The Mineral argus., 1884-11-27
The Issue.
Townsend Tranehant.l ]

lAoHHsthu lIauchdni-I
The vote on representatives in this
county at this election ought to con
vince the people of the Judith Basin
and the Missouri Valley of what has
always been claimed by those who
were posted, but which was not uni
versally believed before, that the
White Sulphur Springs is determined
to hold the power, and control the
government and policy of this county,
regardless of politics. In fact they
know no politics outside of their own
selfish interests, and the only course
for the two ends of the county to take
In the future is 10 combine together
against the selfish gang who are now
in power and whose headquarters are
in the county seat, and they will be
the biggest fools on earth. if they do
not.
1t is not, at this writing, definitely
known who the two representatives
from this county will be, but we give
the Springs fair not ce now, that if
Messrs Parker and Stevens do chance
to be elected the county seat need not
ask for any favors Under other cir
cumstances these two men would have
felt as much bound to represent the
Springs as the rest of the county, but
now they viii not consider them as
their constituents any more ian if
they lived in another county. If, on
The other hand, Messrs. Hatch and
Moore are elected, the Springs will
have their own way now, but it will
be the last time. The people of the
Judith and this side neither ask nor do
they expect any consideration at the
hands OF these two cand dates of the
Springs, but they will remember this
for all time to come and see to it in
the future that no man On either ticket
who lives at or supports the Springs
will receive votes enough to be count
ed into Office We do not propose to
make any secret about thus matter,
but propose from this time on to fight
White Sulphur Springs on every point,
and we also know that when other
portions of the county realize how
they have been treated they will give
us both moral and substantial support.
The people OF the, county seat may
rejoice now, but a day Of reckoning IS
still to come, and two years from now
they will find that they have been al
together too smart for their own good.
Since the above was put in type
sufficient returns have come in to en-
sure the election of Messrs. Moore
and Hatch; the candidates Of the coun
ty of White Sulphur Spr ngs. 1t is no
discredit to Messrs. Parker and Stevens
to be beaten. 1t is not a pc sonal de
feat, as the returns show that outside
of White Sulphur Springs and Martins
daie, wnicn gave nearly 400 majority
against them, they have outrun their
competitors in the rest of the county.
The great cause for regret is that the
scheme of this selfish monopoly was
not better understood, as, in that case
the election would have been reversed.
The people of this valley, had sufficient
strength, as it was, to have elected Mr..
Stevens. Mr.. Moore received Io8
democratic votes in the four precincts
of Toston, Townsend, Round Grove
and Duck Creek-had 90 of these
been given to Stevens he would have
been elected, and the Missouri valley
and the Judith Basin would have had
one representative in the legislative
body. But there is no use in crying
over split milk, and the only thing for
the two ends of the county to do IS to
treasure the circumstances of this cleo
ton in their minds for the next two
years. ane then combine against the
gang who have had their fingers on
the throat of the county and repay
them in their own coin. They have
the strength to do it if they will only
work tOUether