The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-09-10

the adjudication of partizan claims, to par
col out the local nominations as the strength
OF the. particular wings require, and to
renew In formal kind of way its allegi-
ance to that intangible wili-o'-the wisp, the
so called Democratic principles. The San
hedrim met, az usual, last Friday, and
through the natural affection of its con-
stituent parts hung together until Saturday,
But It did not parcel out its nominations as
usual. The vanquishers were vanquished
and the silent majority" allowed the
louder minority to walk off with the spoils.
There were 102 delegates present out OF
possible 1873. The Maginnis wing had four
ffths of the representation. The great
question OF policy to be considered theoret-
icaiiy by the latter was how many officers
they should give to the anti. Maginnis wing
to "conciiIate them and hold them up to
the Maginpis ticket in the campaign. The
practical result was dead "give- away
OF almost The entire ticket; that those who
came to shear went home shorn aud that
the Maeinnis men outside OF two officers
are, 10 q snipe- hunting kird Of . way, cleft
holding the bag" The Legislative ticket
attracted no attention. A wise man once
said "If may write the songs of peo-
pie care not who makes their laws" Deer
Lodge Democrats paraprase this trifie and
their motto la " II we can get our friends
In the remunerative offices we care not who
makes the laws" Consequently the Leg.
islative ticket was, as it always has been in
this county, weak. Lav-naking, except
fee-biIls, 10 a secondary consideration, and
the selections for the Legislature were
placed first In order Of business because
they were not liable to disturb. in the
slightest dc gree the serenity Of the conven-
ton and constituted kind OF f'grand en-
tree A." to precede the hurdle race for county
Offices. 1t worked to q charm. The dele
cations that had fought bitterly for the
nomination of Major Maginnis to sit dis
franchjsed In the National Legislature &C
cepted the list reported, or would have ac-
copied any other without dissent, to enact
the laws for Montana and codify the en-
actmsnts Of the past sixteen years. This
transaction was merely Q trfing preiimi.
nary. When 1t came to the nomination OF
Sheriff excitemen. went caroering to white
heat. Con Murphy was the first victim
Of Cancellation" and although he and bis
friends had counted confidently on his nom
inatiop he went to grass the FIRST round for
"the good Of the ticket" The Maginnis
men then rounded up their shoulders for q
I'bflef struggle and got in hcAndrews and
McMasters BY close work and then threw
fup the.spongs when they could have con
trolled, and undoubtedly were expected by
their constituents to control, every nomi-
nation on the. ticket In the desire to
evade local rupture these Maginnis Sam
sons deliberately sat down at the feet Of the
anti aginnis Delilah to be shorn Of their
strength. They even accepted az endorse
ment Of t"the past course of our Delegata
in Congress-, so thin and irresolute that it
had to be sandwiohed between tive strong
or resolutions 70 keep it from dropping cut
of the Platform. What they had won al
the Primaries they sacrificed in the Coo
vention. They were outgeueralDed and be.
logged by the specious plea for harmony
1 were surrounded by and surrendered to one.
fifth their numbers. 1t was dearly bought
harmony and many Of their constituents
will fail to appreciate atbe famous victory
for the nti-Maginnis wing. The resuli
was ticket that IL respectable but weak
There are some good aud many poor nomi-
nations. IL Ia moi, even after the surrender,
an average piece of Political pstchwork
| For . plumber of Officer the uomiaees arr
unqualified by spy test that would be adj
mitted by business men. An unfair dis
crimination has been made against elements
Of the party and sections Of the county
and thsend toswhich all else was sacrificed
has not been attained. H.5 ,#s@s%r1s# LID
The Republican Convention meets II
Philipsburs to-day 1t has . splendid op
portunity to nominate q ticket In brillian
contrast to that presented by the Democ
racy.a Oar opponents claim numerical su
periority and on that assumption alone hav'
dared 10 place their ticket In the field
They nay have II or may not. a The politi
cal copplexion OF the Territory 10 chang.
ing and the places that have known or ma.
now know the se-called Democracy o
Montana do now or win soon know IL D,
moro forever. We have excellent mate ria
to select from In this county, and IL wis
dom prevails ticket will be selected great
ly superior To that of our opponents. 4
Il fair consideration OF the qualifications o
aspirssts for the several Offices, OF th
rights Of all Republicans and OF every por
! ton OF the county will result In that
Among those We have heard named are
For Council, CT. Meader, Hiram Knewies
for tho House, ]. X. Psrdee, Phiiipsburg
Fl. II. Freeman, HslEville ~ ohm o'Msar
and Cbas, s. Warren, Butte, sThoms
I w. Andersos, Bear, and John q. Sloss
Silver Lake !; for sheriff, ID. n. Upton
Butte; John g. Mclean. Philipsburg q
4 w. Irwin, Deer Lodge; II. T. Husou, Ne,
Chicago !; for Commissioner, William Jack
Butte for Treasurer, Lew Coleman Dee
4 Lodge for Clerk and Recorder. Fred
Gleason. Butte |; for Assessor, II. d. Huh
bard, Biackfoot; for Probate Judge, A. c
II Witter, Butte. Doubtless thslc are otbe;
4 not new recalled. lF.om al accounts th
! party win be well represented ut Philips
burg snd We wish the Convention that wit
dom which will oowmand saooess and hon
or len action even III defeat. asa zsttea 54
II saw e. n
The proosedingst Of the County Demo
"A eras;s Conysntien will be found on the frs
page. A oompiets lepert was TAX On but i
come particulars the publication ID con
denssd TO accommodate 1t to the columns 0
| : oosatry .newspaper.o While 1t Is no
= Official" we believe IL correct and . bet
tsf history Of the Conyentioa than . NOR
formal report would BE-.
THE PURE DEMOCRACY
Pooling rssues and Dividing swag.
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II the oity. sth rough committee from its tw,