Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-08-31
A VERY GOOD REASON.
Brock Ornbaun Explains Why He Was Sus-
picious of the Phrase, ''Thst Will
Be All Right"
LEwIsrowN, Aug. 26, 1898.

LEwIsTowN, Aug. 26, 1898.
EDITOR ARGUS: Please allow me to
make reply to the following article.
which appeared in last weeks Demo-
craft:
Las Sunday Brock Ornbaun came
into the Democrat office while the
publisher was up the creek on n fish
ing excursion and inquired what h
cost would be for publishing the call
for the Silver Republican county con-
yention. Mr.. Ebbage, u foreman,
was present and, not being familiar
with the situation, advised Mr.. Orn-
baum to leave the matter and see the
publisher upon his return. but the
former gentleman was persistent and
insisted upon a price being fixed for
the publication OF the matter. where
upon theforeman told him if the mat
ter was not gratuitous the price
would be based upon legal rates. Mr..
Ornbaun declined to leave the matter
and failed or refused to consult n
publisher, and we are advised that,
as a result, the call will appear i'm the
ARGUS of this week. This il about as
much Judgment, however, as Mr..
Ornbaun has ever exercised III pol1ti-
cal matters and is in thorough keep
lUS WIFI nS past eCoTh. W FDtt-
tacle of a call for a Silver Republican
convention appearing in a goldbug
organ will not be appreciated to any
great extent by the Silver Rephbli-
cans of the county, and vas simply a
cunning ruse resOrted to by this spec-
linen of monumental stupidity to hu-
initiate the party he claims to repre-
sent.
The slanderous, libelous methods
pursued by the Democrat are sc well
known that it seems a waste of time
to take any note of what it says, but
fearing there may be a few in the
county who are lot so well acquaint-
ed with its present editor as they
were with the former, | wish to make
a plain statement of facts of the mat
ter ut issue.
Last Sunday morning about 10 a.
m. I went to the office OF the Demo-
crat and inquired the whereaboutso f
Mr.. Scott, the editor. The foreman
informed me that he was absent. !
handed the foreman the Silver Re-
publican call and asked him what the
charges would he to publish the
same. After looking over the matter
he replied the charges would he SO;
he said within about legal rates, and
qualified it with, "lf it is not gratu-
itous."
That part of the above article is
false. and Mr.. Scott knew it when he
published it.
called on him Wednesday morn
ing and the foreman related to him
in my presence what conversation
had taken place between us. in
formed the foreman that 1 would not
pay IL price. He advised me to
leave in 'rr publication, stating Mr..
Scott W." d make it all right. | re-
fused tn & so without knowing the
charges, a ng to a little experience
! had with lr. Scott once before. He
filled out a flank for me, and when l
asked him his charges he replied that
he would make that all right. Short
ly afterward the gentleman by whom
/ was employed received a bill from
T. j. Johns, i'm which was included a
charge against me, preferred by Mr..
Scott, for $25. | paid his bill, but
went to a prominent attorney of
Lewistown and asked him what the
service was worth. He informed me
the charges would be anywhere from
So to 50. Therefore | concluded | had
excellent reasons to refuse to leave
the matter for publication in advance
OF knowing what the charges were
to be.
/ waited in town until about sun
down Sunday to see Mr.. SOFT, as he
well knows, but did not get To see
him. Thereafter, Wednesday morn