The new North-west., 1880-10-29
THE REPUBLICAN MEETING
Splendid Speeches by Sanders,
Speer and Knowles.
SANDERS MAKES THE BEST PoLlT-
ICAL SPEECH EVER DELIVERED
IN DEER LODGE.

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SANDERS MAKES THE BEST PoLlT-
ICAL SPEECH EVER DELIVERED
IN DEER LODGE.
Col. Sanders, Judge Knowles and w. q.
Speer, ESQ., arrived from Missoula Monday
morning and posters were soon issued an
nouncing the Republican campaign meeting
the same evening At 7:30 o'clock O'NeilPs
Theatre was filed by an as intelligent audi
ence. many of them ladies', as has ever con-
gregated in our town, and the meeting was
| organized by the election of DR.. +. E.Gleason
as presiding officer.
Judge Knowles was announced and was
| heartily received. He said II was often nee,
essary when a building was to be constructed
| that some of the rubbish should be nrst
| brushed away. In this case the rubbish was
| campaign lies started by the opponents OF
| Col, Sanders and he proposed to brush them
| away before commencing the structure on
| political argument. 1t seemed the usual pro-
| cedure of the Democratic party, for as FAR
| back rs the day when that gallant and spot
| less statesman, Henry Clay, was in the held,
he was charged by the Democratic party WIN
corrupt combinations with John Quincy AT
| ans, and the charge, base and false as 1t was,
| went down with him to the grave. Ever
| since the same policy has been.pursued. To-
day, it seems necessary, to save the fortunes
| of the Democratic party, that the same metG-
| ods should be used in Montana against Col
| w. r. Sanders. 1t il charged that his home
| stead in Helena Is owned in the name OF his
| wife. What Of it? 1t is not CHARGED that he
| owes dollar to any one, and his broadway
| mine and mill in Madison county, ms RUM
| lev mine interests in Jefferson and realty in
| several other counties in Montana surprising
| many times in taxable and real value that OF
his detractors, stand upon the records In ms
| own name accessible and subject to any oeli-
| CATION or service. This giving of the home
| stead to his wife showed the devotion, atfec-
| ton and confidence of a loyal and loving hu5-
band, who here had erected the altar of home,
| fortune and gave il into the safe keeping OF
| placed it beyond the vicissitudes ofprecarious
| one dearer TO him than life or possessions.
The speaker then referred TO the charge
| about Sanders procuring the amendment OF
the laws, which is treated of in another col
umn.
And them to cap the climax, the Democrat
| ic party has championed me and taken up my
cause against Colonel Sanders. Welll
don't ask the exponents of the Democratic
party to yindicate me- Your candidate and
| differed once, but if he gave me any more
than did him am willing bear 1t. was
| Judge on the bench when persons were
| brought into Court indicted for grave often
ses. That they were but tools of Others inthe
| great Indian Ring was evident. But L Thought
| they were like a row of bricks-knock one
down and the Others would fall-and 1 had
my heart set on breaking up the Indian Ring.
II
ed as the attorney of these men. We lawyers
get interested in the side We fight for and de-
fend our clients as best we can, Sanders, IKE
Dave Logan, of Oregon, insisted on my az !.
fine" and in this Shaving it fine" we differ
ed. He merely defended his clients and did
it with earnest zeal After all our quarrel was
somewhat Pickwickian, for we met after
ward i'm stage coach, talked it over, conelu- |
ded neither was much hurt and to be friends. |
Now, that was all there was of that. And
when William III. Clagget who was attorney |
for the United States in those cases, was here |
recently, and meeting of Republicans was
held in Deer Lodge TO consider the delegate |
question he said: "Take mp Wilbur +. San |
"ders, who has brains and force, and fight |
the thing through
Beside all this, the Maginnis champions |
are trying to vindicate the Missourians. Per-
haps the Missourians, like myself, do not |
ask any vindication at their hands. did not |
know Sanders was "A very great enemy OF the |
Missourians. He may hate their sins and
love the sinners" for / know some of his |
warmest personal friends hail from that clas-
sic State. And, if they needed vindication |
and had their choice, lido not think the Mis-
sOurians would have chosen MIR. Samuel |
Word as their champion. When one OF your |
own citizens, a Missourian, was n candidate |
for Delegate Mr.. Word said, referring 10 the |
pledges Of Maginnis not TO be candidate |
FOR Delegate again, that "if he had made
such a promise, rather than run again he |
would cut off his right arm" And then when
IL came to the deciding vote and his Madison
county votes would have made Mr.. Napton q |
strong candidate, he rose in his place and
magniicently stated he was instructed by Mr..
