The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-05-09
CLYDE Park kicking

EDITOR LIVINGSTON ENTERPRISE:
wish to make few brief remark
| through your columns IN answer to al
article which appeared in the late Pos
under the head Of "Clyde Park Doings
1t would appear from the reading of the
| article that it was written by resident
of the Rock creek locality, but | know
of no one who has been long a resident
of that community who would conde
scend to such spiteful personalities. Yet
if the person who penned the article ir
question is as small in stature as he is
in manhood he might live for years in a
community unobserved.
The wording of the article within it
self is evidence of scholarship and abil-
ity, which would naturally elevate its
possessor above the drudgery of ranch
life. so Mr. B. cannot be common tiller
of the soil. 1t leaves us at sea to guess
who the able author of the aforesaid ar
ticle can be. Mr.. B. seems worked up
because the trustees Of school district
No. Is do not accept the appointee OF
the county superintendent for school
clerk. In the first place the Post CORE
spondent must have personal interest
in the matter. which he does not care to
state, as Mr.. Sincook, the appointee OF
the trustees, is in every way qualified
and competent to discharge the duties
devolving upon him in that station of
honor and trust and as for the intima-
tion by Mr.. B. that the appointment was
made in the interest OF those who wish
to suppress all investigation into the
financial affairs of the school, | would
say that the Post correspondent not only
stoops beneath the dignity OF man, but
he displays objectionable ignorance in
one who displays such scholarly attain
ments. The directors have not the
power to suppress the investigation o!
the districts financial condition. More
than that Mr. Kenney, who is referred
to as the gentleman of rigid integrity,
requested at the school meeting in April
that there be committee appointed to
investigate the books and report any
shortage or crookedness, and the books
have been open to investigation ever
since, and are yet and will continue to
be.
| believe that the community is thor
oughly satisfied with Mr.. Sincook for
clerk of the school district. and Mr. Ait
ken, who is the appointee of Mrs. Hun
ter, is not an aspirant to political honors.
Though he would make good and eff
cient clerk in every particular, l don't
think Mr.. Aitken cares to be brought so
before the public. be-
lieve the appointment was made with
out Mr.. Aitken's solicitation in the first
place, as Mr.. Aitken is a man of extreme
and does not aspire to political
If Mr.. Aitken was in way
inclined to accept political honors he
would be put forward by the irresistible
pressure of his many friends to procure
a position in our state senate. Mr.. AIT
ken is indeed a representative man and
deserves higher distinction-a more ad-
yantapeous position in which to display
his powers than a clerkship in a country
school district. .,
Superyisor Gustine is doing some good
work on the Castle road, which will
doubtless be appreciated by all. Mr..
Justine is leaving no room, even for the
xickers to kick.
4 certain amount of wholesome kick
NO is very good thing to have in the
and country at large. 1t
,urifies politics and puts check upon
tealing and fraud in high places. But
,etty. personal, spiteful kicking through |
newspaper is form of low-born |
owardice which is loathsOme to be-
old. KICKER No. 2.
CLYDE Park, Mont, May 5, 1891.