The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-12-23
SEM. WEEKLY MINER.

4eN0O.\veEKlY o0)NoER
SATURDAY, DEC. q. lsS..
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Cheaper letter postage Is the Eencs
al demand.
Cleveland's M ,jority over Folger 4
precisely 1854. Republican l'oss
ism and Republican corruption il
high places IN New York are snowet
under for . season al least in tlsa
State.
Nr. J. Il. Keene, aalsl~ Ibis testimony
tn that NJ GOull's that while he haa
l'ecm specializing In the New YOrh
market Tor . nun,lsr Of years he l'aa
not yet learned tl.st ''co1Isery" ars
detrimental 10 putlic inter- IT.. II h
snsmewhat singular that Those wl,u
have created c0risery and prOlited Nv
then, are OLlivtaax Ia the fact that
thousands must lnse that . few may
reap l'gOdt. Perhaps the neecsd
pul,lic cDuld tell . different story
from, that is,lsl by Gould and Keene.
Experiments recently made IN
Italy show that plates can le RIM
delsd l,Arsl enough /" resist perfora
ti"n ~ any pscjectile known. Great
Britain, which ~ now building ships
IL carry guns that will pierce nearly
thirty six inches 0f s',lid irG,a. will lie
Interested in the newx. The race h
nsA ensle.l l,eaw een the manufacturer
of plates I" resist prjectiles, and the
manufactures ~ the latter 10 pierce
q given thick ness Of irnn.
S..nalor( 'I,aiI;,e, III ('0loraslo, h crrti-
ii~L with anying that he Is nat for ANY
r,am fDr President Ia lSkl who claims
the nomination On sentiment, besassse
his father or grandfather was Presi-
dent ls.l,re him. III" added the
Senator, 1.-THE Republican party cant
nominate iinst-cla- man lsog'e I"
we tie ticket defeated" Mr.. Chat
fee uttered the sentiments III tlss'sss-
sm.ls Of other Republicans, VIII"
wOul.l rather $50 = I)es,sM'nAt elestsxl |
ll,an nm uraiMLA candidate who
wouIi l's ~ putty in the hands IL
~" unscrupal"us toass Of the Re-
publican party.
The Senate COnsnsittec on Civil
Service Reform has considered Mr..
liawley's hill prohibiting the a''<s.ss-
''cnt II Government employees for
political ln,rn,sss, and adopted an
amendment making II = crime, and
prescribing therefor penalty f'r any
I've s''m to enter y public l,,,ilsling it'r
such purln,se. Mr.. Ilawley was
unanimously authorized to 0sIer his
bill with this Modification ~ nm
amendment to PendletOn's bill, II
tlsOnxhl desirable. The Senate II
attacking this Republican practice in
the right spirit. Ifn .l'x~ not weary J
ami fall l,y the wayxi.::e, the assess-
lsse,st Of Government employees E'r
ln'litieal purposes will s.'"n l'e u thing
VI the past.
An exchange Says tise liquor .lues.-
tom lsaal xa,sssstl,img Ia llO with the
result In Ol,iD, hut II was not l,esa,,*e
tI'e people of that Stale wanted free
wi'iskey anil no sunday" ~ their
SENATOR a,srrts, tln; they cut the
I Congressional ticket Of the PARTY
more than the State ticket. Thr
l'lsim lcsson II the Isrrnt cItstisa, lar
the Republicans Is this. that they
wrre ajefsaltsl lNCal,sG' their party *
Responsible. f"r extravagamt expemsli-
iMrs,s, ln'1ilissl asss.sssss'ssis, failure I"
rei''rIss The civil service and failure 10
reis'rrN the tariff. Itx plain l..ss.m tDr
Democrats h that the ls.'ple will
trust tlM.ir lAvty u II ssan give what y,
the osrlssl'Ikam organization rcfis~a,i ,
10 give, lDlt mot otherwise.
King Ali'l'""-.' II Slx,in s.s',n,s I" !
have marked 0sst - lime n al'lis,m t;,r ,
widely nj Variance. with that .
I'ur'ssse.i l.y his immediate aus~~ior~.
Judging frs'in his recent acts l.e in
l'rri's s'n'r " the dash AMI capacity Z
III lis m'''rs' rr''"a" prsgrnii0rx wl.n I
''.:asls' SIsaim ",r "f the leading pow
rn Of EwrOl~'. iilrsiaM nling
bis youth IL. has sla.wn an several 4
srss~i.';ss remarkable slrrw.lns>. q
J" anticipating AMI complying with
|l'~ ls~'l'lr'" Wishes and l,as, thus Ear, !
the exceedingly co,npli-
':sies, aflairx Of his Kingdom, will,
'''s're than "sslinary skill anil ability.
Ills prs,ss',Me nj the resent burning ~
lie War Uslirr h an evidence Of his :!
<.i"g ktssIy alive to the opln'rtuni-
iss far popularity. That ya's,nx King !.
Sil) y.t make his mark In Eur,,n.. u
Al IT, wants Ia make II h an ol,,n.r- a
unity attended Iy favorable cirru M. u
tanCv1. U
Scandal. like death. loves y Shin .
ny mark. This time Il l,ay aimed I,
Is vc,sOssssl shaft 1t . nscl,,l,er of n
ls. supreme Court ~ the Cmilexl I,
'latss. In noting II u recent tele- I
ram Says: Fortunately the judi .
'ial purity ~ the lIemrh h MT not ut
tale. Washington b simply l.ol.l- n
"g ~ IL" hands In holy horr'r over =
lsa. nIesslal aDl,li,uity NJ Oe,e Of the q.