Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-11-28

rlght to say who acre and who were
not members Of the Legislature, a right
specifically vested in that body by the
constitution. His excellency, how
ever, opened q l'ne Of retreat on, 'hi.
position by iss"', . to "ir CiIt. jack
Smith, on, Of the parties who was put
on guard Al the doors, letter of In.
s,iuctiOns, which was 10 the Effect
that he shlulG aimi, all ner.ons
claiming 10 be mpmLers, hut these IN
structions were not msde public until
the demOcrstic wIng of the house han
assembled, when they were reBd wi,h
some degree # flourish, and then"e-
forward u. ei ~ an s,gumpbt that il
WA 40, ne governors intention tn
exclude IA gore n ihe p.s,nib'sge
~ the huuse rnrT,.n5 'af-vts v.hu
hhd any claiu.~ - NioI-Ser 90 rutmur. 70
ship. Bat this eXCuse is wnr-e than
po'ia, fortt not ouly fails To- excuse or
eN"ue'a'e, hut shows ylrinly that ~.
gnv.rdo3 wag swaT+ Of Ihc euouuirv
# al action ia ems ltuling himself
an uit0uate referee uu the question -
ber.hip, ard Weakly eud,uyofod
io palliat- the oii-u,e b. giving In
SIR c'iuu- 'u hi- roukesi cr, diHmpt T.
rglly opp sire q the mandate Of hIs
lT1"ianaDiuu, which icug the only
public d. cIueut, was me only one
thai member. claiming under "A state
cerliiicae could b. rognzaut of, and
~ hY The terls of the procl-mption
u ey were plainly given TO understand
that they would uol be recognized,
ard ~, from the per,onnel Of the
qua rds, It was fair to suppose that II
they silempted an entrance they
would be severely handled. they
wisely refrained from precipitating
the row that the democratic press OF
the state have been trying to iusrigate
ever since the ele, ton and with those
whothougbtrs they did. and under the
call Of tue officer legally desiensted "a
lerfnrm the duty. they repaired
To- AnO'her rom and there Organzad
the house e repre- ssu'aiivts of the first
i-lutUrr # the slal,n of Monlnpa,
Meanwhile the body oi men that the
governor INTENDED 10 call together by
bis proclaim .stion Of FRIDAY he'd ss-em-
hed aud organ Zed, and when this
was done, and not I'LL then, was the
letter rf private instructions to the
dOcrkee; er made public. Such trick
cry is barely eXcusable in ward pol
itician packing a csucu-, how then
does IL seem rs the act Of the governor
OF the state OF Montana? II is reported
from the east that Gov. Toole, by The
Issuance Of his now famous proclsms-
ton, has made bimself the laughing
stock of statesmen. Whether this be
so or not, he has certainly forfeited
every atom Of respect that couserva'
tive republicans may have had foI
him. and he has dug his political
grave. Both Of the assumed houses oi
the legislature have sent communica-
tons to him stating that they wert
organized and awaited recognition
but with the backbone OF a jelly tish
be has up to last accounts declined &c
recognize either.
Asa further evidence Of the obstruc'
lion policy Of the democrats, We cite
the case OF the upper house Of the leg
islature. In this branch, there has
been no question Of membership, and
in obedience to the proclamation con
yening the legislature on the 2Srd inst,
the eight republican senators present
ed themselves at the appointed hour
and took the oath Of Office, but though
seven ofthe eight democratic senators
were and are present at Helena, they
have thus far bv concerted action d's-
regarded their duty TO their constitu'
ents aud the state at large and obsti'
nstely refused to appear in the senate
chamber and take the oath Of office
thus preventing that body from organ
izipg. Every day the republican sen
ators meet and adjourn, tfelr powel
to transact business being blocked by
the % e arranged absence OF their dem
ocrstic associates. How long thii
s,s,a of affairs may continue resis sole
Iv with the democratic senators, nm,
one of whom might break the dead
lock by coming in and making q quo
rum. bot for every day il does continu'
the democratic party is writing II
history AS the party of obstruction
Asa marty Of malignant partisaus
who TO perpetrate the fraud OF Precinc
"A are willing to block the wheels o
government, and retsrd or Sestro!
every material interest Of the new
state. For the time being, The person
Al ambition II two or three plutocrst
rises su,erior to the fair fme an
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