Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-06-14
UTICAN VS.. U1IcAN.
Oar Correspondent Replies to H C. N IS
letter in the Last Kud Geyser.

UTICA, Mont, June IL, 1894.
To THE ARGUS: While your cores
pondenL does not desire to pallIate
any errors, either of omission or com
mission, that any OF republic officials
Of Fergus county may have been guilty
of within the past few years, the Ian
guage. of al. G. NJ" in last weeks
DEMOCRAT Is certainly open to censure.
First, on account of the promlscuous
character OF the assault on official in
teGrIty and the frequent use OF adiec-
tiveS descriptive oi conditions, which
ii they exist the writer has not the
courage to to lay bare; and secondly,
the source of The communication
which. as the Irishman said when the
mule kicked him, ''Iou must consider
wher it comes from" I'll. &. NJ"
evidently desires to either make po-
lItieHl capital or gain newspaper
notoriety. lie certainly makes no
such TRADE in the interest of good
government, as his course would de-
feat that end, and moreover he would
specify charges and thus either compel
a denial or lay the question open to
the admission of guilt.
1t is not likely that ''H. C.. NJ de-
sires to make political capitalfor HIM
/ self, for II we are not mistaken as to
the identity of the gentleman his occu-
patton is that of sheepherder not n
thousand miles from Utica, and such
being the case it is safe to presume
that either his aspirations are not
warranted by circumstances or else
he lis himself the tool OF n ring against
which he declaims so loudly. The
rights and interests of III. c. NJ" in
our county have to our knowledge
never been trampled on. Then why
all this kicking against the bricks?
His heart melts in compassion for the
poor taxpayer--as he delivers himself
OF vaporous invectives. But will "H.
c. NJ" kindly state for how long and
what amount OF taxes he has ever
paid in to the Golfers OF Fergus county
His residence here numbers about
twepty-seven months, of which six
were spent east last winter. We do
not desire to 20 into personalities,
hence we draw here the curtain of a
charitable silence. Will "H. c. NJ
deny that he has at any time stood in
with particular party to further its
interests as against those of another
party? No ''ring" about that, ell:
Again, 10y what course of logic can he
prove the existence OF "a ring? Wers
not five Democrats elected to very inn
portant offices at the last election
and have they no voice in the distri
button of patronage and an honest
administration? When they were
elected by the antagonists of the sc
called "ring," the Democrat in exul
. tant triumph declared the ''ring'
, broken. At the same time the Repub
Leans were and have been divided into
several contending factions. Fergus
county is strongly Republican, theI
why look for the paradox of ma
joIity set OF office holders of the Dem
ocratic persuasion?
r Will I'll &. VI. say that taxes aver
age higher in Fergus county than IL
other counties of the state, all else he
: ing equal? Have the Democratic
? Observation-Disclosures OF the 'ring' y
proven themselves great reformers an,
watch dogs" of county funds in con
trast with their Republican prede
cessors? Have any OF them made 1
record conspicuous for economy au'
retrenchment in county affairs? Cal
[ any man in an official capacity alway
: decide questions at issue betweel
parties TO the entire satisfaction O
all? Will "H. C. NJ" tell of a singl
! county matter OF interest to thi
vicinity where justice has been done
| weighed i'm the scale of equity? Wa
not the so called 'ring faction" beatel
in more than one road issue o tn
, positive knowledge of III. c. NJ"
: Where then is the "ring" and it
lpower in general patronage? OF tn