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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-14
IF.

If there should be a bolt in the
Republican party in New York,
though an uncrganized one; if the
New York Herald, Truth and Morn
ing Jourmol-independent journals.
and the Times, Post, Nation and
and other Republican papers which
have taken such strong ground
against Blaine's nomination should
now fight him, and if the Dem
ocrats do not prove themselves a set
of hopeless idiots at Chicago next
month, the man from Maine will be
the most whipped man that evsr
made the race for President. But if
Mr.. Blaine succeed in uniting his
party in that State, and if the Stall
warts can overlook the defeat of Fol>
ger at the hands of the half-breeds,
and the defeat of Beaver in Pennsyl.
wanna Dy the same iacLlOn he Will
make it uncomfOrtably warm for any
Democratic nominee except Tilden.
But if, again, Mr.. Tilden shall re-
ceive the nomination for President
by acclamation and if he accept
James q. Blaine will never occupy
the White House It Washington.
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fideuce. State after State have de-
clared the wish that he should again
become q candidate for the office to
which he was once elected, and that
American law and justice should be
vindicated as thew were outraged
in his person.
Although he has seen tit to de-
cline the proffered honor it must be
grateful to every lover of right to see
bow much even handed time has al
ready done toward the punishment
of the Great Fraud. It smacks of
poetic justice to witness the bene-
fciary of that fraud powerless in bis
own party and contemplate In the
eyes of the world, while the victim
of 1t is more powerful, more honored,
more respected and more beloved
than ever. It is q poetic justice
which comes with no halting foot,
and Rutherford B. Hayes and those
who aided him in consummating the
greatest fraud ever perpetrated upon
our free institutions cannot help see
it in the event. of the present.
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The situation in Ireland is a Gu
rious one. The followers of MI. Par
nell in their campaign against the
execrable land system of that coun-
try, are holding mass meetings.
Wherever these meetings are an
nounced in Ulster the Orangemen,
under the lead of the landlords, an
nounce counter demonstrations.
This means not the holding of an
other meeting in the same town to
parry the Leaguer's arguments, but
the bringing Of an armed mob to at
tack the Parnellites. To keep the
peace" the government has been for
bidding both sides to assemble, and
thus free speech has been absolutely
stifled. Mr.. Gladstone now repents
of his cowardice and announces that
the Parnellite meetings shall be pro-
tected. The Oraugemen swear ven
geAnce. Hence We have the absurd
picture of a gang IF Irish landlords
and their rattle headed following
protesting to be more 'loyal" than
the British government, and revolt
ing against it as the protector Of
''rebels."
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ROSWELL P. FLOWER.

Now that MI. Tilden has declined
the nomination for the Presidency
and many Democratic eyes are turned
toward New York for a candidate,
the name of Roswell p. Flower as
sumes an unusual prominence. His
prospects for the nomination are not
at all brilliant, but they are just
sufficiently flattering to excite inter-
est concerning his antecedeDts.
The following from an exchange
seems to cover all inquiries which
may be made in regard to him:
Forty>nine years ago he was born
in Theresa. Jefferson county, New
York. His father died when he was
S years old. He attended public
school till he was IA, when he went
into his brothers. store for S. a
month land found" At Is he
started to seek his fortune. He did
any odd jobs that would bring him
a dollar. He worked in q brickyard:
hired out as a harvest hand; sawed
and split wood; built fences; did a
farmers ''chores." Then he got a
c~lerkship in the postofice, stuck to
it six years, ana saved money all the
while.
Then the tickle goddess smiled on
him-not out of one corner of her
eye, bat full in the face. Henry
Keep, his brother-in-)aw, died worth
81, 600, 600. The widow handed the
money over to Roswell to invest for
her. He went to New York, invested
the money, and started a little bank,
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When labor feels that it is insult
flciently compensated and enters up
on a strike, the outlook should care
fully be studied before the step is
taken. In q majority Of instances
capital triumphs because it can
abide Its time, which labor can
not afford to do. The operatives in
the Fall River mill strike. have
learned this to their cost. They were
"out'' for sixteen weeks, the wages
of which were lost to them-ex~
pended $4,000 OF their savings, S1O,-
600 more in contributions from their
sympathizers, and then gave up the
contest as hopeless, with the forfeit
ure by a large NUMBER OF their sltua-
tions. The poor laboring man and
woman may regret that such things
can be, but as long a. the gov ern-
ment continues to foster monopolies
at the expense ofthe working classes,
strikes will occur and loss of wages
and suffering by strikers will ensue.
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The New York Herald, of recent
date, says that just Before the NOM
ination at Chicago Mr.. Blaine, in q
conversation with q gentleman at
Washington, remarked: 1.-THE fall
ure to get the nomination at Chicago
would be NO disappointment to him,
and that the prospect of a Republi-
can being elected was so doubtful, on
account of the almost certainty Of a
panic from overspeculatfOn, that the
loss of the nomination could not be
more than the loss of an empty
honor" I. is not likely Nj. Blaine
hes changed his opinion concerning
the matter, but he will make q gal
liant fight all the same.
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THE First CHOICE.

