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OHIO.
TIE BlA1NE MOVEMENT.


Eptetal Correspondence Of TAs Chicago Trtbuns.
CoIUAUUs, O., Ja1l. 80.-P1csldcntlal talk hus
assumed a vigorous turn si1ce tho Organization
OF tho 13laino movement IN this city ii fow dayS
ago. While 1t waA gonornlly concluded that tho
"plutncd Knight" had tnnny friends In Ohio,
thcro wcro fow II my OF tho backing OF sccro-
tAry Sherman prepared ~ credit the statement
that thoro really did o1tst among the Republte-
alts Of the statn my considerable number who
would seriously question bis claims to the aup-
port Of bis own State In advancing hlA prcslien.
tlnl aspirations; and whom tho announcement
was mldo TINT nlAino Club hi.d really beon Or
gunizod, aud bud among lts numhors 8oEno Of
tho atlest of tho old Republican whcehorscs GU
listed III tho cl,sso tho Ghcrnianltpa wprO ratner
startled ut tho impoFtonce. not to say tho bold
ttess, OF tho tnovc OF tho Antt-AdMtuIstrlt!ok
members Of tho lsepubllcan purity. Tho n,ust
alert OF all Of BhGrman's friends werc not uwlre
thut such move wns anticipated and had pre-.
tltcted that there could be no opposition IN an
organized form that would tycM srt,Ilro u 30
guarded ag1.tnst. Yet this IL tho casu. Tho
fSas f"'as Vi II ss
and receiving tccruits daily. This III not I'LL.
Other clubs aro being orKanizol III othor soo uons
hero ieel hishly pieassi ii Tic Vigorous sr.,wtS
tho organisation u already deveoprF uutii
then uln!no Presidential talk was considered ns
which wns VI decldody Of tho ]uyhnntllo pattcrll.
hut u, awakening haa tnk0u Elape. Tie Federal
NlEIoehutdcrs unl Administration politicians,
guided BY tho Washington. inlluonsI, nru nav
up and 1o!ug, working With III GncrYy seldom
slrpusscd. TWeMty; four hours after tho lIlaine
lAtol for signatures, calling meeting fDr tho
purpose Of organising. Rhersnun, moycmunt;;
tho forco u boar ptasibie, anl K!va tho sherman
inooting mi lnlnrse,uent frnn Washington, tInt
u lettor was written 10 0un. u4rtold tor nm cx-
! u AInfh /
ll0rr, ot tho Gel,uall Assembly. Tho roply eatno
quick, tho whole tDnc at tho latter hiring sher-
munzed. but, quick III u tho tlu'e OF Uncle Aa!u's
se,4t0r-oloc lluri.ntl Aal pr,ciAlu!s,l ~ fnvur
OF sherman wls .nui!e public y, Washington.
and soyernl hnuw befnru tho Iettnr rsIhc1 hero,
Mr.. lforr recelvvd telegram fran, Chicago ,lsk-
Ing tl1t tho letlur tp 0Mrli1l'l anl hts repty Go
given 70 tho Associated preSs Wh!c!. WIS done
~ a00n ~ thu proclamation rrachcd hero, unl
Two houta |9sqt the Ass,ailatel Press W,s spreadt
Ing tho tldtIga ,of what dea. Uufdeld'd Views
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PENNSYLVANIA.
TIE r1lInD TEisN-rIAN or cAMEilON 70 DEAr
uLAtNE.

