The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-15
The Semi Weekly Miner
goodbye GOrham.

vanderbilt has q weakness for balls
as well as for fast horses. New York
snobdom and horse trainers are
made happy by.i it.
If Cameron don't return from Eu-
rope pretty soon, the Republicans
will be compelled to call on Malone
to aid them in recognizing the Sen
ate.
Ifthe Republicans in the Senate
are disposed to be just toward a gal
liant and much-wronged soldier. a
bill for the RELIEF of Fitz John Porter
will pass at this session of Congress.
General Howard wants deserters
from the army branded with the let
ter Cd" TEis recommendation is
out of joint with the professions of
the General, who is sometimes re.
fsrred to as the praying soldier.
The last Congress was flooded with
private pension bills. This one seems
destined to have an equal num-
Der. 1t will be a blessing to the
country when thatimmense surplus
In the United States treasury be cut
of.
Senator Sabin, of Minnesota, IS
. elected Chairman OF the Republican
National Committee. The commit
tee decided to hold the next Republic
can National Convention in Chicago.
The great West is generously recog-
nized In these appointments.
In digging the foundation for the
new court house in Las Vegas, New
Mexico, a day or two ago, ''pay dirt"
was found and the surrounding land
was Immediately staked off. AS a
rule the pay is above ground where
such buildings are erected.
1t is hoped the present Congress
will forever settle that Texas Pacific
land grant swindle by declaring the
lands forfeited. The road never
earned a foot of them and should not
be permitted to transfer to another
company what it did not possess in
law or in equity.
Senator Hills bill for u Postal
Telegraph provides for a purchase Of
existing lines at a price not to exceed
i've per cent. above first cost. Should
the bill become a law, the finding of
the first cost of all existing lines will
prove quite as difficult as the finding
of a Star Route witness. There will
" two parties to the contract.
1t makes but little difference, so
far as the principle is involved,
whether mine claimants pay SIS, SIS
or $50 for the publication of notices
of mining applications f" the fact re-
mains they are barred the benefit of
competition among newspapers for
publication, and the ether fact re-
mains that the rule which enfOrces
this order of things is an infamous
one.
The %tri-partite agreement of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul,
Union Pacific and Rock Island Rail- |
roads, gives to the U. P. all the west
bound freight of the other roads. In
consideration of this the U. P. gives
to the other parties to the agreement
all its East bound freight which
passes beyond Omaha. The agree
ment runs for 25 years but may be
limited to six years at the pleasure of
either party to it.
A bill has been introduced in the
House to reduce the price of Gov
eminent lands within the limits of
railroad grants from So so per acre to
$l.25. Under the present rates the
Government loses nothing in giving
lands to railroad corporations, but
the settlers are the sufferers. BY re-
ducing the price the latter are the
gamers. The Government is not in
need of the money but the country is
in need OF settlers. Give them the
benefit of a reduced price.
MI. Sullivan, O'Donnell's counsel,
is not meeting with encouraging sue
cess in his effort to obtain a respite
for his client. It seems he is blocked
In every direction and even the
facilities for obtaining the addresses
of the jurors who convicted O'Don-
mel are denied him. The action OF
certain newspapers in London in re-
fusing to publish his appeals for the
names and addresses of the jurors
can be accounted for only on the n.y.
pothesis that they desire the execu-
ton Of O'Donnell whether guilty or
innocent. Unless the wishes of the
Cabinet at Washington be favor
ably considered by the British au-
thorities all hope tor O'Donnell
must be abandoned.
Silver Is receiving marked atten-
ton by this Congress. Bills to sus-
pend its coinage, bills to limit its
coinage, bills to make it a legal ten
der for government dues and bills to
call in all national bank notes under
the denomination Of fves are intro
duced. The latter bill is a measure
that should have been adopted years
ago. One and two dollar bills can be
dispensed with without detriment to
the business interests of the country, +,
and their retirement would give .
place to about 200, GOO, 900 silver dol
dollars-nearly fifty millions more =
than are now coined. MI. Hutchins' i.
bill is in the direct line of the inter- .
ests Of silver miners, and shonld re- =
,eive the support of those friendly to !.
hose interests and in sympathy with .
hose of the people at large. :,
The signs at Washington portend t
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