The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-02
4 WORD TO MINERS.
viii They Allow Their Votes to be Controlled by
Hireling Newspapers
And Will They Vote For that Party Which Will
Hire Newspspers2

A certain sheet, supposed to be published
somewhere in this vicinity, and which is
known among the miners hereabouts as the
insect is supporting Sanders and the republi-
can county ticket to the best of its feeble
ability, and claims to represent the views of
the honest workingmen Of this camp. We
entertain the highest respect for The gentle
men who are temporarily in charge Of the
insect but must nevertheless affirm that the
opinions of that journal are governed alto
gether by a certain thing who is eking out Il
precarious existence in Glendale as the al
legged editor of a patent outside sheet called
the Glendale dishrag, the republican editori-
ais for which are inserted as paid advertise
tisements by a physician of the latter camp
and a federal office holder now living in Hell
ena. Weak as these editorials are, they are
nevertheless too we'll constructed to have
emanated f. ON the imaginery intellect of this
certain thing. Well, this thing, who owns
both the dishrag and the insect, wrote the
following letter to Major Maginnis, who sent
it to Hon. San Word, scornfully repudiating
tho suggestion it contained:
oLENDALE, AAOAt0aloS WI Aot, 1CCO.
HON. MARTIN MAGINNIs,
DEAR sIR:-What patronage and what
cash can be secured to the Frontier Inder
and the atlantis if we advocate your cause?
Of course you are aware that the balance
of power lies in Deer Lodge and Beaverhead
and with the recent influx of people from the
northwestern states the result is by no means
certain.
The republicans are making proposals for
the use of our columns.
Yours truly,
LEIGH r. FREEMAN.
Now, what is very singular in relation to
this business, is that soon after the paid as
distance of these se-called newspapers was
declined by the democrats, they suddenly
blossomed out as republican "organs," and
the ear marks Every large marks) of promin.
ent republicans were so apparent in their edi.
torial columns that the intelligent miners OF
the district who, out of whole-soulded charity
subscribe for ten Or possibly eleven copies
have come to the very reasonable conclusion
that the proposition which Major Maginnl:
declined Col.(?) Sanders accepted. Is this
not a logical conclusion? Is 1t not borne gu
by the tone of the journals mentioned? Ar.
they not growing in bad grammar with all tn
strength of their weak editorial lungs for tn
war cayuse Of the stalwarts? Does anybod,
suppose that their alleged convictions are no
inspired by republican ducats? Is not tn
above letter proof positive of bribery all
fraud
But we have no wish to advertise thes
sheets into the notoriety to which they aspire
We have published enough to enable tn
workingmen of the camp to draw their o
deductions as to the honorable or dishonora
BILE means by which that monumental examr
lar of political morality Col.(?) w. F. San
ders is endeavorng to corral their votes, an
as to whether two obscure and imbecile Jews
papers published IN this territory are support
ing that immaculate gentleman OH tn
r strength of their honest convictions or i
consideration OF $50 much patronage and s
much cash."