The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-30
EDITORIAL NOTES

Max Lelande.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Iowa is unanimous for Tilden an.
Hendricks, with Mcdonald as sec
ond choice.
1t is said the testimony of Walsh
against Kellogg will create a stir in
Washington Star Route circles. Il
Is also said the testimony will con
vict Kellogg.
The New York Times denoucces
MI. Blaine as an "illustrious adven-
turer." The Times is the leading Re.
publican paper III New York, and
also in the country.
The vote in the Pennsylvania con
vention on motion to instruct the
delegates from the State at large for
Blaine was carried by a vote of 200 to
ALPHABETICALLY unanimous.
The tariff may be the leading issue
before the country. but the country
betrays very little interest in the tar
i'll debate now proceeding in Con-
gress.
Mr.. Morrison did only justice to
MI. Tilden when he quoted him as
being opposed to a protective tariff.
1t Is well said that Mr.. Tilden held
this view Of the tariff long before
Mr.. Morrison came into public life.
1t would appear that Frank James
will never escape the clutches of the
law. As soon as he Is cleared upon
one charge he is arrested upon an
other. He is the MIST persistently
tried man in the country.
Brewster claims that some one in
the Postofflce Department told him
that the star route prosecutions are
saving the government $1,000, OCO per
annum. Brewster should name this
continental liar. if he can.
The proprietor OF the New York
NorningJournul is extending the
capacity of his presses to meets daily
demand for zoe, 900 copies of the pa
per. The circulation of the Journal
IL simply marvellous.
Fer q Russian the Car is a poor
linguist, speaking only three Ian
guages, French, German and his ma
tive tongue. Nearly every educated
Russian speaks at least five languages
duently. The Cars time is SO occu-
pied in lodging torpedoes, bombs
and other Nihilistic cOntrivances that
really he cannot find leisure to 90
deeply into foreign languages.
The bill introduced in the Senate
for the protection of American labor
is aimed directly at those corpora
ti0ns hat are importing foreign i'm
migrants with the understanding
with the latter they shall work out
their transportation after their ar
rival In this country. The importa- ,
lion of Mormon %proselytes would !,
also be affected if the bill become a
law. .
A statement prepared at the Post>
office Department shows that while ;
the revenue for the quarter ended
March 81 was less than that for the i
corresponding quarter of the preced- ,
ing year, the issue of 2-cent stamps I
exceeded q per cent. the combined /
Issue of 2 and Scent stamps for that
quart r. The issue OF postal cards q
has fallen off about l3, 600, 600 pieces Q
since the Inauguration OF the 2-cent 6
rate. Z
The cost of the Greedy relief expe~ /
dition will be "a round Million" &C a
cording to a naval officer. Perhaps, y
says the Boston Herald. this gives q =
key to Secretary Chambers oppo> p
sition to the bill Offering a small re- q
ward to private individuals for the q
rescue Of the party. To get a thing
done for $5O, 900, out of which q mill
lion car be worked, is not IN accord
the ideas Of the naval ring.
And yet, we may add, the Republic fe
,ans ask for an increase Of Sc. 500, 600 a.
In the naval appropriation 1or dis IL
by the self same ring. g
II believe / am the richest man in =,
he world" said William HI. Van n
|erbilt to a reporter recently. I'm az
continued he, "The Duke =;
f Westminster is said to be worth m
more than 5000, 600, 600, but it is lie
mostly in lands and houses. It does m
yield him 2 per cent. A year ia
rom o l shall be worth more than Sc
zoo, DOC, 900 and will have an income al
quail to s per cent. on that amount" of
Vanderbilt owns $50, $40 shares Of b.
stock, valued It SIS, $50, 900; tai
is railway bonds amount to SIC, 857,- wi
20; he holds SO, $50, 900 in govern If
lent, and a trltie of SIS, ZOO. 900 in es1
ther securities-the aggrega ate wealth W.
( this Midas being $2O1, 1882, 4l2. Tt
hOul6 he live ten years longer CO..
md he may live twenty, with an wi
lc0me of twelve millions a year, of an
'hich at least ten is carefully REIN lin
ested, he will be worth at least four pa
undred millions of dollars. of
Young Budd of California is blos~ no
ming out into a sharp parliament cal
rian. Last Monday the House met vel
IL o'clock q. m. instead of at noon o.
usual. When it met there were div
arcely fifty members in their seats. I
udd wa prepared to take advantage est
'ne si WIN al auuacity ing
coming q Blaine he asked unani- the
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