The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-11
THE FIRST AND THE LAST.

THE FIRST AND THE LAST.
Mr.. Cameron, the Debt Repudiatfnl
; Governor of Virginia, has just delivered
> his first message to the Legislature o
that State, portion Of which dOcun,en
appears in another column. The Gov
, ernor, ~ in duty bound, urges upon tn
Legislature the passage Of the Riddle
berger oill a. one Of ito first acts. Thi
bill, ~ will be remembered, scales dOwI
the State debt to sixty-six and twO-third'
cents Oh the dollar, and provides for tn
issuance of bonds bearing threa per cent
interest per annum tO cover it. In th<
meagre report of the message before u.
it is not shown how the Governor fOrti
fies Ills recommendation with arguments
in its favor. This probably was not con
Sidered necessary, as the late campaign
in that State was fought upon the prin-
ciple embraced in the Ritlllelergcr bill
and its subject matter fairly understood
by the people. Further on in his MES
sage the Governor INDUCES in few
stersotyled phrases cOuche'i in the
stilted language Of the trained politician
who wishes to say much and mean but
little, about equal rights, the color line,
and other tirca.llmre topics. A. this is
the last a. we'll as the first message Of a
debt-replnliating Governor Of Eir-
ginia it will Ike read with no lit
title interest by the people throughout
the country, but unless the more i'm
portant portions of it have been over
looked 10y the Associated Press report
ers, nothing outside Of his Recommended
ton concerning the immediate passage
Of the Riddlcbergcr bill will be found
that indicates the policy Of the party,
which, it is claimed by its friends, will
revOiutiOnize the south.
But the prospects Of it rcvolutioniz-
ing the South on the debt rcpudiating
platform is exceedingly remote. There
is much greater probability the party
will fall to pieces with it, weight Of cor
ruption. Thec:suses which gave it birth
contain the seeds Of, its death. Already
the sounds of discUr.l are heard within
its ranks. 1t is gathering the wages Of
IT,: sin. Its members are .uarreling
over the spells, and the quarrel is assunl-
ing dimensions that threatens to involve
the life Of the di>graccfui combination.
The Republican Re..djusters in the Vir-
ginia Legislature, as we'll as the people
Throughout the Slate, arc bitterly c"nl-
planning Of the unfair division Of the
offices. 1t is sai,l that the few Offices
that General Malone had la,rrclltsl out
to the honest Garfield and Arthur Re
wlbiicans, have been transferred to Ger
tain MEN VIII" voted for Hancock, ami
who now claim the rewards due to Re-
'lub'ieans, because years ago they ". ve
Republicans.
In referring IL this matter AL s''i, cor
of the New York "Worl..''
says: lit i. u We'll recognized fact in
Richmond that it r,i,,irrsla Al! "f ;cu"E,!
influence with the leading Re-
l'ublicans t" keep them in the c:,,,c,.
when their chosen l.a,lrr John l.. Lew
is was sacrificed to please IL very sinai:
Of the party. Even after Lew
IS Withdrew from the senatorial! contest
there were 80 many Republicans indig-
I;tl't that it Wis necessary for him and
his friends tO remain in Rirh,Ennd an.!
lr:!e all tho Republicans to Lc,.lain and
ABIDE by tn" caucus nomination. This
work WAS accomplished chiefly through,
llc efforts of. .Anlbler>n,iti,, ancx-Rc-
member If Virginia.. 4 r..si.lcn,
# Richmond, hut engaged in the pr.c-
isS "f law ut Washington. llr is and
'i> ,'ctn an intimate friend and SUP
Ortcr IT I.icutcn;ant-(:O Governor Lewis.
'cing related to him, aN! with Mr..
t:.rn>''crgcr, State representative. Mr..
stevens, State senator, and other trust ..
q friends OF Mr.. Lewis, rei;l:.i!lc.i for ,
he purpose Oi preserving the harmony i
( the caucus. Through their efforts :
his trouble was ti.l.,i over. The :
[la'::ht Republicans win" refused ?
, go in" the coalition and refust Il to
nplrprt cameron were not consulted ]
y their associates who ,li': support it. j
l. known here. that Congressman de- =
.n't"ri has acquired u large popularity y
nee the election, and many men who a
ere denotlncing him tor his firm stand ::
sainst coalition are declaring that he "
the only Republican who shovel any ;.
:.nina in the fight. 1t is thought tina, {.
czendOrfs course will make him the
adler Of the Republican party in the
tate. He has expressed himself most :. Is
eely towards the Republicans who IL
lpported the election, and fsvors con- AZ
renee of Republicans to decide among ~
'emselves what Is hest to be DONE" 1t t.
we'll known the feeling between the x