Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-08-30
Hints to Anaconda Boodlers.

l4ENlSTOWN, August 20, OH.
FERGUS COUNTY ARGUS: In the last
issue of the Montana Democrat
notice a publication purporting to be
a letter dictated by the Helena Capt.
tai committee which, only for the dis
honorable tactics employed to deceive
the unsuspecting, " ould not be worthy
OF notice but on the contrary would
excite laughter, contemplating the
stupidity OF its author in assuming "A
position which is calculated to excite
only wonder that such fools exist to
So far as the letter of the Hon. James
Fergus is concerned, which the Mon
tana Democrat presumes to ridicule,
we know nothing further than that
MIR. Fergus is a citizen whose motives
in writing can not be attributed to
the influence of money or unworthy
designs. But, on the contrary, | be-
lieve they are pure and honor
able motives dictated by his views re-
gardless of public comment.
Mr.. Fergus is man who has seen
more years in Fergus county than the
editor of the Montana Democrat is
years old. He is man who is worthy
of the leadership when the peoples
interests are at stake. He is IA man
who regards the peoples interests as
his own and being recognized
as sound and conservative thinker
will carry more weight than the Mon
tana Democrat and all the rest of the
Anaconda boodlers combined.
The charge made by Mr.. Fergus that
those advocating Anaconda are bood-
lers seems to aggravate the writer OF
the letter above referred to and |
might say the editor in chief of the
Montana Democrat, AS it is dollars
to doughnuts that he himself is its
author. And it is an open secret that
he is ratttling boodlers' money; there
fore the shoe pinches and raises beads
of perspiration on the guilty brow
that would put a convict to shame.
Regarding the assumption of Mr.. Fer
gus that all who advocate Anaconda
are boodlers, we wish to differ with him
to slight degree. There is a class OF
wage workers who in supposed SYM
pathy with their cause, regardless OF
the interests OF the people at large,
will support Anaconda, but aside
from those and possibly one per cent
of the substantial element in north
eastern Montana will conceed that
MIR. Fergus is right and pat him on
the back and say, "Give it to them,
Uncle jimmy
Not wishing to consume too
much of your time and space at
present, | will now make brief
reference to a statement madesome
time since by the Democrat to the
effect that a Helena man while in Lew
istown made the remark that he could
buy all the votes he wanted In Lewis
town for two dollars and fifty cents.
Why has that man not got right to
make such an assertion when it is
well known fact that few of her own
citizens have taken a contract from
Marcus DAILY to influence the voters
of Lewistown to vote for Anaconda.
Now let us pursue this little fur
ther and see who these men are. Is it
not "a fact that they are men who es-
pouse the cause of purity and moral
ity? Is it not a fact that they are
men who pose as criterions, whose
paths must be trodden in the search
for virtue and manly integrity? Well
then, if such men take contract to
influence votes contrary to the inter
ests of the commonwealth, influence
these votes by a liberal distribution
of whiskey and CUFF, in the name of a
business proposition why does not
a Helena man have the right TO as
sumo he can buy them for two dollars
and fifty cents? The assumption OF
the Helena man is supported by more
morality and common good than the
position taken by Anaconda bood-
lery. And yet, so says the Democrat,
an editor of a Helena paper had little
enough brains to try to counteract
what he supposed to be balance of