Spfctnt 10 New York Lffrutd.
WAsITtN0TON, 1u1k N.-Don cA1nerons friends
report that his present determination IL to force
the.State Convention to do his will md Instruct
tho delegation for tho ex-Prcsliont. lilo ls
moved to this because he wishes TO be mastor,
nnd would feel tho scnsc Of mnatcry moro
ssronglyif ho knew that be had bent other men
to his Will; nnl further. for tho rcnson thnt ho
bus beeu told and sccs that II tho Convention
should refuse to instruct for tho c1-Prcsldont
the bottom would, III the general apprehension,
havo fnllnn out Of tho thirtl-tcrn movement, III
which, according 10 the woll-undorstood pro-
gram, Pennsylvania, under Mr.. Ca,nrron's mau-
agenont, VIVA 10 lead OF. UntOr tho circum-
stances tho meeting Of tho Pennsylvania Con-
vcntion next week promises to be ono Of tho
most Interesting political events OF tho yoar.
YEAH or THE nLAlNx gLENENr.
Thoro has been here for Some dass kInl Of
Ssa xsIS srSt for stG c s Rhs S fenas Fl % IT,
lilalne havo becu by turns atolcd and bnl'Ied
not 70 uliow this TO De dime, bec!;iso wy T. would
TAo THRU term people hAvo lADorod with some
Of tho 1S'atne men to eonvInon them that II
T"a4 be xEe SNy ter .hes r IN to H1w
q svc!!ax s % ss hss p1sSas @ Ssen T. acs q nssesa!s
9r wsa H1 hs 1as 81 M
consented 10. It is assorted here by ponusylva-
,,!ans TINT mn anti.third torn resolution will be
md ngan II is1e. IN both which year. ? very
ppSya SS WI Soooy Spp w q ores :hcss %t vi
iSfih SSS f,ho result. ths year u Introducing such
resolution. Int 4 is believed that It woq!. ro-
eso liz SoSS auS rons
yania politicians hero which give tho Impression
TINT sonutnr Cameron would rot be wise u curry
friends nfp known to hArt urged him tt rtAt Rlt
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!" Lot tle LeEal.Tcndcr KcIcc1nnblc
GrcenbitcikN A1ottc.ss

u NE Eduor o. ne Chteeoo Tr,bun,,
'f,,,1cAun .Iun n zunr,ntt ma ,o iua,rao
>t. .,;.,..,,, 'ni ""i."c,aJn,,. ~ T., mse ..a'
4MI. Ash'"iis askHowieaRHen'' Ill your on'l-
pcr on tho decentralization OF grcc1lncks,"
md n Md nv avn. Tho ,no,,e, NJ tha ro,,n,
,r~,s o.ar,,l;,ny H. ,noIit.. o,,d II, ,,,',n,st.
.,,;,ts, ~ - esr.' ''mk, ~ uIas anu M u,'
when Gun reasonably be acstrcu. lle cn'i!I-
try II blessed with a currency the intrinsic
yn]ue and security Of which exccls ull others.
II lcf. oIouc No II IA. ria curru,,cv, ami tln
s,,..,, "v ~, r,.'., 49,, o va.. .a'..s. ".'a iao
ali purposes there, would lu found detective
here, and would not withstand tho political
tests and uYnacs OF this country ,1ye Years
without totnl fuilnrr. ~ 1@'" '~'''0
Tile Intentions and the whole mission of
the currency lneddlcrs, II understood, for
bode evil, and, II the truth must b. tod, ,lo
not merit the rnttIUr at,tl rOurtpyv Of ltollur-
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

10 The Editor of 1hs Chicago 1rlbuns
CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-Woultl such structure
be good financial Investment for the city?
Ills quite certain TINT such All Improvement
would add very mucl, to the facilities Of the
cast and west travel,-n travel constantly
Increasing, with the increasing business alld
population Of this central portion of o,,r city.
Tho cstlnsatGh cost Of the bridge Is only
a!ont $4,000 M asunnnt w1ricl! the citizens
q .Jackso,, street alone would rather nay
nj I!nlassNhle will of grant,, Such an I'M
ps,nfnt ps,, " TSrlos ]qry r. nny q or
Monroe street, ant! viii lm SO IL all coming
ttne. We m,.st keen tho trnck clear for
jackson street, whatever may he HnItl of a
depot. Our railroad friends do mt awl, ,J,ck-
s1n strcet, NOR my portion Of #. We ,ln mt
public ,','st mt BE- compromised merely %
nv, save them the expense of building, Il yialuct.
nvement given to additional. improvements
o., ,tacksoi street with its nitic'pated bridge
will be Il tcli-fp.l cOtlnterbalalice tO the cDst
VI Its construction. n CITIZEN.
, 1880-02-02

boys pedestrians, ,r0nchcfs, wo<sl md nre sertna-
During tho inalce MaatrrA Fasheut'cr, tJrcn, and
Mccarthy mute the i.nt1t., tho former winning
hy anSsrl lengths. Tho Remaining hfats were
rcpetitlun nf tho first. md tho rHe,e waH finally
itssnr1lctl tD Muster UrHt Ut 1ahpcmng, who nlso
carried of tho spc4anl ptirse OF 9t0,
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pertinent ard thu conversion Df HfnD0tl1. bUrcs
Into riAcs amounting tO $9iD.Wn. The bill. M Il
hns pusse,l Chg flo'lsc. nppr"prlntcs t:s5 "a
ton Of .s,nppIiig tho forts wifi nTtiiiury. when
tho nnrcssary uIpcnscs nf testing xhdll huvo
been met.
, 1880-02-02

