The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-20
DEER LODGE DOINGs.
The Republican County Convention-Tne
CIagett Reception and Speeches
Made-The Anti-Magiupis
Sentiment.


so I will not inf1ict the readers of the
RIVER PRESS with what would neces-
sarily be very dry reading. Arriving in
Helena | found people talking politics,
good many democrats denouncing the
manner ia which the attempt is being
made to force Maginnls upon the people
OF Montana for n sixth term. On Mon
day cvefaing | arrived liz Deer Lodge
and found the republican, county con-
ventiou in session. The following is the !:
ticket nominated:
Sheriff.. j. Kennedy.
Treasurcr-Iew Coleman.
Clerk and recorder-R. l.. Davis,
Probate iudge-orisa Emerson.
Assessor-V. +. McQuestion.
Superintendent OF schools-T, N. Cat |
lin.
Commiesiouers-H II. Ieuor and
Duncan Diugwan.
Coroner. d. Eastman.
>3urveyor u. O'Bannon-
Councit--H r. WhiteiliIl.
House Morgan Evans and &. ".
| Jones.
| j found that q special train was TO
meet the Deer Lodge delegation to Butte
and Warm Springs on Tuesday after
noon, and being invited to go down
with the party, gave me ass opportunity
Of waiting over at the republican, love
feast In the evening.
Hon. Wun III. Clagctt i. at present Ill
DeeF Lodge, ;asad on Ills arrival here last
week was tessdered q sercnade at the
hotel by his old friends. Mr.. 0aagett
responded I'm one Of his happy speeches,
anG then the crowd called upon Alex.
! M2yhew Ae Mayhew got up, a very
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ofI-er Lodgessalled
out to him that they did not want a
Maginni. speech, which remark anust
have been very edifyisag 20 the doassgshty
Major, who was sitting on the balcony,
expecting to be called upon, and was
probably intending to explain hosv he
came to accept nomination wiliosa he
did not want. But the people gave him
no chance, for not voice was raised for
Maginnis, ana Martin left Deer ledge
with his feathers dropping.
Ono thing and another prevented me
from getting - the court house last rItght
Ein time TO hear more than the close of
Col. Botkin's speech, which am told
was rouser, bat I had the pleasure OF
listening to Clagett, the aigvcr-tongued
orator. Mr.. Clsgett told Of riding with
Maginnis OH the cars to Butte, and h@W
they talked on every conceivable sub-
lect, but that Martin never said q word
about convention at Butte, and the
ispeaker knew nothing Of 1t until he ar
| rived there. He attended that conven-
tion, and told In psetty plain language
how the farce was carried out. He said
the democratic party in Montana, during
his former residence here, S,as oale for
which the republicans, although it al
ways defeated them, had great respect.
But the leaders Of that party had lost
their grip when 8 candidate for delegate
could be nominated upon platform Of
free speech, and under the gag OF the
previous question: He told Of how
Mayhem, who had been pursuaded to
let his name go before the convention
under the understanding that Maginnis
positively refused q nomination, had
gone into the convention supposing he
was in the house of his friends, but
found himself In butchers shambles.
Stapla4on, Mitchell and ethers Jared no
better; how dummy received the
nomination, and how that dummy de-
clined q nomination which he could
never have gotten for himself, and how
it was taken finally by the man who had
publicly stated OH the very day of the
convention that he could not accept it
now without puttinga stain upon his
honor. Clagett said that in his speech
of acceptance Maginnis had claimed that
he was the Gully man in the party who
would control the votes of the Northern
Pacific hands, aud went on to warn the
people of Montana against a man who
virtually acknowledged himself a tool of
railroad corporations. Mr.. Clagett was
frequently interrupted by storms of APP
plause, and has not lost any of the ora
torical powers which earned him, in for
mer years, the name of the asilver-
tongued.'