Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-26
Saturday, July 20, 1890.
A comparison.

II seems well tina. at this time tn
people of Custer couaty should begiI
70 figure up their accounts with tn
two political parties with whom the!
have BEEN doing business for the pas
sixteen or eighteen years. 1t seems 4
be o most opportune time for this cas-
ing Of accounts. n In q few weeks thu
bands will begin to play to the lively
music of the fall campaign, and In th'
tumult and hurly-burly incdenI
thereto, reflection and calm considera
ton Of facts and figures will be more
difficult than now. Let US then T.
start with. cast BUR thoughts back
ward for . few years and gaze upon
the democratic party as repre- ented
By its leaders here In Custer county
and by by Its standard bearer 10 the
then territory OF Montans-the Hon.
Martin Magin nIs-snd ask those lead
es and the Hon. Martin Maginnis,
what they or the people have 10 show
for their rule. The democratic a. well
as the republican citizen knows full
well what the rule Of these demo,
cratic lead ers has left in Custer coun.
tY A large public debt for which
there Is but little 10 show; this lie their
legacy 10 the people while fraud and
disgrace marked the continuance of
their reign.
In 1853, Martin Msginnis as our del
egate in congress. stood mutely cn bis
shape while an order wss promulgated
by President Arthur, locating the
Cheyenne Indians on top Of . number
Of white settlers on the upper Rose-
bud, when Q vigorous aud manly pro.
test from him would certainly have
sverted the act and saved this county
and its citizens many Thousands Of
dollar. Mr.. Maginnis will probably
say that Arthur wss q republican and
that he had no influence with him,
but this will not excuse him for failure
TO act at all. 1t wal his plain duty as
delegate to inform the President of the
prior rights Of the white settlers, and
In this be failed. The President was
mt to be expected to oe a. familiar
with the conditions surrounding our
people ~ the gent, man from Helena,
and as he did not protest, II was as-
sumed to be all right. The facts 10
the case are that Maginnis was in
debted tn the Diamond r" and 10 It
only for his m%sjority In Custer cou lty
which gave him his election. and he
cared nothing for the people; he did
not rr,test; he did not complain to the
President that an outrageous act was
about tn he perpetrated; be very quiet.
iy ignored the people IF Custer coun-
~; he did not need them as long as
the diamond r" held the balance of
political power In this county, which
at that time II promised tn do for some
time to come and Custer county got
the burden Of the Cbeyennes without
q protest. A very fair supplement to
the democratic legacy Of county debt.
So much for the Hon. Martin Magin.
mis-; now appears upon the scene the
Hon. Joseph X. Toole az the Hon.
Mart ms successor. In other words,
the democratic delegate In congress
from the territory Of Montana. What
did he 40 fer w with q democratic
President and q democratic house of
representatives at his back? For four
long years Joe Toole was in congress.
Did he yer make ono move 10 relieve
Us 81 the incubus Maginnis had suf-
fered US to be saddled with without
protest? No! n. did no.. He had
no aims beyond party a~ggrandise-
ment; that party wanted to turn the
stream Of emigration into the SOUTH
ern ststes that had for years been
for the west; the democrats Of
the south land they are 30 per cent Of
the party wanted the money and EN-
OF the east turned southwark
for a while and OF course the Hon. JOS
eph X. fell In with the idea, hence the
Indian occupation Of the west was not
objectionable to him and the Chey.
enue. remained with Custer county.
But thi- il not all. On the End day Of
October, 1889. while Mr.. Toole was 10
his seat Tor supposed to be there) rep
Montana In congress. the
contingent interested In
turning the tide OF immigration south.
ward, presented and without protest
rom Mr.. Toole passed q bill In sub
Itance prohibiting the entry Of or ac-
10 sition Of title 10 any land west Of
he lOOth meridian during the pleas
ire OF the democratic majority. This
NV, withdrawing all Montana from
,ntry or settlement under agricultural
Avs. was passed while the Hon. JOS
oh X. Toole stood mute; his party de. :
it, passage; the Dec, sion .
allied for q sacrifice of Montana to the :