The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-01

@ IatIG I'm ~. but lie was u0l Tie CfioIct
u ,lils elen.eA.. s probably FELT thai
they could not use him, and so, relying
on the overwhelming democratic MAJOR
ity IN Mont; IA to regain cnntros at tht
next election. they and their minions
vent back GA the nominee and caused
his de.eat. Two Years alter they got q
u 4 Il tftig eaoi.e. and the element
tie' o he previous eIeo-
ton. giving their party principles an
naftvatleoianee precedence overall other
f. iings, swallowed their bitter disap-
p:ntnentana iHstqrievanceand walked
- Il the Iols md voted ior Maginnis.
~f submission was the first and fatal
inrw 10 their hol Is of any political re-
e"anifjen u the future and the truth 81
fIf s3@ ter tnt il iofneo ont ny the events
Vt Ills 1all. Two wears ago Mr.. Magin
49,, ~ hfs r+t On accepting the nomina-
| ION, s-..t, that III Wo,.h not. undeT' 0,a5
| CIT a~3nst0nces. consent TO be q candidate
arain or reelection. He made this an
| III unf#l cat napT, il order that the dem
e~o.r.fie Yt gSF night have ample oppo,-
tunity to setect another candidate tao
y1ors hcnce." Relying 0 IA this public
declaration and relying on what has
since prsv*1 as IN 0uldea o5iief in the
honor o. the man who made 1t, several
gentlemen in the democratic party, any
one of whom would have made better
representative Of the people Of Montana
| than the presentincunlben mt Of the Office,
artuated by an honorable and laudable
ambition. allowed their friends to use
their names in connection with the
nominate n ut the coming convention.
| For awhile everything looked rosy for
the chances Of some enc IF these gentle
men 10 receive the nomination. But
soon u cloud arose on the political
! horizon. It was discovered nrst in the
columns Of the Butte IfiseT. and as it
grew larger and east its shadow over the
"a i1tliaI aag.r 81 the Hpltn ma Ia7epen-
d<nt. the democracy Of Mentanaand the
wing Of that party which had so long
ln,irp in silence thee ntenpt which had
been healel ufn n it and with unrlff.d
features. if not with willing hearts, had
rntenfed itself with the crumbs that
had allen from the table at which the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. crowd had
tes.sted. saw it. take the form of the resi-
PEOPLE Of Montana had 50 long knelt-
Martin Maginnis. But the sun Of hope
was not yet completely hidden not even
when the Benton Record yielded to the
pressure brought to bear upon it by the
political bosses and raised the cry that
Maginnis was the only mar in the great
democratic party of Montana who could
: save the arty from disg1aceful defeat"
These q ntlt men still held to their faith
i'm the M nneSo,ian. and believed that he
W n,ld he true to himself and the peol e
. Montana who had SO long honored
him, and that soon would ONE from
him something definite and authorita-
tive which would bear them out in their
trust in his word. But time passed on,
Maginili~ sat in Washington and read
the articles which were published daily.
nd gave no sim Faith was cham ed
IT, doubt doubt soon became d C. rtainty.
and at the eleventh hourthe most roil-
inent ~ these candidates, seeing that
they had nothing 10 hope fr at the
hands q this unsrrupu'oli- crowd but the
bitterness OF di~hennr. withdrew from
the race as gracefully as they could. For
weeks Maginni~ kept silent. and only a
few who we've into the plot to foist him
on to the people Of Montana FOR a sixth
term knew oi his whereabouts. But he
''bobhed up scr. nelyn in Butte the night
be Me the invention. and to show
what amer OF ii an he Is we will say,
that IN the very morning of the ennven-
tion he stated that he was not y candi-
date. and that his horror would not
allow him to accept even if rendered the
nominatien n. How much weight honor
had with. him his subsequent proceed
ings show. The convention nominated
Wool ok. To show how well dis
ciplined and how we'll posted the Magin-
mis- strikers in difft n mt portions of the
territory We're. We will say that Judge
Tattan, in Benton. the night the news
OF Wool olk's nomination reached here.
said that Voolfolk would decline and
Maginnis would be nominated by accla-
nation. He knew the programme asst