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

first commissioners OF Granite county
formed a pool. One of them caused the
county to iml rove building of his
81, 900 or IS, 600, and after it was
modelled to suit him. he rented this
building to the taxpayers of this county
for the sum of S445 per quarter. When
the courts pronounced this Il fraud,
unde: Section lil0, above quoted, he
Immediately transfers this property
to his brother and rents the same
! building from him for 5000 per guar
no say i'll county affairs, this same
bailding is, By public Advertisement,
/ offered to the plc.eut county fathers
for $42o per year. AS one of these
commissioners was not to reap all the
benefits. one of the others was allowed
! the profitable privilege of furnishing
! hardware TO the county, principally
to regenerate the building above deSig-
mated, an | it is enough to say that he
was not illiberally dealt with (even
! his lead brought about as much per
pound as silver would bring could Nc
kinley be clCcted), and the hearts of
the "SIigh' schemers be thus made
happy! 1t is enough to say that the
other commissioner got all the pickings
left by the other two They issue Il
warrant for 1912. 80 - their own attor-
ney, imported he assist them in
getting these ut bills fixed on
the county. { court pronounced
each and a EN- void and fraudu-
lent und aw. Then Senate Bill
No. s, full grown from the
brain Of tie Inter Mountain S God Is
Nobleman. - This bill, Mr.. Editor,
was compiled and presented to legalize
if possible the frauds perpetrated on
the people of Granite county. It was
lnanfully ard nobly fought by band
If patriotic Granite taNpayers-a few
oS which (to their everlasting shame
be it s&id) are marching to day unGor
the banner Of the intrOlucer Of this
vile piece OF attempted legislation.
Wei, Mr. Editor, this bill was de
feated by the honest taxpayers Of Gran
ite county at the cost OF many dollars
and much time: it would have been
pronounced void and unconstitutional
had it been passed and come under the
perview Of IL competent court Ii
printing this bill the Citizens Call
puts III cap letters that portion Of the
bill giving the taXpayers the right to
appeal 1t has beel "tho people be
| damned 50 much with ii, and the
head Of it's ticket, that it thinks toe
people Of Granite county should be
well satisfied with 1.-The right to ap-
peal from what the promoters OF this
legislation thought to be 'sure
thing Now Mr.. Editor, | have in
my possession Il printed reply to an
article in this same Call, published in
Il delayed ISSUE OF this paper during
the November campaign of 1894. Tins
document was compiled, published
and cicrulatcd by and at the expense
Of the Citizens Taxpayers Committee,
of which the Hon. James McDonel
! (the Calls candidate for commits
siOuer) was chairman. This paper
goes into the particulars Of the frauds
perpetrated on the people Of Granite
county which Senate Bill No T later
attempted to collect.
Now if this article is not sufficiently
plain to explain between the lines the
meaning Of the bill he published in his
last issue, he can say so and | will
publish in Your next issue this docu
ment. 1t is interesting reading, goes
into particulars, and is refreshingly
candid.
a few words in connection with the
attitude Uf this criticized publication
on corporations. OF course, even it
can understand that no citizen of
Granite county would sanely antagon-
ize il corporation that conducts its
affairs Ill ii legal and fair manner
such for instance as the Hope Mining
company, the Royal Cold mine, the
Sunrise, the Golden Sceptre, and
others, My Introductory remarks in
my article on Corporations will
convince any fair-minded man of this
fart What 7
and what any honest man will con-
demn. even if he does not state it, is
A corporation who will, through Its
! officers, issue, publish and post to the
people Of Granite county the boycott
notice of the Combination Mining
company. published elsewhere in this
paper by request, damning public
highway Of this county.
Read this scandalous thing, Mr.. Edi
tor, and you are more than human, if
your heart will not burst with indig-
nation and insulted citizenship. Shut
your eyes and it is almost cold enough
for you to imagine yourself in the 81
berian mines of H(the Citizens Calls
ideal Goods nobieamn'') the Gar.
Was Mr.. Toole, of Anaconda, over
here for his health the other day: One
had just as well believe the editor of
the Call was advocating the election of
the 'Sligh" ticket to cure a bad case of
dyspepsia! Was Mr.. Toole here in the
interest of silver: One had just as well
believe the Call was advocating the
election Of the ''Sligh' ticket for the
interest of the people of Granite
county! Oh, no, Mr., Editor he was
here to do what he could in financial
way to elect the whole opposition
ticket, and especially Messrs. Sigh and
Mats. What Mr.. Toole is this: Why
then Aaconda tool! Now, Mr.. Editor,
can the people Of Granite county vote
for the election of a ticket advocated
by such an organ: Are only select
few to travel the highways Of Granite
county: Is the spirit Of manhood, the
spirit of honor, the spirit of American
citizenship SO low in the hearts of the
electors of this county-so dead to
reason and justice-as to elect the ad-
vocates and apoolgists Of this condi
ton Of affairs?
::Unprincipled political adventurers,
who think the voter too ignorant to
select fha name of the capd III q ta ba do