Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-27

How Its Work Is Regarded Lacai1y-The
Current 81 General Diseussion-The
Gray Hat Craze.

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Local interest in the Chicago convention
is considerable. Must Republicans here set
the adjournment down to the credit OF the
Blaine managers and regard it as an evil
dence that his nomination win be the ulti-
mate outcome. One gentleman speaking on
the subject to q reporter yesterday said
We will have to eat crow after all. and it
is only a question Of how you want it
dressed. Walker Blaine and the either man
ayers Of the Blaine boom have been ON hand
at Chicago iDdustriously disseminating dis
cord among the delegations. Whenever q
disposition has been apparent to unite on
any of the other candidates, they have
sounded the toesin for the man OF Maine.
It reminds me Of the captain Of 8
that addressed his men just as they were
going INTO battle and said Now boys, we're
going to fight and any man thaEdon't want
to so In IAN draw out now-but I'll shoot
the first man that steps out OF the ranks
That's how the situation at Chicago looks
to me. The Blaine men say We're here
to nominate the free and unfettered choice
OF the convention, but if you don't nomi-
nate Blaine well disrupt the party I'd
rather have voted for the devil than Blaine
four years ago, and it seems as though it
would be q choice between the two this
time.,'
A citizen Of Irish birth was reading the
bulletins in front of Grix's yesterday, and
turning round be said: BE iabers, I'd
about. Sure it don't make a bit of differ
ence who they nominate, ClevelandM be
the next President anyhow"
A member of q prominent mercantile
firm. who also halls from the Emerald Isle,
and who holds a prominent position in the
Democratic ranks in the Territory, said all
he wanted VAS to see somegood protection.
ist nominated. He wanted to see Alger get
The nomination, but his preference for him
lay in the fact that he tented with him
through the war.
wanted to know just how much protection
the Republican party would be content
with. The Democratic party wanted to
reduce taxes an average OF z per cent on
necessaries. The Republicans would reduce
taxation principally on rum and tobacco
and when d man wanted cheaper lumber to
build a house they told him to smoke
cheaper cigars and make it up that way.
The business men of the East were all in
favor OF Cleveland and Endorsed his policy.
miner was discussing the depreciation
OF silver yesterday ana salQ IL mao deem q
loss of thousands Of dollars TO this camp
since Cleveland war elected. A b~ystander
asked him who started the fight on silver;
il it wasn't Senator Sherman, one Of the
men who is likely to get the Republican
nomination. He was the man that
demonetized silver. In fact the Wall
street clique with it's hold on the Treasury
made it q matter OF indifference THAT
party was in power SO long as they shaped
financial legislation.
You can say we are fully stocked with
campaign hats" said Babcock, the halter,
Yesterday, pointing to a large consignment
liebtcolored tiles stocked up in the front
ui dis store. THE pearl color is the thing,
and the Democratic hats have a narrow
black band. That is official, / have it on
the best authority from Eastern makers.
The craze has struck Helena and | can't
them there. If had that lot over
there | wouldn't lave one by night. Both
the Democratic and Republican clubs over
there are full OF enthusiasm. The hats range
a couple of dollars up. Every one
here will want one next week, and we are
prepared for a rush as soon as the craze
strikes the town.