The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-10
CARTER AND GODDARD.
Double Dealing With the Stock
Men Of Yellowstone County
Discovered.
Ostensibly Permission Has Been
Given to Remain on the
Grow Reservation.
On the Quiet Republican Herasmen arr
Told They viii be Driven or
After Election.

1OAO They Will be Driven ON
After Election.
| BILLrNas, Oct. 9.-[Special, ,l-Ons of tho
dastardly tricks Of republican campaigners
has come to light within the past few days.
It will be remembered that shortly after
| "Wire-Me Tom" had been renominated the
republican campaign committee at WASH
ington sent out specials to Montana party
organs that Carter had appeared before the
secretary or the interior in the interest Of
the sheep and horse men AZ against the un-
just discrimination by the Indians virtual
ly the department. OF the interior) in ex-
cludinR these herdsmen from grazing priv
ileges on the Grow reservation. Recently
it has come to light that the special plead
ings of Oleaginous Tom, backed bv the ex-
hortations of the republican candidate for
senator from this county, O. F. Goddard,
has prevailed at court and the agent of the
Crow Indians is instructed to slacken up on
the sheep and horse men of this COUNTY Who
are yet holding out on the reservation. All
this is very nice and Mr.. Carter and Mr..
Goddard doubtless expect to realize from
this very kindly action many votes which
would have otherwise been offered up to
strange gods. But the selection
OF the special agent of Agent
Wyman to carry out the behests
Of Secretary Proctor, "Wire Ne Tom''et all.
was unfortunate. The young mans heart
is too big for the soaly duty his superiors
imposed upon him, or elese he is lacking in
the fnesse which the execution of 80 deli
cate task demanded. To republican
hcr Spt ~ io
very bad when ordered to gather his band
and vamoose the reservation few weeks
ago, but who had at this time just sue
ceeded in rounding up his stock-the
special instrument unburdened himself in
confidence. According to reliable informa-
tion he said to Mr.. Durbin:
"You have been to great trouble in gather
ing your horses, and although the order to
fire your people off the reservation has been
temporarily revoked, my advice to You as
friend is to take them away now. 1t will be
hard work and dangerous to your horses to
change their range in November"
With Mr.. Ash, another horse man, Durbin
shared this confidence, and with others.
But one inference can be drawn from this.
It is an outrageous political trick, uninsti-
fable and contemplate. II will, if carried
into effect. result in the loss Of
dollars. to these unfortunate herds
men where now ten cent pieces might
disappear. The citizens of this
county, of both political parties,
will demand reckoning from the powers
that be if such political knavery is ooun-
tenanced as from present knowledge is con.
templated. As for Mr.. Goddard's connec-
tion with the nefarious and piratical scheme.
no one believes him capable of standing in
with this knavery, il such is in contempla-
tion. Mr.. Goddard is running in bad COM
pany and must expect, however, to be spat-
tered by mud from such dirty work as this
reservation respite, although himself blame
less.
This conspiracy against the property of
law-abiding citizens must be given public
ity, to protect the best class of citizens and
producers Yellowstone county is blessed
with. no matter whose chances for political
preferment are hurt thereby. Yellowstone
county's fockmasters and horsemen, whose
interests are at stake. demand from head
quarters an explanation and demand il
even befoie the 4th of November. Is this
conspiracy to be carried out by the republi-
can party? Does such conspiracy exist or
is the rulnor groundiess2 10 the republi-
cans is left the solution and the people de-
mand substantial and positive evidence in
rebuttal.
The Dixon club organized last week, ID
doing good work for it's namesake. Up
wards of 100 members are enrolled, and
President George NJ. Hays is blazing the
way for republicans to follow. Registrar
tion committees are losing no time in get
ting democrats registered in this district,
willy nilly. It is not too much to hope and
work for the success Of tho democratic
ticket in Yellowstone this November. The
democrats will cut majorities off at tho
pockets, anyway, AID may redeem the
county. !'he club is making arrangements
to give Judge Dixon and Hon. w. Y. Penn
berton rousing reception on the 10th, and
anticipate good results.
A so-called argument that is being pre-
that his interest is to keep the relation of
,he county to the Grow reservation in statu
quo; that his stock now grazing on the res
which now costs hlm nothing,
must pay taxes to the county if the reser-
,ation law is changed. Therefore, he
would work to defeat legislation looking to
! change in the condition of the reserva-
ion. Only this. and nothing more. How
,asy to wind this childish statement. One
lollar per head is paid by MIR. Tut for the
zrazing privilege on the reservation. His
'tock is separated from the ranch by
the Yellowstone river, impossible at many
There is danger of thieves and
'edskins to be guarded against. With the
thrown open to the public on
squel terms nothing more certain than that
she sheep and cattle from the north side
rush onto the new range, Tutt brings his
,attle back on the restored range and pays
axes to the county of Yellowstone not TO
exceed 40 cents per head, a clear saving Of
20 cents on every hoof of cattle. And yet
We are told he is against the opening of the
yes-and stands in with Nelson
Story on the proposition. Mr.. Tut is also
lccused of the heinous crime of keeping his
cowboys segregated from his mily-actu-
lily makes them cook, eat and live in separ-
tie quarters from himself and family. II
his is not enough to beat any candidate for
honors in Yellowstone county.
he opposition will revamp some nursery
ales Of the Mother Goose period. II may
70 we'll to state right here that Mr.. Tut
eldom has occasion to change his force Of
nen and not one of them but would gladly
erve again under 10 temperate and cour-
eous an employer.
On the Heels of the TariM.
PrrrsBu2a, Oct. 9.-Ata meeting Of she
4 the Flint and Lime Glass Nanufactur-