The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-10-12
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Regular Correspondence Of the Record.
Believing Il hat Il few, political items trou
this burg VIII be Of interest 10 tue reader
t:1t: RECORD, a paper that is here consis}
.-creA Il power in the present campaign,
have the pleasure to submit the following
1t is not ILL cxaggoration to say nov
that The outlook in.this and neigh',ogins
counties is quite encorr&aFnS for lhe s,,n
d: Ic!2ifiaA," although such ~An assertion
could Not hay; been t:uIIltully made ;tsItsN
weeks ;;co 81. Immediately following The
i Donocratic convention at Butte Cijy
,Ii'ere is 10 denying the fact that the nom
ination OF 'I0gjflE2iS was at FIRST uneatjsEau
tory 70 some influential members Of tile
/ Democracy. Whyy Partly because Dee,
! Lodge and Butte wanted an e%st-st:44 can.
! ctillate, blC mainly 1'uI the reason than ont
/ prominent member Of the party had bee!
/ promised the nomination, and other prom
/ inent leaders were pledged to his support
! Iiio r@SuIG O; The convention therefore dis
/ gg2s3ct this geltLcjnan&and his friends, and
GG what t!!ey were pleased to term the
5re:ic3ecy o. 5Iaginni8 and his supporters
! THIS is precisely lhe way matters stood
Il short tin}e before the convention met and
until after, lie nomination Of Maginnis vas
effected. have the full facts in my pos
session, but do not deemit either necessary
o. polite to explain ji1stwhF the n0nlinaEion
81 MHginalis BECAME more desirable than
THAI Of tile gentleman above referred to, bat
| will state tEat Maginpis came to Mon
taua N4tn tile firm belief that This same
man was IL be lbc nominee Of the Demo-
cratic convention, and was prepared TO
give him lis hearty support throughout
tle clmpaig11, and the benefit Of bis great
iD1ij!ence and experience at Washington.
That 5Iaginnis himself became the
nominee was not by any connving Or
tlsachcry on his part, but because i
majority of that party WAch had stood BY
him through five campaigns again pressed
him to become their standard bearer, and
complete the work which lie was unable to
finish before liie expiration Of Iis present
term.
The Major is politically honest and
thoroughly loyal to his party, and even
though lie had promised Hot again 70 be-
come candidate fer delegate, he could not
under the circumstances refuse the noni-
nation, although he knew and acknowl-
edge the'cG;tims OF other prominent Demo
crats, his personal friendship for whom
alone won)a have induced him to step
aside and assist them 70 his place had he
not felt thaC hj~ party had higher claims
upon him.
Tie personal friends of Magintlis know
positively thai; his nomination was wholly
unexpected, ana that his acceptance was
A real sacrifice OF lis own wishes. and not
the result Of aliy desire to again represent
the people of Montana III Congress. But,
as already stated, his party's wishes are
law with him, and confidently believe he
would sacrifice lis liir rather than thai the
slightest suspicion &C lisloyalty should
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