The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-25
EDITORIAL MOTIFS.
Mr.. D. ]. WEIGH has . walk over.
His opposition b Insignificant.

: A9OA4O6S8A0 COOA00s
Mr.. ID. ]. WEIGH bas . walk owe,
: His opposition b Insignificant.
W0odmen and others In NOntaD
will never vote for man for Con
gry~s who Is In favor II reviving tlh
prosecutions sgainst thore Who Gu
tin,Ier upon the public lands.
Mr.. Wallets eminent fitness 70
the office Of Assessor H. conce1ed b!
all. HIS long career In mercantile
pursuits has given him IN experience
. which his opponent lacks. and which
" becesssry to the proper discharg'
of the duties Of the Office.
The litter Xo"Htasn. after severn
days consideration and carefully
looking out to zee which way ths
''cat jumps" on the gaS law question
finally places itself on the gr0und
long since occupied by the MINER,
i,y declaring Its belief that the law
should be modified. Hut Que has Ia
wade through dreary article to hn(l
its opinion.
The County Democratic candi-
dates, without exception, are gem
tlen.en thoroughly qualified to dis
charge the duties Of thu several Of
lices for which they have been
named. The voters Of the county
will act in the direct line Of their
interests BY giving them . rousipg
majority on the 7t.l Of next month.
In Mr.. Eugene ID. Sullivan the
people have . candidate fur Sheriff
in whom sIl confidence may be safely
placed that he will do his wll"le
duty ut all times and under al cir
cun,stances. Young, energetic, In
,eliigent, honorable and generous
hearted, he will make an officer Ut
wh.'m the county vii " proud.
II Major Maginnis establishes the
fact that Marshal BO.kin wished to
revive the prosecutions against the
w'otl-choppers and lu,nl,er,nen Of
Montana, the sooner the Ma1hal
wilbdrs w from the Republican tick
ct and frOl, the canvass the less will
be the majority that will cover the
Republican party in this Territory in
defeat.
The Inter K0Mm'HiM hes labOred,
10, these maany months, to show that
the standard dollar Is ''iraudu!cnt,"
and that their cninas.. should i,e dis
continued. 1t has ncw discovered
that "bi-n'etxllism is my,h-an ex-
,'l'sled fallacy." For full particulars
c,,,,rerMing this astonishing discov-
cry the reader is referred to the riyn,s.
role which appears in that sheet "i
last evenings date.
We give place to an article from
the LMtirpc"titMt Of ti,r I'D instant,
containing son,e Interesting reading
matter in Which, Marshal Botkin i.
placed In vcfy rnenviabie position. !
The wGol-chollxrs and lun,l'erl,,en
Of the Territory will not, in view Of !
the light NOW p;.acsd Le;oyc them, NC
cord the Marshal much support. In
his long editorial ami political career,
he hax written one letter too many.
Zone Taxpayer" gives his opinion
Of the Gag Law" IL this mornings
issue Of the MI:ER. In this CONNIE G.
ton we desire 10 SAY that the MINER
will make room IL its columns for ar
ticles upon this subject which do not
contain personal abuse. but 1T the
HaI,le time it must III bn&l. rst&sxl we
10 not endorse all the opinion. *.
pressed upon the subject. The MINER
las given i opinion Of the law and
will accord reasonable spacc to ths'ss.
.S''O desire to express u different one.
The matter is an important one, aud
while II j. OPEN Tor discussion ii ,',ny
n we'll he thoroughly; di...,.sse<l, that
III NAV hear what may Lc sai.l up,m
nth sides .: the subject. Il
Aud nOw IT,. wire is us.,i to trans
nit the astounding int. liigencc that Z
Hon. w. II. Barnu,n, Chairman of I
he National Democratic Committee, $
y ini lica:e'l in the forgery "f tile =
llOrcy letter. 1t seems that little
:'h:'mie Davenport has tie confession q
{ st.n," obscure individual tha. such 4
= the horrible fact. We believe We D
u arsl something like this nearly two !
carr ago. hut the people tm,k no I
l'H'k In the report then nor will they q
"w. The charge IL too thin and ]
ctsls more than the con fessiOn vi u
ny one unknown man tO give It the =
'ml'lancs. "f trut:,. But II may serve K
&c rurpsSe If making q good CAM y
aign story, and that is probably what l.
Is started for. Now II the Repub- 81
rams ca" make 1t appear that Mr.. b
arnun' cut of WI';ttakcr's ears, the n
III measure of the iniquity Of the K
party may L< correctly {.
Ol
The Irirr Mountain II last even u
y has considerable to say about the "
rally ut Sun River. But II
skipped the most important anil III
teresting point made by Major Ma p
mis-. W. take from the same re- ~
'rt Of the meeting wl,icl, our c,,te,,,- u
'rary used, the following concern u
4 Marshal Ertkin and the timber u
lCst;On:
Il will not attempt 10 give u COM.
t:e account vt TIE. n',lc and states II
an'tke slecr;a ~ Major AIaeinnis. pe
4 ''ne FsN"t deserves special and II,
r:irular attention.. 1t j. Of Vast i'm -
rii nee to the voters nf Montana. .: III
parties. Ii WAS y charge \ aiu.t 1t
ar>l.ai n0ikiI. established and d,
''v,si Ivy his own car eslAn.lcnrr u,
III the Commissioner ii Indian "
Iairs, that h. wi>hesi t. revive the ~
against the PEOPLE Of tn
'n;ana, concerning the lsc If wind Ill,