The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-21
The Semi Weekly Miner
BUTTE CITY, JUNE q. 1884.

BUTTE CITY, JUNE q. 1884.
Congress will adjourn the 3Oth
inst, Of July Sd at the latest.
Arthur, Sherman, Edmurds, ct al,
have picked their old booms for Use
in 1883.
Thurman of Ohio is looming up az
possible presidential candidate upon
the Democratic ticket. The Ohio
statesman would suit the west. His
record upon the silver question lie
without q stain.
The Fitz John Porter bill is now in
q fair way to pass Congress as
amended by the conference Com
mittee. The amendment restores
him to his former rank in the army
without back pay or emolument of
any character.
It is not forgotten that Horatio
Seymour declined the Presidential
candidacy in 1868 and was afterwards
nominated. 1t is still within the
range CT possibilities that this leaf of
history may be repeated in the case
of MI. Tilden.
1t might as Well be remembered
that Benz. F. Butler, while cordially
accepting nominations for the Presi-
dency from various political parties,
in long drawn letters, is a chosen
delegate from Massachusetts to the
National Democratic Convention.
Modesty is not one of Buffers char
acteristics.
Whatever may be alleged against
President Arthur, it cannot be said
he Is q hypocrite. When asked why
his telegram to Mr.. Blaine did net
contain an expression of congratulate
ton, he said it would be absurd for
anyone to expect him to show joy at
MI. Blaine's nomination and con-
graduate him upon it. Being a can
didate for the nomination himself
the President could have been re-
joiced only at his own success.
The New York Democratic con-
ventl0n is in session at Saratoga. AS
that body will select delegates to
the Chicago convention and as the
instructions to those delegates will
have an important bearing upon the
nomination of the Democratic candi-
date for the Presidency its action will
be watched with more than usual in
terest. Cleveland and Flower seem
to divide the choice of the conven-
ton.
The Rochester New York Post
Espress is dissatisfied with the
Chicago nominations, and while it &,
comedies the right of the majority to
dictate policy and candidates, it s
adds: !
mo party has a right to demand ,
of its members that they shall do G
violence to profound convictions. 7
No party has a right to assume that 7
a majority which demands no office, i
and presents no candidate, and gives Y
reasons for its intended action, will u
brand itself with insincerity on three f
minutes notice. The American peo- {
pie believe that suicide is one of the b
~inalienable rights of every political @
organization, and that they who fur s,
nlsh the corpse should be allowed to v
boss the funeral" o.
The Mail and Express very consid- n
erately takes to task the ribald news
papers that have sneeringly alluded
to the conversion of Col. George
Bliss to Christianity. 1t a y that if
MI. Bliss has Joined the Catholic Il
Church "he has performed the brav~ p
est and most creditable public act of n
his life, for nc one better than he p
knew the risks, discomforts, disagree u
abilities, and positive losses he has Ii
1t is generally understood p
that the gains of Col. Bliss have been n
very large throughout his career ia
especially those pertaining to the p'
route trials-and he ought to be b'
able to bear the sacrifices that come jo
trying to lead a Christian !
life with ~forbearance and modesty. at
New York Truth: For ourselves =;
wash our hands of Blaine. He is -,
In able man, but as INSCRIPTIONS as ~
ne is able. He is a man of manv ~
generous impulses, but one who II,
would stick at nothing. At a time NJ
when purity is demanded he is i'm -
,ure. At a time when reform is the -:
var cry OF the people, his election %
would be the loss Of all that has been
aimed in that direction. That he is IT
popular man we do not deny, but "a
aspect enters very slightly into his y,
popularity, and he is feared even ",
y those who throw up their hats for II,
i'm. That he can be elected we do -.
Iot believe. His only chance is in ~
he possibility of as great a blunder on
4 Chicago in July as that which will tn,
brewer make the convention of June, d.
884, memorable. -.
Republican professions as set forth phi
, their national platform, and repub- NJ
can practices, as set forth by Kas- Yc
IN, Cannon and others in the house Tr
ay before yesterday, are, IS usual, at an
ariance. Mr.. Randall argued that p,
le judgment of the people was that Phi
assessments had been carried Ga
an outrageous proportion. Mr.. Ne
assOn maintained that Mr.. Ran Au