The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-05
MONTANA DEMOCRACY.
Some Libels Against Its Pres
emit Unity Refuted by
DEMOCRAT
The Party Never in Better Shape
Than at Present---G Governor Hau-
ser and Delegate Maginnis.
sditor 1.-THE MINER:

The st. Paul Pioneer Press OF August
18th contains an article headed Demo
| cratic Discussions" in which the factis set
forth that a 'leader and w~heel-horse" OF
the Democracy OF Montana, who by reason
OF the high position he holds in the party,
was able 'to speak by the card" said:
There exists a marked spirit of dissension
in the Democratic ranks of the Territory.
| and the principal cause of this condition
was the appointment OF Samuel T. Hauser
as Governor. That the friends Of ex-Dele-
gate Maginnis were doing the most kick
ing, ETC."
Martin Maginnis doubtless had a firm
hold upon largenumber Of the Democratic
voter of the Territory, had, and still has
warm personal friends and supporters who
earnestly hoped that he might receive the
] appointment to the chief executive Office OF
Montana; but since fate decreed that he
could not win. the action Of President
Cleveland in appointing Mr.. Hauser to the
Office, wal heartily endorsed, and he was
accepted by the party generally us salts
factory, and by those who adhered to
Maginnis to the last ditch, as their next OF
choice.
HAUsER's ELIGIBILITY.
The writer of this article is q Democrat
and has been identified with Montana
Democracy from the time the law allowed
MIN to cast his first vote. He has always
supported Mr.. Maginnis, and believed him
e%minently qualified, in every particular, for
the Office his friends sought for him; never
Maginnis did not stand alone; that at least
one other man, by virtue OF his sound
Democratic principles, unwavering al
legiance to his party, and social standing,
was equally eligible; and that man was
). T. Hauser. In saying this he knows
that he echoes the sentiment Of every intel
ligent Democratic voter in Montana.
Thu assertion that Hauser has persis-
tently refused to contribute to campaign
funds is SO utterly at variance with facts
universally known, as to scarcely entitie it
to a moments consideration.
Large drafts have from time to time been
made upon his vast wealth for funds to
carry on campaigns, and these calls nav
always been cheerfully responded to. From
personal knowledge the writer can say that
during the campaigns of the past Mr.. Ma
ynnis had no more energetic supporter or
! steadfast personal friend thar Mr.. Hauser.
His great influence and his purse were al
.:tys at the disposal oil Mr.. Maginnis. A
perusal OF the Republican journals during
the days OF the ex-Delegate's triumphs will
show that they held that n of the chief
| causes Of their defeat twas the lavish ex-
penditure OF money by Mr.. Hauser in sup
port of his candidate"
As an index to the character OF the Gov
ernor the old "molasses story of his min
ing days, is recited in the article above re-
ferred to-. Mr.. Hauser is a pioneer OF Mon
tana and has been building up a character
in the sight of the people for honesty, integ-
rity. unseltsh devotion to friends Inc every
other trait upon which good men build rep
utation-from the earliest history of the
Territory to the present time-which woul
render Inconsistent any evidence of mean
ness that might be ~interpreted from the lam
suage OF this STORY" as told by the party
who speaks by the card"
MAGINNls' LOYALTY.
No person who has an intimate acquaint-
ance with Mr.. Maginnis can conceive OF the
disability OF his entertaining a spirit OF
hostility against q man because he is polit-
ically preferred to himself by the ''powers
that be-" He is a sound Jeffersonian Dem
ucrat, imbued with the honor and chivalry
OF the 'old school," and would doubtless
sacrifice all personal interest to that of the
party he has served SO faithfully in the
past. His political record is one of which
he may well be proud, and heis too guarded
of it to risk the chance of lowering it by any
questionable act of hostility against the
policy pursued by the Administration in
making appointments to Territorial offices.
In conclusion, the chickering's and recrllnl-
nations among Montana Democrats, as
described in the article referred to in the
foregoing lines, exist alone in the magma
ton of the individual who narrated the
tale to the writer thereof.
The wings of the Democratic party OF
Montana never worked more harmoniously
together than now; in fact, the action ofthe
Administration in appointing the present
Governor. so far from causing dissensions
therein, has tended to unity them, and
leaders, wheel horses" ram and file have
reformed into a solid indissoluble line and
expect to march to victory every time, not
w~ithstanding the c%roakings OF a few discon-
tented sore heads who would be relegated
to obscurity were it not for the attention
occasionally attracted to them through
their g%roundless warnings Of party disrup-
ton.
An IRISH DEMOCRAT.