In commenting upon the fact that
q Democratic club In New York had
resolved to send q delegation 10
| Chicago in the interest of Governor
Cleveland, the Chicago Times hits
the nail square on the head when it
says it is, and should BIZ, a foregone
conclusion that the Democratic con-
vention will nominate Mr.. Tilden if
he lives till the day of meeting. He
is unquestionably the beat repre-
sentative of whatever is best in the
policy of his party. The suggestion
of any other name from New York
Is useless and any attempts by per
sons in the State who possess
"barrels," and suppose that "booms"
can be made OF that basis, to force
themselves or the attention of the
party are offensive as suggesting a
belief that money can buy a nomi-
nation. With all its faults, the
party has not yet put itself upon the
market to become The property of the
highest bidder. One New York
aspirant has been c0nspicuously in
decent, it is understood, in buying
frequent mention of his name as q
possible residuary legatee of the
party's influence in that State in the
event of q supposed possible failure to
nominate MI. Tilden.
Tie convention will certainly not
look to the East for q candidate it
any casualty should intervene to pre-
vent Tilden's nomination. There is
nc question that he is the first choice
of ninety>nine in every hundred
members of the party, and the DEM
Ocrats of the West are his most cor
dial and enthusiastic supporters. Al
ter him, the party would certainly
and justly seek in the West for a
standard bearer. This would be done
for the reason that while MI Tilden's
name and character are everywhere
accepted as a sufficient guaranty of
wisdom and prudence in administra-
ton, no other Eastern man could, in
view of the questions of policy agi-
tatiDg the public mind, command
the confidence of the party in the
country at large.
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PURITAN STOCK DErERIOR-
ATING.
Only a Question of Time When
It Will Disappear.
IChicagO Tribune !

That the Puritan stock has deter
iorated there IS no doubt. At the
present rate of deterioration it is
only a question of time how soon it
will disappear. Sixty years ago
a Yankee family usually consisted of
six to ten children, a generation
later the number had declined to
three or four; at present the number
OF children ranges from none to
three-usually one or two. The
causes OF this deterioration lie on the
surface, and the most fruitful one is
the great increase of wealth.
In the old times, when wealthy
families were the exception,
large families Of vigorous children
were the rule among the native
born New EngIanders. Wealth has
brought idleness and effeminacy
along with 1t, asi it always does. The
rule Is almost universally true that
wealthy families have few children,
and they feeble and spindiiug. In
poor families they warm. Having
wealth in p%rofusion there is no in
centive for women to labor, the wo-
men have no physical strength, and
not having these essentials Of health,
they. become consunptives and dys-
peptics, OF weak, tlaccid, nervous
creatures, who are not fit to have
children, OF if they have them, give
birth to feeble little infants who
speedily die of.
More than this, the possession of
too much wealth develops a dislike
for children, as those small incum-
ORANGES involve nursery cares. con-
slant attention, and anxious respon>
sibllities which interfere with the
pleasures of opulence such as society
patronlzes, European tours, concert
and opera going, winning and dining,
and the thousand and n frivolous
lnanities which make up the life of
most rich women of fashion. In a
wealthy woman's sphere, devotion to
the demands of dress, fashion and
etiquette is more imperative than de-
votion to children, the result heinz
That one or two children at most are
the rule In families which are two or
three generations were large enonoh
to absorb nearly all the Scriptnrs1
names that are euPhoniqus.
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IN TIE HURRICANE.
Croffut's Notes Of the Recent
Panic in Wall Street.
Bedlam Broken Loose-Iravel
Worn Secretary FoIger-Un-
Gle Rufus Hatch. Jim
Keene and Russell
Sage.
. LOOS6-IraVel
New York Cor. Chicago Tribune

