Wichita eagle., 1889-10-09
T0OLE FOR GOVERNOR.
Montana Republicans Have Only Garter
for CONGRESS for Certain.

HELENA Mont, Oct. S.-The election OF
Joseph X Toole, Democrat, for governor,
is now conceded by majority of from 800
to 600. Carter, Republican. for congress,
has 900 majority. The Democrats claim
the legislature by seven. The Repubil-
cans will not concede aS much, but say
that on the face Of the returns 1t Is Demo-
cratic but claim fraud in Silver Bow and
Deer Lodge counties. The general opinion
is that there will be no contest and that
The Democrats Will have the governor and
legislature, while the Republicans elect
the cong essInan and IA large majority OF
the state ticket / he independent claims
the state senate tie and the house by
seven majority. Most of the counties IN
the state will make the official canvass to-
day and it is more than likely that the re
suit will be definitely known by tomorrow.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE GRANGE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-Ihe twenty-third
session of the National Grange which will
be held in Sacramento, Cal, on November
IS, promises to be the most important
meeting the Patrons of Husbandry have
held for years Mr.. John Trimble, the
secretary of the grange, who lives in
Washington, thinks the grangers were
snubbed when President Harrison APP
rointed Governor Rusk secretary of agri-
culture In an interview published in the
Post today on the attitude of the admin
isration toward the grange, Mr.. Irimble
says:
1--WE do not hesitate to say that the adj
minstration has ignored the rights of the
farmers and has done the farming COM
munity gross injury in placing politician
who never was = farmer at the head of the
department OF agriculture. That depart
menU was made Z cabinet office principally
ioa9h efforts Of the grange, and when
the new admin ration came in we felt
that we had right to suggest the name
Of the proper person to fill it. Colonel
y. II. Brigham, our master, Ex-Governor
Robey, of Maine, and Hon. j. y. Wood
man, OF Michigan, were suggested
by the order and their appoint
ments urged. that of Colonel Brigham's
especially. He was a gallant solder, a
practical farmer and a Republican whose
loyalty TO the party had never questioned
The others possessed meritOrlouS qualiii-
caticus, hicb made their candidacy equal
~ prominent, and yet l very much doubt
ii Harrison ever considered the application
made i'll their behalf He deliberately ig-
nored the entire order-snubbed it, in fact.
Formerly" continued MIR. Trimble, lit
was rule of the order that the members
should not participate IN politics at all.
There Is where made a great
mistake. Had we boldly entered
politics as an organization or
thrown our votes for those who
favored the granging interests, we could
have secured representatives in the state
legislature and in congress who would
have been of material help To Us in secur-
ing favorable legislation. But we have
seen the error of our ways and have re-
pented. and now it is an implied prereQui-
Site that a member shall put aside his po-
iitlcal faith when the interests OF the
granse demands il. We 90 not seek to
ran separate candidates, but between the
two great parties our members are obliged
10 vote tor the candidate who favors the
granging interests, whether he belongs to
the same political party or not