The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-18

The sum of sI5. COZ, 900 is asked of Con.
gre>s to- reImirand rebuild the destroyed
levcc< on the Mississ ppi river.
Pari,;:.,,s are still investiny heavily in
speculative enterprises. They don't
seer. t" ',c deferred by the fate oi the
CHicn Generate.
The senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation Of John Russell Young as Nit:
lister to China au.l Mr.. T.. H. Logan as
Minister to Chilli.
1t is estimated that 5000 people are
rendered homeless. and destitute hy the
Hood, in The Mississippi valley. y"
figures can represent the suffering they
have endured.
The fact that Miss Anna Louise Cary
will hc n,a,rice! in early autumn is coil-
.;:lrr..l Of sufficient importance tn teie-
yr.p, t. the wO Ill. Now, what Of it !!
isn't she old enough to bc married.:
Page, in his speech in the House, adj
mitt.1l the Democratic party in that
body woul: support the bill restricting
Chinese immigration, and applied the
'a.!, to the Republicans to whip them
into It's support. Tae Democrats,
the friends OF the laimring poor, needed
no urging to induce them to vote for 1t.
Far some reason nexpla;ned, Col.
Cooke, who has been for some time
identified with the prosecution a. the
Star route cases, has resigned. This
drOppn.: out OF counsel tor the Govern
nlcnt docs not auyur success in bringing
the Star route swiDdlcrs to justice. There
ID y screw loose somewhere.
The New York MNX anal Express Of
the 10Th inst. says: New York was
represented in the Senate yesterday.
One Of our Senator'S, Miller, voted for the
An.i-Ccinese bill. The other, Lapl,an,.
voted against it. Thus the power and
influence of the Empire State" are felt
in the councils Of the Senate. New
York like Judge David Davis, 10 too big
t. c"llinc itself to one side Of Il question.
If both Of our Senators should happen
to throw themselves with all their
weight, 50 to speak, into the support of
the same side Of any measure, the effect
would be immense. We are glad to see
that they arc careful about this"
This useful md effective measure the
anti-miysaiI,y hill) was introduced Ivy
Edlnuntls in the SENATE; il passed that
Mnlv with rlifyimy celebrity, although,
strongly opposed Ivy number of Demo
rr.,t,c Senators, ctc."-IMt%r Mountain
DttrcA Is.
Slightly paraphIasing the elegant die
ton Of our contemporary "f last even
Ing We will say Of the above; this is
worse ,i,:,n laundering. The Inter
AOnA'.t;n c.'i,.T knew when he l,cnnctl
the above that not single Nn,rrat in
the Senate voted against the bill ON It's
tina!i .i4sags. But that made no differ
enrc. II WAS aE easy matter to ignore
that ra't and then pile NJ the abuse.
This nay i. vc,y -,i.:,rt hut it is not jour
u..iislN.
General i;:'>.".:iE<, whD was some
time ago chosen lt,r;nau 1T The MI
tinn' D,isis":::ti" campaign committee,
has also been ci...ca Chairman Of the
Ea..nn.,i Executive Coniniiitcc The
old soldier viii! lead the DrinOcruri.
purity to victory at the next National
contest. lsy the by, without desiring {"
appear 10" inl"~i'ivr, We would like to
iM.;,i:" y: ear Republican contemporaries
win,tlr" their party proposes I" retain
the services Of Mr.. Dorsey, Of unrnvi-
able Star route n":or;rty, as Secretary Of
their National Committee: Iin"t, is it
not a!s'ut time the party relieved! Itself
vi the MIium which attaches to it Ivy
virln" ":' retaining him in that capacity:
In TN. connection it may not Ike out of
place - inform the litter Mountain that
Mr.. Nnr-..y is Secretary, no; Chairman,
Of lh: National Republican Committee.
MIR. 're'ingllusen, i, credited Will,
hcing u well meaning gentleman, kind,
~ynl;..ith.tie AID hon. 81, but he is also
charged with hejng Il murderer If The
Queen. English. Same time ago ti:c
New York Journals laughed at him for
.ayin z III his instructions to Mr.. Tres
r,,t. tn: United States Is at lNsce etc. -
More recently Il. tc!rGrap'nd 10 The
Queen, on her recent cscal" from as*;ls-
sination. that: II he ceiling Of indir-
nation ami than,!t,lny:,> .Or the Queen.
,,.,y is deep and universal" And
nov thee same newspapers are asking
IN :: r,'Hr,i>, How many are ''in,li> rnHnt'
ami how many are ''t!,ank.u!," and
whether Mr.. Fr.ylin&.l,uy~rn thinks the
feeling" about equally divided. One
paper i,r.m,.ir asserts that the venerable
Secretary could pr'tit 10y taking Lesson.
in .:ra;lllu.r aud diplomacy from q for
ncr Sccrctary-an OIL schoOlll;,ster-
whose initials ara ~. Il. b" But that
paper belongs to the llalf-Drec,i lwrsua-
sion AMI is prcju.i.r,i. The TACT is the