The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-15
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Henri Rochefort is mentioned as saying:
greatest hindrance to the logical development
of the republican idea. You know he suffers
from fatty degeneration of the heart, and |
frankly tell you that | look forward with
pleasure to his DEATH"
Mr.. Blaine sent his resignation as United
States senator to Gov. Plaisted and also to the
speaker of the house of representatives of
Maine on the 9Th. This will enable the
Maine legislature to eject his successor on the
18th. Senator Window delayed sending his
Minnesota until the It'll.
Five hundred office seekers beseiged the
executive mansion at Washington a day or
two ago. Garfield was obliged to shnt the
door in their faces and notify them that all
applications for Office must come through the
regular departments. These are only the
advance guard. The main army Will be there
in "a few days, when the fun will commence.
Ireland contains 2O,322,641 acres of land.
Of this number 121 persons own 3,709,l7l
acres, an average of 3O,654 acres to each per-
son. The balance is owned by 5,411,41G
persons, which gives to each an average of
three acres. Nothing that can be said will
add to this presentation of the case. The
whole story Of lreland's woes is wrapped up
IN these figures.
The Mexican commissioners recently ap-
pointed to examine the national debt OF
Mexico, reported that $145, 000,OOO of debts
should be recognized. The commissioners
recommend the consolidation of the debts
and the issuance of bonds bearing 5 per cent.
interest to the holders, the bonds being re-
ceivable for the payment of public lands at
the option of the holders.
Judge Sullivan, of the superior court at
San Francisco, has rendered a decision that
may interest the stockholders in incorporated
mining companies in this and in other locali-
ties in Montana. He holds that only the
actual owners Of stock can vote in elections
held by the company. This decision, it is
stated, will do away with the practice of
trustees voting stock not owned by them, and
shuts out all voting by proxy.
A dispatch states that the Hon. Simon
Cameron celebrated his SD birthday at Ha-
Vana on the Sth. Captain General Bianco
extended to him :he freedom of the Island.
His friends gave a dinner in his house, at
which Cameron made a speech, reviewing the
important events Of his life. During the
banquet he was presented d ring AS a meme
rial. Later in the evening he attended the
opera by invitation Of the captain general. 1t
is said the veteran statesman and politician is
making a study of the tobacco growing sys-
TEN. He will sail for Lome or the 12,h.
A correspondent of the MINER, writing
from Washington, says that Representative
Hurd's Congressional Free Trade society
does not flourish, and adds: ''Indeed, if lie
brilliant mc9 who compose it shall succeed
in pushing their ideas to adoption in any state
there would almost certainly be trouble in
the party to which they belong. There is
now considerable regret among democrats
who are not free Understand there are many
of them i'll congress-.tbat the Eaton resolu-
ton providing for a committee Of inquiry
into tariff matters was not passed early in the
session. Another meeting of the Hurd soci-
ETY. will be held in a few days"
The Denver Republican in commenting
upon The administration OF Mr.. Hayes, uses
language. which, if employed by a democrat
ic journal, would subject it to the severe
criticism of the ~stalwarts Of the republican
party. 1t says: ''Iu abandoning tie dis
tinctive purpose Of his party, the purpose for
winch he was elected, and in falling to main
tain his own title and honor and the honor
of his party, he has been a complete, a miser-
able and q contemplate failure and adds
He will take his place among the conspicu-
Gus and melancholy failures Of history"
OF SchurZ it says: '!As to the interior de-
partment, that, like everything else, is to be
judged by the result and the result has been
a failure, a cruel, ridiculous failure. The
Indians have murdered and robbed and out
ragged at will and have insulted the govern
ment with %impunity.' 10 all Of which we
have no desire to dissent.