The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-10

Political COSBY OoGooran Dying
a Mysterious Itom.
CHICAGO, June IA Washington
sp~.isl snys the Congressional Commit
ter /. especially pleased with the result
In Orxxon. It wsy surprise 10 the most
sanxuine. and y counted ~ the hor6tn-
ger Of q sure victory ON the Pacific
C0s.st.
Much interest n felt in the conven-
tiOn of the independents Of North Car
olima which meets to-day. 1t 10 expect
ed Inst they vii make = ticket which
the Republicans will endOrse In pat Ut
their convention next week and In r.
tur" will rec..ive the. Independent sup
mort .Or the Republican ticket.
Hon. Il. ]. Ellis, Of LOuistoDa, now .
Dx,.Mn:rxtic member Of the House, will
be lie independent for re-eIecttOn, 0p-
po>inr Bourbonisn, and its methods.
Iii. w. w. COrc0rxn, the millionaire
banker Of this city, h nat going to. live
very long. He Is gradually growing
weaker and weaker. His physicians,
while not admitting that bis pr sent
condition = serious. yet have no hope OF
hi. ultimate recovery.
The Diplomatic bill 10 stuck fast In q
con rrence, and haas been tor days, on
ac,~.umt Of y single item Ut @00, ON, about
which there IL xOnIe mystery. The
Senute put in this item under the head
Of incidental expenses Of the State De-
mar m~nt, tut II is we'll known that 70
not the real purpose for which the
money Il wanted. 1t was di cursed In
executive session in the senate and
agreed to, 20 when the amend
nl.nt was offered in open session
Senators went through the farce Of
xrav.iy voting upon 1t for the benefit OF
III. public and naturally it passed uian-
inr.i,sly without debate. Congressman
on the Conference Committee knew
this sort ri thing would not find favor
in /. 4 House, and in fact It would be
utterly impossible to pass It. An ex-
pluiu,ion was tiitrtulNn sought Tor the
item. ..m which it C.,lld he tided through
thu debate that Was certain tO ensue.
In, ,,iry in props quarters e1iclttd the
in ",,,.utiOn that this item was for the
seer. service, Of the State debt as no ap.
rr,, .riation had been made for the secret
service OF this debt since the war. 1t
WAS not apparent why it was needed ut
Thu time wien there was H., danger o.
fO .ign emi>s,rit.s disturbing the fOun"
d.,t,un l.i the Government. 1t was more
ex,Liritly explained. 1t was said 1t was
necessary for ju.;iriOus Use in Central
America. with the view Of pr'tec Ing the
inter. SITS Oi the United states. 1t was
said Oreign Governments were using
utmost el.aleavOIS to prejudice the Cen
trail American States against the United
States aud our hold up'n the trans con-
,inmntial lstl'nus highway defense upon
thu relations We sustained tO Nicaragua,
Guatemala, Costa Rica and Honduras.
News palwrs should he kept friendly
an.l during the ct.ssiOn of the legislatures
In these countries We ought tO have I'M
agent there to talk up internattOnal In.
ter->ts with the special view Of the DOM
mat :On Of American influence. The
House nl-n,lx.rs al the committee have
Thought the case more serious upon In
ve>tigatiOn than before. with reference
t" its approval in the lower branch OF
Congress-. Effort has been made to
ke. !, the matter a. secret rs the grave
IN the hope it might he agreed to with
out exciting inquiry but this has failed,
for ALREADY some suspicious members Of
the House have scented the thing. II
it is agreed to III comic ence It will be
savagely and probably unjustly attack
ell. 1t W Il I've :,ss:,ilt1i ~ an attempt to
estaili-l an International corruption
fund to brii,e the officials If Central
American States and purchase news
p,,..r, in those countries in the interest
Of the. proposed Nicaraguan canal.
McCOok, Canon, Springer and HoE
man are suspected Of lying in wait for
it and lively time may be looked for II
the senate persists in the amendment.