The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-05
The Semi Weekly Miner
BUTTE CITY, MARCH S. 1884.

BUTTE CITY, MARCH S. 1884.
Outrages Lib g that at the Victoria
Railway station In London, II they
are really the work of Irishmen. do
n o good and much harm, as they are
an excuse for abridging personal
liberty.
Ex-Governor Butler has q profound
disregard for petitions. "Ycu could
get in Massachusetts, 10000 men to
sign a petition to have me hanged"
he says, land half the number would
sign q petition to have themselves
hanged without knowing what they
were doing"
What a glorious thing is freedom
Of the press! In Gernanythe papers
dare not republish a line that appears
In the American journals against
Prince Bismarck, while here an
editor is at liberty to reproduce all
the abuse that is showered Ly the
German press on the American hog.
Bradlaugh was not kept In sus-
pense very long this time. He was
fired out of the Commons the next
day after he was elected. That he
will be reelected is most probable,
for the electors of Northampton seem
to be quite as mulish as their pet.
Bradlaugh is a sort of political tooth
ache, not dangerous but very annoy
ing.
Omaha Herald: Fred Douglass has
been suubbed in sentimental Boston.
It was expected that he should de-
liver an eulogy on Wendell Phillips,
but, alas! for the rarity of modern
charity under the sun, the choice Of
the majority of the members having
the matter In hand fell upon George
William Curtis, who is a white man,
though a polished orator. and other
wise a gentleman in good standing
An anti-railroad mass meeting
was held in Walla Walla the 10Th ult.
ia which resolutions were passed
favoring the forfeiture of that portion
Of the land grant of the Northern Pa
ci6c branch lying between Wallu-
la Junction and Portland; favoring
the retention by the company of the
lands on the line of the Cascade
branch, and favoring the confirma-
ton to the company title to the lands
now earned by it.
The exposure of the wholesale
frauds in pension claims caused the
appointment of q number OF special
agents to visit different localities and
unearth the rascalities. It has al
ready been found that the frauds are
likely to reach Millions and to drag
In Washington officials. So the
money suddenly gives out, there are
no funds to pay the expenses Of the
investigation and the agents are re-
called. There is an enormous surplus
in the treasury, but not a cent for x
posing Republican robberies!
Governor SLOVENIAN, of California,
will call an extra session of the Legis-
lature. The subjects to be embraced
In the call will be: the amendment
of the revenue system; the regula-
lation of railway freights and fares;
the investigation of the conduct of
State officials, and to authorize the
county t%reasurers of certain counties
to issue bonds. Under the consti-
tuition of that State no subject can be
considered In an extra session, ex-
cept such as are embraced In the call
authorizing it.
The whole country. irrespective of
party, will be pleased to heal that
the Ex-President we mean, of
course, General Grant, for no one
ever thinks of Mr.. Hayes, of Ohio,
a. having held the ofice--is recover
Ing from the injuries he sustained
six or seven weeks ago. He will be
out again long before the May
flowers have appeared. His en-
forced retirement, it may be. is a
blessing in disguise. He has been
spared innumerable visits from the
politicians who are zealously at
work saving the country. And,
what must be still more gratifying,
his indispOsitiOn has served to show
that n%inety-nine in one hundred of
his countrymen retain for him UNI
diminished respect, admiration, graft
tude and love.
Eliza Pinkston, OF Louisiana MEM
DRY, and now dead, has her counter
part in Virginia. In the tnvestiga-
ton of the Danville riot, now pro-
ceeding under the fostering care of
Senator Sherman, another lady has
come to the front with the threat that
II her husband ever dares to vote the
Democratic ticket, she will quit his
bed and board if she has 10 work for
twenty-five cents q week. She Is
evidently a witness after Sherman's
own heart, and if be can only sue
coed In keeping her In the proper
huMor, we have no doubt but
he will be able to furnish
the grand old party with
all the outrage literature they will
need during the coming campaign.
BY the way. this lady is If dusky hue