The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
Republican Conventlou.

,unous special claims that in deciding unon
Sp,n 1oth as the dste for tile Republican
S.aee convention, the executive committees m
quo dlsresarded the interests and wishes of
SnelHan IN favor Of Blaine. That Sherman
desired an early date fixed for some time this
tnohth, put Blaine's friends were unanimous
lor the latter date and secured it. Blaine's
ing.
The. Iribume's st. Louis special saws. The
ahtl-Grant meeting last night was the
greatest audience ever gathered in Mercantile
Library Hall. General John Il. Henderson
spoke four and a half hours declaring his op-
position on patriotic grounds to perpetuating
any administration Major Lucicn Eaton
then introduced the following:
fesotred, That it is the sense of this meet
Ing that the nomination of a Presidential
candidate for a third term is unwise, inexpe-
dent and subversive Of the traditions of the
government and likely to endanger the success
OF the Republican party.
Cheer followed cheer as this was seconded
and adopted by reclamation. The TIribune,s
special from st. Louis says that the Grant
men had a victory in the Missouri State COM
mlttee i'll fixing the date for the Republican
convention.
Hhe Tribune in its editorial says: Patience
''"i Shio ASolilCJ tCdoCu W We u virtue
on the part of the decent people of San Fran
cisco, and the Sand Lot demagogue was
arrested yesterday on the charge of misde-
meanor based Oh his violent harangue. 1t is
to he hoped, on the hearing of the case, Denis
Will be retired to the privacy of an apartment
in the San Francisco Jail.
Eads' Ship Railway-GOtham Gossip.
NEW YORK, March 12.-Captain Eads now
here assured the Tribune reporter yesterday
he is confident of carrying through his ship
railway and thinks Lesseps' canal project is
dead.
Mr.. G. w. Stuart, of Boston, lectured here
before the Labor Lyceum last night on the
impending crisis of orr civilization in which
he said the true Socialist should oppose the
greenback party and men like Kearney.
The Herald's San Francisco special says re-
garding the arrest of Kearney, that all inter-
estCd in San Francisco may rest assured that
the beginning of the end has come.
The Heralds Washington special says that
Tilden has made up his mind that a large
part of the South will be equally hostile to
him or his candidate and it is admitted
that if he does not run himself he means to
name the man. He has the reform report
here and says he has made up his mind to do
without the solid South, and holds that
Dennis can carry northern States enough to
make up the deficiency. 1t is remarked by
the Tilden men that to carry California, Ore
gon, Ohio and Wisconsin it would give them
forty-one in exchange for the southern States
that may be surrendered. They count of
course III New York, Connecticut, New Jer-
sey and Indiana being Democratic as before.
sherman's Manifesto.
CHICAGO, March 12.-The following letter
received by NJ. L. Scudder of this city, ex-
plains itself:
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1880.
My Dear Sir:-Your letter of the It'll inst.
in which you express your strong dissent to
my retiring from the Presidential race, is re-
ceived. [ never for a moment have contem-
plated such a course and the rumor you speak
of was no doubt promptly denied. The first
public mention of my candidacy was in the
Inference drawn from my letter to Hon. Mr..
Haskin, of New York, in which l stated what
l would seek to do in case of my nomination
and election. Since that time l have been
considered by the public as a candidate, and
have so regarded myself with the purpose
neither to press any one to support me nor to
decline such friendly aid as is offered me.
This position l intend to occupy to the end.
l don't think it necessary for me to be little
or arraign General Grant, Senator Blaine or
ALL OllC SlSJ5 AEol ! L H. w pool-
ton to promote my candidacy.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) JOHN SHERMAN.
Canaeron-The Utes.
CHICAGO, March 12.-The Inter-Ocean's
Washington special says: Senator Cameron
expresses much annoyance at the paragraF lf
respecting his position. He said this evening
that he was in favor of Grants nomination
g.. tl,o D,,.;danor ond ho6 M cnrnpl choioo
He is confident that Grant would be nomi.
! mated on the first ballot, and he believed the
contest would be practically settled long
before the convention met at Chicago. Maine
and Ohio might cast complimentary votes for
their favorite son, but enough States would
90 there instructed for Grant TO make the
| contest useless. He anticipated that the first
ballot would carry nearly all the States tor
Grant.
The lnter-Ocean's Washington special says
of Schurz' agreement with the Utes and the
proposed bill OH the subject, that the dclega.
ions are not at all satisfied with this arrange
ment. They particularly object TO the
location that has been selected, which they
say is in the heart of the mineral regions OF
Colorado. Senator Teller freely expresses
himself. He says the terms proposed III
Secretary Schurz' bill are so liberal that such
legislation will be merely inducements offered
to other tribes to massacre their agent and his
employees, ravish their wives and daughters,
and burn the buildings of the agency, for,
under the terms the secretary had suggested,
the Utes will be better off than they were
before, while the citizens of Colorado and
the government will suffer all the disadvan.
tages of the change. Teller thinks Ouray is
a sharper man than Schurz, for every actual
and possible advantage of this new arrange.
ment is on the side of the Indians. Instead
of being punished for their crime they hav G
committed, Senator Teller says the Utes are
now rewarded, and if this arrangement is
consummated by act of Congress it will
merely encourage such outbreaks among the
Indians as occurred last fall.
w. L. Victory.