Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-11-20

WHAT DO WE WANT?
Some One of the state Institutes Must
Come 10 Miles City.

Elsewhere in this issue will be
found call for a meeting OF the citi-
zens of Miles City to-day to confer ss
TO what demand Custer county shall
make Of the state legislature for one of
the public institutes TO be located by
that body ct its coming session. There
institutes are ss follow: A School Of
Mines, one or more Normal Schools,
one or more Agricultural Colleges, n
State University, State Reform
School, Penitentiary, a Deaf and
Dumb Asylum and an Insane asylum.
Any one of these would be msterial
help to this locality, but one OF the
educational institutes would be vastly
prferred for the reason that such an
institute tends rerceptibly to the
building up of the city in which 1t is
located and more than that, has very
wholesome effect on the society of the
pla,e. The fact that our pres
ent district school brings 10
town for the winter u large
number OF people from the country
who are anxious that their children
should enjoy the increased education
al facilities Offered, is propf tina. such
an institute Ia the University, or n
Normal School would be of immediate
and lasting benefit to tnis place, and
so would an agricultural college,
though in lesser degree as regsrGs
immediate benefits. Iussmuch Us
there are not public institutes enough
to go round by counties il follows that
ia the more sJarsely settled stctiuDs
Of the state, they will have To be
awarded by localities, and under this
sub division, eastern MOntena must be
recogGized Eastern Montana means
the counties in the Yellowstone valley
Park, Yellowstone, Custer and
Dawson and of this tier Custer is
Certainly the representative county,
for the reason that it is the leading
county ia the stock interest, which Is
the leading interest Of eastern Mon
taDa. Aside from this Custer county
has still other claims. In point Of
political recognition 1t has thus far
been overlooked. Dawson county has
been honOr,d by the attorney -gener-
alship, Yellowstone county has rep
resentatiye on the supreme bench and
Park county has been complime
with the survey )r-generalship. Gus
ter county thus far has nothing,
Though deserving OF more from the
dominant party than any OF the lour.
In the recent election, through untir-
ing and persistent work, the republi-
cans Of Custer county succeeded in
overthrowiug the opposition and
metamorphosing the democratic ma
jority, not by the Skin of our teeth"
but by handsome majority, which
Was far beyond the expectations of the
party managers of the state campaign.
Democratic Custer" is democratic no
longer, and In view of the complete
and unexpected victory that was
gained, 1t hos the right through the
republican leaders to ask of the domi-
nant party Whatever in reason It
wants, and to follow up this request IL
necessary by demand, not that We
think this will be necessary but il is
well TO be Ia a position 10 compel
recognition, aud this, no other county
in the state can compel Of the Iepubli-
cans SO fairly rs Custer. Ii therefore
remains for US TO council what public
institute would be OF the most benefit
to us, and having decided, instruct our
delegates TO keep this matter In view
first, last, and sll the time. With q
firm determination to carry the point
thus agreed upon there can be no such
thing rs failure. Eastern Montana
must be recognized, and Custer county
most appropriately represents eastern
Montana. Come to the meeting to-
day and declare yourselves on this inn
portapt matter.