Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-18
A TISSUE OF F~AISEHOODS.

A TISSUE OF FAISEHOODS.
Like the eow to ito wallOw and the do
to it's vomit the Inter Mountain OF lAa
evening turned to It's ialsehood Of the evsr
ing before, concerning Delegate Toole, an
accompanied it's reiteration by statement
which every man, woman and child in Nor
tana, who IL informed as to the charge
made against Mr.. Toole, during the las
. Delegatorial canvass, knows to be untrue
Here 10 what it says:
Q Last winter. Toole being then ON tn
other side OF the fence from Broadwater
worked against his right Of way scheme be
fcause it was contrary to the interests o
those who had bought and paid for hi
= election in the fall VI 1884. This year
however. B~roadwater elected Toole and o
. course Joe now favors "Broady's'
D schemes. Toole's silence " what did it
If he had exerted himself last winter in
the interests OF his constituents he might
have prevented the veto. On the contrary
r he did not raise his voice. and the influences
which was urging the veto succeeded. These
, are facts. Besides they were frequently
published by Republican papers during The
recent campaign, but neither Toole nor
: The MINER attempted to deny them for
the very good reason that this was a sub
ject which wouldn't bear stirring from a
Democratic point OF observation. They are
right, too.
1t is not the purpose of The MINER to
fight the battle of the last campaign over
again. The people generally care nothing
what the poor imbecile who occupies Mr..
Reads place upon the Inter Mountain may
say touching this matter. They endorsed
overwhelming vote, and emphasized their
confidence in him by a majority of 3,71S
over bls opponent. With this showing this
old charge should have rested. and would
have rested. beside the other ante-election
canards sprung upon the Democratic can
didste by his o~ppononts IL tho management
OF u evening contemporary had placed
the editorial columns Of their paper in
charge of q gentleman or a man OF ordi.
nary intelligence. Unfortunately for the
reputation OF their journal for ~veracity
they did not.
Now for the facts Of the case. The Re.
publican Territorial Convention was held.
in this city the fifteenth of last September.
Mr.. Sanders was nominated for Delegate to
Congress. Mr.. T. C. Power was his oppo- 7
nent, and unsupported through the fifteen (
ballots by Mr.. Lee Mantle, the manager of /
the Inter Mountain. We make mention of |
this fact simply to show that the manager
of our evening contemporary placed implicit
confidence in the ability and honesty of
Mr. pnwop on NO rpornuo - ,,co Al 1kA.-I
gentleman's evidence concerning the atti-
tude of Mr.. Toole on this right of way bill
through the northern reservation. Before
the convention the Inter Mountain and
other Republican journals in the Territory
and the Benton River Press Independently
charged Mr.. Toole with neglecting to do his
whole duty toward securing the right of
way for the Manitoba road through the
Northern Indian reservation. Mr.. Toole's
public denial of the charge was made in a
speech he delivered at Fort Benton on the
evening, il we mistake not, of the six
teenth of September. In that speech
Mr.. Toole recited the charge made and en-
phatically denied it's truthfulness. In
proof Of his declaration that he had
worked earnestly and faithfully for the
right OF way bill referred to, he introduced
the following statement made by Mr.. T.
G. Power:
"You are authorized to state on nv au-
that any allegations or insinua.
tons to the effect that you have not been
faithful to the citizens of Northern Mon.
tana and diligent in seeking to promote !
their interests are entirely without foun. .
The nest morning a synopsis of Mr..
Toole's speech appeared in the Benton
Press with the above declaration of :,
Mr.. Power. The Press, which had before
opposed Mr.. Toole for Delegate,
became his ardent supporter. On l
The 22d OF September The MINER repro
1uced Mr.. Powers declaration and repub- I
ished it several times during the campaign.
:" A~ ---s~"o'y rro4u0uUsy uou1cu Unlp =
charge made against Mr.. Toole. 2
After Mr.. Powers denial of the charge had !. :
'een made public by the Democratic press t
II the Territory, it was dropped by all g
he Republican papers, including the c
inter- Mountain. and from the irst oil Octo- :
yer up to the present time it was not re- =
terated by a single Republican journal in c
Montana. Even the Inter Mountain, bit. g
er as it was during the campaign, did G
'ot repeat it after that date. And we !
hallenge the scrub who has resurrected +
his buried lie to reproduce this old charge 2
rom the columns of that journal during c.
ne thirty days next preceding the cleo r.
ion. n
This is the history of that groundless =
barge against Mr.. Toole. If the pooridiot q,
no now, at this late date, reiterates it in il
ne columns OF our evening contemporary W
the purpose OF compromising the repu- n
OF that journal for fairness and We ~
is succeeding admirably. II he does n
for the purpose of imposing it upon the IL
ublic as a fact he lies and he knows it. In a
roof OF this assertion we append Col. San i.
er's testimony to the honesty and truth u
llness OF Mr.. Toole, given in the Grand ~
pera House in this city, September Is, h,
IT,: tt
Il am happy in being able to run against y
who is my personal friend, of d
nom l believe nothing can be said to his In
arm. who, with some alterations from a en-
raight line of duty, can certainly have no tr
ime laid to his door, except that be is al 81
q to the Democracy. and who will, I be- T;
We, come out OF this campaign a wiser ~
1t better man. tit
it,
month or two ago it was rumored that
'vernor Hauser intended to resign the
ice after the November election. A Hell.
reporter interviewed the Governor in III
itch he pronounced the rumor without
lndation in fact. and further stated he
no desire to resign, and that
expected to discharge the duties of the 4
u ..4n Be