The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-26
lfAeHNis At KBR
Majer Maginlis and Hen. San.
Word Address an EnthuS.
iastic Audience,
And Psur Hot Shst Int the Re-
publican Ranks.

And Psur Hot Shet Int the Re-
publican Ranks.
The Glendale Sheet Bought and
Paid For.
MAJOR Masinnis and Hon. Samuel Word
arrived in Butte yesterday, As announced,
and at Z O'Clock in the evening proceeded to
VAUDEVILLE, escorted by a procession Of
citizens headed by the Centerville band.
A commodious hall had been engaged for the
occasion, and the large attendance Of honest
miners amply testified to the high
esteem with which the gallant Major is re-
garded by the intelligent ~workingmen Of the
camp.
Thu meeting was called to order by Mr..
Jas. Shields, and Mr.. johnson was elected
chairman. The latter at once intro
duced Major Maginnis, who mounted
a stand amid the applause Of the
assembly and began q speech which
though not remarkable for rhetorical
establishment was replete with facts and fg-
ures and which appealed directly and ire
sistibly to the intelligence Of his auditors.
The speaker devoted some time TO q discus
sion OF the dignity of labor and particularly
of the labor of those hardy pioneers who de-
vote their lives in the search for the hidden
wealth Of the mountains and who have
been the foremost and most active
promoters of civilization in almost every
country Of which history gives account.
The miner is essentially a producer, as he
constantly adds to the wealth Of the world.
This being the case, every reason exists why
his avocation should be fostered and encour-
aged by the laws of the country, and any
measure looking to a curtallment Of his
rights or . restriction Of his opportunities
to carve q fortune from the rOck-ubbed hills
to which his dauntless courage and indomita-
BILE perseverance have led him, should be
frowned upon by every lover of liberty aud
justice. In this connection the speaker re-
ferred to the law now pending in congress to
o~verturn the manner Of making locations
and to compel every owner Of a mine to con-
fine his explorations to vertical side lines.
The proposed measure is a most Ubiquitous
one, and if enacted would result in the stag
nation of legitima e mining in Montana and
every other western territory. He referred
also to the proposed land grabbing scheme
by which q lot Of moneyed corlnorants would
be enabled to retaId the development of the
territory and prevent Immigrants
from making homes of their own
The necessity Of having some one in Wash
ington who would make it his business, *
tight these jobs aud steals was obvious, ant
with modest pride and in becoming Language
the speaker referred his hearers to his past
record as a determined opponent to all pro
D posed enactments the effect of which woult
be inimical to the best interests Of thu
= people of Montana, irrespective of party
The issues of the national campaign were the'
hensive and unpartizan manner. The men
ton of Hancock's name was received will
e prolonged applause and cheers. The speakc
then attacked the system of territorial gov
eminent and denounccdthe shipment to thes
western dependencies of q lot OF spawned pu
litical hacks who, unable to earn a living OF
their native heaths had been herded int
. the territories to live OIL the bunc
grass of the mountains. He believed in IL
privileged classes, but desired the enforce
ment of that law above which no man ca
$ assert himself, and which will extend its pro
lection to the poorest. The speech, whicl
was somewhat lengthy, and in which all tn
= more vital issues of the national and terrific
y rial campaigns were discussed in o masterl
mauner, was keenly relished by the audience
applause and cheers frequently interruptiD
its delivery.
Hon. sam. Word was the next speaker
This gentleman, who was received with Gu
thusiasm, al once waded into the mire Of re
publican corruption and dragged out that nc
r torious political mOuntebank, Wilbur F. Sar
ders, the war cayuse of the stalwarts. II
showed him up to the audience in all HI
hideous moral Disagreement, but did 50 will
ar out indulging in that low personal abus
which is Sanders only stock in trade.
MIR. Word referred 10 the late speech
~ Sanders in which the latter characterize d tn
~ democracy Of Montana as an alliance Ut y
IN norance with crime and stated that all IL
early democrats Of the territory who were III
"a banged were driven out Of the territory
8. What selfrcspccting democrat could vote Il
\ a man who would deliberately perjure him
II self by such All utterance. The democrat
4. may be ignorant but is il becoming in . ms
y, with a reputation like that of Sanders
charge them with being criminals. Let us Sc
"a When | came here in 1868 the territory
m Montana was u~norganized, and then forme
:. !. .o.A;on Of Idahn. In the latter territOl