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for and established. He thought il time that
sensible Democrats should abandon tina
organization, which was covered Will
twenty years of error and disaster and the
condemnation of this great people, and come
over to the side of progress, prosperity ant
success. The Democratic party had renewed
its allegiance to the history and traditions o.
the party, yet he defied the Democratic part,
to point to one single principle to Which
it had adhered steadfastly in the pas
twenty-five years. He cited its vascillatior
on the fugitive slave law; its record of 1856.
when il declared the war a failure; its hostil
ity TO the constitutional amendments and re
| construction acts as unconstitutional and ther
its acceptance of them; its hostility TO the
Lincoln shiu plaster" and now its candidate
! telegraphs to agreenback candidate congratu
lating him on his glorious victory; the veto
| ing by buchanan on constitutional grounds
of the Homestead law passed by Republican
| votes and its claim now that 1t was the friend
| of the settler, and the dozens of other somer-
| saults the party had turned with but one OBJ
| ject in view to get back into power and get
| the offices. The mining laws, and homestead
| law, the most bene.ic mt legislation The world
| ever saw for its workin5men were Republi.
| can measures and wrested from an unwilling
| minority of Democrats. In'6i the Democrat
ic party nominated Mcclellan and pronGune-
| ed the war failure: in ~ il nominated Hor-
ace Greeley who had been the most bitter
| enemy of Democracy in I'll it nomi lated s.
| j. 1ilden and has howled fraud ever since his
defeat, yet when he might have
been vindicated if such were the case, when
every consideration of gratitude and patriot
! ism demanded his denomination, when the
| party was hoarse edenouncingmiljtary satraps
| and bayonet rule, the party in 1870 gave Til
den the dead shake and tiocked around Han
cock The speaker occupied half hour,
| touching on numerous issues, making many
| good points and illustrations.
| COL. SANDERS ADDRESS.
! The Introduction of Col. Sanders was the
| signal for Il cordial reception of Montanas
gifted and fayOrite representative, and the
Speech which followed despite the fact ofhis
| suffering from fatigue and severe cold, was
| simply magnificent. We have heard Sanders
| many times in the past fifteen years yet never
heard him excel this effort in strength of ar
glment, elegance of diction, in keen ANALYSIS
and in turn, in withering denunciation. For
an hour and a half, speaking more rapidly
than is his habit, he held the udience to almost
breathless attention, and when he closed there
was not one in the audience but that spoke
in terms of highest commendation of the eff
fort. To even outline the speech would be
impossible with the space at disposal and we
can but refer briefly to the more salient
points.
political organizations he said when parties
asked the support of the citizen his first in
quiry should be and is, What has been the
character of that party in the past? What are
its credible promises for the future? This Re-
DuDllC ~ IHb GHOlCeSb HOWbT Ol anu
Time, and it requires perpetual vigilance by
the patriotic the faithful and true to keep it
from the ruthless grasp of evil hands. He be-
leved in parties; they are the salt and saliva
lion of representative governments and as
necessary in their agitationS 10 preserve puri-
ty as are the tides and surgings of the oceans
to preserve the purity of the great seas. The
speaker gave brief review OF the history of
the Republican party, showing II to be a par
ty dedica,ed 20 the liberty Oh man, to pro-
| NJ Ia
development of the talents the Almighty had
bestowed upon mankind, and Judging men
by their humane and honorable natures he
wonde :ed why many men in Montana, worthy
of better affiliations, still adhered TO the Dem
oCratic party.
