The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-12-27
EDITORIAL MOTIFS,

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EDITORIAL MOTIFS.
The NIxER wish e. . Merry Christ
mas 10 all.
And now Denmark talks alsou
spending 81, OOO, nm for Notifications
The Post Office Department recent
ly did . good thing. It placed ~
swindling matrimonial agencies 81
the black lit.
Two Of the men who have 10
months been living on the memory o
the dead Garfield are about TO b
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Corbin
London has had IN epidemic Of TIN
fire ssourge within the past few weeks
which has awakened her 10 the ne
cessity Of improving her fire depart
ment.
Oscar Wilde says his grsatcst dim
Guilty In life h selecting his Recktie.
The LMfcr-Lh,enm advises him 10 n,
to Texas AMI nsissppTol'riate . n'ule
and he will l,e saveti the troublc.
II now seems probable that the l,ill
In extend the bonded period Of whis-
key two years will be prot'sbly con
sidrresi I,y the senate. The same
Till will allow new whiskey to remain
in bond three years.
According 70 the report IL Secrs.
tary I.ircoin II takes $k,, nm, taO an
nually to support our army II sam
men, which h al,out 81 ,saU per man.
There b something Taalieally wrong
in the management ot the few men
who constitute the Nations defendery.
The Iowa State Z.ca.lcr exultingly
exclainss: "'ro say We are surprised
tn hntl the Republican majority In
Iowa only 1000 would bat family ex-
prew our feeling. It Was indeed .
revolution, . cyclone. Next year we
will carry the State. We never dared
expect under 5.0O0 aud here II h Al
most down 10 hare plurality. 'Rah
for the fighting Democracy II Iowa"
The M;"isy Rcric~ very correctly
observes: That the people of this
Nation must leok largely to the bread
Territories ~ the West, where the
question Is one Of vital importance,
for strong defenders II the mining
industry and watchi,l guardians Of
It's best Interest In the halls Of Nation
ii legisltion." We fear the people
In looking too clsaely will find few
who, through ignorance, otstinacy or
lansrntable pcrversion OF judc-
nent. are doing their utmost to tles-
troy the principal mining industry |
IL their localities. And when they |
find them We hope they viii nat lie
credited with rejecting the Views Of
those engaged In o. dependent upon
the mining interests.
Here is . judicial .l..'i~ion that may
10 Of value TO parties IN this region
A lIroOklyn man sued for y divorce
On the ground that he was drunk and |
irresponsible when he married. He
met the girl at = picnic and on hk
way home married her, but rerented
soon afterwards, and sought . legal
release from his contract. The judge
before whom the ease came very pro-
pesiy refused tive divorce, holding
that intoxication did not, in law, ex-
cs,se mans acts. A man may not
be responsible while drunk, bat he
II responsible for getting drunk. and
therefore os,kht tn be helsl to = strict
accountability for his conduct ~
much ~ IL lse were duly sober.
Dispatches received to-day throw
some light ON the prolnsed lease III
the Yellowstone Park. "Cncle
Rufus +" Hatch, who always has an
eye IN the main chance, Roscoe
Conkling, Richard Merrick, "ne Of
the star-route prosecutors, and one Or
two other public spirited spectators,
Of such IN :cstl,etical turn Of mind ~
to have NO other motive than to pre-
serve these natural wonders, figure
- the wOukl-be lessees, and would
have executed their contract with the
Of the Interior but fnr the
timely resolution II Senator Vest in
this matter. The thanks Of Montana
and NJ the army Of tourists that will
visit that lOcality In years to come.
are due IL senator Vest for saving
them from the clutches of sl'cculat"rs
vino would levy triDute on then, icr
III. privilege Of visiting III: Natitn,i
Park.
The New YOsksOurts are cnxr0,ssetl
with the hearing of libel suit brUught
by l;e"rxe NJ. Pim,ey, former United
5tates Marshal in Montana. against +.
certain parties who caused IL he re- I
published Ncxl Marsl,all's famous
IAN FSaiMissU speech, made while
l'inncy WAS 81. trial in that city far ,
Irregularities ut the Mare Island navy ! I
rarl. IN his crtsas examination Pin I
,ey admitted to having killed Heal I
u Helena; to having l'eem indicted ,
light time. for forgery aud other q
oflcSses, hut was never CON-
;icte.l: that hc hal never lpcm or
lainesl y preacher, l'ut ut O,,e time I
lkl deliver lectures or ser,nous. As
/ witne,s. he was . marvel of k.cu-
'e'as In his easy noncl,alamc~ while
u underwent rssss-exam,iu nation, aud
va NJ full of sudden and startling Z
urprises that he staggered even such I
~ old practitioner as Howe. who =
ell the defendants. I
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