Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-04-25
PERHAPS 1T WILL BE, WHO KNOWS:

The Great Falls Tribune calls out In
lite wild editorial might that q most
damnable conspirihy has been In
earthed in the very bowels OF the CAPT,
tai, whereby a villainous republican
coterie has conspired to overthrow
with one volcanic convulsion the
whole big business of district appor-
tionment performed by the recent
Governor Leslie ct al, in accordance
with the provisions of the omnibus
act Then 1t points its ominous fore
finger TO ward the south side of Hell
ena's Broadway and declares that be-
cause the Herald came forth like a
bride from her bower and said that the
thing was we'll done, that such set a
seal upon dissent and that the great,
heavy, heaviug republican party must
femain a motionless calm upon this
certain subject, and not say How"
We guess we'll talk.
Whether or not this apportionment
Is a piece of gerrymandering favorable
to the cause of the democratic party,
performed by three of its chiefs, we
leave to those wise and astute politi-
clans who are fully familiar with the
political complexion Of all the several
sections Of the territory, and there are
those no doubt. There are democrats
in Helena who have studied the polit.
zeal earth's surface of Montana so
infinitely that they are conscious Of
every elevation upon the face Of it
where one parts juts up a little higher
than the other In point OF numbers.
We have no doubt that the territory
of Montana was apportioned and vest.
pocketed by the then prevalent pow
srs in Montana in the days when the
omnibus racket was yet a bill. II
such 10 not true how comes 1t that
within q few days after the promulgs.
ton Of the passage Of that remarkable
protocol the brain bruising heads Of
the designated triumvirate became
focused upon the one subject and
Immediately thereafter there falls to.
ward the centre OF existence, with
loud cries, a documentary protoplast
no less strongly original than that
which was sired and dsmed by con.
gress?
Could 1t have been possible that three
individuals, two Of whom have not
resided in Montana a sufficient period
In point Of time TO have raised a batch
Of bull pups, could have cut the terri
tory in slices, like an enormous pie, 10
meet the requirements of the act and
the satisfaction Of their party, within
the two OF three days after they found
themselves In possession Of the priyi-
lege to commence the work?
We think not.
This indecent haste, this railroading,
"Glt thar Eli" sort Of a business with
which this work vas rushed through,
points clearly TO the fact that
the certain three wanted to get
the job out Of the way Of the incoming
governor by performing II themselves,
IL It wasn't an important matter 10
the democrats that this spportionment
should have been made by them, why
did they stir themselves 50 earnestly
about making 1t, and why did they
not continue their characteristic non
chalsnt indifference to great affairs OF
OF the territory a few days longer. un.
I'll q republican successor TO the COVER
nor's chair had been appointed, and
allowed the job to fall to him?
Review for a moment the conduct
Of the past grand executive during the
final days Of his administration. Is IL
not n fact that the council was assailed
with a democratic nominee for every
Dllltc III khN htNNlNo VI bHp ANIllAuiA
and the gift Of the governor? just ~
the terms Of otioe expired, they were
refilled In most instances by reap
polntment OF inoumbents who of course
we're democrats. The republican
council made once or twice a feeble
effort TO resist or evade this onslaught,
but the tenscity OF the executive was
superior TO the obstinacy OF the coun-
eli and the former prevailed. Not
alone did he provide the offices then
In existence with democratic noun
bents, bat ss rapidly ~ pew Offices
were created by the legislature-by the
republican leglslnturC-he filed them
with democrats, The c. de connie
sion became a hon mot for two Of his
democratic friends. The mine lnspeo-
Eorsbip gave him an opportunity TO
appoint to that Office nm ancient Mis-
sourian who was q democrat before be
was born. The medical board Is a