The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-10-25
To the CrOakers.

To THE EDITOR: The fact that
have announced myself to the voters
Of Livingston precinct as a candidate
for the office of justice of the peace.
has called forth considerable amount
OF unjust and unmanly criticism. In
/ aSmncll rs am not 4 nominee Of
either party, the simple announce.
ment of my candidacy for the Office is
regarded by some hair. Drained lWliti
clans as u sacrilegious invasion of
what they deem the sacred rights Of
party. Now, sir, any remarks coming
from the persons to whom / refer, l
would deem unworthy of notice. were
it not for the fact that they are the in.
struments through the vacant cham
bers of whose skulls the voices of the
bosses are resOunded, and through
whose open mouths their mandates are
made known to the people. One of
these faithful henchmen. an appstate
politician and Il party nominee who
was willing to serve either God OF
Mammon for the sake of an office,
has industriOusly circulated the re.
port that was, in his choice phra-
ssology, .'working" both political par
ties for their support at the polls.
The simpletOn thought that this an
nOuncement would invoke the indig-
nation Of all good men against me.
He did not know that the verdict of
sensible people would be that thing
worth having is worth working for,
and that the support of candidate
who is not nominee Of a party.
must come from tn people as a body.
irrespective of party. Another spec
linen Of the candal appendage of a
party who. by the way. is also a nom-
inee (God bles, the work. for the Of.
fee Of Justice of the peace, feels it
his bonnden duty in the inter rest Of
not himself-but probably the Cape
Cod fisheries. to parade the town from
morning till the last man has left the
streets at night. making the night
hideOus with denunciatlOns Of my i'm
pprtinence for daring To seek an office
without being annolntpd with the
holy oil of party nomination. pro-
claiming the calamity it would be to
the public to elect Il man that would
be irresponsible to party for his off
cial acts. This candidate for
straight jacket in the near future who
is bound that ignorance is mighty and
must prevail, evidently recognizes oh
legations to party superior to obliga
tions to his oath OF office. his country.
men and his God. He says that | do
not belong to either party. while he
does; yet Robert Burns says that
louse is but louise, though it
crawls on the curl of queen.
My announcement is to the voters of
the precinct us Il whole. / preferred
this method Of placing myself before
the electors instead of approaching
the hosses with cring!ng ser, ility to
ask amy favor> that are in their power
to hestOw. do not seek the office on
pretensiuns of Il desire to reform, nor
do need anyone to make an apology
to the public for my previous charac
tel and ask them to draw the mantle
of charity between me and the past.
During esidence of nearly two years
in this community the only crime that
these crOakers can or dare charge me
with is that am an independent can
didate before the people for the office
named. NOtw twithstamllng that party
lines are drawn from the White House
at Washington down to the office ot
clerk of Il school district in Gallatin
county. ~ office that rays the incum
bent the princrly income Of about SIS
\ year. / have placed myself before
the electors of this precinct untram
mrled by obligations to individual or
party, anil respectfully solicit their
support on the day Of election, belirv-
lI.g rs I do that there are manly men
in Livingston who will not surrender
their constitutional rights AZ American
citizens at the sound Of the horn, the
bay Of the hounds, nor the crack Of
the whip of the wl,ippers lin, nor will
they allow themselves to be driven In