The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-21
Will Tilden accept? Congressman

Will Tilden accept? Congressman
Cassidy thinks he will.
The Morning Journal says: IfMy
Edmunds is nominated the Republi
can party will not be obliged to buy
any ice this sumlue..
lMr. Vanderbilt::did a very magnan'
NOUS thing in refusing to accep'
the sacrifice of Mrs. Grsnt's property
to make good the loan of $4,000
which the General obtained of him
If Senator Sabin has not resigned
his position as chairman of the Re-
publican National Comm. ttee he
ought to resign at once says a Repub>
lican contemporary. The party can.
not afford to have its affairs managed
by the hero of a financial crash.
When Keifer recently announced
in the House that he would
take his leave for ten days
nearly every member silently
murmured something to the effect
that there was nothing he could take
that they would more willingly part
with.
The New York Independents h av
issued their maR3festo. They declare
that the Independent element in the
Empire State cannot be cajoled into
voting for a candidate whom they do
not like, and they solemnly warn the
Chicago delegates not to let this fact
slip their minds in the heat of the
inal struggle.
The people of Louisiana, accord>
ing to the New Orleans Times
Democrat, do not want government
aid Tor sufferers by the flood. What
they want is for the Government to
prevent foods by taking care Of the
river. In other words they prefer
prevention to attempted cure. It is
impossible not to sympathize with
their view of the case.
"Can Mr.. Blaine carry New York;"
A large number of the Republican
organs declare that he can, while an
other set are no less emphatic in the
expression of their opinion that he
cannot. There Is n and only one
way to decide the question, ana that
is to try 1t at the polls next November
In order to secure the verdict 1t will
be first necessary to give MI. Blaine
the nomination. but that can be
easily accomplished if his friends
and opponents will unite in the ef-
fort. The question is q most i'm
portant one and should be settled in
the interest of harmony In the Re-
publican household. There will
never be peace in the family until
Mr.. Blaine is either beaten for the
Presidency or elected to il.
Omaha Herald: Mr.. Carlisle says
the Chicago Convention will declare
for tariff reform. So it will. New
York and Ohio will unite in the de-
claration. 1t may he that the cons
venticn will adopt the most radical
platform that Kentucky demands. |
If the States which are vital in the |
election agree to this, no voice ofdis-
sent should be raised in this state or
any other in opposition. But if these
states demand a temperate and mod
crate platform, the Ohio declaration
modified, then all the states should !
yield to that demand tor the sake of
that success without which reform o
the tariff and also administration
will be rendered impossible for many
years to come. This is our platform
on the tariff as an issue, and we be-
lieve that events will prove that it is
sound and right.
The Free Trader, q radical tariff
reform sheet, thus relieves its over
charged feelings: Our present system
of national taxation is wrong in theo-
~ and infamous in practice. 1t is.
an expensive secret, unjust method;
constantly liable to abuse; constant
~ tempting to injustice and fraud;
easily made to contribute to extrava-
gance; shielding those guilty of hasty
or partisan legislation; and levying
each year an enormous tax on the
many to swell the profits or to make
good the losses occasioned by the ig-
norance Or Incidence OF the few. For
securing national revenue, almost
any form of direct taxation would be
preferable to the prevailing method,
and would at once accomplish an
enormous reduction of the annual
levy.
The Chicago Times hit The nail on
the head when 1t advised people In
the west to keep cool. There is moth
ing In the business and the industrial
of the country, 1t said, to
serious apprehensions. The
of a dosen, more or less, dis
guised gambling shops and their
hackers in New York Is not of itself
circumstance that should or can
affect any legitimate inter-
est Of the country.
The delegates from the Southern
States will in all probability decide
The nomination at Chicago. Mr..
Arthur has a large number of them
1t the present time, but the question {
Ia. will they continue loyal to him to
he last? Should the first ballot show {
hat Mr.. Blaine IL ahead in the race, I
will they have the Spartan firmness =
Il the famous 306 and stand by their q
Or, If Mr.. Arthur should de- c
Ire to transfer them to MI. Edmunds !
r any one else whom he may select, 8
vll they consent to the arrange ~