Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-24
!. Thursday. April "a. $50.
THE ~ BILL.

The tin having been given. Il Is nov
the proper thing Tor the democrat,
press of the state 10 derite the SweenN
bill, and b%plittle lis possible effect on
the cattle industry Of Montana, H.
order 10 discount The credit that will
be due Mr.. Garter should he succeed
in choking off this dangerous piece OF
legislation. This might be expected
from democratic papers published in
the mining districts, but when ~ pa
pei published in a COW county adopts
such a course it simply displays it.
hide-bound partisanship at the ex.
pense of the industry which IL is
bound to protect not only against all
impending evils, but also against those
which are remotely probable. The
Sweeney bill, originating in a corn.
fed beef district I'm Iowa, proposes Ia
levy an arbitrary tax OF Sl.OO per head
on range live stock with the evident
intent of discouraging and harrsssing
the range Industry. II had passed iis
second readinc and was in the hands
OF a comnitt' for report pending it,
final passage, when the attention Of
the COW men Of Montana was directed
to IT. Anyone who thinks that n bill
that has reached this stage Of PROCESS
sion ia congress without opposition, j.
not liable 20 become a law would seem
to be- sadly deficient in the ability 10
draw logical conclusions. vet the6stute
editor of the Benton River Pres, pub.
lished in one of the leading COW cpuu-
ties of the state, j. confesselly in this
predicament, o'else tsrd this SUPPOSE
tion is probably the correct one he il
narrow-guage enough, now that the
danger seems To- be over. H. seek 30 de-
prive Mr.. Carter of the credit that may
I've due him frhattling successfully for
the protection for the rights of the live
stock industry of Montana. We quote
from sn editorial in the Ris Press a.
follow:
The very much esteemed but mis-
taken, uncertain and frequently q
candid Helena Journal evidently be-
lieves that the fate of lie party in Mon,
tana depends upon the people taking
stock in the declaration that tn.
Sweeney bill i a HI W at the stock in
teresis Of the whole vest in general
and Montana in particular, aud that
its deadly purpose will be averted only
ny the Intervention of the Hon. 7. G..
Carer NJ. C.. The fact that the Jour
nal stands alone among Montana
newspapers in lear Of the Sweeney bill
and that none Of the row Counties
have piled up petitions upon Mr.. Car
ter's desk, praying him to interpose
his silver tongue and il need be his
mighty arm II defense OF their bulls
and their COWS AID their calves, has
put the Helena paper on its metal and
Il now seeks to fortify it, position by
quoting q dyspeptic article from a 81
Louis print which. in commenting
upon the Sweeny bill. takes the ground
that the proposition to abolish the free
grazing privileges now enjoyed by
corporations and s%pecula'ions'' II a
good one and that ''the administration
ought to adopt it a. scon rs possible
The above Is Only an extract from a
lengthy srticle all written in the same
strain and with the evident purpose
of throwing cold water on any ex-
pressed appreciation of Mr.. Csrter's
efforts 10 defeas the hill. When the
River Press declares that the Helena
Journal stands alone among the Mon
tana papers in fear Of the bill. it, editor
states what-if he has been a csreful
reader ofbis exchanges-he must know
to be- untrue, and when he says that
none Of the COW counties have piled
petitions on Mr.. Carriers desk praying
him TO interfere, he simply displays
hia ignorance Of things that have oc-
cured that he should be cogDizant of.
Custer county some six weeks ago sent
. lengthy petition to Mr.. Carter in re-
lation to the Sweeney bill and its ex.
ample was followed 10 II few days by
ne seral others Of the COW counties. II
the bill fails to become a law, a. il
probably will, the credit will he due to