The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-10-16
SLIGH|S SENATE BILL
The Author of the Bill Asks for Pub
lie Support.
WAS AN UBIQUITOUS MEASURE
1t Was Intended to Override the Laws
of the State for the Relief
of One Man.

The brain that evolved Senate Bill
No 7 Ga bill designed to legalize stu
pendors frauds perpetrated on the peO
pie Of Granite county by unfaithful
servants and pronounced by her courts
void and fraudulent) guided the deft
hand that put together the many
pieces Of the political crazy-quilt that
under varied aliases will confront the
unsuspecting voter when he enters the
voting booth on November 3. 1896, to
cast his vote His position and name
on this coat of many colors is peculiar
ly fitting, high and Sigh characteristic
of the man and his hackers. This
conglomeration of tickets; this infant
political monstrosity, conceived IN sin
and fraud, fed on false pretenses, ha-
tired, revenge Graded in the lap Of cor
pOrations, local and otherwise, and blan-
betod by the dirtiest mud singing
sheet that ever cursed the peace, good
order and welfare of IL law abiding
community. This mob appeals to the
honest, law abiding. intelligent tax
payering voters OF Granite county and
has the atfrOntery to ask for their
suffrageS on the ground that II ere is
rot principle enongn in the WI ole ont
fit to be anything oven an 4. p. A. :;
they claim to be qualified members Of
the Anaconda Protective Association,
an A. p. \. oragnizatlon of "a mo
holy and purified kind, organized here
on the 24th day Of september, 1896, by
its supreme master and assistants,
Messrs. Eggleston, Crutchtield. and
others. Senate Bill No. Sigh is the
great chief of the local organization,
and this (about to be gold Hebrew COR
Doration wriggles this moDgrel ticket
from its head to it's tail The only
honest following they have is a few
fanatical people fighting an imaginary
enemy; not knowing, deluded men,
that they are warming to their breast
treacherous serpeuts that will on the
first convenient occasion sting them to
the heart. They have. never been any
thing but traitors, if otherwise the
memory Of no man that knows the ma
iority of the ticket "runneth to the
contrary there are few men on their
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ciates would be and heretofore have
been credit to the county, and their
friends hope in time dong after defeat
has had a Christening effect) they will
outlive this disgrace Of brief assoca-
ton. True to the principles of the
maniDulators of this ticket or tickets,
they have rewarded the only honest
following they have Cor rather claim
to have) with one of1icc-that of as
sesor-carrying with it the princely
salary Of 81. 200; also handicapped with
usual expected donation Of 800 to
their campaign committee. This is the
only 'anchOr to Windward' and we
must confess that but for the people
who are graspiLg this one anchor the
"infant would have died q bOrnin' -
They claim to represent the democratic
and populist parties Of the county and
yet we see that the leaven of democ-
racy and, populism was at so low an
ebb in the outfit that they could not
rise above the low water level of "a very
ordinary republican politician for the
head of their ticket. and even he was
not an 'anchOr to windward' where
his services could do the respectable
element Of their (claimed) following
the most good. If he is, in truth,
what they claim him to be-the cham
pion of oppressed religion-God save
the mark (and our humble apologies to
the Catholic people of Granite county
for even mentioning their honorable
religion with such heresy and schism).
In communication in the last sewer
edition Of the "Howl' we see that one
of them Candidate for the best Office
and the most responsible position in
the county, who, like the majority of
his ticket, thinks his utter incapability
to manage his own business has fully
qualified him to manage the affairs of
the taxpayers of Granite county,
claims to be republican of the Lin
coin Chase stripe, and too pure to
vote the republican national ticket this
year. Shades of the immortal martyr .
Should you take peep IN his inside
pocket today You would see his sample
ballot marked Mckinley electors, and
if on election day his vote would de-
eide the matter silver coin would be as
rare in Montana as gold bonds are
plentiful in Threadneedle and Wall
streets Fellow citizens, vote the
nom partisan. non -sectarian fusion sill
yer tickets. headed by Duncan Ding
wall, and you will make no mistake
and honor yourselves in the man you
elect.