The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-02
sANDERs' SPEECH AT DEER LODGE

ing the campaign, We propose to briefly no
tice some of the salient points in his discourse
at the valley town. Mr.. Sanders opened
with his usual stereotyped adulation of the
republican party and republican party lead
ers, of which latter he endeavored to leave
the impression that he was the head and
front. In his exordium he few his political
eagle into the bright empyrean heavens,
where posing it for q moment to battle its
pinions in the sunny light reflected from the
1000 Fl. Union votes, the disguised bird es-
capped. Sanders now came down TO business.
He wanted to know what the democratic par
ty had achieved through its delegates since
1864. From the nature of the question Mr..
Sanders appears to labor under the impress
sion that territorial delegates work for a par
ty instead of working for the interests Of
their territory. There is no doubt that Mr..
Sanders takes that view of the case, or Why
the question. Had he asked what our dele
gates have done for Montana since 1864, his
question could have been answered at the
doors Of a thousand happy homes within our
borders. But when he asks what the demo-
cratic party has achieved through its dele
gates, we answer~-nothing. Our delegate
has not been working for his party, but lie
has worked, and successfully worked for our
territory, and Mr.. Sanders knows it. Mr..
Sanders next threw a few stones at Mclean
and the dead Cavanaugh for leaving the ter
ritory after serving out their respective terms
of office, and presented many good and valid
reasons, from his point of view, why Clagelt
followed suit. In view of the fact tn It a man
in private life is supposed to be permitted to
60 where he pleases these "reminiscences must
have been of course very interesting to his
audience. He now startled his hearers by
divulging the secret that Maginnis had drawn
his salary for serving as delegate from the
federal treasury, and that after the 4th of
March next, he (Maginnis) was going to
Minnesota, and turn granger. Well, all we
have to say about this is, that we believe Mr..
Maginnls earned his pay, and should he turn
granger, and display the same energy and
perseverance IN the pursuit of that honorable
occupation that he has shown in the service
of the people of the territory, that he would
make a good enc. Of course, Sanders would
draw no pay if he was elected. No, no not
he. Sanders now became lachrymose over
the fact that Maginnis should be a candidate
this year when there were at least twenty
only twenty, mind you--democrats in the ter
ritory who were possessed of as good charac-
ter and qualifications as Naglnnis, men who
had borne the heat and burdens of the day.
etc, etc. 1t was a shame, the speaker added,
and in his tearfulness he was almost ready
to embrace democracy, in sympathy for those
twenty deserving men. After passing his
saturated handkerchief over to his friend
Mills, he again turned his ate to Major
Maglnnis. He appeared, as the boys express
ed it, to have "Maginnis on the brain.n
With his characteristic magnanimity he re-
ferred to the services of Mr.. Maginnis, and
denied that the Major had ever identified
himself with any public enterprise or given
his time and attention to them as others had
done before he was aiken up and sent to con-
gress. Here the Colonel evidently had the
Major at a disadvantage. The Colonel had
identified himself with a public enterprise
and the Major hadn't. The fact is, While
MIR. Maginnis was fighting the battles of bis
country--purely a private business-th Col
onel was scurrying to Washington to Get
some laws %annulled that our Montana Lepis.
lature had passed. These laws repealed the
odlous extra compensation laws which Sanders
was instrumental in having placed upon our
statute books in the interest of "Uncie Edger-
ton," and the supreme judges of Montana.
Here was Sanders public business. and ,ba
Maglnnis part of the audience were compel.
led to tally one for Sanders.
The school land question was referred IN
aud made a vehicle through which Mr.. San
ders aired his ignorance, or vented his spleen
we are not prepared to say which, and finallv
oealt Mas'nnis a crushing blow by charging
nm with the importation of telegraph poles
which cost the government--not M~ontan,-
several dollars each, and even at this nrice
The polls were so inconsiderate as to rot. The
rottlng was charged up to Maginuis and the
audience again Tailed one for Sanders.
The speaker now turned his attention :.
the Hon. Sam Word and read the fifth chan.
ter OF Acts to prove that Sam was n o,eater
man than Ananias. Al,sh tcll unn ,re
tlrohs as the gentleman was making his
scrlptllrai references, and 1t was Some tim.
before the audience could CRASH the ida, ,h,,
'nere was another man besides the speaker
VINO could approach the great ,,Ananias in lis
qocatioh' particularly in The last act that ,e,-
minated his life.
Ar; SANDERS haransue was bitterly person.
al. lie appeared to have confined himsalf,o
the task Of beliuleing Major Mayjuni>, serri,
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