The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-11
SEMl.WEEkLY MINER.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL II, 1888.
EDITORIAL NOTES.


EDITORIAL NOTES.
The trial of George w. COnklinl
Jr., for the killing Of William +
Haverstick is postponed to next Ser
TENDER. Mr.. Conkling has been a
ready acquitted at the bar Of publ
opinion and his acquittal at the hand
OF a jury will follow as a necessar,
cOrollary.
The San Francisco Triennial Com
mittee report it has every assuranc
that good MOTEL accommodations ma!
be procured for every visiting Knigh
Templar to the conclave. The oeca
sion promises to be successful in ever!
particular. San Francisco does moth
ing by halves.
AL anti-monopoly movement il t.
be started in Indiana. Its promoter
have not yet announced their plat
form but i1 is supposed it will moi
vary from the stereotyped one now
adopted by those who desire 9th el
mems money to conduct their own
business.
The remanding Of the dynamite
prisoners without giving them the
opportunity of furnishing bail for
their appearance At court indicates
the temper of the people of England
against them. 1t will lay with the
prosecution to prove an evil intent
on the part of the prisoners. which
will probably be not 80 easy a matter
as it was to arrest them.
An Elton gentleman has reduced
his statement to writing, to which he
declares he will abide, that he saw
Lady Florence Dixie the whole time
she was standing IN the spot where
the alleged attack upon her was COM
mi ted, and saw her walk away
without anybody accosting her. 1t
is now about time the lady herself
should again be heard from.
A contract has been recently en-
tered into between a New York CON-
pany and the Panama Canal syndi-
cate to dredge and construct sever
miles of the Panama Canal, and soon
after the close of the contract to con-
struct three more miles, beginning
at the Panama end of the route, at
the rate Of 81 ,OOO, 900 a mile, or a total
of $40, 600, 900. 1t has also contracted
to furnish 1000, 600 dredges. The
New York company expects to clear
81 ,OOO, 900.
1t is claimed that the appointment
Of Judge Gresham to the postal de-
partment means that whatever use
of Federal patronage can do to hold
Indiana and Ohio in the Republican
column will be done. 1t is of vital
importance to the Republican party
t hat those States be preserved for its
Presidential electors in 'S4, and
Judge Gresham is relied upon to
keep them in the Republican har-
ness as far as the bestowal of post
office favors can do it. President
Arthur has allotted a hard task to the
new pOstmaatar Cyanoral
The question is now being asked :
Is there really any danger of a catas-
tr"phe at the coronation of the Gar?
Cool observers, says an exchange,
begin to doubt this, and the London |
Economist calls attention to the fact
that the announcement of the coro-
nation at Moscow has added four per
cent. to the exchangeable value of
the Russian paper currency, stimu-
lated Russian trade and sent up Rus
sian stocks about five per cent. The
Nihilists may lie bulliDg Russian
securities with the intention of devot-
ing the profits of the operation to u
new revolutionary crusade.
An indignant stickler for woman's
says: "The so-called Civil
Reform Commissioners an
that they will discriminate
women, although the civil
law does not. What right
have they to enlarge their own pow
ers in this direction or in any other
They were appointed to
carry out the law enacted by Con-
yress and not TO be a law unto them
If these Commissioners can
discriminate against women appli-
;snts for places they can also discrim-
nate against other applicants on &C.
count Of their color Or nationality, or
or any other reason. The Commits
lion makes an inexcusable and seri-
'us L:under at the start.
1t is denied that General Crook or
his troops to take no prisoners
II their battles with the Indians.
The denial is not necessary.
The humane policy pursued by the
government in dealing with the In
|iaus includes, not only the taking
# prisoners, but immunity from all
punishment for their dastardly
A buck that has gained a
h%ieftain's place through the blood of
White women and children, when
AIKEN prisoner, is generally treated
% a visit to the great father at Wash
ngton and to innumerable presents.
t is this pleasing course on the part
f our Government to its wards that
Ills the Indians heart with that un
ounded love for the whites which
hey have recently shown in Arizona
nd New Mexico. OF course our
roops will continue to take them
they can.
Ii, says the World, President Ar
bur wishes to reward the services of
hat remarkable patriot known by
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