The semi-weekly miner., 1882-03-25


IA1 DE0SO6 -. .ssssse.e.e 10000 lA0S1AC1
1SxxE D ISovl:.. $1,000: :.P.iIIirsSUSs Ill:
SATURDAY, MARCH -, lss2.
The people Of the West have said th
Chinese must 90, and cnngress In n
spoDse to their appeals have said tn
Chinese must 30. It now remains to b.
seen whether President Arthur win n
spsct the wishes of both congress an(
the people and approve the bill.
It 10 claimed by the Republicans tha
the Democrats will make the admission
a hskots . party question. As thu
Republicans to man favor it's admis
siso it would seem that they are also pre-
peEetl to deal with the matter in .,arti
san spirit.
The amendment to the Chinese bill t.
limit the restriction to ten years was de.
ssatetl in the House yesterday by vote
"f l3l nays to l(O yeas. 1t was finally
passed by = vote il u yeas to IS nays.
This light vote shows that there wa
more than the usual amount Of lodging
by those who were afraid to put them.
selves 'spso the record against the bill.
The Chinese Minister at Washington
threatens to shake the dust Of that un-
holy eity Off his feet IL the Chinese bill
become law. It having passed the
House that dlgnitary will have no occa-
sion to delay his departure unless the
President vetoes the bill of which there
b reasonable fear.
Notwithstanding the speeches ofSko-
belen, the severeigus Of Europe appear
to be swapping chewing gum among
Zach other; and instead Of war . last
ing peace IL promised. The Car and
Frxneis Joseph, however, will maintain
two or three millions of soldiers lust
the same rs before merely for the fun
sfthe thug.
The Mining Record Of the llth inst
seys:
'About 105, ,m0 400 Of standard dollars
have bsen coined in this country up to
this date, which, II valued at the rate
silver IL valued in the cash reserve Of
the Bank Of France, to the extent of
about S:sS. AZ. ON ON the I'D of last
mentts, would be worth SlO8, IA, ,OOO."
A dideren &c Of S., ,2l5, 900 in favor of
the purchaser Of our standard dollars.
Should We increase the weight of our
dollars to the extent desired by mono
metsllists they would Ike bought up by
dealers and Tecoined in foreign mints ut
great profit to the purchasers and . cor
responding loss to silver producers.
President Arthur bas again aroused
the ire ofthe Half Breeds. He has dined |
and winsd Gen. Grant and It IL said,
will appoint Senator Teller Of Colorado,
Secretary II the Interior, to succeed
Kskvood. Grant Is pulling the wires
and has delayed the appointment Of Tel
Ter until arrangements can he made
with Gov. l'itkin to appoint Mr.. Chat. |
feeas Mr.. Teller's successor in the Sen
ate. II r. hardly necessary to add that |
i'oth Teller and Chaflee are sound Stall
warts. 1t h now In order for howl to |
b. Ssised all along on the line Of the
HaIf-Breetls. Our evening contempora-
~ aesnss the way should not miss this
opportunity to give the ''wilful and
perveFyc" President another shot.
President Arthur has made . very
oppOstunc and sensible recommends
tion- In recent special message to
eongrrss he asked that body to enact q
law Pssviding for compulsory vaccina-
tion. In referring to the matter the
ADI sasd Expre*s says:
1T h . matter Of prudence to require
every immigrant to be vaccinated, and
for ti,r sake Of prudence 1t would be
we'll tO have vaccination made com.
pulsO5y among all the more than 81, ,OOO.-
sAkD pa,taple Of the United States. small
pOx destroyed ii, ON lives on the
eOntiueut Of Europe during t, . century
lreeestSnts Jenner's discovery, and It
would he criminal tO permit the
disease to ravage this cOuntrv through
any sGxlect Of vaccination. The nation
has ns&sse provision for the distribution
q poB- vaccine virus ut cost. and some
provision should now he made for its
use in all parts Of the
Union It Is evident that no imln.-
gnsns es.n safely l,e permitted to enter
Our posts without being vaecinate(l. and
fOr tive ps1,txctiOn Of the people let Con-
gress enact the compulsory vaccina-
tiOn law which President Arthur rec0n-
mei,ds. II
What will Shipherd tell the House
FOreixn Affairs Committee: is the
now prDpDunded by the
inq,,irev for information. Mr.. shipherd
wx- before the members the other day,
AMI from the cOnsiderate manner i'm
which he WAS treated 1t may be set down
rs f.es the Committee will he very
careful not tO tread Oh his cCat-tails
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