The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-28
The Semi Weekly Miner
BUTTE CITY, JUNE %. 1884
Blaine is ifty-four years of age and

Blaine is ffty-four years OF age ano
Logan fifty-eight.
The Greenback party Is said TO con-
sist of Ben Butler and a small boy
Senator-elect Payne. of Ohio, with
draws from the contest for the presi>
dency in favor of Cleveland.
The passage of the Mexican pen
sion bill by the senate will be hailed
with delight by all the veterans ia
that war.
SIS Mulligan for Blaine?" asks an
exchange. He should be. Blaine
went for him with a vengeance a few
years ago.
Governor Ben Butler is doubtless
the only delegate to a National Con-
vention who can boast of the honor
of being loaded down with two
Presidential nominations previous to
the meeting.
An exchange observes: 1.-THE Wild
ow Butler will exhaust the English
language, if she has many more &C
ceptances to make of presidential
nominations"
Blaine is called the ~''cyclone can
didate." That's appropriate. A
cyclone campaign begins with agreat
rush of wind and peters out in a very
short time.
It is said Patti will sing in this
country for $4,000 a night, if $500 oo
are guaranteed her. Patti is a dear,
divine warbler, but her dearness
quite eclipses her divinity.
The Republican press assert that
Blaine can get along without New
York. But they forget to state that
if he get along without New York he
will get along without the Presi-
dency.
Dr.. Mary Walker declares with
emphasis that she twill wear breeches
or nothing" In the light of the
awful nature of this threat, We pro-
test against any further interference
with Mary's apparel.
1t is thought that x-Postmraste
General Tyner, of Indiana. will be
appointed to succeed Ordway as Gov
ernor of Dakota. That appointment
will smash Col. Sanders plank in
the National Republican platform.
A leading Omaha Republican. in
stating his reasons for supporting
Blaine, says: II raise pork. I am
tor Blaine because he will make the
Dutch eat Yankee pork, and don't
you forget it," OF such is the king
dom of Republicanism.
A newspaper man VINO visited
Mexico and learned agood deal about
the people and institutions there,
says of the recent cyclone which
swept across our sister republic, that
it was the greatest misfortune that
the event was not attended by heavy
oss of life.
General Logan was formally noti-
fed, day before yesterday, Of his
nomination as vice president by the
committee selected for that purpose.
The general 8 assertion that he did
not seek the nomination will be re-
ceived by the people cum grano sails.
It is stated that when Blaine was
nominated at the Chicago conven>
ton Carl Schurz took his watch from
his pocket and turning to a friend
remarked: "Let us note the time
when the Republican party died."
Mr.. Schurz thinks it has died and is
now one of the leading men among
the new York Independents.
Bismarck Tribune: When Ruthy
heard that Blaine had been nomi-
mated he said to Mrs. Hayes: IF you
please, my dear, I s should like to send
James a dozen of these eggs. I don't
think this black Spanish hen will set
them out unless I tie her on the nest,
and it seems a pity to throw them
away"
The Democrats of Ohio, favor a
tariff for revenue limited to the ne
cessities of the government, econom-
ically administered and 20 adjusted
in its application as to prevent I'm.
equal burdens. This plank should be
transferred to the Democratic ma
tional platform to be adopted at Chi
eago next month. 1t is quite as
clear and acceptable as the tariff
plank adopted by the Republicans at
Chicago.
The house has passed the bill re-
pealing the presumption, timber cul-
ture and desert land laws. Underth
bill no lands adapted to agriculture
shall he sold, except mineral lands,
but shall be reserved for actual set
tiers under the homestead law. The
timber land act still remains in force
in California, Oregon, Nevada and
Washington Territory. The senate
should pass the bill and thus put a
stop to the wholesale grabbing of our
public lands by spectators.
S. f. Chronicle: A movement is on
foot to commemorate the four hun
dredth anniversary of the landing of
Columbus on American soil by hold
ing an international exhibition in
the City of Mexico. The sister re-
public has never made an experiment
in this direction before. and the exhi-
bition would therefore have charms
for many people. BY the year 1892
the railroad system of Mexico may
be sufficiently developed to permit
persons in ordinary circumstances to
make the trip and enjoy the novelties