Reyefting to Territorial politics he asked
what had the Democratic party achieved
through its Delegates since 1864. Mclean and
Cavanaugh had served their terms and had
goae TO the far off east. Mr.. Clagett who
alone had broken the line of Democratic sue
ceSsion had removed To anojher Territory
temporarily, retaining all his property inter
ests here, and under the exceptional con-
ditions of unremuneratiye mining en.crpris-
es, a large family, and dull period in legal
business. During this sixteen years there
fore that the Democrats had controlled this
TIE 'ritory, they had but one man remaining
who had been educated to Ssatecraft and pos
sessing that knowledge OF affairs which was
essential in organizing the State that would
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had predicted of Cavanaugh in ~ that as soon
the Territory ceased sending htIl TO Con-
gress he woula flee its borders never to re-
turn, so now he predicted of Major Maginnis,
who had drawn $4,000 from the Federal
treasury, who had no material identification
with Montana and who afler the 4rh of next
March will skip back To his Minnesota farm,
and Montana will be none the be1Ucr of his
Congressional education. Cavanaugh was
elected two terms and then in obedience 20
a rsNf
TO step down and out. Two terms only was
the rule of the Democratic party. The same
honor was accorded to Major Maginnis,
but he was unsatisficd. He stood on his dig
nifty and said " if the people demanded !" he
Himself on receive a. canalaate, put put
if reelected he would not run again. Then
" the people of NJ Montana (aS eNemphhed by
Hauser and Broadwater) demanded his can
didacy, and have continued to do so ever
since. And il is a noticeable fact, that all
these pledges have been ridden down
and the Butte Miner has exposed the con
temptibie and corrupt means by which the
fair expression of Democrats was crushed out
in Butte by agreat moneyed institution going
into the slums of that city andspending mon
ey like water to defeat the will of the people;
and the Butte Miner will not lie-against
Democrat. IL is no wonder that in the Ter
ritorial convention the only applause during
Madnnis' speech accepting the nominatIon
was when he promised he would never he
candidate again.
This perpetual candidacy was an imputa-
ton by Maginnis and Hau,er that there was
no other Democrat in Montana worthy and
competent TO represent this Territory in Con-
gress 1t is an offense to that party which
contains twenty men at least of as good char
acter and qualifications as Maginnis: Men
who have borne the heat and burdens OF the
day since the earliest settlement of Montana,
who have identified themselves with, and
given of their means to, every public enter
prise and advancement in the Territory; men
who will be needed when Montana becomes
n State to organize its government and mould
its destinies. And yet these men whom Mon
tana should be educating to familiarity with
public affairs and Statecraft have been hidden
wear after year to " stand back by the per-
petual Delegates friends, until their ambition
is being crushed out, no man dare contest MS
claims before the party and your better men
are even driven from your Legislative tick
ets. The speaker denied that Maginnis had
ever identified himself with any pubhc enter
prise or given his time and services TO them
as others had done before he was taken up
and sent to Congress, and now having neg
lected the greater interests OF the territory
and looked after merely sordld ones he as
sumes TO himself "might, dominion, glory
and power without a change in the nsuai
except the substitution of his own name
When no one had questioned his fidelity, Ma,
ginnis had started ont as the glganuc :.
claiming to himself all credit Tor securing
the establishment and appropriations TOT
posts, telegTaphs, river and assay once ap,
preparations. 1t was arrogant, egotrstlcal ana
an offense to every a>semblage he addressed;
He denied that Maginnis had ever secured
any great public benefit foT Montana, with
the single exception of having Fort MaSinais
named after himself-(the very material oil
which was taken from a Fort named aiter
that honorel soldier, Capt. Logan, who had
given his life for the protection OF the people
Of NJ ontana)-- (which the Legislatures OF Mon
tana had not previously memorialiZed Con-
gress to grant, and this assumption that ne
was superior to the 10000 people of Montana
whose Legislatures had previously inaugural
ted and petitioned for these things, ignoring
the labors OF the very men he was addressing
and walking over and saying Il did 1t was
an arrogance and offen5e that deserved re-
buke If he had been content to let Others
commend his good services his deeds OF oinls-
sion might have passed unchailenged, Dut
having gone into the public markets a. 2 po-
litical huckster assuming credit TO which ne
is not entitled he has invited criticism iof that
he has failed to do.
The speaker then alluded in detail TO
one of tie memorials the Legislature had
passed in ~ and twice since others OF nke
import in regard to the lands set aside Dy the
National Government for the beneft OF our
educational interests munincent DOMAIN
amounting to one-eighteerth of all the pupnc
lands of Montana, and which We're being de-
nuded of their timber, impoverished, ana de-
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