Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-24
SPEECH OF HON. SAMPLE ORR.
the Voters 81 Eastern Montana
For Their COmAidera ton.

Ar@e auulencc assembled lueSO2y
evening last at Odell Hall, in response to
an announcement that Hon. Sample Orr,
Independent candidate for Delegate to Con-
grcss, would there address his fellow-citi-
Zens.
At 1902. m. the gentleman was intro
luced TO the audience with few introduce
tory and complimentary remarks by Hon.
Thomas r. Edwards.
IS nc walked up to take the stand from
which lie was to address the audience, we
observed in him long. thin. strong, wiry
man, perhaps little over 80 years OF age.
A man who. Notwithstanding his age. was
enjoying good bodily health, his mind and
body both being active.
MIR. Orr opened by announcing that he
was an Independent candidate for Delegate
to Congress. said he was not running for
his health, that he had all that he needed,
having rode on a moving machine this
summer in Deer Lodge county long enough
to shake I'll the rheumatism out Of him and
pay his expenses to Congress without any
assistance from H,arional Banks. etc. He
talked quite while on the convention sys-
tenn and about what MaCinnis had said
about him. what" said Maginnis. ''turn
out great war horse for long, lean. lank
Missouri cayuse. Lay aside a cannon for
such a squirt gun; noble Democratic
rooster for broken winged turkey. All
the Independent candidates are the gorillas
and bushwhackers Of the parties" MIR.
Orr said that he could not see why it was
wrong for any man to aspire to occupy
higher position, and failed to see that it
was disgrace to him to be Il long. lean.
lank MissOurian. even if he was running
against an Irishman that belonged to the
same great Democratic party.
Mr.. Orr acknowledged that he had run
for Governor in Missouri on the Bell and
Everett platform. in 1850, against Claiborne
F. Jackson, and been defeated by a few
hu l,red votes, that he did receive nearly
10000 votes from the people OF that great
State. in which he was proud to own he
had lived a prominent and respected citi-
zen.
Mr.. Orr then talked for some time in re-
gar( to the record of Mr.. Maginnis. touch
ing on the wood seizures, Mr.. Maginnis'
intimacy with Nowlan, the fact that MIR.
Maginnis was subsidy man and had used
his influence in having bill pass Congress
granting favors to the North and South
road, touched on the Walker matter and
said, ''Maginnis first plead ignorance OF the
entire matter. and afterwards acknowledged
that he introduced bill to give Walker a
hearing before the War Department. be-
cause he had worn his countries uniform
for twenty years. and that said investlga-
ton resulted IN his restoration. lie said it
was none of his business. That he was no
Government detective. / think it is the
business of the delegate from Territory
to see that unjust positions are not obtain
ed or money unjusily drawn from the
Treasury. If Major Walker wore his coun-
tries uniform tor twenty years, l suppose
lie had received twenty years pay. And l
think his countries history has failed to re-
cord any of the Majors hard fought battles
in defense of the Government
In the course OF his remarks he touched
on matters of importance to Eastern Mon
tana. and spoke in substance As follows:
"What has Maginnis done for Gallatin
County? What has he done for the Vel
lowstOne? see before me gentlemen who
five long years ago went to Major Magin-
uiaaanastAn6a- Of
years mas ne been In securing an appropria-
non OF ten thousand dollars for the snrvov
OF mat river, while in the same time he b..
aSslsted in securing several appropriated,
'or the improvement of the Upper Mis-.
souri,. Ffo- N1'o-
nat use did he make of the Memorials
d our Legislature Qs74) asking tor the
Improvement of this river? And now that
money is appropriated to make a survey
IL oe'n% used where it is most neeflcd9
70! 1t is used on that portion of the river
NAT Is navigable as long as the Missouri
,'er oeIow Buford is. And why is this ,
nus: Perhaps some of the firm OF Broad
'ater' Hubbcll & Co., at Miles Civ. can
III why none of this money is expended !,
surveying the river above Fort Keogh. :,
." nat attention has he paid to the peti-
Oh OF the miners Of Emigrant Gulch to c
I'VE t,'at portion OF our Territory cut off
ON tile Crow reserve? Here where from I
e earliest days Of the Territory miners
i've 'olled IN constant danger OF being
lven from their homes and property bv
'o"s' the Indian Agent or military. Were q
ey not on that land before it WAS sat IL
art for the Indians, and is it not uniyers. &;
y acknowledged to be useless to the re,, il
IN! Did not our Legislature memorial sc
Congress to have tile boundaries of thi. SO
'erve changed? What did he do Wit, Ci
'se petitions and memorials? Did he nc
We = OIL presented before Congress and TN
&C me Importance of its being passed We
dld ne have the entire papers referred IN on
agent OF the Crow Indians, where he arr
Nv they would die an ienominous lat
thy' we
A. Orr then read an extract from the VI
at army speech of Major Maginnis do. no.
red in Congress November 9tb 1877 ito
ere that gentleman discriminates In t., go,
u an Infantry branch of the service on me
frontier in preference to Cavalry. and kn'
= ""hen 60 after Indians or they sec
'e after me want horse, and 7 leave up
your unbiased judgment if Cavalry arc tlllt
SAFER and better for us than Inf,ntrv the
me facts corr0bOrate the statements ~ tint
Or Maglnnise Have not nearly all Of cite
victories over the Indians in Montana fro,
past three years been won BY mounted Z
Gentlemen, you want the Cav.lrv pate
'ved from the frontier, SO be It but ! hea'
confess that l am not one of the msr CAN
desires to be LEFT In an Indian conntrv :.
T." A
:. orr closed by asking the people tn sno,
for him II they thought he was = he,, "es'o
'an 'or the position than Mr.. Magin- eo ce
e remarks or Mr.. Orr - ter,
lyle peculiar to the man, in measured . son.
and unexcited manner, but with ! '.e
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