The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-10-23

and deserted the graveyard Of thou
sands of dollarsl of the taxpayers
money of Granite county hopelessly
| lost. and Il lasting monument to greed,
selfishness and financial lust Justify
ing them III ignoring the sacred man
date of grand jury in not turning
back into the county treasury money
unlawfully diverted defantly Justify
| ing them in flounting the recognized
laws of God and man; justified them
in paving 81, 900 for a jail not worth
SO, 600: justified them in paying Sl4. :
600 in defiance of law for transcribing
the records Of Granite county.a job that
would be job at one half the price,
is today justifying the election of a
man who, by virtue of Senate Bill No.
7, attempted to burden this outrage on
the people of Granite county and in the
infancy of the county try TO fix on
her people the stigma of hopeless
bankruptcy And for what reason, Mr..
Editor: Because it desired to live
and grow fat on the few crumbs of
taxpayers money that might drlboie
to it through county printing from the
table of her c0mmissioncrs--from funds
mot otherwise appropriated. - But
why continue this disgusting. dreary
| story? 70 come down to later events
in the county we find this same publ
cation denouncing our CITY officials.
claiming their books were irregular
and fraudulent; that the water com
pany was a fraud; that if Messrs.
Brown and Pardee were elected these
frauds would be shown uD--thc books
would be examined. Well. Messrs.
Brown and Pardee We're elected and
immediately relapsed into 10 state of
'1nnocuous dessuctude. - Have Tie
books been examined? Have any
Frauds been exposed? Always trying
10 Viliify character and fool the neoDle.
ever attempting to pull down and never
up buill has been the record of this
pest. Why, Mr. Editor even a little
literary society that has grown and
i1orT1shed uader the fostering hands
OF the ambitious scholars OF our public
school has NOT escaped scathless the
Blasting syphou of this vicious sheet.
OVercome by petty spite, malice and
jealousy representative OF this paper
could rot cVel rs Il guest refrain from
an attempt to bring heartbuInings and
ClSSentlon into the ranks 0f this asso-
CT ltiOn Of innocent children. Today
It has entered the sacred sanctuary of
the church and in that halluwel cdi-
nee lnvokes the evil spirits Of darkness
and persecution to divide and destroy
the friendships of q lifetime, and all
for the purpose Of aiding it IN the petty
election of a few county Offices or that
1t may continue III the future as in the
pasta penslOner on the bounty of "a
l)ng sufferin: public. There must be
evil, dangerous elements and Influences
5f hlnd ticket that would tolerate
suuh a sordld mOuthpiece, and. mir.
Editor, such is the truth The same
causes that rendered the conduct of
Granite county affairs the first two
years OF its existence-a by-word and a
stench II the nOstrils Of all honest
people-is behind and pushing the
',,Sllgh' ticket today They do not
show their heads in the bright light of
day, but take dark lantern and bv a
close investigation you will find the
same men once foolishly thought to be
badly battered and Knocked out of
the ring, up and at it again. Mr..
Editor, like all towards this publica-
tlon cannot take little of the medi-
cine 1t deals out so literally to others.
NY, how 1T does spuirm and wrggle
when held at the end::of a roasting iron
before the fierce heat of public scorn
And for my part let it wriggle and LET
1t squlrm Lay on, Macluff, and
damned be he who first crys hold
enough. So say |. And at last, Mr..
Editor, III its squirming in the politi-
cal cemetery Of a deceased politician.
they have discovered and brought from
the dead the bill that gave the deceased
a questionable public record. the
famous Or Infamous Gas the bad or good
may look upon it, respectively, Senate
Bill No. 7. Mr. Editor, we thought
this bill was so heated with iniuuity
that 1t had long since been consumed
by spontaneous combustion bnt TO
| our amazement, like Satan, it dofies
even the hell Of insulted public opinion.
With its usual duplicity it does not ex.
plain the bill. Oh, no but publishes
It's text, and in IA fOOt-note asks the
people of Granite county "to read it
carefully and figure out if possible
wherein lies its financial harm to
Granite county. y Why, Mr.. Editor,
even one OF their own candidates could
have explained the rascalitv and fraud
IN this bill, as he was chairman of
the famous Taxpayers Committee
sometimes called by the Call the vigi-
itutCS). AS Ic ueSlTeS CnlS ln1OrHa-
ton, however. | will explain the evil
financial results Of this legislation. had
it become law, and to do so l will
first quote Section 11O1 of the then
law, which, for the purpose of this bill.
Senator Sligh wished to abrogate. It
is:
No county commissioner, or other
auditing officer. shall acquire, in any
manner, against any corporate munich
pali;y, or against the territory, any
claim. except for official compensation
fixed by law, when such claim is one
which is to be audited by the board,
or body, or such person, or his assig-
nee, or partner therein, the same shall
be wholly void
Now this is really Section ITO: by
transposition of figures it is made to
read Section 1101. This error was cor
rected to conform with the section they
mend at in the original bill
Now, Mr. Editor, was there any
thing wrong with that most beneficial
law? There is not state in the union
that has not law in substance the
same. The law will not allow an officer
TO deal for his own benefit with the