The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-02

HEALY heterogeneous newspaper, pub
lished on lower main street, which has 8
dwelling place in q 100000 building (more
or less) with a street car attachment (heavily
mortgaged), has again given vent to its period
lc monthly dlsgruntlement of the county com.
mlssioners, MIR. Kennerly Of the House, Mr..
Ford Of the Council, and the Democratic
party and people of Choteau county, all Of
whom it is pleased to consider a "clique.'
While the body polite, which, according to
the "organ," is composed of Mr.. Healy and
Mr. Donnelly, is represented as a long-suffer-
ing community, which has suffered persecu-
ton at the hands Of that circumscribed clique,
the people Of Choteau county.
It has often been a query with US whether
the tail should wag the dog or the dog should
wag the tail, but we should judge from the
tone Of Mr.. Healy's paper that the tail should
wag the dog at least the tail has been strain
ing every effort to wag the dog, and if you
will believe the story told by the tail, it really
does wag the dog.
We would not impugn the motives of the
gentlemen composing the tail, for they are
honorable men, who have always watched
the opportunity when each could render the
other assistance; and, as every one knows,
their best efforts have been directed to the de-
s%truction of what they are pleased to term the
''clique" composed Of the voters Of Choteau
county, and to the social, moral, and mate
rial elevation nf fhaYcca1uoc tho oor,r o,,r;+v
Of course, the two able representatives of
Choteau county Ford and Kennerly] are
wrong; the Honorable, the Board of County
Commissioners are wrong the Democratic
party and people Of Choteau county are
wrong; and the community, Messrs. Don
nelly and Healy, are right, and when they
make war IN the Choteau county ~s'clique'
they will have the full sympathy Of the scom-
munity," consisting Of themselves, for they
are all honorable men.
We cannot account for the temerity of
Messrs. Ford and Kenner]y in daring to have
an opinion contrary to the wishes of the COM
munity we were surprised that the county
commissioners should have had the courage
to telegraph the Legislature its wishes regard
ing its own business, in the face of the re-
peated assertion of the Community that it
was seriously displeased; we are unable to un-
derstand why the Democratic party and peo-
pie of Choteau county should have sent such
men to represent them after they had been in
formed that attention to their interests was
not in accordance with those of this ''com-
who are all honorable men.
We will not, like Healy's paper, indulge in
sarcastic personalities against the gentlemen
who represented us in the Legislature, even
one of them is the community itself,
has done all that its constituency re-
CURED of it, for which service heshould have
its due praise. We do not blame Hea]y's pa
per for not allowing itself to be drawn into
argument which would involve a defense of
he community, consisting of Healy and Don
nelly, especially when such argument would
a defense of this community from the
prosecutions Of Messrs. Ford and Kennerly,
The county commissioners, the Democratic
party of Chotean county and the people. at
Such an argam ent would be altogeth-
er too heavy for its capacity, and besides, it
compel it to disclose some very disa-
facts as 10 the past management Of
The esclique' against this long-suffering
e we were to go into particulars, (Which
for the present we will not) we might ask the
community some pertinent questions, which
would apply to q time when the community
was differently arranged than it is nova
time when it was the dog and not the tail.
But we will say that Healy's paper and the
community havedraWnu upon theDemocrat-
ic party and the people the necessity Of drum-
ing them out Of its ranks, or being contented
with the position of the tail. We will fur
ther add that in so far as this county is cor
the honorable gentlemen are as dead,
politically, as the pilgrim fathers, and two
years hence will see the Democratic party
free from their influence. The tail will not
always Wag the dog.
REPORTS from the Territory atlarge indi-
cate that the mortality of cattle is not 80 great
3 zoe onf;o;nafnd and thia DOMINO with an