Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-03
Thursday, October 3. 1889,

Now that the smuke of battle has
cleared away and tn. re il time to de-.
vote to OF. er mstlers, We prup0se TO
iuterrogate the dotger known rs tn
Courier IN regard to an article pub
lished in ITS issue Of Tuesday
last, in which IL asserted that it had
induhitable prof that one candidate
on the republican ticket had pail the
YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL the sum Of
500 for its support of him in he lac
csnl al IN. We haven't got u great
deal Of IN n y. In fact no more than Ia
absolutely needed ia our b%u-in,s., but
notwith-t ,ndiug this fact ,thelELLow'
STONE Journal PUBLISHING Conf
PANY stockholders hpld y iute'ing
yesterday and spprop.a.ed the sum 4
500 TO be p Id Ia ATTY man, woman
or Guild VINO rOuli back 40 10y Am
testimony wua,,ver the assertion
mad- BY the -ou'iar We dou'i know
and We don't a.e what blackIal the
Courier levied uH The uuipuuU &c
demo ~ - who cut-us' III lhrir ca idi.
Vdacy 10 ID, lane and rupltynt suplo :
hul We 10 know that the man tu"s
OF liv- n Caster county WHO can
lruth'ully sNy that he rad tAr VEL
IOwsTONE JOURNAL u ctp CT cent,
or any larger sun for IT. support ~
him in the campaign. The JOrRNAL
Is not u campaign IaNr. IL has
had AN existence in This community
for htlt "A dozen year, IN c.mraigu.
IRE only ~inciden's in IL, history, not
pIoches by which ar' marks tn
birth aud death orsurh egauescart pub.
licittuus a. the Courier. A. elections
roll around the JOURNAL u. comes %
political sheet, >ulsjy aud only oD nr
count ui The political rHuvt trrus OF 4
edi ar, bur ~ never has in Ipt- or any
previous camptign Levied any as,,sr-
meut upon the candidate, ~ The r"-
pub'icnr party - n condition Of IT,
support. The JuUKNAL IL republican
froD1 Urinriple, and there is not money
enough In Custer county 10 cIfe the
publication Of one line Il JogatOTy b.
the principles Of iepubltcsni-m or IN
favor az the opposition. Between
cimrajgns we bave M desire to ob
trude OR politics on our readers, but
when 1t ans Ia II quest a ot where
we sand politically, the JOURNAL
never has snd never will give 40 u.
certain snsver. AID now to return b.
the matt under consideration. Toe,
Courier m4lirbu-ly I6s the rampaigu
WIS then over asserts that the JOUR
NAL hiss received llas receive d sum III
money. tn-wit $500 for the support ot
one 81 the r publican candidates. aud
that it can Ir,duce indubitablz proof
If the fact. In reply TO tris we desire
b say, rs gentle and in as gentleman
manner ~ possible. that the Courier
c,nnot produce any proof Whatever Of
such a transaction. The irresponsible
scribhler who wro'e The article knew
that be- could not back il ~ by testi.
mnny, aud as there was no election
capital to gain by 1t 'he utterance Of
the charge can only be laid TO pure
malice. Its publication is Of a piece
with the best efforts Of the alleged
journalist who has conducted the man
uscript department Of the Courier
since It's -eviyiicalion in this cam
paIgn but there is just enough SLAM
derIn il to induce Us 10 notice II and
If the moribund politician who 1. re-
sponsible for II, 's in need Of 500, rs
h. possibly il, he cannot get that sum
auy easier than producing evidence
that bis assertion Il correct.