NOT CANDfDATk-f1E HEt.fRfES GEN. GRANT
Will ux NOMINATED AND Will ACCEPT.
Tbc HIM. Eith, H. Washnnrnu hns been IN the
city for the past two days, and leaves this morn.
Ing for Boston. The fact that his brother, cx-
Gov. CndwnItnier G. Wn8hbnr1,, OF Wisconsin,
Nea y. tne sa'sle e.n.I ~" ,. ~ W. .nn.
n'nonK tno Poltlcu s'ss'ps Apo". uow'' u''s. Nv
movement 10 Htlrt u WAsoburno "boohl WIS
OH tho carpet. Tho notion wns wholly without
foundation.
Tho cx.Mfn!stcr to Franco IS tlrl outspokcn
ar9nt man, III al bis frcnns can teatIfy bcliev-
Ing that he Is tho strougost candidato before tho
people, and sure to receive tho nomination II no
desires It, Tho report thht Mr.. Wnsh0urno mas
recently declared hmsclf u candidate for dubcr-
nhtorsal nomination IN Illinois Is also eorifrn-
dtetc1 by persons In bis confidence who say that
ho has made no such announcement
Mr.. WaBhbirno IL looking remarkably we'll
and enjoys excellent hoalth, with tho exception
Of bronchial trouble which hns Obliged him to
stop 1cctnrEng. and which took him to Texts
and Northern Moxico inst spring In search
of favorable climnte. He talks
OF roin0 noxt summer to Carlsbad
INC famous Watering plnce IN bonom'n' unless
his throat improves before thon. 1Ita homo Is
now In CheaKo' whors b. es.ebl'saed % h!sssf hin f
spends good deal NJ time tn travel.
Ills positive deninla that ho starls IN my
that nt u supporter of Gen. UrNnt do MI prc-
vont bis frIcillls frotn canvnssiug htg rtfssille
quincy hts uutne wonll undoubtedly 10 Le fore tbo
Cveht!on q nv, Mtn sttnnR 1ol!nwne Lnis v1oW
onon,r1o,t ~ nv Srnn ,n hres.or III rseia w
Yurc that Crnrt viii bu tcntlcrgl anl viii nrcrpt
tho nomination TINT my tulk OF pnsabtllti and
contingencies docs not concern MN ihtho Ioiest
wasnnuhSE MEN, L.,
, 1880-02-02

A scrvant.srl in the islantl II Jersey hna heen
Il train. Bhc stood tjetwen1 thu rails wliln the
train ,sas approachn1 at t1.pId ratc, md
tied, ahut on stcuin md reversed the engine,
and Thus succeeded In stuppny tho locomotive
within two ynt1s uf tho girl. who tnuroly laughed
In his fMce and ran away.
, 1880-02-02

TN ORDER TtI Art.I,MM,DATE OUR NUMElt
/ nus pHtfnns throughout tIe city. VIZ hare Estab-
li<hGh 1irnnc Iaire. In tie different DyIsIHns, A.
dgs.sna!e.i lN1pu. where a,ltuEiIsnnent. wlsl ne
t.nIco. N,,d viii s.. rtrvInI until u'rnrk D. M during
thc week. ai!d nIlll ~. nj. nn sasur!ays:
j. k II. StMMa, ftnnkactirrA and Ntatlonera, 1T
Twcnty y-fGct,l nd .sL
". + lNN;AirF. Druggist. ns7 Cotines Orovs-av.,
northwest crHrf Thirty y-Mfth.at.
,.t.1las. itESSEI'r. Scwtitncr Htasoncr. etc. yD
WGat SfhdlyUn-Ht., tti.he WestHrn-hv.
I'll. stISSIt:iaHES, DrarRls1 ~ ilua Islnnd.ay~
II. Z. IIE!ikNtK. J.we1GE, NewfdcaIcr, nnd Fancy
Gn,idt, n! 4 iats-.:, c",nnr ..,.nn tlnrnln. .,.,-..
Axent Scws ud AtMtInng!y IuptIT, < Fast n!vtston.
IT.. bctween i4aS1IIe and Wulla
L.. 1lfttttHStiHAM Il CO., druggists ~ North
E1REk st.. ctfrI1nr lrfxIn.
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wcrc Aud, notwithstanding "hc hnth snil H."
Tho lilninD movement prutNlscs u, sprenI hril
hrc,ne /. serin1ia th0rn TO Sherman and hts par
tIcl1tAr niltIltrcrs. +, WIS.,.
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Ia u LACK fcltiuysr puppy; small wlltp spot on
BREAST ClIlil etanf, Fl2r VIII hu llberay t9Wa!ds
, 1880-02-02

