Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-21

4 Private EGt-rg5i7. Nos a Pub,
lie Trust. Facts That are
Irrefut bic.
"FEAUU or sTUpIDITTg
~ Enquiries The Courier u LouI.s Very
Much LI.c the Latter

FRAUD Or STUPIDITY 90
"a EnquIres The Courier Il LouEs ysry
Much LI!c the Latter.
/ Whenever IA political party nomi-
uulc- n Iurlicular per,On To illi an In
p"rlanl public Ullitr, lnat party bv II,
a, t,"u- dggureS hat the u oplr Di tu.
/ county ought OF right La endorse If,
/ nominations. Nomination. are mad,
I wlth lhg hop" inst lir voters viii rat
1 iiy them by rlectjpn.n
/ Thi- II the ~apient text from Which
the Coulisr proreeos to preach SEP
mon lhaJ II intended TO d feat Mr
! BGcIeipr'- election a. treasurer oi
Custer 'ouuty. 1.-THE texts q
compendium Of political wisdom, q
vrEy sxiuru a. il weTr. From - fIr q
text and on % solid and enduring q
ha.i- II would BE- supposed tbut tue
Courier would have gone on o. preach
"A struiou ana erect au argument that
would be absolutely impreguHbl-, bHt
flour youthful contemporary has Of
tered ur set forth. in the article referred
10. Il single argument that doe, not Ob.
taiU with equal ~ greater fore. 10 the
consideration Of MI. MrrrIll's randi-
dacy, let il b. printed on piece OF
duty lTec tin tist j. Ia prove -uch an
iDp.timublc blessing TO The poor man
uudef democratic tree trade, and we
viii pat Il.
Tia" hr,t po,'uluto let forth 10y the
Courier rs thrt:
The nomination Of Mr.. Bltrhelor
for the ilioe uf treasurer OI custer
county. by The republican party. opeus
such nomination 10 discussion aud cri-
tlci,m.
So IL ioes, and 80 does the noinina-
tion Of Mr.. Merrill by the democratic
party. When a man becomes rsudi.
date for office, sll matters pertaining
TO him that uTe in any way likely TO
affect or have any bearing on his sd-
ministration uf the Office. become
matters for public discussion and crit
icism. SO far We are agreed. Further
the Courier says:
If Mr. Bachelor Is tie lest and
most suitAt le man for the office, al
things considered. then he ought 10 be
elected. III, on the contrary, his cleo F.,
ton is frSnght with danger to the pub |
lie welfare and the best interests of
Custer county, then clearly he ought |
not to he elected.
In this we are also in accord with |
our contemporary, merely stipulhting |
the consideration OF Il like proviso in |
the case Of the democratic nominee.
1t now becomes proper 10 consider
the conditions tending to operate
against Mr.. Bachelors candidacy and |
in favor of Mr.. MerrilI's aud vice
versa. To this task the Courier sd. |
dresses itself as follows:
II might be pertinent 10 inquire |
why IL is necessary 10 heap 20 large
number Of public trusts, rs Mr.. Batch
elor aspires to fill, upon one man. He
il already cashier of the Stockgrowers' /
National bank ut good living salary
generally said 10 be three thousand |
dollars a year. He IL also treasurer OF |
the City of Miles CITY. for which he
receives fair compensation. Now, In |
to what he already has, it il
sought 10 make him treasurer of Gus !
ter county at ia salary OF? two thou.
sand five hundred dollars IL not this
a singular proceeding? Does the re-
publican party assume to ask the peO-
Pile to endorse this nomination, by
which II says that there Is no other
man in Custer county competent TO do
business Of this nature.
We are now fairly launched on the
argument and we find the Courier's
first objection to him il that he is the
Of too many public trusts,
and to fortify this objec ion IL Is cited
that he Is bank cashier, and the treas.
urer Of the corporation of Miles CITY.
Since when, Mr.. Courier, did n cash
iership in n bank become q public
trust? Aud II IL IL, how about CASH
iers OF insurance companies, railroad
companies and the like? They are all
Of individuals for mutual
personal profit, Are their officers in
cumbents Of public trust-P We opine
not, and no more is bank cashier.
The city treasurership is indeed pub.
lictrust and the only one held by Mr..
IL is not very extensive
one, the fu nds in his hands at no time
amounting TO over 5000. For the
faithful npministration OF this Office
he gives bond OF $40 600 aud receives
a salary OF $500 per annum. Here
then is the extent Of Mr.. Bachelors
present absorption of public trusts In
ibis communily-a $4,000 bond and q
1900 salary. As the Courier states. II
Is now sought, by the republicans Of ]