New York Cor. Chicago Tribune.l
1t was only IL o'clock yesterda,
when | stepped OFT the Elevated road
at Rector street, but it was ALREADY
apparent that something was the
matter. The exit is out to Broadway
through No. II, in which Russell
Sage, Jay Gould, and half a dozen
other magnates have their office, and
and the first hint [ received was from
The sight of an old man running
through the hall out of breath and
holding his hat ON with his hand.
l stepped up one flight to Mr..
Gould's office. All quiet. The lynx
eyed clerk had a familiar nose at the
little port-hole in the partition watch
ing 4 dozen men and boys clustering
outside. NO" he said, "Mr. Gould
will see nobody" One of the oe-
siegers stuck a handful Of paper
through the port-hole, and it uisap.
peared like grain IN a hopper. \
check washanded out, pocketed, and
carried away. The walters weretalk-
Ing about the heavy failures in the
morning-the first [ had heard of
them.
Presently Washington Conner
came out-the young millionaire who
began as Gould's boy and is now the
senior partner-and [ asked him
about the situation. ave are irving
to get soundings," he said, land the
water Is deeper than anybody
thought: But we shall toucn bot
tom to-day or tomorrow
On leaving the building 1 saw a
long queue OF men and boys in front
of Russell Sage's office waiting to
get in, each holding sundry bits of
defaced paper in his hand.
In Wall street, opposite, there was
a perfect bedlam broke loose, The
Sidewalks were crowded., and crowds
surged through the street and around
the corner into Broadway. From
the window of the stock exchanon
nall open, broke a roar, now sullen
ana now rising to q frenzied Mitch
On the steps OF the sub-treasurv wac
a olack mass, as II all the discomfort
IN inc world had gathered there and
was aoout to swarm. A dozen
climbed upon the bronze statue nf
washington and roasted there. Men
ran past bareheaded, elbowiDg their
way red-laced, but apologies on Their
Fps 1Ler was a sudden snrrinr
t2getner a little further down W.IfS
Wnat was 1t? Nothing. Two half.
crazy hnanclers, getting in aant
b biinrs way, had rapidly exchanyed
BLOWS and passed on,
III oast inside the open windows If
VIZ ~ asury sat Secretary Folper
wn1 IA just arrived from t4ensv,
the morning train and b ugIeva
! e TO the seat Of war without u" hr nur-
,ase. he looked travei~w"rn' reak,
was slightly incongruous in J d
custer. Around him were lue1
aour or five bank presidents eM
o "ay-move on dar!O exc,.; ~s
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James r. Keene's Pluck.
Washing on Capital.

