The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-28

About one hundred of the Dele
gates to the first Chicago Convention
are Federal officials. Every one Q
them is for Arthur. with a single ez
ception. He will ''catch on" whel
the procession moves toward Al
thur. It begins to look as though
his Accidency has the scalp of tn
Plumed knight swinging to his vic
torious belt. There is nc question
that the Maine man will go into tn
CONVEX ton with q greater apparen
strength than Arthur, but the lat
ter's managers will 60 to Chicago
with knapsacks filed with Judge
ships, m~arshalships, laud-eflces. ant
post-of1ces for several States anG
Territories which will be freely
peddled out for votes.
An English journal says: IF thu
people of England closed their purses
for a while, throwing America on bel
own resources, the lesson would be
most wholesome" This is a capital
! idea. Let us fall back on our "re-
sources" England will starve with
| out our beef aid wheat and corn and
grain. She will be in darkness with
out our oil. She will 60 half naked
without our cotton. Her banks will
have to adopt some other monetary
s andard without gold and our
silver. She will be compelled to en-
large her poor-houses if we put an
embargo on her emigrants. For
every dollar England has lost in
American enterprises she has made
ten and ten times ten. Stop this
nonsense. America is under no Oh
legations to England, financial or
otherwise.
Wicked as New York is as a city,
it is difficult to believe that it has
done anything to deserve the punish
ment implied in the holding Of a
series of political meetings to help
the booms of Presidential candidates.
Not content with the Arthur display,
the friends of Blaine are threatening
to organize a counter demonstration.
this threat is executed the display
of oratory will almost equal that of a
contest for prizes in declama-
lion.
Election troubles in Louisiana are
as frequent as revolutions in Mexico.
Ever since Tilden was defrauded of
the vote IN that State the Republic
cans there have sought to cover the
Infamous transaction by charging
fraud upon the part of Democrats at
subsequent elections. In a State
is clearly Democratic by $4,000
majority the charge is preposter-
JUS.
Uorld:: 1t is reported now that /
he Spanish Government is anxious
!, sell the Island of Cuba to the Uni
ID States. Minister Foster is now
II Washington, it is said, for the pur-
,ose Of negotiating trade. We are
'eally in no great need of Cuba, but
t We are anxious to reduce the al
eyed surplus in the treasury here is
fine opening.
It is said by a New York paper
hat the recent business mems meet.
ng held in that city to boom Mr..
was composed of but very
ew of the most substantial business
nen of Wall street and that the
rowd was due to its curiosity to hear
That the Rev. Beecher would say on
ne occasion. 1t left after he spoke.
A few California Anti Monopolists
the action of the Chicago
-nti-Monopoly Convention in no1ni-
atlng General Butler for the Presi-
ancy. The Massachusetts States
ian Will want a stronger endorse
'ent to read his title clear to the
chair.
Doubts are entertained that the
enate bill to retire General Grant
It'll the rama and pay Of a General i.
the army will pass the House at ,
Is session of Congress. The GEM t
will probably have to worry t
ong OF sl4 900 a year until next I
=
The New York legislature exempt. :
from taxation the property of dis +
led ministers and priests over 20 Il
.rs Of age, to the amount of 81, 500. L
sabled ministers and priests of that =
possessing that amount of prop n
y are about as scarce as hens v
tn. a
Fhe Pennsylvania bank in Pitts n
re- has resumed. The recent Wall n
eet panic seems to have spent its re-
CO.
b.
Ex-senator Sharon did not h,
his ease with Miss Hill bv b.
gearing upon the witness stand in
own behalf. Dr
ca
is keeping up with the an
es. She has added nearly S. pr
QUO to her debt during the past III 81
al year. IN