REAL ssSEATI: WANTED.
1ITASTED-slhu0 1tESinESCE WI1L. FIX.
" chAnsG lnlHnH stock tfat Il keillnE Mt u put
sbhre, nnL udrnncInp fnf En.ni rr.dencu propety,
brick u atnne. M!lrth fr1u $luD ~ xisU, Address
l. IL. Wcihjlflp ilIIlCil. -
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-24
\ LEADER FOR THE OPPOSITION,

Heretofore it has been a matter OF regret
among the ant!-machinc democrats that they
were unprovided with a leader in whose SUP
port they could marshal their forces in a Wig
orous protest against a fifth term. This com,
plant, We are pleased to say. will be heard
10 longer, as a leader in every way acceptable
to the party, and one In whom the people of
Montana, irrespective of party, have the most
implicit confidence, has been found. Or Sat
urdsy, the 2lst inst, as a party of prominent
democrats were discussing at Butte. the polit-
lea. situation in Montana, the need of an
anti-Masinnis leader Was referred Ia. One
after another the anne Of promineu, demo-
Gratis were passed in review, with more or less
favorable mention Of each: bu. it was only
upon the person Of the Hon. G. ". Staplc.on
that the company were unanimous in their
opinion or his eminent fitness in every RESPECT
for the office Of Congressional Delegate from
Montana. This happy unaninity Of opinion
"a unanimity So creditablc at once 10 Mr..
Stapleton, aud to the Judgment of the gentle
men expressing it-suggested the propricty of
" "A'f -"s t'ltDItGtlt Ib learn
whether Or not he would accept the nolnina.
lion il rendered. The committee selected
for the purpose, frankly asked a direct cues.
ton to that effect, and were met bv as frank
a response in words whose purport was that
MIR. otapleton. while he would under no co,,-
sideration thrust himself forward as a ,andi.
date for the deleeatcship, would nevertheless
willingly accept the nomination, with a crate.
full appreciation of the honor conferred, pro-
vided his fellow democrats of Montana
should choose to offer il, unsolicited and nm.
sought for Oh his part. This answer was
considered emincntly satisfactory, and we
have been requested by th,, visiting
to notify all Montana democrats disattrct.d
towards perpetuity in office that their n,,n,x,
ton need no longer lansuish for The lack ot
strong leadership.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-24

