The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-08
"Wednesday. February ). ls..''
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rucst. for while the h". "oN'' ~"
method and certainty. it Us act"a'e" y
SOLELY ty that ignohlc but mutuaii! {
satisfactory principle. you scratch III! :
hack and | will scratch yours.
Notwithstanding that u c"iis'i'u'
tim ,,ro, ides that any member "i eiin'f
bouse who shall promise I" give :" WI" ,
does rive his vote in favor "i any meas
~. in consideration ot another hh'ih
Der giving his vote in favor "i ah"'he'
measure. is guilty of hriber! an" i'apr'
10 expulsion. and the further ieha''"9
,rovided bv law for this oifense.i II Il :"
commonly charged and 50 tacti! aa
,,;,t.l in and about the halls of legisla
tion at Helena. that a continuation '
;sts for the furthcraRce OF certain l'"is
latiye schemes nos IN progress Una.
one is forced to admire III" auaaci'. '"
tho combine. however much he depl"res
tho weakness of the constitution, mat.
modelled to prey, nj such nefari"iS pfa'
tees. permits them. While II Is 'rue
that this accusation can never NE i'Saii!
authenticated lnless some meini"f III
the federation becomes stricken WI"
remor.c and openly confesses. II Is SAWS
factorily proven to the most skep'ic".
mind in the proceedings that attthue"
the contest over the location OF tn" agri-
cultural college. In the senate. Nr.
Gibson ~ Cascade. the hampton I" t"'
nlan for consolidation Of the university.
s,.b,ol If mines and agricultural college.
having met with defeat on the pfop"s'
tion. made a public tender III 'Eo acres
,f land and s,pOMN in cold cash. il the
college, was located at Great raiiS'
Hozeman offered nothing. and Yet the
senate almost unanimously voted -" 10
cate the college there, Before the MOUSE
committee ON state institutions. Miles
CITY and Bozeman contestng for FAVOR
able report by this c"mnit'ec' '''
claimants were invited Ia present me!
Claims. \ more one sided ease wa
never presented 10 u iur. Of ltelligen
~ueople. Miles City WAS shown tn pos
sess every advantage that bo@'ih''
claimed and many more essentials una
the inscrutablc wisdom of "A suprem
being had denied to the Locality {
Eozeman. but the committee c"mpii
Gently and almost unanimous
decided in favor II H"zeman'
the combine is as strong
the house as in the senate. h"z"inf
vii, get the college. but the pr"re'
l. 49,, lu.Ifa- Hrri
the same conclusion cannot be roco
cilcd by any hypothesis hut III" one
the face Of the fact that the state i NJ
too poor ~ grant any financial AM
IN, college. and that the lands grant
by the United States are and VIII u" |
wears To come unavailable, the senate.
lis wisdom. refused and ignored
princely gift If money n Iahas "h'f
nv Great Fails. and voted t" locate
college al Bnzeluan. To Urea, the sem
fairly one must say that the natural
yantages of BoZcman so Tar eNce't
those IF Great Falls that the ho'
offered. though large. was not 7" he q
sidercd az "A factor. yri If the maI"ri'.
the house II moi n~iislhig'ai.h VIII -
on record aS denying absolutely I
natural advantages are worthy of
consideration whatever. In both
stances there is not lacking. rorrela'
circumstance that tend I" the To
that Bozcman owes it good FORUM
being in the combine. and thai no :
however convincing, or bonus. hoW'
large, could shake the fidelity al
league. or cause lis members la SW
from their duty to each other.
The Custer county people who y
to Helena last week To present
claims of this locality az a suitable
for the agricultural college have lea
that the Legislature. like God. "m"v'
mysterious way its wonders to
form" On the surface. Miles Guy
walk away" The exhibits ma
the last two state fairs and such san
Of our agricultural products as We
permitted to show at this season. tn:
er with photographs of farm seen
this neighbornood. had apparently
vinced everybody that the college ST
come here. Presently an intim
came from an auxiliary member
Miles City was not in 1t for tn
lege. but that If its claims for that
tuition were withdrawn We could &c
reform school. which was confirm
the statements Of members who
eheerfully c~onceding the manifold
superior advantages Of Miles City
not vote for il as against Bozemai
by conceding the reform school to
CO. unsolicited "nd "07f'1n
d,ctum was as useless a s',u' s-inga
a stone wall. But the program