Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-11-02
REPUBLICAN, MEETING.

day evening In Odell's Hall, was we'll al
tended. the room being full. The numbe
;. present was rather in excess of the Ma
g'nnfs meeting j. V. Bogert was elected
Chairman and Ellas Sp+rling Secretary
On taking the chair Mr. Bogcrt stated tht
object of the meeting to he to ratify tn.
proceedings Of the Republican County
Convention in the re organization of the
Republican party in Gallatin county and
the ticket nominal. d. He stated that one
great object Of tire re- org nizatiO of the
party was to create . healthier political
sentiment IN our county. and administer a
fitting rebukr to the mean betrayal of
Gallatin county and Eastern Montana by
the Democratic party in not using the op
portunity that occurred at Deer Lodge TO
have one Of our citizens nominated for
Congress. Another object was to ratify
the nomination Of E. u. Lea>itt Tor Con-
gress. tie then read the ticket nnd allied
for three cheers for Leayitt. which were
given. Mr.. BoQert then INTRO y c+d the
speaker Of the evening. Hon. Wilbur F.
Sanders, Of Lewis and Clarke county, who
WIS received with applause
Mr. Sanders on taking the stand return
ed bis thanks to the people OF Bozeman
for II cir cordial welcome, and stated that
h., was not there to make a political har-
angue; to appeal to asslon or to stir up
partiZan strifes. animos ties or hates. II
had be- n the object of his efforts in the
past to lif' political discussion above aud
beyond these base ends, and TO pm al to
the reason o. men rather than to their
hates. That the one great misfortune of
Montana since It's organization as Terri
tory was the unquestioned and unchal
lenged political majority that controlled
public affairs. and that this boast of
Democratic organs, both newspapers and
public speakers, was unworthy the age in
which We live and fitted only for the saw !
age. II would be far better Tor tie Peep e |
II party msjorites were close; and if The
Legislature could be SD divided that the
Republicans had a majority OF one in one
House, and the Democrats like majority
in the other, the people would be the gain
ers. He arraigned the Democratic ma
jority of the last Legislature for submit.
Ling TO party dictation, and 1T the behcst
Of party, sacrificing the public good. He,
however, said that two If Gallatin's Rem
resentatiyes, Langhorne and Moore. on
some occasions, proved honorable exc. D.
ions 10 the rule. The attention of the
people of Galiatin county was called to
he record OF Ohio Curtiss, the Demo.
;raic candidate for JOINT Representative
rom Gal'a;in and Jefferson counties. that
Will one exception. his votes for three
ears had been cast against the interests
u education. morality ani the good of the
)e' pie; that he was first elected from ,Tef
erson county by II majority o, 20, the
asst time by II, ard woul b.. overwhelm-
ngIy deteated this year i" his own county I
In peahing OF Maginnis' nomination for
th'rd term, he reviewed the history of l
nr Congressman from Mclean .iown.and
laced them all IN the army of carpet I
ggers. That the letter addressed by 4
laginnis to Chadwick, Hauser and others /
'as not a private correspondence but tina, .
others comprised the whole people: i
las'D"is had eth received his nomina. i
on, two - ars ago, by trlckery and fraud O
q 80 done now / hat the annulment i,
the Grange contract was n-iti.cr a,ates q
sni:ke or wise: that plain statement @
facts should h We been made to the o
ecrefary Of War. and increased compen. D
't'on ASKED, which would have been o
'anted, the contracts filled with thu. nro
1c's u Montana farmers, the money D
ene into their 20. kets and not in those Il
Interested parties who are supplying Il
ur from the States 10 fill them; Mac,n
was the cand date of powerful corpora. is
''s who We're stronger than the who.c
Fmocratic party and had forced his
over scores of other equally n
pacie and deserving Democrats. and y
used him to dishonor his word and
nd. VI
Of E. D. Leavitt, Mr.. Sanders said that -
people had ever ha All opportunity to -,
te 'or more deserving. capable. hon -:
able gentleman, for he was one Of Ma -
Re s nObiemen, that he had received a :,
Ter from HIM since he had been in Roze
n. which said he would like to NEE, -"
tn the people OF Gai)atin county. out y
u his duty to his patients was lmpera -,
e, and he would have to iortco the
assure. The people could rest assured Nc
i III voting for Leavitt they were sus-
mig man that would never go back on
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