The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-19
The Semi-W Weekly Miner.
BUTTE, MARCH 10, 1884.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

JEFF Davis recently delivered III
address before the Mississippi Legis'
lature.
If General Gordon accomplishes al
that he has set out to do in Soudar
he will deserve to rank among the
first of living diplomats.
It is now said the disease affecting
Kansas herds is epizootic, and that
1t can be easily cured. They are dy-
ing off all the same however.
Another prominent Nevada lawyer
Is found to possess sufficient min
ing stock to make him an available
candidate for United States Sena-
tor.
The Democrat Brodddze Gays that
when the Democratic party comes
into its heritage it will be found that
two-thirds of the voting population
of Dakota were always Democrats
from away up the creek.
A Republican exchange remarks
that Sherman is again a candidate
for the Presidency. The bee again
buzzes. He has posed in various
notwithstanding attitudes, such
as a great financier, friend of the
negro and waver of the bloody shirt.
But he is not SO strong as he was four
years ago. He no longer controls
the collectors, inspectors and gaugers.
The New York Times in referring
to the custom of the administration
of filling territorial offices with
strangers to people says: "As the ter
ritories have NO electoral vote and no
voice in the national convention, this
return to the old custom If exporting
strangers to the territories, may not
be- conspicuous political blunder,
but it is nevertheless an errCr ofjudg
ment." This is a very mild way of
putting the case, but 1t seems the
terror of judgment" has become
chronic with the administration.
World: Keifer's witnesses have been
badly handled lately. A number of
reputable gentlemen have testified to
the general bad character and inve-
raciIy Of J. w. Elder, and an indlct-
ment for burglary against Charles T.
Garfield, the deceased Presidents
cousin, was presented to the Com
yesterday. MI. Keifer was
MT a handsome subject to contem-
plate when he entered into his fight
with Boynton, and now be looks
very much like an individual pre-
pared to make the trip from Newgate
to Tyburn at a CARTS tail.
A Boston paper sensibly observes
that there are not going to be any
waves Of poplar enthusiasm" or
uprisings" in behalf of this
man or that. magnetic" men are
not drawing well this year. Efforts
stampede the Republican rank
and file for a soldier candidate, to
get up a hurrah for a man because
he bears the illustrous name of bis
or grandfather, or to make the
shade of Garfield do sentimental
1uty for or against any proposed
have all fallen fat. The
party is unresponsive to all such the
appeals.
The Matt and Express says: 1.-The
ablesi and best lawyers in the coun-
try are utterly unable to account for
regent decision of the Supreme
Court on the legal tender act. The
more the unexpected decision is dis
'ussed the stranger and more mex
olicable it appears" The "ablest
Ind best lawyers" have probably not
considered the fact that several men,
'ers of that august body would be
citizens to-day if it had
been known just how they
would decide upon the legal-tender
Weston, the famous walker, has
probably, by this time, completed his
Quincy $4,000 miles which he under
ook some time ago. On the 9Th he
acked only 800 miles Of finishing his
ramp. This remarkable walk was
Undertaken for the avowed purpose
f demonstrating the value of habits
f temperance, but it does not appear
hat he has aroused any very great ,
egree of enthusiasm either on this
r the other side of the Atlantic. The ,
valking mania has about subsidized :
II over the country, but it is doubt ,
III whether the walking crank Wes- ,
On will subside as long as he can find ,
to look ut him. :
And now comes the rumor that +,
ecretary Folger would like to retire 8
rom the cabinet and take the place I
t the Court of st. Petersburg, made q
acant by the death of Minister
[unt. 1t is also stated that Gresham
anxious to settle into some good,
asy, lucrative position for life and
lat he would not object to a federal
'dgeship or something of the kind. +
[r. Arthur may let these men go, :,
ut he can hardly spare them from =
is council chamber. Now if Chan =
Ter and Brewster wanted to resign =
OF a protest would be made by the ',
against the Presidents &C. .
Of their designations. Let F
60 and Keep the other two gen. \