Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-11-05
CONTRI HITTING CAUSES.

1t is with SINE degree of disappoint.
ment that "" make The announcement
this morning that We have met the
enemy, and while we cannot concede
that we arr 'his'n," the result is to say
the least, doubtful. The outcome in
Miles City is a sore disappointment 10
all good republicans. Notwithstard-
ing the reuuced vote the party had u
right To expect moi lees than twenty
five majority, but thanks to the same
element that prevailed ut the last
municipal election Mr.. Dixon carries
the city by ten majority. Sixteen men
who have heretofore called themselves
republicans as opposed TO democrats.
walked up to the polls and deliberately
threw their votes away on one Corbly,
. GAlIatin county farmer who had
secured the questionable honor OF a
nomination on the prohibition ticket.
The remainder Of the loss that was
sustained by the republican party
crime from the contamination of the
bargain and sale Of Mr.. Field, with
and to the democratic party. To the
shame of the Knights of Labor in
Miles City be II said, that In this
town, and ~ far as we have advices,
in this town only, he was able to
deliver the goods. 1t may be that the
corrupt deal was consummated else
where In the stAte but judging by the
returns from Forsyth where many of
the late Mr.. Fields co.laborers live.
his apostAcy to the cause Of honest
labor worked q reaction and instead of
= democratic majority of II, ss given a
year ago, Carter comes to the front
With IA. Well done Forsyth. 1t 10
presumed that the high priests of pro.
hibition In Miles City will congratu-
late themselves owe the power they
welded IN yesterdays fight, but what
have they accomplished? We grant
that they aided i'm the defeat Of Mr..
Carter in this precinct, but have they
made their cause any stronger? TAX.
ing the personnel Of the two parties In
this town a. they know it. we would
ask them, from which party, the
democratic or republ can, have
they the most to hope for? Which
Is the party Of Jaw, order and re-
s~pectability here and the country
over? But they will say, as they
have said in the older states where
they have gained a foothold, We ad-
mire the republican party, we admit
its being the party of progbess, moral
ity and reform as compared With its
opponent, but being so IL has tailed to
recognize our "istc" and we must re-
prove it for its c%ontumacy, and TO do
SO, this high moral sect strsightway
casts It's strength to the party that
controls oil large cities solely and
only through the influence of the sa-
loon vote, and whenever 1t can, as 1t
did yesterday, bring defeat to the re-
publican party, II vaingloriously and
hypocritically considers itself en-
dorsed, ard flatters itself that it, infn.
ence has been felt In the direction of
reform. But while this Ia the case with
the republican adherents of the prohi-
bition party, mark the difference in
those who profess cold water principles
from q democratic standpoint. Did
any of them attest their devotion to the
cause and to Mr.. CorbIy by voting for
him yesterday? OF course II Is not
within the power Of the writer to know
just how any a voted. but IL we can
Judge by the actions of a prominent
prohibitionist, who is also q democrat,
oil of that ilk gave Mr.. Corbly the cold
shoulder and worked whole-souled for
Mr.. Dixon. That fealty to the cause Of
prohibition should only be drawn from
the republican ranks is q misfortune,
but the sooner the party recognizes this