Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-07-10
COMPARING THE RECORD.
From C.. New North W est, June 2o,h

From {: New North " est. Jun. ao,hl
| Mr.. Mccormick, by pcrmisslon, o
tered the following preamble and res,
!lutions, which were unanimos;sl
adopted:
WHEREAS. :he Republican party Of Nor
tsna, ut each recurring political campaign {
the Territory since the fall OF 1864. have de
c!ased upon The stump and through ths col
umns of their political orgaLs that the bes
Interests If the people of the Territory cuul
Only be subscrvstl and promoted by the cleo
tton Of Delegates 10 Coz cress who were il
fuIl sympathy and political accord with til
party III p over; and that any other cOurs
, would be suicidal aud subversIve of the bes
interests Of .l,e people Of the Terri ory. AM
WHEREAS. The Democratic party u Mon
tam, unwilling 10 eonccde Ire justne.s .
this assumption, based upon the broa,
greurd that Tie people Of tie Territory La,
! no rights o. iumunities that partizaE Cos:
gresa "were bound 10 respect,n nave steadl
!: ~ adhered to and maintained. net On,y T. el
political principles and organization, b,,
| elected Their candidate to Congress IN every
political contest with q sisglc exception
! no less unfortunate to the Territory than III,
a'ssenlions in our OwE PARTY that made th;l
| result possible and which result IS now deep
this county, in tie light of recent events.
And
WHEREAS, We believe that said assump.
ton WAS pu; forth by the Republican parry
with fLli conviction OF utter its untruthtui-
ness, aud not with view to pyOinOte the in
'sresIs Ot the proplc, but TO sctiuce Dcmu-
Gratis from their party allegiance. t':at y
{. mFoTlry victory might tie achieved; and
thus belic.in we cite ,,s following meas
u - 4
gross, through the emery a,.d ability ot
De:egai. AaeiEii.s. il r, r,I..'.'.o. = this bo;,!
assumption "i lie Eeputli ~ party aLd
vinuc.itiOn Of the iihf.ii;. ;.;ld iilagEa.,i,.,-
ity OF Ire National ,G gross. tc-ui:: 4 bill
to establish an assay OF. :;t the civ If
l!t'ei'a wi Il AL appropriation 0f 80, ,GyJ Tor
TIE co! s.ruc:ion :HA appointment ct h:Ii:G-
ings. offices. apparatus, e;c., with an annu.,'
appropriation ui so. 900 tor tie -..ppar au;l
Eiii.::ei.a:icc Of said assay Gi!: {. r.ci;
sion j. pat OF the b.. kf,i treaty Ly ...cl.
large and valuable tract Ui :g.:c.:t.ral
ard sr:..hg lanus have becn surrendered 10
the government. dctiicmt ng tie sane 10 the
use> "a purposes of civilizations. An an
pl0rria;.an to dcf.ay t::c EXPENSES uf Ii,
TeceH. extraordinary ess;on Ct the i.epi.;a.
turc Of the Territory: also an appropriation
covering dtfic:enciss of former srssi"us OF
iio I,'A'. aIErc. Also Mr:,>,:-e c.ra:,;iSn-
ing i!ie military ..... =, :,
Cheyenne, known as thy l'GW.se r.yt r = ute
thus OperinC NJ vast cx'.n; o. s,.f! ulrural
::id mineral ct'l:.try T., settlement md cx.
.'i"Tatlon. A bill ~ scttir. adjust a.u snl-
l!ify tue practice in the DIS rici Courts .f
Tie TrrritNrv. \ Ele:I>urc ren:aHu the
cuntro: ma tnaiutcn.ne- q: the Territorial
Peuittntiarv 10 the general government,
Thus r. li-yi"g an Over'ax-h pr.rl' iGc,u a
Ec,.y bart!cn. A bill tor ,.. csla:,'; -a,,,.;!i
c! \ Land Ofii.e 1t Boz i:an il :.-t alta
:tpGrtc.l uy 'ie conl.hi.- !
Ice .:iid ...!i i, ao..cc: 5cecmc i:w y
n azure cf mach iccicl c.Lv"Ii.ncc -
hat remote s. ction from Helena. Asst last.
but vastly mere important 70 r e .roui, oi
si,ssou!: cnnEty. Il law anie:dattry ypf the !
.cl Of June oh. 1872. ..;'ur the removal OF |
he FL teal and oii:er Im i.ns from t: e
Bitter Root valley. ~ which H." right j.
given IL tie settler 70 homestead his ia:h |
indcr the general provisions OF the home |
teal law. Also ex;s ndng the time tor TWO !
e ars tor tie entry Of laLd> IL the Butter |
so':t Valley Proceedings Of Miss.ala Hxw.
'cratic Conrentios.
EE.anating as this did From Mr..
'.cCormick. who it does not appear
vas either delegate or proxy III tie
convention, therc is part Of the
'bove extra a-ofiicicns, slanderous and
Untrue. We refer to that portion re-
at;ng to "1hc single exception
Delegate Clagett, and coming as it did
rom cX-lndian Agent Mccormick,
.otOr- .,sly cne IF the most corrupt
len that ever held office in Montana.
ut whom Mr.. Clagett, as prosecuting
ouncil for the United States, could
ut reach over the statute Of limita-
ions, it does not seem it would have
cen better for the Missou!a Democ-
acy if he had left his cut and dry in
ectivc at home and staid with it,
We have carefully noticed the re
ord Of Delegate Maginnis. He has
cen the most successful Democratic ,
'elegatc that Montana has sent to !;
is in fact the only one who i
rs Gone anything. He has done I
'mething where nothing or very little ,
as expected Of him. It is true as |
atcd that he secured the establish I
ent of an assay Office in Helena; Mr.. +
lagett procured the passage through 3
Ongress Of like bill, aud it only /
lied by the failure of the President (
} sign it. Mr.. Maginnis procured q /
RECESSION in part" Of the Blackfoot ,
realty, if that is what MissOula wants r
call it, but the evil Of that reserva- .
on encr0aching ON the settlements \
occurred while he was delegate .
othing of that kind occurred while
/. Claeett was delegate and 8
an that he drew and procured the O
USAGE of Law whereby the Crow S
on, the Yellowstone, Of d
n times the importance, extent and v
lluc of the Bls:kfOOt Reservation, q
as restored to occupancy and settle e
ent by the whites: and the same was |
titled and is now free territory h
ajor Magina-s procured an aptro-
iatiOn to pay the expenses Of an ex- II
! session which should never have h
en- convened, but having been con- O
ned the Government was bound to 8.
y. He also procured the settlement d
some old minor deficiencies; Mr.. n
agett procured an appropriation n
vering the deficiencies of the fifth v
ssion and Dl4,O9O additional to the II
gular appropriation for surveys ex- Il
diting the survey and title Of the Il
tiled landsof Montana. Mr.. Magin- e,
J may have gotten the Rozeman aud v
leyenne Military Road re establish Il
I; I'VE do not think it is re-establish- d
much) but tho Wyoming delegate b
II probably wish to. go back to Con- Il