHig, leader of the rebels, said we did not
dare to count anybody out. We had no
thought of 1t. If we had. followed the Re
publican precedents we should have stolen
everything we could have laid our hands on.
In five years more your State would have
been bankrupt. He described Senator Blaine
seated at Augusta drawing strings attached to
the party journals at Bangor, Belfast and
Portland, with collars about their necks
marked J. G.. B. He was not here to defend
the council but to attack the Republicans for
twenty-three years of fraud. He denounced
the Republican party, Senator Blaine and the
Associated Press. He read a list of the votes
counted out, showing in fifteen counties in
the Slate 1888 opposition and 1875 Repub-
lican votes were counted out. Take out the
vote of the cities which will get three Repre-.
sentatives, and you have only PAP more Re
publican than opposition OH the representa-
tive ticket. On the senatorial vote there were
counted out S,G74 opposition and 9S5 Repub'
llcan, only 1,156 difference. Take out the
cities and you have 524 more opposition than
Republican.
Scion Chase eulOgised the Governor and
Council, and denounced the Republicans
Resolutions were adopted declaring that the
votes have been honestly counted in accord
ance with the Constitution, law and prece
dent, and that the decisions are binding AM
ought to lie followed, and also demanding the
Governor to suppress the disorders and pledg
ing all necessary support.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Respecting the
action of the Postotfice Department in with.
holding letters addressed to certain ~so-called
brokers in New York it is learned that Benja
min r. Buckwalter originated the plan Oh
which these houses ran, and he made arrange
ments with these bogus firms by which they
paid him out of their enormous profits $l25,
600 per month. Buckwalter had confidential
agents to be present 1.-THE opening of letters
which have poured in rapidly and have con.
tanned enormous sums in the aggregate ant
have melted the firm of Lawrence X Co. alone
$4,000 to $4,000 monthly since March
They advertised for remittances for invest
ment on the plan of combining capital and
pooling orders for stocks into one vast aggre'
gate and controlled by capitalists of expert
encc etc; and letters from all parts of the
country have come in,encouraged OCCASIONAL
" by small but actual returns to some of the
parties investing. In nearly every instance
the sender of the money has been infOrme,
that unexpected fluctuations in the
prices and unusual s%tringency in the money
market have compelled the firm to close OH
at a loss on the venture, accompanied will
the intimation, however, that further invest