The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-20
THE RESULT.

As was to be expected Mr.. Evarts was
hunted up by the irrepressib'e newspaper inn
mediately upon his return from Europe and
compelled to yield up what knowledge he
possesses of the doings of the late monetary
| c, inference at Paris. This he very gracefully
cid. His opinions may be briefly stated as fol
lows: The discussions At the conference are
likely to be productive of wide spread benefit
in throwing light on the entire subject, but
the question was one of such magnitude that
it was not to be expected that a single con
ference, no matter how intelligent or harmo-
NOUS it's deliberations could reach any final
conclusion. One good result of the confer
ence was that the representatives of other ma
tions were convinced that in the advocacy of
bi-metallfsm the United States did not seek
to achieve Z selnsh result for the benefit Of
this country alone but that it was working
for the genera .nr!. Our representatives at
the same time let them know that this coun-
try expects a large share in the commerce and
trade of the world, and in that way only will
it reap a benefit.
H. the deliberations Of the conference there
was no discordant or inharmoniOus ele-
ment ard they were In the result satisfactory
throughout. The warmest friends of bi metal.
lism we've found in France, Italy, Holland
and Spain, while the doubtful States are Ger
many and England. But the American idea
is bound to be successful. 1t is only Il ques-
ton of time. The drain of British gold
yul;o1, lao alraoI, cot il, IN tho Iirart,,, cf
The United S. ates will open the eyes of Eu-
ropean fnanciers and 90 far towards comvinc-
ing them that American principles in mon
etary matters are correct. The greatest pro-
eless chat has been made in the solution Of
this important question is in the concessions
from Germany and England where the larS-
est opposition exists. The essential work Of
The conference is found in The favorable in
tluence which 1t is e%Xerting upon public Opin-
ion in those countries, or course II will
take lime tor public opinion TO reach
and produce al effect upon these respective
governments. 1t is not expected that the
members Of any government will act far il
advance Of public opinion, and martyrs to
by-metaIiism will scarcely be found in
single Standard England and Germany.
On the whole the results OF the conference
ma, be considered Of 4 very "ncUura 4eing
character.
The people Of the United States have been
officially informed that within the last tlir-
teen years the Sioux Indians have cost the
country about $4,000, 900 in the Sian" of
direct appropriations for their suppcr' II
referring to this mater, the New York
World says: at would be interesting to
the Sioux, not being absorbed by the singu-
larly porous soil Oh which every official CON
Uected with the administration of Indian
affairs seems to walk, from the haughty Sec
Ietary Of the Interior at Washington down
to the humble schOOlmaster and teainster at
Goose Creek, Dakota. We fancy nineteen
million cents would I've a very fair estimate"
1t would doubtless he quite as i,-
tcresting 10 the people to know
abont how much of the Sl,OSO,OJO
which were appropriated several years ago,
TO the mythical Teton Sioux, supposed to be
located somewhere in Montana, found its
way into the pockets of some wol!-kuown
hontana men, and how much of it remained
at Washington in lie hands OF Federal Off
Gals. That appropriation was never dupli-
Gated. The Teton Sioux were made rich and
left the country for more congenial chimes.
In commenting upon tie rec mt election in
San Francisco. the Dnilu ErcLanne lRnn of