a Deer Lodge correspondent writes, over
the signature of ga Democrat and offers
the following conundrum: "Why must men
have a life-lease on all the best paying offices
in the gift of the people? Is it because the
democrats as a party are SO corrupt that they
dare not tlust any of their number in office
except a favored few? Or is it because no
others in the party have brains enough to dis
charge the duties of the various offices ?" In
reply we would state to "Democrat' that
in our opinion neither Of his queries suggests
the true solution. To our way of thinking
the explanation is simply this: As long as the
party chooses to make a perpetual investiture
in the hands of one individual of the only i'm
portant office in its gift, just so long may we
expect to find this iniquitous policy adopted
and applied to the incumbency of the county
offices. As long as we find the democratic
doctrine of rotation in office is openly tlouted
and repudiated in the bestowal of the chief
office at the disposal of :he Montana demo-
Gratis, We need not expect to find it honored
ard-observcl with reference to the minor Of
fees. Men are inclined to be initiative, and
it is especially in questionable practices, in
practices difficult to defend strictly OH their
own merits, that this mitativeness comes in
to play when an instance can be cited of one
possessing public confidence and esteem aud
INDUCING in the practices complained OF. A
county officer cannot with very good grace be
accused of being animated by a spirit of self
seeking ambition to the sacrifice of the party
welfare in striving again and again, for one
term after another of a minor Office, when i'll
reply to such a charge he has only to point to
the incumbent Of The chief and best office at
the command Of the Montana democrats to
prove that that very practice receives the par
tvs express sanction. the seal of its most I'M
qualified approval. If the principle of rota-
ton were recognized with reference to our
chief office, the incumbents of the minor Of
fees would not dare depart from or %repudiate
it. We should then have 4 h 'althy change
with every election, except the usual compli-
mcnt of second term for such as have done
we'll during their first. \ second term, but
no Mird. What a change would be brought
duChl ny TIE SupSlitHlitu ol SUN poilSS y
that now obtaining! How much more ear
nest zeal could We detect among the mem
bels of ! party whose offices wculI be or
ferrcd upon one after another of its deserv-
ing members and not farmed ols for the ben
eft of a chosen few. But there is little i'm
mediate prospect, it seems, of any such
change being introduced. and We cannot cN-
p2ct it so long as an example Of perpetual
otlice-holdinS is furnished by the head man
agris Of tie party.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-24
A PIOUS CAMPAIGN.

III Indiana the campaign opened about two
weeks ago. Late Hoosier papers inform us
that between the present time and the hold
ing of the October elections the republicans
will hold four thousand meetings, while the
democrats will have two hundred of their
best speakers Oh the stump, changing from
place to place and making campaign speeches
In every important precinct in the state.
Besides this there will be brass bands, torch
light professions, the marching of political
clubs, etc, etc, on either sides, al ibNum.
The magnitude of those preparations prove
to us the importance attached to the spectacu-
lar features of a campaign, and the necessity
Of making effective demonstrations by way of
cultivatiug the requisite enthusiasm when the
contest is'to be any way close. thinking of
those things the democrats may well ask
themselves if it is advisable to embark under
Maginnls in a ~lifeless, cold-water campaign
against such a struggle as the republicans in
tend to make? If anyone doubts that the
democratic campaign will be dull under
Maglnnis let him take the trouble to inter
view the democratic leaders and orators of
the territory and ask how many intend to
trait, under the ffth-termer. A few ques-
tions will satisfy him that If nominated Ma
ginnis will be left to play ii lone hand against
the brightest and keenest SPEAKERS the repub-
licans can place on the stump. The denn-
cratic orators Of Montana will do yeoman's
service for their party's candidate during his
second, or perhaps even his third candidacy j;
but when it comes to a fourth. and then to Il
.ffh TERN, they feel that it is crowding the
mournerS just a little too much-that the
delcgateship has b"ci! degraded from a party
possession to a piece of personal property,
and as such they leave to its owner the task
Of looking after it. A Maginnis campaign,
then, will mean Il strictly Maginnis canyass,
and that again Is Synonymous with one con-
Quoted 4 IL DR.. Tanner. The terms may
seem contradictory when n campaign is de-
scribed at once as democratic and cold-water,
but we have the past to appeal to in jnstitica-
ton for this definition Of it. THIS gentleman
has appeared four times as a solicitor for the
best office in the gift of the Montana demo-
Gratis. Four ditteren: times he has been hon
ored with the highest honor at the command
Of his party, and in return: What has he done.o
If he has ever contributed towards party en-
thusiasm by even so much AS the purchase of
a bottle Of Wine in Montana, then the charge
never was pressed home and proved up
against him. Mohtanians do not greatly adj
mirc skinhints i'll politics or elsewhere.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-24

very different man from what his letters, his
administrative career, and his soldiers life
have shown him to be. Notwithstanding the
foregoing we can very well understand, even
under the plan of filling territorial offices
with territorial appointments, why Maginnls
should like to get there. "When you get a
good thing press it, is evidently his motto,
even though the pressing be at the risk of
party defeat. Little bargains of offices to be
secured, ETC., in the contingency of a national
democratic triumph have been made with a
view to the party welfare, of course, not
through mere considerations of personal am
bitlon. No, of course not. But we beg to
inform the Organ that some of those little
bargains have become public, and that if the
particular one that relates to the Chief JUS
ticeship ever be consummated it will raise a
storm of Indignation throughout Montana
ard such a storm that the Montana democra-
cy might be puzzled to weather it. Does the
Organ wish us to be more explicit:
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-24
ONE OF NEXT WINTERS ISSUES.

