Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-07-10

RESERVATION covering thatTOute: ~thu
opening upa vast extent of agriculture
.. and mineral country to settlement an,
explorations" before Mr.. Mag;nnis eve
was a candidate for Congress-. II N,
Alaginnis has secured the remmdin.
Of the penitentiary to the genera Gov
+ ernment, we have not heard of tai
though he did write a lettd las
winter to Capt. Rogers stating th,
present system was "rapidis bank
rupting the other Territories wber
not one of them except this had vel
taken control of the prisons. Nor i.
the B0zeman Land Office established
i 1t is true Mr.. Aag'nnis procured h.
privilege of Hon ..>Ie;ading to the Bit
ter Root people, AMI the Department
as it could not tail to do through it.
own action, extended the time OF pay
meMt for lands two years. Butfivll
the organization o. Montana AID he
fore, until Mr.. Ciagse,t's election, de
spite the most earnest tn;reaty o.
those people to their Democratic dele
gates to induce the President to ..for
give them their trespasses," there wa:
not white resident in Bitter Roof
Valley above LO LO Fork who was not
q trespasser in defiance Of U. S
Treaty, and subject to ejectment from
house and home and the valley with
out notice or compensation. In siz
days after Mir. Clagett reached Wash.
ington, his first delegate work, he pro
cUipt. the Of,ler from President Grant
that secar:.d TO those people the right
OF occupation aud supplemented it by
procuring law the same winter ar
ranging Tor the rem oval Of the Indians,
the iHuaediate survey vi tue .sllley,
the procIraAcc Of title to ali the val
ley with no reserved lands to the rail-
road Or double prices, and appropria-
items to the amount cf S10,Je0 to
carry these measures into ei..,:;. Tilis.
we presume, is one of Major NJ Cor.
mick deeply dep!orcs! hs the masses
results. Now, these things, and the
passage Of a bill relating to tho Prac-
tice in District Courts arc aft the al;.,s,,
nifcent accomplishments credited up
by the Convention to Delegate Mao'n-
mis-. In addition 10 the work OF Dele.
gate CIigeit above referred to ...,..
which was infinitely greater and mo-, Q
difficult to accomplish than that claim.
Ell iUr Defeat iiagin,liS, Mr.. Ciacett
procured the Payment .f over haIf a
million dollars for the Montana Militia
expenses. which lad been due since
1867; he procured hy law and there
are now distri uted to settlers OH the
.sc!.,,icrs Of Montana 1000 Of the best
rifles in the government arnor;es and
2O0, 600 rounds Of ammunition: he pso.
cured an appropriation OF $3.50, 900,
over and above the regular Intlia:iap.
l,ropriaticns, for :hs Sioux, as adv0.
Gated and asked for in the Helena Ga.
zette by Major Magian;s then its ediii.
tor; he pro:.cel tnv passage ct a law
law whereby settlers subjected to loss
by Indian iepredations can procure
therefor from tie chi
ted States; he procured tie institution !
,f twenty new post Offices in Montana
FIVE in a.issoula county,; the estab.
ishmert of six new postal routes aud
nCr3ascd service on nearl;;- all the old |
'uutes, against one new postal route
II u !e.) procured by Mr.. Maginnis,
! III tie C.scOntinuance Of as many
,i.ices or more than he had establish
d. Ke drew and procured the pas
age Of the National Park bill, meas
lro which has done more to make
Montana famous throughout the world
han any and all other influ' n rs COM
'ined, and the bene6cence and impor-
ance Of which becG .neS more evident
ach year. He secured three National
Banks in Montana; he procured the
Of the Organic Act, which
1as subsequently adopted by every
ther Territory, whereby vacancies Of
ppOintive Territorial officers occurring
4 the interim OF Legislative sessions
an he filed by the Executive, thus
llring an act of the Democratic legis.
sture that would have. cost several
hOusand dollars every time Ierrito. I
al appOimtlve Office became vac:s. t,
MI drew up other important general :
ills that have since been passed by
Ongress or are still in course of legis- .
Ition, such as the General Right Of
Vay bill for Territories, the bill to !
revent frauds in the Indian service
nd other measures which Delegate !
[aginnis is honorable enOugh to COM .
end, and says shall have his support. I
This is the kind of . record a Mis- 3
,ula COn-entiOn, at the beck and nod
ex-lndian agent Mccormick, has {
id is ''deeply leplored.' We Won e
er if there is q member Of that con. {
entiOn when he comes to consider his 1
;tion and what he has put cut as an
IpressiOn Of. the sentiment OF the
Of MissOula will not feel !
earthly ashamed of himself. Mr.. '
lagett isnOt a candidate for any Office; 5
, map can honestly say aught against l
IS integrity of action while Delegate t
Montana, and the people Of Mis- p
'nla county certainly Gid owe him a
,bt of gratitude. The expression that q
r. Mccormick has put in their o
ouths il unworthy anu shameful. q
e have shown by the records that v
e claims by the Republican party 6
at the best interests Of the people of =
. Territory couA better be subserv. .
by Republican than Democrat II
ere true. 1t is clearly demonstrated =
at the interests Of corrupt ex-In- u
an agent have been best subserved u
! the Miss0ula Democratic C0nven- IL
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