The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-09

VAohANuION, N1dTCn y. SOuSTcSSIIldll
berry this morning prese nted in the House of
Representatives the joint resolution of the
Legislature OF California asking an mmedi-
ate appropriation Of $500 600 for the protec-
ton and improvement of rivers and lands of
California which are being damaged by the
mining debris. Berry also obtained an order
to have this resolution printed in the Con-
g~raslonal Record.
Major Mendel, of the United States corps
OF engineers, in a letter just received in
Washington, reports that i'll connection with
the survey authorized by last years act for
the Improvement of Sacramento river, he has
maze a partial examination of the debris in
question:, and OH the strength of his personal
ooserVatiol, and of the careful surveys made
by the State engineer, from whose report lie
quotes largely, he recommends that the
department ask Congress for all appropriation
OF S2OO,OOO to be expended for the construc-
ton OF works to take the loosened debris in
the mountain gorge, and also for the purpose
or making Investigations to determine the
most feasible plans for the further protection
ana subsequent improvement of rivers.
The star this evening makes the following
editorial on the recent u,terances
OF the Cincinnati Enquirer concerning the
Chinese question 'TIiere are indications Of
a disposition in certain Democratic quarters
to push the Chinese question to the front as
an issue to be fought over during the Presi-
dental canvass. The Cincinnati EnQuirer,
which. from its location and prominence in
its party, will have a good deal of influence
with the national Democratic convention,
predicts that the Chinaman will appear in
Chicago to veX the national Republican COLI
vention. The Enquirer then proceeds to
compare the records of the Democratic and
Republican parties upon this question in order
to show that the latter is responsible for the
defeat of the bill passed by Congress to re-
strict Chinese immigration. "A determined
movement to make the Chinese an issue in
the coming campaign would signify a purpose
to make a special effort to carry the Pacific
States, and these are the only States in which
the issue could add strength to a party. The
only pronounced and prominent candidate for
the Democratic nomination who has made a
record on the Chinese question that commends
him to the people of the Pacific coast is SEN
ator Thurman. He has laborcd increasingly
in behalf of a law to restrict and limit the
immigration of the Chinese, and for this ser
vice the Democrats of the Pacific coast have,
upon different occasions, expressed a decided
preference for him as a Presidential candidate.
The movement to make the chairman fig
ure III the coming political contest has been
inaugurated i'll Ohio, and as Senator Thurman
is the candidate of his party IN that State, the
questio4 arises, is it intended to add to his
boom? Amember of one of the county Demo-
cratic committees in Pennsylvania, who Is
now in Washington said to-day: "Tilden
has agents all through our State, working in
in his interest, and they use money freely in
the interest of their employer. In counties
that have chosen anti-Tilden delegates to
coming State conventions, these agents are
engaged trying to induce regular delegates to
remain at home and appoint substitutes who
will vote for Tilden. In my. own county "a
delegate was offered fifty dollars if he would
consent to let a certain man go to Cincinnati
as his substitute or proxy. OF the delegates
elected up to the present time nearly two
thirds are against Iilden, and he is trying to
overcome this in every way possible. If
Pennsylvania sends an anti Tilden delegation
to the national convention it will be almost
Impossible for him to get the nomination, and
that's the reason our State is being worked so
thoroughly"
Congressman Morrison, of Illinois, while
discussing with some other shrewd politicians
the probabilities that the Republicans may
nominate Grant and the Democrats Tilden,
| illustrated his opinions as follows: 'sSuch a
= contest, - SAID. he, s'would be what we call in
Illinois a slow race that is, it will be that
your mule can beat mine and you will bet my
mule will beat yours. You will ride my
+ mule and I will ride yours, and Of course the
point of interest with both of us will be to
beat our own mules. Well, if Tilden is the
nominee, there will be enough Democrats
} w,'O want the other mule to beat, and if Grant
is tie nominee there will be enough Rcpubli-
cans who will take the other mule to make
the race interesting. Now, in such an event
l don't know who would come in ahead"
AS foreshadowed two weeks ago, the publ
t cation OF the statement from the plaintiff in
a the seduction suit against Senator Hill. of
Georgia, repudiating her affidavit and excul-
| pating the Georgia Senator, has to-day
brn,,.It thn ,r.l1 l-,o,,, l,l. NJ. J1-
} Lockwood, to tho front, and her published
counter statement is this evening a racy topic
in gossiping circles. She shows by affidavits
of responsible parties that the plaintiff. Miss
l Raymond, did make oath to the charges and
: sign the papers in the case with full knowl.
edge of their contents; and Mrs. Lockwood
: further declares that she is prepared to prove
that her client was subsequently bought off by
Senator Hills son and a friend of Hill, who
visited her for that purpose soon after the sui,
8 was brought.
Elnds' Little Scheme.
CHICAGO, March 5.-The TriJupe's Wash
. inston special says "Captain James b. Fad.
4 has a little scheme in connection with hi
t ship railroad, which has just been made pub
lie, and which may help to explain the reason
of the pressure brought to bear on Congress.
in favor of its passage. He says his bill now
before Congress is somewhat incomplete, ant
g it will be changed before it comes up for &C
ton, by the addition of a very importan
! provision. This Is nothing less than a propo
sition to obtain from the government a guar
antee for thirty years of a six per cent. divi
dend on a capital stock of $50,000,000. Thi!
leaves the projected company the power t.
bond the road to as great an amount as the
directors may see fit, even SHOULD the interes1
on the bonds make it necessary for the gov
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