Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-21
THE aovERsoR,s MESSAGE.

\ they should therefore be subjected to til
malicious criticism Of those who espous
and hope to profit by the triumph Of th
. wrong is as true to nature as that til
day follows the night. Washington
Hamilton, jefferson and all the grea
men whose names are now SO sacred
revered in every American Household
were all the victims Of malicious part
sanship, and that Gov. Toole or any othe
public man should be an exception
would be an unheard Of anomaly Ii
all history. Gov. Toole's proclamation
calling the legislature together wa
severely criticized by the Republican
press, but 1t was so criticized because i
was a stumbling block in the way of tn
cons1mmation of a fraud upon the PEG
pie Of Montana-a fraud that will g
down into history arm-in-arm with til.
presidential steal of 1876 to the disgrac'
of the men who have been conspicuous
in it and to the disgrace of their pos
terity. It is a lamentable fact and one
which can but be viewed with alarm
that the newspaper of to-day, speaking
generally, is honest in the belief that the
success of the party which it happens to
represent justifies the use of any means,
THE MINER believes that Gov. Toole's
message which was transm tilted to the
legislature yesterday and which appears
in this mornings MINER will be adverse
ly criticized by the Republican press in
every particular that is at variance with
the plot to seat men in the legislature Of
Montana who were not elected by the
vote of the people. Not only that, but
beyond any reasonable doubt Gov. Tocle
will be personally denounced as un-
sc%rupulously partisan. And yet as a
matter of fact the men who will indulge
in such criticism will be fully conscious
deep down in their own convictions that
Gov. Toole's words are words of wisdom,
honestly expressed and entitled to the
honest consideration Of all good citizens.
That men who pride themselves on being
honest in every other relation in life
should take pride in being dishonest in
is an Inconsistency beyond the
realm Of human philosophy. and it Is al
sad commentary upon the American poll
tics Of the nineteenth century. It is one
hat has caused the decline and fall Of
he great nations of all the past and it is
me that menaces seriously the stability
# the institutions under which we live
III
Gov. Toole in his message admonishes
be recalcitrant Republican members to
hey his proclamation and assemble with
heir Democratic colleagues at the place
esignated in the said proclamation, that
he wheels Of government may roll on
nd drive the machinery, the hum of
hitch will gladden. the public heart, for
will renew and expand every artery
hat causes it to beat with peace, pros
Gritty and happiness. Ii
That the governor has the right to Q
ssignate the place at which the legis- !
.ture shall meet-in the absence of leg
fair-minded man can deny.
hat, as he states in his message, the s
lpreme executive power of the state is b
sted in him as governor and that as :
ch he shall see that the laws are
ithfully executed, no fair-minded man
n deny for it is a part of the organic e
W. IT,
Gov. Toole declared that the holder of "
'ertain certificate of election should be
titled prima facie to a legislative seat,
d in such declaration he merely de- a,
red the law; he didn't make it. And ci
governor he had the right not only to b
the law but to enforce it, for he
the chief executive officer, whose only +
lction, indeed, is to execute the law Ia
t is the duty of the recalcitrant mem or
70 to obey the law as declared by the on
of executive and it is his prerogative
interpret the law rather than that n
should. We have indeed reached a fot
era in the science of govern Of
ut If the governor of the state is ,
lpelled to call upon Tom, Dick and II
'ry, whether they are members of the 90
or only assume 10 be, to in mi
pref a law before he is at liberty to NO
cute 1t, and yet that is the position
the recalcitrant Republican mem gas
assume to place him in. .5 hoy
Dvernor Toole calls attention in de- VA
to the urgent necessity of legisla 1
which exists. He calls upon the in tan
ity and patriotism Of the recalcitrant sis
lbers and in obedience to which and
plain law and every sense of publicf 7
private duty, they should obey, or be no
yer branded as enemies to the public ay
and op ununr&bu ~ <ho -I