The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-20

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SATURDAY, NAY =, 1oo9
Many peop)e ID the nisnisipPi 6tntel
assinquising throagh The pssn nov thsjl
Iepssseatntjvs IN CsagsvD vsted ~ tn
Chinese bin. They wish their reeord
On that measure 70 paste ID their haas
No proChinese candidate for Con.
gyessioaal honoss Deed hesealter apply
foe their votes.
On the 10Th inst. De]egate Naginnia
presented the petitioa Of Wihoa b.
Harlan, protesting agninst the pasags
o(the Washburn bin for the repeal q
the pse.emption laws. The petition W.
retesred to the Committee on Public
Lands. Also the petition Of the citisrns
ofHejena, n. r., for IN appropriation
for educational purp0ses, which w>s ~
lerred to the Committee on Education
and Labor.
Don Cameron b busily engaged In IN
endeavor to repair the gaps which the
Independents have msde In the ranks
a the Republican party IN Pennsylva-
mn. He II working at hopeless task.
Mitchell b up In arms against him with
5000 Independent voters Ut his bsck
and now It b stated that Blaine will take
the field against his 6t~lwast Zoe. There
y blood on tho moon IN the Keystone
State and Democratic victory In the
perspective.
The WashinRton correspondent q the
Chicago Times tells the following hard
story concerning the habits Of our hw-
maken 1t tho National Capital: A
weil-known southern Senator, two or
three weeksago, w. OF on spree for
ten d ~, although be was reported sick.
Two or three Eastern 6enatos1 come in
b tho Senate every day actually drunk
not drunk enough for the galleries to
notice anything peculiar, but drunk
enough not to b 1t for public business.
There b more drinking In the Senate
than there h about the House.
It b suggested that II these Arctic ex-
peditions must b made It 10 An Outrage
to sent. good men on them. They are
simply death-traps and should b used
only for the purpose Of dispnsin9 Of
criminals or worthless oharacterH. |
6hiphesd would make an excelleot cQn,-
mander and with Dorsey and Brady -
under olncess another expedition could
be sent, and II It were never heard Of
aGain there would be bat few mournen
outside Of tho Republican party. which
would lose IN excellent Secretary Of IT.
National Con,nittee. In that event
Howg.te might b prevailed upon to
take his place.
The magnificent new State House Of
Albany, New Yort, threatens to tum-
bic In ut any moment from ito own
enormous weight. It 10 said great
bloc Of granite on the ground floor
have tern cracked with the immense
pressure and the walls are out Of plumb.
TIE members Of the Legislature care
fully examine the ceilings with opera
glasses each morning and pay strtcter
attention to the opening prayer than
they formerly did. II the threatening ,
danger would induce members to forego +.
their disgraceful trading Of votes and !.
more di~graceful jobberies, the State
would find some compensation In it,
|oss Of the building.
The following paragraph going the
POUNDS Of the press illustrates = sim-
plicity Of manner which carries one {
oack to the days II TIE foun.:ers Of the I
American Rep Iblic. "Republicsn sim q
plicity was never more graphically IL
ustr~ted than i: = p easaot, old-fash-
ooed house near Iowa city the other I
by. 4 representative Of the Repssdti- :
'aS, Of Cedar Rapids, visited the house ]
n search Of ito owner, sx-Secretsry O.
he Interior Kirkwoo&l. A tall, elderly
ady, with benevolent and molherly e
Aoe, quit her ironing bosrd. and. plac- ]
NJ ;.er hat-iron upon the st"ve, came !.
onward tn greet the reporter. It was =
I'm. Kirkwood." d
Cadwallader Golden Washburn, who h
led ut the Arkansas Hot Springs on d
be 18th inst, w.s bOrn 1t Livermore. y
isine, In 1913. He received an acsde- :
Dic education, engaged In nsescs. tile b
ssrsuits In Bsston for = time, when he Y
es,,oved to Wisconsin, where he studied q
Nv and was admitted to the bur. He :,
~ elected to the House Of Representa- h
|vex for three successive tern,s, aud w~s Il
delegate to tie Peace Convention N +
S6l. He entered the Union army - =
plos,ei of cavalry and rose to the rank r,
{ Mxj0r-Gein ral. He was elected 4 II
se,,,ser Of the Forfeit, aud Forty. lint II
Congresses. and became Gov. raor oflhe - =.
tate in 1872. He died nj paralysis and IA
rights disease vi the kidneys. e.
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