The several Democratic County Conren-
tions are called to assemble within the near
future, and it is not too early for democrats To-
begin to consider tie railway policy they wish
their party 10 adopt. THIS policy should be
enunciated by the county conventions in in
structions to the nominees for the Legisla-
lature, and enunciated in terms SO distinct as
to leave no possibility Of evasion on the plea
of their not being definite or Ineligible. AT
the next session We may be sure the railroad
men will be on lland once more, and that the
railroad question will be again revived in
their demands for ''help' under one form Or
another. 1t is not at all likely that such de-
for a county subsidy, at the very least. Still
the petition for exemption NAV possibly be
presented and it will be best SO to word the
instructions that they will clearly and en-
plicitly define the party's wishes with respect
to this as we'll as to the other forms Of '.aid
TO internal improvements If the party is
of opinion that county and territorial exemp.
ton from taxation should be granted then
let its representatives in convention say so.
and say it distinctly. If it is willing to pro
coed a long step further and declare that the
people OF Montana, or the people Of any coun'
ty, should burden themselves with a crushing
debt for the sake OF subsidizing the railroad
builders, then, in this instance also, let it,
representatives express the party's wishes
But in any event the instructions should bt
as clear as language can make them so tina
they can be understood by all. Then, le
tie nominees for the Legislature be given tt
understand that their acceptance of the nomi
nation under such instructions will be cor
sidered as Il direct pledge to obey them
and that whoever violates this pledge viii
thereafter be held unworthy Of any Office o
honor or profit at the disposal Of The party
There should be no foolishness about thi
railroad question. Now is the time for tn
people TO make up their minds OF the sub
iects Of subsidy, ETC., and to give politician
to understand that their wishes must b
Obpypl.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-24
AnlifiraI InnnunrcWenfs.

Advertisements m,ter Ibis heat must Be paid in
adpance. No exception rW be nalc to The ruIc.
hereby announce myself rs a candidate for
the office of Sheriff of Deer Lodge County, sub
ject to tn, decision of the County Democratic
Convention.
Lou p. SMITH.
hereby give notice that l am Il candidate for
the office of Assessor of Deer Lodge County. sub
iect to the decision OF the County democratic
Convention.
JAMES B. MCMAsTEH.
hereby announce myself II candidate for the
Office of Probate Judge of Deer Lodge County,
subject to the decision of the Democratic Coun-
ty CONVENTION.
hereby give notice that l am a candidate for
the Office Of Sheriff of Deer Lodge County. sub
iect to tn. decision OF the County Democratic
Convention.
Cox MURPHY.
L hereby announce Inyscll as II candidate for
the ofice Of County Clerk and Recorder, subject
to The decision Of t.. Democratic Comfy Con-
vention.
JAMES 5. MCASDREws.
hereby uuuoulce myself Il candidate FOR the
office Of Clerk and Recorder of Deer Lodge
CouIty. subj = - III" deci>i"l OF the Demo.
c-a.ic CJualy Convention,
J.E. pIcKEy.
Ialnoulc= myself Il candidate tol the office
of Trea,uI OF Ie,r Lotg" County, subject to
the decis:nA 81 til" rounty democratic Conven-
ton.
+. &. WATERBURY,.
thereby announce myself Il candidate for tho
~. II. ,,,r - IT n.r- I - l.ra ami A. .i,t
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-24

The republican papers are making whole
sale charges of fraud against the South. in
the matter Of census returns, for no other
reason apparently than because the southern
states show 4 larger increase of population
for the last ten years than the republican
organs had predicted. But they are very
hard to please. During slavery times the
republican Journals used to TAKE a pride In
pointingt to the stationary character of southern
population and to the stagnation Of southern,
industries as an evidence OF the biighting in
tiuence of slavery. But now that slavery is
abolished and that the growth in population
the republicans always predicted as sure to
follow its destruction has set in, the only ex
PLANTATION those Journals find for this increase
is fraud in the CENSUS returns. Fortunate
ly the census bureau Is not to be lightly in
fuenced by such disintcrestcd efforts of a
partisan press. Those who are now yigor,
ously calling for a new census throughout
the South will likely have their labor iol
their pairs.