The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
NOTES.

Russian troops III IurkeStal, mas lett lor 81.
Petersburg. General Kaufmann, governor OF
Turkistan, who has had an attack of paraly-
sis, is improving.
We are pleased to note that our amiable
evening cotemporary disclaims any intention
of charging Major Masinnis with having had
a hand in the "star route" frauds. 1t merely
intended to intimate that Sample Orr was de-
feated by Major Maginnis at the election two
years ago by nearly 1900 votes. That's all.
The wires being down, we are left in tan
talizing suspense as to the situation of sew
eral interesting matters in the East. At last
advices the senate was still at a dead lock
Brady was at New York and had not yet
skipped to Europe; the Mercy letter forger
had not been "hunted down." and the Sitter
of Whttaker's ears had not been found.
The largest tow ever taken down the Mis-
sissippi river by one steamer was taken by
the Oakland OH the 18Th inst, from St. Louis
to New Orleans. The tow consisted of nine
barges carrying in the aggregate $4,000
bushels Of grain, weighing 9,l23 tons. Thus
the problem of cheap transportation is being
solved on our great water courses.
1t is stated that since Riddleberger has re-
ceived the nomination for sergeant alarms
of the senate, lie has received 5000 applica-
lions for positions under him from patriotic
Virginians, As he would have in case of his
election, less than sixty placest to bestow upon
his friends, the sage conclusion is reached
that there would be 2,940 very mad Virgin
ians who would cause Malone an infinite
amount of trouble in the future and probably
lead TO the disruption of the repuoiator's party
in the Old Dominion.
The following from the Nashville Ameri-
can are pointed and sensible words:
''Just when the Democrats Of the south are
coming up to the maintenance of public
credit unimpaircd, il is disgusting TO north
ern republicans TO find the party they have
trusted as financially sound, allying itself
with regulators, and especially with the de-
strnctive elements Which stand back of the
reputation leaders. Malone is creating
divisions, but not as he expected, or as his
friends expected. For every one of his fos-
sils he leads away from democracy he is
driving two republicans ove- into alliance
with democracy to withstand tie asrarian
movement which the stalw art leaders are
pleased to call liberalism and progress.
Our inquisitive evening contemporary in
nosing around among the old records of the
police court of this city found that suits-at-
law had been instituted against certain par
ties in Butte, and Immediately heralded its
discoveries with a display of head lines and a
flourish of adjectives that would do credit to
a circus poster. Among men who are dis
posed to pay that respect to the methods of
conducting political contests which the usages
and customs of the average politicians exact,
the dragging to the public gaze OF the civil
sults-at. law of private individuals is consid-
cred censurahle, and is seldom engaged in.
This mode of political warfare is pursued by
those only whose cause is a desperate one,
and who are forced to resort to desperate
means to gain their end. 1t is a sign of weak
ness and generally heralds coming defeat.
The Inter Mountain asserts that the dis
patches are full Of the names of democrats
who are connected with the disgaceful Star
route business. Will our contemporary name
a single one? 1t says J. T. Gilmer and Mon
roe Salisbury have never professed to be any
thing else than democrats. While it makes
no difference whether they are or are not,
we have the very best of authority for saying
they have always been and are now republi-
cans. TIL politics of these gentlemen or that
of any other striker cuts no figure in the mat
ter of fastening the responsibility of this
s%windling rand npon the United States treas
ury in which Brady ct. al. were the principals.
The straw-bidders and contractors were but
the tools of the arch-conspirators who were
burrowed in the postoffice department or
sheltered under the wing of the national re-
publican committee, and all protected by a
republican administration. The republican
party that placed these men in power and
thwarted the efforts of democrats to unearth
their rascalities is the responsible party. Will
not the Inter Mountain admit this?
The Inter Mountain of last evening, in a
labored article on the 'Relations of City and
County," holds-if the article means any
thing-that because the tendency of the age
In Germany, Italy and other parts of the
world has been in the direction of a uniform
government that Mr. WIN. NJ. Jack should
be elected mayor of Butte. We do not desire
to misquote our lucid contemporary, nor to
place a wrong construction upon its language,
but it appears to us, after a careful perusal
of the article referred to, that the impression
is desired to be conveyed that a consolidated
government is good, and the more it is con-
solidated the better it is; ergo, two officers for
one man is good, and the more offices that