Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-10-26
principal editorial page. or is 1t one
ashamed to sign his name?

don't get even at the polls. Waitfor
some other opportunity. Go to the
polls and vote the whole Republican
ticket, and grand victory will be re-
corded on Nov. s.
II you want continued and increas
ing prosperity, vote the Republican
ticket. II you want hard times, low
wages or nc wages, mortgages on
your property and sheriff sales, vote
the Democratic ticket. Which do
you prefer?
Republicans, remember your town.
ship officers when you go to the polls.
In most instances they will have to-
be written in on the ballot. In Lew
istown the Republican nominees for
justices of the peace will be found on
the ticket. Place an Y opposite their
names.
"DO the miners, the stockmen, the
ranchmen, the l%aborers, the business
men of Fergus county desire to see"
w. A. Clark or a minion of Marcus
DAILY represent Montana i'm the United
States senate? If they do, vote for
Hilger, Williams and Phillips.
Hartman says his withdrawal as a
candidate for congress was prompted
by his desire to aid the cause. Rats,
Is this a confession that he was I'M
able to aid the cause at Washington?
The fact is, he saw the handwriting
on the wall and it read defeat"
Donald Fowler is a poor man, that
Is true; but he is no fraud" He
never wronged any one. While the
office of assessor might be a great
help to him, he would not seek it II
he were not capable of performingfts
duties properly. He is a good ac-
countant and accurate in figures.
Our contemporary should be care
full how he fiaunts his own honesty
and accuses others of being frauds
j. s. NJ. Neill, a leading Democrat of
this state, could, if he would, reveal
something of the attitude of the Dem
Ocrat in the capital fight four years
ago that would make the EDITORS
ears Jingle.
In nineteen counties out of the
tw~enty-four in this state ladies have
been placed on one or the other party
tickets for county superintendent of
schools. Custer, though sparsely
settled, has named a lady for the Of
flee. A woman of energy and cour-
age will not neglect the schools. Vote
for Miss PEBBLES.
L voted for the war with Spain,
and no vote which / have ever cast
has so satisfied my conscience. Hav-
ing voted to plunge my country into
war for a cause which l regarded as
sacred. nothing on earth could have
induced me to refuse to cast my vote
to furnish the money with which to
that war to a successful and
glorious OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Man
tie.
Il am not before you tonight as a
candidate for public Office, but l am
a candidate for public confidence."-
Hartman, In his speech Saturday
night.
1t il not saying much for himself,
after representing Montana in con-
gress for six years, to go before an
TESS that he has forfeited the conf
dence they once had i'm him, aud
which he did not have to plead for.
Are you going to vote for a tax
payer for sheriff, or for one who pays
into the county treasury but 50 per
year? Is your vote to be Or Clary or
Shaw? If the expenses of the sher-
ifs office are doubled or trebled, Mr..
will pay his same little 80 to
assist in defraying these extra en-
penses. Mr.. Clary will pay his just
proportion of the increase. An in
creased assessment will not affect
Mr.. Shaw.
Last week, in speaking of G. Nj
Clary being a propertyholder i'm the
county, while Thomas Shaw is not,
our contemporary said: "This is i'm
portant. If Mr.. Clary has $3.50
of property. he can make more
by drawing the legitimate sheriff"
That ia about Is lucid as the follow
Cam fouemo fnOneh min odm
dnone onfonwP ? mobeo III novefon
wpa ms J?gbsktowKne." Perhaps
the scholarly (?) editor of. the Silver
Republican column can translate the
above.
Speaking Of MIR. Clary's opponent,
Thomas Shaw, our contemporary
says: And for ter years he has been
attending to his work instead OF
waiting around to fall into some fat
county office" We dare say MIR. Clary
has worked as hard as Mr.. Shaw
during that time. and If Mr.. Shaw is
a compptpnt man and one who's