The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-04-05

Snce Detween what he called a vote and what
Maxey called a vote. He counted nothing a
vote that had not a free ballot behind It.
thousands OF such ballots as be held in his
nana, ABOUT TWO inches square, have been
found in ballot boxes, with nothing behind
them but villainous hands that nut them
there. 1t was because attempts have been
made to substitute these for freemen:s votes
IN ballot boxes in some states and to put
Dlunderbusses IN the place of freemen's
nags IN other states; that he had done what
ne could to stand by what he supposed every
freeman i'll the land understood to be the
meaning of a ballot.
1t was when it was undertaken to make a
freeman with pieces of paper to COMPEL him
to wade through blood to the ballot boxes and
when he was found as silent on election dav
as those who lay IN bloody graves they filled
in rs, that he (Dawes) felt called upon to re-
mind senators there was a difference between
a piece of paper and a vote of a freeman that
executed the will of God in executing the
will of a freeman.
MaXey inquired how it was these ballots
which executed the will of God had been suf-
hcient to elect Hayes and sufficient to reject
Packard, though Packard had received more
Of them. 1t was difficult for any one when
he attempted to uphold such high crimes as
the. disfranchisement of two states to be con-
sistent.
Dawes agreed that Packard had been elect
ed, but the Louisiana Lottery Company had
such hard work in establishing Nichols gov
nme
A discussion arose between kellogg and
Jones respecting the debt of Louisiana. and
most of the senators retired.
+ YORK, March 31.-The Trnterne.
Paris, publishes this morning a Telegram from
st. Petersburg stating that a violent quarrel
has broken out in the Imperial family in con-
sequence OF which the Grand Duke Constan-
tine, who is strongly suspected of Nihilism,
is about to resign the Office of Grand Admi-
raj and Minister of Marine Immediately
after the departure of the foreign princes
from st. Petersburg. Measures Of extreme
severity are to be taken against the Nihilists.
f YORK, March 31.-The Post says it
is agreed that money will be easy the next
FIVE months. Important questions on which
the price of stocks hinge are : First, the en-
tent to which refunding will increase the de-
mand for railroad investments, and this will
depend a good deal on the treasury pro-
gramme, and, second, the crops. There is
little doubt the winter wheat has been great
~ Injured by the severe winter, but this may
be made up by an increase in acreage of
spring wheat.
New York, March 31.-The Erening
Post comments on the situation in the senate
under the guidance OtConkling, saystne repub-
lican members OF the United States senate are
daily impairing their standing before the
country by keeping step with readjuster Ma
hone of Virginia. The camp followers of
Gorham and Rlddleberger are watching the
columns of those forward with interested at
tention which characterized the class of pat
riots to which they belong. GOrham and
Riddleberger are doubtless great men, Cor
ham we know to be an unprincipled political
%scoundrel. But the question is, whether it is
worth while for the republican party to lose
its character on their account.
New YORK, March Ex-Governor Cham
berlain, in the Whitaker case, called Henry
d. Hyde, a lawyer of Boston, who testified
that in 1867, in the heavy whisky fraud case,
the alleged writing expert, Southworth, had
testified to the identity of certain writing, de-
claring he would hang a man on the evidence
but subsequently admitted he was wrong in
every instance. Southworth was, in reality,
10 expert.
PniLADELPHIA, March 3l.-Two hundred
thousand dollars were realized from the sale
Jay Cooks estate.
New YORK, March 31.-Thc rails and
equipments have been purchased for the
Nevada and Oregon railroad from Reno, Ne
vada, to Beckworth's pass. Contractor
Moore and Gov. Woods start west tonight to
complete the work.
Osgood and Co.. announce Il new book by
Mark Twain, called the ''Hsnd Book of
Etiquette also a cyclopedia of humor.
CHICAGO, March 31.-The Journals
Washington special says: A lawyer repre-
senting the sugar importers has written a let
ter from the treasury department, in which
he says secretary Window bids fair to be only
a continuation of secretary Sherman, and
that sugar men, to get justice, must resort to
the courts aud let the department alone.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-No signs Of a
breakup in the senate. The session, how
ever, will continue until a conclusion is
reached.
WASHINGTON, March :il.--lt is generally
admitted that Robertson will be confirmed.
Senator Jones to-day defended Florida
against the accusation of Reputation and
showed the state had not repudiated.
NEW YORK, March 31.-The coroner was
kept busy all this morning examining a letter
found in the room of a young woman who
registered herself at the ST. James Hotel on
Saturday as Mrs. J. NJ. johnson, and was
found dead in her room last evening. The
coroner says that thus far he has not fOnnd
ANYTHING to show why the woman killed her
self, but has obtained the name of a woman
who knew the deceased in San Francisco
He has written to the person, and Will not
give out any information regarding the case
until he receives an answer. 1t was asserted
that the woman's real name is Miss Kate A.
Mandheim, and that she is about 2G years OF
age. She came to this city beiween two and
three months ago, and stopped at different
iirst-class hotels up town. One OF the letters
showed That she had made a previous attempt
to take her life by turning on the gas in her
room and going to bed, but it does not name
the place in which it occurred. From two
pictures of herself tound in her valise, they
show her to be rather pretty and apparently
refined.
WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Floral tributes
were observed on the desks ofkellogg and Hill.
Hills was from the ladies OF Alexandria, with
notes saving it was a feeble testimonial OF
their admiration for the brilliant manner in
which he had recently exposed the corrupt
bargain made bv Malone with the republican,