The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-10-30
Political Pointers.

Political Pointers.
Missoula Times: The disastrous ef-
fects of the restriction law will be fully
realized when the next legislature
meets.
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Billings Gazette: The indications
from a careful canvass are that Col.
Sanders will carry Yellowstone county
by from 12O to 200 majority. Dawson
and Custer counties will swell that ma
jority to 6OO Col. Sanders will be the
next delegate to congress.
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Madisonian (democratic): "The Madi-
sonian, ardently as it desires the success
of the Democratic candidate is free to
confess that it would rather see him
defeated, if defeated he must be, by his
present opponent than by any other
man that the Republican party could
present.
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Glendive Times: When Toole sought
to cast slurs on the bravery of Col
onel Sanders he went too far. The his
tory of Montana will show Colonel
Wilbur F. Sanders at the front when it
required true courage, and brands j. X.
Toole as a jackass for telling that
wherein all men he spoke falsely.
***
Commissioner Sparks public papers
are usually self-glorifying documents
full of denunciations of his critics.
His letter to Governors Warren and
Hauser is characteristic one. Every
body who dares to crlticise Sparks is
"scoundrel" or a thief and land grab
ber." The Office Sparks holds has usu-
ally been occupied by gentlemen, before
he pumped himself into it.--Pioneer
Press
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Billings Gazette: Another report is
that the Northern Pacific employees
have received their orders to vote for
Sanders. We have interviewed the
road masters Of all divisions running
into Billings, and all the officials here,
and have their authority to contradict
all such statements. No such order,
nor anything that can be SO construed,
has been received. The Northern Pa
cific employees may vote as they choose.
Most of them know Col. Sanders, how
ever, and like him, and will vote for
him.
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A Helena special says: The demo-
cratic campaign managers here are, as
usual, resorting to every means within
their power to get votes into the ballot
box next Tuesday for J. X. Toole. The
principal act in this behalf is to get
| 10000 tickets printed for each county in
the territory and purporting to be re-
publican tickets, the only difference
being that the name of Wilbur F. San
ders is left off and that of Joseph X.
TooIe printedin in. Republicans through
out the territory should be on the look
out to defeat this scheme and others
which will be sprung later.
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New Northwest: The attorneys Of
the Northern Pacific Coal company are
Messrs. Luce & Armstrong, of Bozeman.
Mr.. Armstrong was president of the
council two years ago, and is candi-
date for the legislature again this term
on the democratic ticket. George Hal
dorm, Esq, attorney for the Timberline
miners, an enthusiastic and able man,
is a champion of Col. Sanders. These
are the facts abo 1T the Timberline
attorney business, and cannot be gain
said. Nh. Luce has not yet published q
card stating Mr.. Armstrong is not q
member of the firm, and that he only
has the use of his name.
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A Washington correspondent writes:
It is significant fact that while deeply
annoyed by Governor Hauser's compar-
atively mild censure of the policy OF
tho administration in his annual report
as to the condition of affairs in Mon
tana, the Secretary of the Interior has
not yet found it convenient to attack,
condemn or approve that report. AT
present he confines himself to cursing
the man who furnished the local press
of this city with synopsis OF that
report, and trying to find out the
offender. Just at this time it is gen.
orally believed that the Governor him.
self caused the publication here. There
are good and sufficient reasons for not
attacking the report from Montana.
The administration he's great hopes yet
of securing the endorsement of the
people of that Territory as the first
boom of the approaching campaign by
Sparks. and to this end desired to have
the Governors report suppressed until
after the election. But the fates OF
some evil genius of the administration
gave the report to the public.
Qualifications of Voters.
! All male citizens of the United States
above the age of 21 years, and all male
persons of the same age who shallihave
declared their intentions of becoming
citizens, who have resided in the terri.