The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-18
The Semi Weekly Miner,
BUTTE CITY, JUNE IS. 1884.

The Mexican newspapers regar
the nomination of Blaine as a threat
enlng evil to that country.
Harper's Weekly is to be made
lively antl-Blaine paper. Mast ha
now a rich field for a display of hi
genius.
It is safe to say that Mr.. Blain
will never write a letter of accept
aDce that will compare with MI
Tilden's letter of declination.
If MI. Blaine carry New York tn
leading republican journals of tina
state are as destitute of influence a
they are wanting in respect for thei
party's presidential candidate.
SO far, Rutherford B. Hayes, Seco
Robson, David Davis and Boss Ma
hone have signified their intention
to support Blaine. There are som,
loyal men left yet inthe grand mora
party.
Heavy rains in California during
the past two weeks have seriously
injured the hay and grain crops
They have prevented the one from
curing and lodged and beat down thu
other.
The movement on foot among re
publicans in Ohio and other states tt
boycott Harper's Weeklyand the New
York Times for refusing to support
Blaine will greatly strengthen and
increase the circulation of those Jour
mails among the independent republic
can voters of the country.
The democratic party is not as
much at sea without Tilden as ouI
republican friends would make il
appear. The party is rich in presi-
dental material as long as such men
as Mcdonald, Hendricks, Cleveland,
Flower, Thurman, Bayard, Vest,
Carlisle, Randall and other equally
Al prominent and popular men are
alive.
The New York Independent, hith'
elto a staunch supporter of the Re-
publican party, will oppose Blaine
and Logan. In speaking of them it
says they were the two most objec-
tionable candidates before the con-
y%ention. No one suspects them of
an earnest desire for a single reform.
On the other hand, they have the
reputation of being shrewd and UNI
scrupulous party dictators.
Baron Nordenskjold, the brilliant
explorer, is not likely to ask in vain
for 81, O00. 900 for an expedition to the
south pole, and King Alfonso has al
ready applied for the honor of bear
ing part of the expense of the enter>
prise. When the Swedish savant
reaches England an enthusiastic re-
ception will await him, and liberal
subscriptions to his project may be
expected.
Mr.. Parnell's advice to Nationalist
to abstain from demonstrations in
places whore Orangemen are in a
majority is IN unexpected service to
the government, and to Ireland as
we'll. 1t ought to reconcile Orange
men to the order Earl Spencer, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, recently is
sued to prohibit the counter domon-
STATIONS which so often provoke
bloody riots.
To Col. Sanders, of Helena, says |
the Bismarck Tribune, one of Mon
delegates, and a warm friend
of Blaine, is due the credit of having
inserted in the platform of the repub-
lican party a plank declaring that all
Offices should be filled by
bona fide residents of the territory.
Mr.. Sanders has been a delegate to
every Republican national conven-
ion since 1864, with one exception,
md before the advent of railroads in
Montana was obliged to ride eight to
fifteen days in a stage coach. He
vas a Blaine man in 1876, again in
$3.50, and at last sees his wishes ful>
[lled. Mr.. Sanders colleague was
N Edmunds man, but on the fourth
ballot consented to the solid vote O ,
he territory for Blaine.
A recent Washington telegram
avs that the appropriation of $780,
100 secret service money, which the
senate has adopted, and which is
understood to be for purchasing
4uatemalan concession for an inter-
canal, will 60 to Gems. Grant
nd Beale if finally passed. The
is for the Government to con-
truct a canal at an expense of sew
MY millions. Frelinghuysen is al
eyed to be the father of the scheme,
nd Blaine's friends are favorable,
ltending to use it as a campaign
ocument. 1t passed the Senate
18th remarkable unanimity, only
1ree Senators voting against it. !
The Baptist Weekly, published at
lew York, regards political issues ]
nd nominations as within It's sphere !
aly when they affect moral princi- Z
les. Holding firmly to this view," I
says, 1--WE recognize a moral obli- I
alton to express an emphatic dis :
mt from many Of the sentiments i
nbodied in the platform of the Re- 4
lblican Convention at Chicago, r
Id to the means adopted to effect
10 nomination of the national can-
dates. But, waving for the
resent the discussion of these ques-
ons, the public record of Hon. Jas. S
Blaine Is such as does not COM U
end him IN O,r in6rmont No q Gt &