The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-29

ton. 1t was a great revolution which saw a
republican caucus nominate for one of the
highest offices in the senate a democrat and a
repudiationist, who would be a petty lawyer
but for the prominence given him by his re-
pudiation opinions. Would Sherman, who
had builded up the credit of tie United
States, vote for Riddleberger? He reviewed
the acts of Malone and Riddleberger, show
ing they were democrats and regulators.
Dawes suggested that Malone was sick.
Johnston proposed to postpone his speech
If Dawes would postpone his resolution.
Dawes refused.
Logan asked what effect the election of a
sergeant-at-arms would have on the public
credit.
Johnston said that by electing him they in
dorsed his record, and quoted from republi-
can papers condemning Riddleberger.
CHICAGO, March pa Washington dis
patch says: Several friends of the president
are giving an interpre, alton to the nomina-
ton of Robertson, collector of New York.
They declare it to be in the nature of a de-
claration of independence OH the part of the
president Of the dictation from the Conkling
element. Their understanding is that Conk-
ing indicated not only that he desired the
control of the offices which were given to
him in the first batch Of nominations, but was
a symbol that he was looking eventually to
the control of the New York custom house
as well. To this last demand the nomination
of Robertson is declared to be a most explicit
answer. Whether this report Is true or not
the practical effect of the nomination Is the
same as if this version were correct. Conk-
ling Is reported by his friends to look upon
the matter as a declaration of war.
A prominent Grant man referring to the
recent nominations says: While the admin
i~stration appears to have given Gen. Grant no
consideration, / treaty has denied him the only
two requests he asked. These requests, this
gentleman said, were that Gen. Badeau should
be retained as consul general at London, and
that job Russell Young should be sent as
Minister to Mexico. Gen. Badeau has not
been retained at London where his salary and
fees from auxiliary consulates and unofficial
fees aggregated an income of $4,000, and he
has been sent to Denmark where the fixed
salary is S. 1000 and in a much more expen-
sive city, where, also, he will be denied the
facilities which he desired for the completion
of his book. John Russell Young, too, is not
to be sent as minister to Mexico, and it does
not now appear that any personal friend OF
Grant will 60 there. Gen. Hulburt, Of ILL
nois, expects that he is booked for that po-
sition.
PHILADELPHIA, Ma rich 25.-The Ledger's
New York correspondent says an intimate
friend of Conkling assures me that the diff.
f~trences between Conkling and Robertson are
personal as well as political, and of a kind
not to be reconciled by any consideration of
party eXpediency. They dom even speak to
each other. One thing is certain, If the
president does not beat a retreat from the
nomination there will be serious trouble in
the republican camp. 1t will not be Ion
coming.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-TEe following
nominations were made by the president:
Robt. b. Hill, of Illinois. assistant secre-
tary of state.
Nathan w. Spaulding, assistant U. S. treas.
urer at San Francisco.
Charles NJ. Leavy, assistant appraisers at San
Francisco.
VIM. Hankey, postmaster at Orovi!le, Cal
ifarnia.
Irving w. Stantou, postmaster at Pueblo:
California.
New York, March pa letter from st.
Johns river, Florida, says the orange crop
promises to be the smallest one ever known
here. A large number of groves in this sec
ton OF the country are killed. Trees here
thought to be sixty or seventy years old, are
utterly ruined. There has been ice foul
inches thick on the creek.
BRISTOL, Tenn, March 25-AIajor kerby
and posse and twenty citizens had a battle
with The Middleton brothers, moonshiners
and their employees, at their illicit still on the
border of Virginia and Kentucky. Joe Bel
and Sam Middleton were killed and five Of
soon renew the fight.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-lt now trans
pires that the dc alterations of the jury III thu
Kalloch case was whether the shot wa
fred in self-defense and in self-defense alone
That it was fired in self. defense was the
grounds of the verdict. Transitory manl'
being rejected.
New YORK, March PA Washington
dispatch says Robt. B. Hill will be appointed
! to succeed John Hay as first assistant secre
tary of state. He has latterly teen ~secrctar.
of the legation at Paris.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The democrat.
= to-day chiefly assailed Mahoae's Reputation
record. Malone is sick, but is preparing
speech defending the Virginian's iinancia