The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-31
sEMl-wEEKLY MINER.
SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1888.

SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1883.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The President has received no tele
grams from Kansas recommending q
successor to F0lger in the event o1
the latter's death.
An exchange wickedly observes
that if Sprague be elected he may
shoot Conkling and then pardon
himself out Of the penitentiary.
Secretary Folger is improving and
, is now able to sit up in bed; read the
morning papers, and receive callers.
His ability to stand the Washington
morning dailies is a sure indication Of
his convalescence.
Governor Boynt0n, oftGeorgia,
used to be president of a base ball
club: 80 did Senator Edmunds, and
80 did Governor Pattison of Pennsyl-
vania. Moral : Boys join a base bali
club and strive for its presidency.
The Emperor William is reported
as suffering from catarrh Of the stom-
ach and swelling of the neck. On
account of his extreme old age, Sc
years. the news of his death at any
time would not be a matter of sur
prise.
The Nail and Express thinks the
ghost Of Boss Tweed must laugh
when he hears of q solemn trial of a
Park Superintendent charged with
Incorporating M dollars worth
of city lumber for his private pur-
poses!
The Boston Post finds that the
veto score of the tidal-wave Cover
mons stands thus: Butler, 3; Cleve-
land, g; Pattison, o. That il moth
ing. Montana has a Governor who
can discount all of them put together.
He vetoed eleven bills before he had
been in the country long enough to
entitle him to q vote.
The Washington grand jury is un-
earthing more %rottenness in the star
route matters. What . sweet-scented
band of robbers the Republican party
Kept in the Postofice Department at
Washington. How much of the
money flched from the government
went toward perpetuating the power
of that party will never be known.
Mr.. c. P. Huntington denies the
rumor that tie Central Pacific Com
pany is unloading its stock. and says
not q share of it has been sold during
the past two months. There is no
doubt of the truth of the assertion,
for if reports concerning the status of
the road be true he would be a fit
subject for q lunatic asylum who
would invest in its stock.
At the head of the list of great men
who have served their country faith
fully and honestly stands the name of
Alexander II. Stephens. During
his half century Of official life he had
numberless opportunities to enrich
himself at public expense, but Nj.
Stephens died a comparatively poor
man. 1t lives to his fame, however,
that he died al honest man.
The remains of the late Postmaster
General Howe were scarcely en-
tombed before kilograms were precip-
itated upon the President praying
MIN to appoint one John A. Martin
of Atchison, Kansas, as his successor.
Such indecent haste to fill the shoes
of the dead should be met by a
prompt rejection of the applicant.
The friends of MIR. John A. Martin
seem devoid of shame.
Louisville C0Mrier-Jovrnal:: 1.-The
Pennsylvania protection barons are
introducing ''pauper labor" from
Hungary into their works in order
to cheaper wages. To the protests
of the American laborers they declare
that it is ''none of their business"
Workingmen should remember that
these are the fellows who claim that
they have invested their money in
manufactures exclusively for the
benefit of american labor"
1t is said the Second Auditor and
Comptroller are after Governor But
Ter for an alleged shortage in the ac-
counts of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. But
Ter says he is not aware he owes any,
thing there, and adds he is willing to
pay it if he does. 1t is probably
only a C e of loose bookkeeping on
the part of some one, for it::has never
been charged that Butler is dishon-
est, however, slippery he may be in
political matters.
The Queen is so far advanced in
her recovery from her recent accident
that she has announced her intention
to make a visit next week. In this
connection it is worthy to note as an
evidence of the great love the people
Of England bear for her that all the
bulletins, describing her situation
the first few days after her
misfortune, were eagerly read by
crowds of anxious people. Truly
Queen Victoria has a deep hold upon
the hearts of her subjects.
The unblushing assurance of the
Rev. Edward Crowley, ex-convict
and e~x-shepherd of the Shepherds
Fold, New York, assumes disgusting
in the fact that he has
asked the Legislature of that State to
remit the fine of $250 imposed on him
for starving n of the little waits
in his charge, and also to pay