The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-22
EDITORIAL 4

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Mnchrisfian.
That Barkis is willin' still appears to be the
opinion Of Tiiden's friends. But how abou,
the voters? How willing are they?
~ or how to make a speech and say moth.
ing see report of Garfield's speech, given in
to-day's dispatches.
Prince Leopold, youngest son Of Queen
Victoria, has purchased ten thousand acres OF
prairie land t'out west Are we to have a
Guelph among us?
Columbia college, New York, has estab-
lished a department of political science, with
athree years course to fiji young men for
public life. Politicians are born, no made.
The ladies' club for out door sports of New
York includes tennis, croquet and archery in
its LIST Of field exercises. Their club for in
door sports is supposed to be the broom stick.
The grand jury of Philadelphia advocates
the revival of the whipping post as the only
adequate punishment for pick pockets, sneak
thieves, and those whose offences are of a
more brutal nature.
The Mount Vesuvius railway, beginning
business only a few days ago, takes tourists
safely in parlor cars to within a few hundred
feet of the ~crater's edge. This is an elevated
railroad' sure enough.
"Four times and out" will hereafter be he
reading. Four of our observation-disclosures.
Madison, Polk ard BucLanan-have borne
the name of James; bat the fifth Jim, he who
has just :" Jumped Jim Crow into the bill of
fare of SO many OF our esteemed brethren of
the republican press will not "get there
No. by Jim-miny!
IN hundreds of orators and newspapers
whose assurances up to the seventh instant
were most emphatic in declaring "the only
candidate before the republican party that
stands the slightest chance of election in No.
vember is Grant will please step to the front
and explain their present show of confidence
in Gar6eld's chances.
Senator Christiancy, of Michigan, about
whose marriage with the pretty blonde haired
treasury clerk so charming a glamour of
romance was thrown a few years ago, is not
meeting with much better fortune than usually
falls to 's65' in its s~o-called unions with 600"
The ex-senator has now a divorce suit on his
bands as the outcome of his late matrimonial
venture.
How Is this for a bill of fare of crow
Tn most contemplate thing thus far at
Chicago Is the chatter about Garfield. He
has not a record to run Oh for President, and
1t is extreme foolishness to be wasting time
on him.. The Garfield talk is merely to inter-
fere with Sherman, and should be discount
tenanced as dishonest Cancinaati Cona,nrr-
ctdl, the day tefore the nomination.
will support you cordially.-Edaor Hal
stedd's tetegsom to Garfield the erening of tile
nomination.
The immense advantage possessed by the
democrats in the high personal character of
thelr possible candidates, as compared with
men occupying leading positions in the repub-
ilcan party must attract the attention of all.
Compare Seymour, Bayard, Hancock, Field,
Mcclellan and Hendricks with Garfield.
Grant, Blaine, Conkling, Cameron and Sher-
man. From which side is the ring of sterling
character heard?
A French political party has set up in rival
~ to some of our folks intheb b. SHIRT business:
with this difference that nor Gallo friends
rejoice in this possession of 4 literal bloody
shirt. The chemtse worn by Rochefort, all
stained with gore from the wound received in ,
the duel with Meyer, was displayed in LYONS .
at a meeting of red republicans who adopted s
as their party flag in striving to elect their
candidate, Blanqui. But Blanqui d,
was defeated. This is a bad year for the b. =,
:
The speeches delivered in the British house h
af commons are sent by telephone to the t.
,ffice of the London Times. The reporter, a
Using his short hand notes, reads speech into a
he receiver of an Edison speaking telephone, D
placed in the room adjoining the gallery. AT D
he other end Of the line two tubes, trumpet q
'haped, are attached, one end of each t. the v
disc, while the other ends lead tn +,
he ears of the coinpositor who sets up in II
ype the speech, word for word, as 1t is read G.
o him from the house. +,
A late Washington dispatch says: "The c.
character of the fight against Garfield is fast Il
developing. He is to be attacked and lam il
nered on his personal record. His connection Il
With the Credit Mobilier scandal and his G
1900 Zee for advocating the DeGolyer pave "
nent will figure largely in the coming cam e
The original of his receipt for the u
1eGolyer fee has been obtained and will be
autographed at once That Autograph is
not likely to replace the time-worn chrome ii
. the art specimen promised new subscribers o
W the republican papers. a
A supposed s'claim'' of the New York ma 2
TO have the nominating of the vice G
president, after a weeks Intellectual effort to n