l see Jim keene has failed. Those
who knew him vel! we're Not sur
prised, and their only surprise was
that he did not throw UP the sponge
before. [ suppose Keene has dropped
$1,000. 600 or SIS 900, 900 in Wall
street. He is a manof great courage
and has been under before. Those
who know him think that this re-
verse will he only temporary. | do
not think there was ever shown q
greater exhibition of courage than
keene showed Oh the black Monday
OF the riot panic of 1877. Even Jay
Gould lost his head on that day, but
Keene got up from a sick bed and
went down to the s'ock-room. He
t~ele2fauhed to his friends in San
Francisco: "How much cash can |
draw FORE" The answer came back:
1--WE have authorized you to draw for
$500, 900 at once, and for as much more
if you want it."
With this ready cash he stood there
all the day like Horatius Cocles at
the bridge, alone, and took every
thing that was offered. He saved
the market. He stopped the panic,
when the room closed be was almost
dead. He fell to the floor and thg
picked tim w and carried him Na
neighboring hotel. He Just escarea
paralysis of the brain. His wife was
in San Francisco and he bad not 3
friend in New York. Sam Ward
he ard that Keene was sick. Thew
got Keene up to his room in the AL
bemarle hotel. Ward went there and
nursed him like a mother. He took
IAeene to Long Branch and nursed
him there. The great lobbyist was
patient, tender and tireless.
The last time I saw Sam Ward
was a week Or two after keene had
strong enough to go out.
SAID Ward, "Look here. Here is a
statement [ got this morning. 1t
was a statement OF account by
keene's broker, and showed that
Ward had $4,000 to his credit with
them. He was amazed. 1t Gems
fha5 keeue had, unknown to Ward,
quietly ordered his broker to carry
so many shares Of Lake Store for
the account of Samuel Ward, and
when there was a profit keene had
telegraphed them to close the
account and send Mr.. Ward a states
lnent. Mr.. Ward never from that
lay had any occasion to do any
lobbying.
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WHAT IT COSTS.
Something Concerning the Coz
structlOn of TELEGRAPH
Lines.
FIGURES for the Material-Old I'M
plemenLs and New-Western
Union, Baltimore & Ohio
and Postal.

In the course of q conversation with
Mr.. David H. Bates, a prominent
telegraph official, "Gath" gathered
the following items of general infor-
nation:
"How much do these great poles or
spals COS which you have planted in
the streets by night for some weeks
past?"
"They costs SIS apiece to get them
trimmed and delivered, and they are
made Of Michigan pine. By the time
the pole is six feet deep, and trimmed
with its cross-pieces, etc, it costs 800.
Of course, we only need such poles as
that in the very large cities, where
they have to carry heavy weights"
Don't you think. MI. Bates, that
some day the telegraph companies,
from mere economy, will lay the
wires under ground, the poles be-
coming too dear?"
mo, l think not" said Mr.. Bates.
II do not believe the telegraph poles
cost more to-day than they did when
l begun the business. 1t seems TO me
that [ had to pay twenty years ago
81 5 so pole, and that is what the
ordinary telegraph poles now cost OF
Saginaw cedar. The red cedar poles
cost us about 81 delivered in Canada,
We pay 81 for fir poles, and they are
delivered on the ground from 30 to 40
cents.O
I'm building your New England
lines do you have to 8 Canada or
western poles:"
mo; we get good chestnut poles all
through New England ard the east.
which cost about $3.50 apiece on the
spot"
What r you going to do about
Wlre?"
"We have made up our minds to
use for several OF our new wires q
hardened copper that is made in Con-
necticut. 1t is very much lighter
than the present wire, has the high
est kind of conductivity and lasts
longer"
Said 1: "What is the price of tele-
graph wire now"
ut is cheaper than it has ever been;
about Al cents u pound. They make
it about equally good at Roebling's
mill at Trenton and at another mill
at Worcester, Mass. These two e.
Adjustments can turn out 500 miles
OF telegraph wire a day. Roebling's
did a great thing when they intro
duced making wire into fhis coun-
try, and they are remarkable fine
people to deal with"
What does it cost now TO build tel
egraph?"
cit costs rising 500 a ,uile for the
poles and one wire, but in specia
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which is now . very big one and a
conspicuous institution In that city.
MI. Flower 10 q pleasant-faoed,
square-built, solld-headed man, who.
it is sa,6, finds time to be polite to
everybody on the busiest days. The
bank is an undoubted. solid fact that
would give comfort even to Grad
grind, and if its master has not . fer
vld Imagination he certainly knows
something of figures.
In 1881 he was elected to Congress,
where his bent fer figures enabled
him to make speeches on the tariff
which Democrats thought very valu-
able, and where his magnificent
wealth enabled him to become q So
cial figure and to give banquets
which would have extorted the praise
of Lucullus, Apicus 4 Co., - they
did win the ssthetic approval of Sam
Ward.
MI. Flower Is almost as famous for
his charities AZ for his dinners, but in
Washington he undoubtedly made
the stomach a stepping stone to re-
nown, if the expression may be used.
He has lived q careful, blamelees,
prudent life, and if the cast-of man.
tie of Uncle Sammy should In its er-
rant flutterings happen to land upon
his square shoulders, Is q good many
New Yorkers anticipate, the battle
against him would have to be fought
on general principles, like that
against Hancock, and not on bis per-
sOnai character or political mistakes:
And he could roll out his "barI OF
money" too.
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Mr.. Blaine kept away from
Chicago during the convention and
behav ed himself with great com>
posure and gentleness. AS a liter.
ary man. retired from politics. he
could afford to do this. But he had
a good manager in Chicago in the
person of Stephen Elkins, formerly
of New Mexico, the friend of Dor
sew, and one of the most insidious OF
the Star Route contractors. The
Star Route methods were well em-
ployed at Chicago.
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W Washington News.

