The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-08-20
THE STRANGE ANIMAL HAS NO TAIL.
If Don QuiXOtc Were Only Here
to Train the Beast.

people are hioucsV
enough to say little to outsiders about
it. 1t is a sort of deaths head in the
dormitory, q skeleton in the clothes
press, and the average citizen is as
much ashamed of it rs the outsider; so
it is not pleasant for either to alludc to
the subject.
The mayor and the three aldermen
elect, Mayor Sweeney, and Aldermen
Walker, Arthur and i.oehl won their
suits on the election contest which the
HERALD reported some time ago, and
which the reader will remember as in
volving the question of property qualiii-
cation. After the Judge had decided
them eligible to the respective seats, the
illegitimate adjunction Of the defunct
board, Aldermen McGibbon and Wilson,
and Mayor Sanford refused TO r%elinquish
the chairs they had already occupied as
ong as God and the constitution Or
dnined, and being sustained in this un-
lawful detention by the remaining alder
men, Vaughan, Bonner and McAssey,
who hold over for another year, the off
GERS elected by the emphatically ex-
pressed popular will, were not allowed
to act in behalf of their constituents.
The people of Ncihart are long-sutfer-
ing and full of forbearance. They have
endured hardships that would shake the
statue Of the immortal Washington. But
they are beginning to realize that they
hnve had enough of the tyrranous and
unlawful rule of a class Of men whose
methods would bring the blush of shame
to the cheek Of a Geo. II. Cox or IL Tom
Plat, and who remind us more Of the
notorious "Soapy" Smith whose expiring
words we're: "Td like to know who in
h-ll is runnin' this town."
The old city council, whose funeral
the people o with Joy had attended,
went on doing business, paying ont the
city's money, issuing warrants, and col
Letting money for business licenses. But
about July /, Mayor Sanford showed his
good civil sense by refusing further to
net with them. j. II. Fitzsimmons OF
third ward had previously pulled out OF
the noxlous death-pot, and this left five
aldermen, including those whose terms
of office had expired, in charge of the
city's business. They are n. G. Vaughan
and G. F. McGibbon for first ward; VIM
Bonner and A. G.. Wilson for second
and Jonathan McAssey for third. In
each ward the lawful incumbent is first
named, the second being the defunci
member. r. G. Vaughan is president
and the town officers of last year remain
unchanged.
This mongrel aggregation of tca-urI
Legislators are still doing business at thu
old stand, Notwithstanding the repeated
requests of the newly elected officers TO
seats. But since July | they have beef
unable to issue licenses as no mayor i
present to sign them, and they will no
recognize Mayor Sweeney or the street
On the contrary. Mayor Sweeney treat
everybody with polite respect, goe
about his business, and whenever thu
people want licenses to do business, h,
fits them out, collects the money, and i
waiting the first opportunity to turn i
into the proper channel.
t Disguised with the h%ighhanded AM
, illegal proceedings of the old council
a large number Of business men have re
} fused to pay licenses until the wrangl
is disposed of in a proper way. TIL
main ground for thus refusing to pa,
A money is the complaint that the pave
, is not able to procure a legal certiiicat
, of his license. The failure to collec
licenses however is working no partio
4 ular hardship Oh the town, except tina
the otficio board has not so much none
n at its disposal to pay for legal opinion
and the like.
There arises the legal question whic
sticks-whether the old council is abb
y to collect these licenses in law. The
are showing Il disposition to try i
knowing full well that the chances al
ten to one they can't make II man pa
for that which they have not the powe
to give him.
y The new council having been advise
that it were better to hold regular NEE
ings, has held three 10 due legal form
aud as they could not get the counc
room for their meetings they met at til
next best place,-the HERALD ofic
just what advantage they will gain b
holding these meetings is not now pro,
ed, but we presume they have legal &c
vice upon the subject, and know the
own business. To all these meeting
the Mayor has issued and served write
summons to such members Of the oil
IL council as have a further fraction of
l. term to serve, to be present at sal
vi instances. At the third summons Il