The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
EDITORIAL i

The British admiralty has done a good
thing. 1t has abolished fogsing in the Brit
ish navy.
The Salt Lake Tribune names Gen. Eli 81.
Murray, present governor of Utah, as a suita-
BILE person for a position IN President Gar
fields cabinet.
1t is suggested that Blaine should move to
Ohio at his earliest convenience if he wishes
to head off Grant for the presidential nomi-
nation in 1884.
ANevada paper says there is a large num-
Der of counterfeit dollars in circulation in
that state. They have the San Francisco and
Carson City mint stamps upon them.
Secretary Thompson denies that be has
been offered the presidency ofthe. Panama Ca
nal Company. He has not received the offer of
the position from any authorized person and
will not accept it even if properly rendered.
1t appears that Gen. Miles does not get the
position Of chief signal officer. Gen. Hazen
is the fortunate one. Miles has been promot-
ed to a brigadier generalship and succeeds
Ord in the command of the department of
Texas.
We take it all back. The lightning has
again struck the Morey letter. According
to the latest advices it is rumored that the
gentleman who first gave notice of the forged
letter to the Chicago newspapers is the real
forger. His name is Stanley Huntly.
The Independent says that "Helena de-
mands a first class hotel as absolutely essen
tial to her remaining the future metropolis of
Montana" We would remind our esteemed
cotempsrary that Butte-the Queen City Of
the Te~rritory-claims the honor Of being the
metropolis of Montana. The laurels which
have long rested upon the fair brew of Hell
ena must now grace that of the Silver City.
First class hotels cannot longer retain them
on the Atlantic slope of the Territory.
Since President Hayes sent adrift his mes
sage the impression has gained ground that
he didn't write the Mercy letter. 1t is now
generally conceded that his powers of con-
densation are too limited to warrant the be-
lief that he could have mentioned the subject
that letter contained without covering at least
twenty-five sheets of ~foolscap. An astonished
world that has enjoyed a taste of his unpre-
cedented prolixity will pronounce him guilt
less of the act. No, Hayes had nothing to
do with the Morey letter.
It is said that Burchard, director Of the U.
S. mints, has discovered that there are two
hundred millions of gold locked up some
where, to which fact he attributes the present
stringency of the New York money market.
There is still another, and probably the true
]. cause, OF this stringency. 1t lies in The re-
fusal of Secretary Sherman to purchase the
usual So, 500, 1000 Of bonds weekly as he did up
to the day of the presidential election. He
now buys none but the skies, that mature the
31st of the present month.
That little affair with the Chinese at Den
yer sometime ago, in which a few of its
citizens engaged, is likely to produce a slight
vacuum in the United States treasury in
meeting the demands of those celestials who
were somewhat damaged in being drawn
through Knot holes and pitched over theil
Quilted houses. Col. Bee, the long time agent
of the San Francisco chinese companies, has
recently visited Denver with the view to fgurt
up the number Of the dollars of our daddies
1t will require to poultice the wounds receiv
by the s'little brown people" in that memoir
able matinee. II the Col. can prove hi:
case, indemnity cannot be withheld IN view
OF the fact that China has already paid ovel
s50O,Oo0 as compensation for losses
sustained by American citizens in
outbreaks in that country. 1t is true thaI
under no circumstances are the Chinese q
desirable class Of residents, but to rid our
selves of their presence we should apply rem
edies that would net compromise our govern
ment. Hoodlumism does not pay.