WASHINGTON, June Is There was
a caucus of Republican Senators tins
morning upon the Mexican pension
OIL at which there was barely a quo
rum present and after discussion tht
subject was referred to the caucus
committee to formulate a course "
action.
Regarding the treaty which mas
been under consideration in the sen
ATE committee on foreign Relations
providing for an international copy,
right and patent system and wnlcn
has already been ratified and pro-.
mulgated by tWenty-four govern
ments, was reported adversely oy.ns
committee of the Senate. and after
brief discussion was rejected.
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POETIC JUSTICE.

The resolution of the California
Democratic convention declaring
that Notwithstanding Nj. Tilden's
declination he should be nominated
to rebuke the fraud of 1875, will meet
a hearty endorsement by every Dem>
ocrat in the United States. To Mr..
Tilden the past seven years of pri-
vate life have brought increased hon.
ors. With none of the ordinary
means of acquiring political popu-
larity, and at an age at which most
men outlive their power for good or
evil, he is still man whom his par
ty would follow with eagerness and
obey with readiness and implicit con.
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Embarrassed Bank,

NEW CASTLE, Md, June lS.-The
Peoples Saving Bank is embarrassed
and President Wallace has published
a note stating that owing to stories
having been circulated the bank
would close its doors. He would meet
those having interest bearing
deposits Saturday, June Dist, when
he Will make a statement and deposl'
ton. Meanwhile the bank will re>
celve and pay out on check accounts
put will refuse any interest bearing
deposits. Depositors are satisfied hal
they will receive every cent.
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"Strike down Chester A. Arthur"
cried the old political henchman,
land thirty times thirty thousand Re-
publicans will know the reason
why" Well, Arthur has been
stricken down and the 800. 900 Re-
publicans who are supposed to be in
the state of paroxysmal distress
about it can 60 on inquiring the
reason why. One of the reasons, we
take it, is that Arthur was supported
ut Chicago by just such men as
Townsend.
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World: The venerable clown,
Martineye Townsend, in placing
Arthur in nomination before the
Chicago pandemonium. displayed
his literary taste by quoting the
heart-swelling lines relative to the
imprisoned Bishop of Cromwall in
the days of James II:
And shall Trelawney die? and shall Trelaw-
ney die?
Then 50, 900 Conishmen will know the reason
whvi
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For three months or more MI.
Robert T. Lincoln has enjoyed a
quiet boom. Convention after con-
vention proclaimed for him, and it
seemed almost certain that he would
secure the second place on the
ticket. But the Chicago convention
was composed of veteran politicians
who cared nothing for senti-
mentality and. daddyism. The
shadow Of a great name was nothing
to them. They wanted the flesh
pots of politics as represented by
Blaine and Logan.
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Somebody broke into the special
car of the Maryland delegation re-
turning from the Chicago convex
ton, and stole all their champagne.
1t was this delegation which pre-
scented a resolution in favor of prohi-
bition from the Maryland state tenn
perance alliance.