Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-07-24
MAGLNNIS IN BOHEMIAN.

luuIStldy last, Hon. MdFLln MdSln
mis-, Democratic candidate for Delegate
to Congress, accompanied by Hon. Fl
r. Comfy, arrived in Bozeman, the
former to fill his appointment to ad
dress the unterrified here. There was
no ovation on his arrival; not breeze
rippled the quiet political horizon Of
Bozeman. Our friend Vivion took the
Major in tow and introduced him to
our citizens. In the evening quite a
respectable number Of our people, Of
both political parties, assembled at
Speith & Krug's Hall to hear what
might be said. Judge Street was ap-
pointed Chairman, and introduced
Mr.. Comfy, who unburdened himself
Of much verblage, superinduced by a
chronic attack of "old Democracy" !"
supposed to have been secretly prey
ing upon his vitals since the surrender
of the last principles of that "good
old party" in the nomination Of Greeley
and Brown. He assumed the grand
Eloquent, which fell fiat on the ears of
his practical audience. He made ma
licious attack upon Major Bruce, as
serting things that he knew to be
false, but was promptly corrected by
the Major. One unacquainted with
the facts, would have thought from the
remarks Of both Comfy and Maginnis
that Major Bruce was the opponent Of
Mr.. Maginnis in the race.
Maj. Maginnis mounted the rostrum
at about 9 O'Clock and spoke two hours.
The first hour he devoted to useless
and abstract issues, denouncing the
administration, &C., &c. The last
hour was taken up with a review Of
his record as Delegate, particularly
that portion relating to Eastern Mon
tana, during which he made a terrible
assault upon the Indian ring. Accord
;no to his showing he bad accomplished
wonders for Eastern Montana, but his
statements in that respect do not tally
with certain facts known here.
In regard to the Bozeman Land
Office, he asserted that no petition had
ever been received at Washington
from this county asking for its estab
lishment; that the Commissioner of
the Land Office had never recommend
ed its establishment. We know that
three petitions, each signed by over
two hundred settlers in this valley,
were at different times sent to the
Commissioner of the Land Office, pray
ing for a land Office at this place, and
if we remember correctly it was pub
lished in the Congressional proceed
ings that Commissioner Drummond
recommended the establishment of a
Land Land CMce at this tbs place The statis-
tics of the Land Office furnished in.
disputible evidence Of our right to
such an Office, and we are satisfied
that it would have been established
even had not Mr.. Maginnis been in
Washington.
The re-opening Of the Powder River
route, which the Democratic papers Of
the Territory have credited Mr.. Ma
ginnis with having procured, was
honorably and justly conceded by that
gentleman to Mr.. Steele Of Wyoming.
The rescission Of the non-minerAl
proof act, which our friend Mcguire
worked so assiduously to accomplish,
and is no doubt entitled to the credit
Of it's success, was gobbled up by Ma
ginnis and extolled as ono Of his pet
measures.
He had introduced . bill asking an
Of e25,OOO for the i'm
provement Of the National Park, but
It. had failed to become q law, and
when . company, headed by our fel-
Col. L. N. Black, with q
capital of el, ,OOO, 900, presented q bill
asking for q lease Of thirty years to
build hotels, construct roads and i'm
prove the Park, thereby making it at
,ractive and Offering some accommo-
lations and inducements to visitors,
Mr. Maginnis opposed the bill, because
le thought it would be monopoly.
rhe law grants leases for period Of
en- years. This company proposed
one million dollars or more
q improving the Park, and lease OF
en- years would not have justified the
Of such m amount. It
hould be evident to Mr.. .Maginnis
hat the Government does not intend
0 do anything soon, il ever, toward
mproviry : the Park, and private en-
erprise in that direction is checked,
Inless upon such plan - contemplated !
y the company which he opposed.
n his opposition to that bill, Mr.. Ma |,
innis struck Bozeman and Eastern
fontana the severest blow they have
yer received, not excepting the fail !
re Of tho Yellewston6 Expedition.