Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-18
editor OF rHr YELLOWSTONE cJouKSAL
Tuesday. February Is. 1890.
WILL HE DO 1T?
a Scathing Arrangement of our Chief In,
ecutive.

n SCANNING Arrangement oil our lhief IN-
~ecutive.
Tina statement of Senator Hoffman
in ST. Paul, tsat If Gov. Toole wanted
him to return, he has only to say the
word, whether or not IL copclu.ively
proves that the flight Of the demo-
cratic senators was at his suggestion
or approval. does prove beyond nil
possibility Of doubt or question, that
IL Gov. Toole wanted any legislation
accomplished he could effect II by say
ing a word. On him then alone rests
the whole responsibility of any failure
to pass a appropriation bill. IL only
q single senator would return for a
single day the most important legisla.
ton could be perfected and a word
from him might Secure the result. If
the credit of the state IL impaired, IL
our court exp nses are increased
thousands of dollars FIR the want of IA
few lines of legislative enactment, If
our convicts aud insane are to be left
unprovided for. il hnndrrd- Of thous.
ands of sssessable r perty are TO re-
main untaxsd, II the support Of state
institutions are to depend upon pri-
vate contra { and credit, il our school
lands are lcft to be stolen and wasted
and no provision is made for the seize
ton I flauds granted to the state until
the best are selected, and no provision
is made 'or leasing the school lands,
and q hundred 9th r things are un-
provided for to the IS o the people Of
the state, let the good people of Mon
tana understand that on the head of
the governor rests the who e RESI- onsi-
bility. A word from him might have
corrected all this, and he would not
speak the word. Let him reconcile
this with his official oath aud duty "a
he NAV, the people, who have Oh erved
the whole proceedings sud know the
situation, know who is responsible
and will hold him to that re-pon.ipil-
ity. II he chooses 10 throw thi. re.
sponsibility en- the democrat party
and that party will assume the respon-
sibility. it will suffer the consequln.
ces. without i'm the lesst relieving the
governor Of HAT responsibility. With
what kind of a plea will he justify
himself for calling an extra session Of
the legislature when all these ca'ama.
ties crowd about him and he rsaliz 9
the folly Of his course? The entire
unnecessary expense OF such an extra
sessisn would he chargeab'e to his neg.
lsct to say a word in season.. and in
the meantime ~irrepairable loss and
pamsge would have occurle ed that no
subsequent legislation could remedy.
ID es he think his course is improv-
ing the chance Of Clark and MagiDnis
to secure seats In the senate? Report.
from Washington give assurance that
the Hight OF b senators las removed
what little doubt remained than San
ders and Power will b. admitted with
little delay.
Does he think there IL a bare posi-.
bili'y that all claimants 10 senatorial
seats will be sent home, and that he
may havs a chance to appoint those
senators? No such contingency will
ever arise.
IL j. now or never with the governor
to say the word that may in measure
settle the complication aud do a real
service to the people Of Montana, and
no one would be more benefited by IL
than Governor Toole. Will he do it?
Herald.