The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-07-27
JAMES M. CAvANAuGH.

At meeting of the Young Mems De-
mocratic Club of Helena, last February,
Mr.. Cavanaugh delivered an address in
which he animadverted severely upon
Major Jno. p Bruce. In the succeeding
number of the Democrat the Major de
voted Il two column article to the Hon
orable gentleman, which as it is aprOpos
TO the campaign now opened, and was
pronounced at the time 10y many Demo
Gratis to be the best article that ever
appeared in the Democrat from the
Majors pen, We give the concluding
portion devoted particularly TO the ''itin-
Grant wanderer." The article appear
ed in the Democrat Of Feb. %. 1867
"Ths personal allusions, which Cava-
naugh chose TO make in regard to Us, are
rather surprising. We have never done
the individual any harm. On the con
traTy, upon his arrival in this city in
June last, at his request, we inserted in
the Democrat a long complimentary no
tice from a Rddicak paper, (the Denver
NeUS,) referring to him socially and pro-
fessionally. Afterwards at bis written
request, we strained our conscience to its
almost forbearence To puffhis speech be-
fore the Supreme court, in the Foster
case, which was regarded by both judges,
bar. and by-standers as the weakest effort
ever made in that court. This we did
gratuitously, although he offered TO pay
For such courtesy, we received in re
turn from this man CavanGugh, abuse,
and he terms US dirty bed-fellow-'
The only 6eflement that we can conceive
attaching to us, is having anything to
say in favor ofa man, who exhibits such
low manners as TO assail one that never
injured, but cndeavored to serve him.
We can assure MIR. Cavanaugh that he
wholly mistakes the, high-toned senti-
ment of the people of Montana, If he i'm
agines for a moment that indulgence in
blackguardism towards an opponent
will insure their support, or is a re-
commendation TO the party that INDUCES
in it.
Since il was probable that there would
be an early election for Delegate to Con
gress, the names of various gentlemen
have been mentioned as candidates
Messrs. Tut, Mayhem. w. l.. Irvine, E.
b. Waterbury, Judge Orr, Col. johnson,
Word, Shober and Cavanaugh, as well as
John p. Bruce are spoken of by their re-
spective friends, and we have been clear
ly of the opinion, that any one of the
gentlemen named, except Cavanaugh,
would be acceptable to the Democracy
of Montana. and would make good Re
presentatives in Congress. We have
given expression to this opinion in pri-
vate conferences with some Democrats,
and doubtless it was communicated To
Mr.. Cavanaugh, and hence his abuse OF
US, and we propose, as he has forced the
issue on US, to give the reasons why
James NJ. Cavanaugh is not a proper
person for the Democrats of Montana to-
select as a candidate for Delegate to
Congress. In the first place he has not
been a citizen of the Territory twelve
months. The Legislature of Montana
in its discretion, has passed a law requir-
ing citizen to reside that length OF
time before he can run for Delegate
Whether the Legislature had a right to
prescribe such a qualification or not, the
people and succeeding Legislatures have
acquiesced in il, and we think a man
must be very thirsty for office, and have
avery hard cheek that would thrust him
self on the people for office. before he
lived in the Territory twelve months, and
who believe Cavanaugh never rendered
any public service in the interest of the
people he seeks to represent.
In the second place, we know that ].
NJ. Cavanaugh, now of Helena, did run,
as an jndependallt candidate for Congress
IN Colorado, IN 1865, and that his vote
added to that of the regular Democratic
candidate would have elected him, and
we read his card announcing himself as