Wilson, his colleague, then absent, TO cast
the vote of Madison county for Charles l..
Dahler, who was not candidate. lie
(Word) had been disavowed by Madison
county and was now merely whipper-in Tor
Major Maginnis; in fact, had become like
the Mud Geyser on the Yellowstone, which
foams and sprItters and swirls Its slime around
and around in its cauldron, attempting TO be-
smirch the passer-by, but eventually subsidies
and all the mud runs right back into the hole
fit come to making charges he would like
to ask Mr. Word how il was about the yeast
powder ballot box stuffing in Madison coun-
ty, and If he was conveniently near when the
Meagher county returns were forged lie
didn't say Mr.. Word had anything to do with
these transactions, but it had been so charged
all over the Territory, and the Missourians,
whose cause he now so yaliantly espoused did
not feel very highly complimented by his
championship.
railroad subsidies. Well, he was resident
of Helena, where millions ofdollars were in
vested i'm real estate, and the people OF that
city recognized the necessity of securing rail
road connection. de, himself, had opposed
some subsidies, but had favored some pro
jects which Sanders did, because Of their To-
cal and general advantages. The agitation OF
the question had done much good for Mon
tana, and with the preparation and pubiiea-
ton of statistics and the efforts OF prominent
men favorable to progress, had expedited the
construction of railroads. We were now as
sured of its early construction, anyhow, ana
the speaker would oppose any subsidy or ex-
emption:
Judge Knowles then reviewed Maginnis'
claim to influence with the Hancock admin
istrafion. But present Indications were this
would advantage him nothing. Hancock was
not likely to have much influence with the
aJ,, ftilt nd Mnninuig |
had slept with him, the appointments for
Montana would not be controlled by Dele
gate and personal friendship.
The speaker did not see much virtue In
Maginnis' promise to turn the delegateship
over TO Mssourian next time. The ap-
preaching railroads would settle the political
status of Montana within the next two years.
1t is close shave this time, but in two years
more, when ii Is hopeless, he kindly propo-
ses to let some one else run in his stead. His
kindness is appreciated for just what it is
worth.
Before referring to National politics, Judge
Knowles said he desired to refer to one local
matter which had been somewhat agitated-
the division of Deer Lodge county. He had
heard IL discussed in Deer Lodge and knew
some favored it. and still Others II the line
should not include any of the valley. lie
was opposed to division on any line. The
railroads are coming; the questions on which
the Legislature will have to act requires us to
stand shoulder to shoulder instead of divi-
ding up into small c0unf1es, lillHlcal anu nos
tile to each other. Through our Conventions
our delegations can act as unit and will be q |
power in the Territory or State, bat divided
they will fall. He was willing Butte should
have two terms of court, and would cheer
fuIly.accord all rightfui things TO that prosper
Gus ana promising city; but, If any one |
thought he would vote to dissever the coun-
ty, they were mistaken in the man. His
Judgment said it would be wrong, and he
would adhere to that against the clamor of |
the thoughtless and of ofiice-seeking dema-
gogues.
Passing to National Politics, Judge Knowles
compared Garfield, the poor boy, working |
his way up through poverty and hardship to |
eminence in scholarship and craftsmanship, |
with Hancock, the pampered child of for
tune, educated at government expense in one |
of the most aristocratic institutions in Amer
lea, without sympathy with the people, es-
consed in lorily seclusioD on Governors /
Island, with senfries pacing at his door, with
staff and orderes and servitors at his beck |
and nod, soldier only, and asked which was
the representative American, the type of its
energy and achievement and worthiest of the
Chief Magistracy. The Credit Mobilier, DE |
Golyer, Electoral Commission, Indian poll
cy, Financial, Tariff and other issues were Ia
ken up in turn and ably discussed. In con-