Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
A TENNEsEAN IN MONTANA.
Politics, Progress and Religion in the
Northwest-Live Full of Labor
and Love.

To the Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle.l
On the last day of March we had a
six-inch snow in Montana, which,
falling upon that already in the
mountain, assures abundant water
for irrigating purposes. The snow is
estimated to be from five to twenty
five feet deep in the mountain de-
files, and the alternating freezing and
thawing of the past month has been
about sufficient to compact the mass
so that when needed in June, July
and August, it will distill in refresh
ing flow upon the thirsty vegetation.
All predict year of unprecedented
/ harvest, and may il be so.
South Carolina and Georgia are
not alone in their experience of hav-
ing had two State legislatures in ses-
sion at the same time. Montana's
first State Legislature was dual, and
expired by Limitation without effect
ing any legislation for the people,
further than to increase their taxes
in sundry ways-not forgetting to
make an appropriation to pay them
selves. Party spirit ran high, and
being about evenly divided, neither
would yield, compromise could not
be effected, and almost their entire
work while at the capital of the State
was the merest travesty upon legisla-
ton and craftsmanship.
Material development and growth
in wealth are almost without prece-
dent in Montana. The well planned
and systematic movement of the
immense enginery of our grand in
dustrial Corliss Families every field,
and the thunder of its power awes
the sleepy denizen who either looks
on or hears of our purpose and our
progress. Right here in Montana,
that hasn't had statehood for one
year, there are more evidences of
modern progress than in some States
fifty years old. Railroads, of i'm
proved build, are everyw here as a
network of local connections,
and as transcOntinental liga-
lures uniting and binding US to
all the outside world. In our cities
we have electric lights, steam, cable
and electric cars, waterWorks, tele-
phones, telegraphs, and many other
of the very latest ideas of modern
prOgressiveness. Viewed, however,
from the standpoint of christian OBJ
servation, there are grounds for Sc
rious apprehension for the future
We are in haste to become rich-are
becoming rich very fast-and the
bible assures us that they that will be
rich fall into divers temptations and
into many foolish and hurtful lusts
which drown men in destruction and
perditiOn. Oh, that religious culture
in the hearts and lives of the people
would keep pace with material adj
vancement!
The irrepressible tom" Duncan
has recently given your readers some
reminiscential pencilings anent
GAINESVILLE journalism which made
good reading. l didn't know that
Tom was so old. He speaks of his
relations with JefersOnian Democracy
as if he had grown up with it. am
sorry that away back in those early
days of Bro. Duncan's Democratic
experience he had not impressed his
more modern prohibition views upon
the "party." | fear he will have
hard work to reform it now. | was
not old enough to know Mr.. Faxon,
but was familiar with the post-bel-
lum writings of Mr.. Thomas. And
l was impressed at the time that for
cleanness and purity of diction,
strength of reason and force of logic,
combined with the ability and power
of augmentation, Tennessee journal
ism has had few superior writers.
The files Of the Chronicle, under his
editorial management, will not suf-
fer by comparison with those under
any other administration.
And the TOBACCO LEAF and
Chronicle have married! / am glad
sorry. Glad because of increased
patronage and support to the man
agement, but sorry because the old
familiar face of the LEAF has been
somewhat changed by the alliance.
The dear old LEAF was never worm
eaten, ragged or dirty, and the Chron-
icle l know was Wright at one time.
So bid the TOBACCO LEAF-CHRoN-
ICLE godspeed in all good works,
and open wide my door to its semi
weekly visits to my Rocky mountain
home.
Right glad I was in the last issue
of the Lie. which lies before me to
look into the classic face of my
old friend and Irother, DR.. A. d.
Sears, and likewise that of his faith