The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-20

Al m1zR1o1ugo uar1RvuW.
he Heo. W. .. 0anden, - T<sideat
q Hs]ens Ior naay years, attorney toe
ths Nasthesn FAoi0e in The Territory,
sz-nembss a. several legislatures,
candidate Sae Congressional del gate O
the Republican sideln tie campaigns Of
1854 lsoe and 1sooL" - The g. Raal
Ptoseer-Ress grandiIoquently pats II,
good-naturedly took representative u
that raper In his confidence recently,
loaded him down with an output a biz
''mine Of information" and sent him to
his o1lce rejoiciDg. The ColoUd w1oev-
identity In one Of his most comusasios-
tive moods for It seems hs discussed
nearly every subject within the range Of
repotorisl inquiry from the time he va
. la student to Montana politics. In
the domain Of the latter the Colonel was
simply immense. He threw OF the
brakes and went over the groa:,d with
the recklessue~ displayed by . brun-
cho driver In going down the steep
gr.des Of biz mountain home. It must
10 presumed the Colonel told the wide
cared reporter how he himself had been
repeatedly slsu"htered ut tho polls by
those ''l(jseourians and Irish" who are
''about - congenial - . Chinaman
and . hoodlum;" for It 10 we'll
known the Colonel tells the truth,
thu whole truth, and nsthing but the
truth when 1t comes to the matter Of poll
tics. There IL one thing, however; which
the standing Republi an candidate for
delegatorial honon failed to ny any
thing about, or Il he did his discreet in
terviewer suppressed It, AMI that b
whether those Aissouriaus and Irish
have succeeded in destroying bic ape
tite f'r running f'r (ongrtzs, and, ii
they have not, whether he intends to
try It again this fall. The published
portion Of the interview throws no light
upon the COlOnel's intentions. But Of
one thing he seems to have . fixest be-
lief, and that Is that the Republicans
will elect Delegate to Conyr4s this
fal!. Tie Col"l,el has always b.'en cr,d-
ulous upon this point. Al every dele
gxtorixl election held in the Territory
since and including isD4, he has pro-
(essed = liked beIiet" that the Repub:i-
rams would elect their candidate. His
Own failures haze not crippled his faith
in the least. Even after lie had emerged
from canvass in which he touched
Meth the sides nor ba,ttOnl of . win
ming vote. he was ready to swear the
would elect the next Dele
gate. 1t seems he still holds T. that
same fixed belief" Hi~ faith 10 Of the
sl~lwsrt kind, and Of sufficient volume
to prepare q score Of weak brethren for
Tie pulpit.
There IL another thing which our
willing witness" testiiies to. He says:
. Maginnis Is ut heart y Republican.
The Colonel does not shy this Is a fac
which ne has recently di.tover.d or |
he Las known it Ill along dur
ing the many years which lie has been |
fighting him upon the stump, hut that !
,e h y Republican ut hear. he feels ~
ured. This Is news to the people Of
Montana, and especially to that ''hrge
,art OF his constituents" who ''were dis
lniOn men in the late civil war, aud in
heir hearts are 10 yet" The Major
las always been considered sound
and Notwithstanding the
;OlOnel's assertion he will sill be
~ slcl, by his constituents
D Montana, including those "whO car
led m,,skets on the Southern side"
sut We hardly Intended to notice at
ength this interview ut the present
in,e. Inasmuch ~ we have noticed
ut all We will let the Colonel speak
" himself upon the matter to which we
ave referred. I
In answer to > question by the re-
ortcr ~ to the political aspect Of affairs
. Montana, the Colonel replied:
THAT'S arotler hard question to an
Yer. Montana IL r.1aried NJ u Demo-
ratic Territory and 1t has 80 voted
now, but 1 firmly believe W. can make
Republican. Sixty PR cent Of the
are o. that political perslla-
on AMI then tile Miss.,urians and
rlsh. who v.te the Democratic ticket
nd support each other far office, ETC.,
NJ really about ~ cr'mgs'mial ~ Chi.
AM,~n and = htnnllun,. NV belief {
that the Republicans will elect s
delegate to Congress this fall. .
[sginnis 1.-THE present. delegate) has
i'd, and said in writing. that he would {
ut l,e candidate, hut they xll say that,
Du know. Any other man they cs,uld
ut up We could best easily, ard I think d
Y can brat him. Maginnis is ut heart 7
Republican, serv.sl brxvely ~ q Fed- {
al soldier. and supported the Union e
.artily. A large part of his cs,nstitl,- d
ITS were dixuniOn m,en in the civil
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