Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
AS OTHERS SEE US,
of the st

constantly lengthenlnS past since 0tot-
lands gifted poet of the hearth and home
penned these immortal words:
O wud some power the gjftie gle us,
To see oursels as ithers see us,
1t Wud frae mony a blunder free us,
And foolish notion.
Often have these lines been formulated
into the prayer Of a bewildered heart,
whose bearings AVE been lost IN the tur-
moil of life. It would indeed be a blessing
to many to see themselves as others see
them. Communities might profit from the
prayer, and ever political parties could
register such an appeal to heaven with
out infringing upon the proprieties of
public life.
If the democratic party of Montana
knew how to send up an Offering to the
throne of grace it ought to plead for light
in which to see itself as others see it.
What a hideous reflection it would be in
the looking glass of local history! If the
democracy could only take a bird's-eye
view of itself Think of a great state
s~candalized the world over by the demo-
cratic party. Think of the beastly rough
and tumble fight tina has covered with
mud ana filth the fair reputation Of this
commonwealth. Think Of democratic
politicians from the political p~urlieus OF
bribed hoboes, packed primaries and ped
died p~ocketbooks. coerced workingmen
ana strangled consctenccs, believing like
! the bueles of ancient bandits for purity
ana refolm.
Think Of the revival of ''rotten Dor
oughs" and undesirable states" In
! agine The sheer Of contempt that will curl
the lip Of the stranger when Montana's
name is mentioned as the home Of hon
esty. honor and enterprise-a place where
families can be reared in the fear of God,
ana young men reap the rewards Of fl
deity to the public trust. How long will
1t take-how man years will it require
Il. offace from the history Of Montana the
following endorsement Of mob law that
fell from the lips of the attorney general
Of this state in a temple of justice, in
touch with the sacred robes of the court?
It were better far Ina the agencies of
courts might be discontinued as repress-
ing crime, and that we should again re-
sort to the ~primative methods which gave
TO the early settlers of his state an en-
during fame.
Think Of the democratic attorney gen
cral of a great state lauding the 'endur-
ing fame Of those who took the law into
their own hands in the tumultuous days
Of old, and recommending q revival OF
those 'primative methods that ignored
the machinery of the courts. Think OF
passion run riot, of the maudling disease
of hate that has inoculated the state adj
ministration, as well as the Legislative
branch of the government. A Denny.
brook fair is a love feast compared Will
it.
The democratic governor of the stat
hangs his dignity upon the hat-rack ant
: iguratively speaking tries to ferret on
some head to smash. The democratic at
torney general tells the court to it's fac
+ that "the agencies of courts might be dis
feels around for a rope The democratic
congressman-elect makes a private detec
f tive Of himself and practices the key-hol
F act with all the eclat of a Pinkerton OF
full pay. In the meantime, that seethin,
boiling mass of democratic statesman
ship in the legislative assembly is putin,
in its time trying to ruin the reputation
of the state at home and abroad.
: A purely personal fight between indi
vidual democrats has developed into
contest that involves the good name o
the state and the honor of it's institutions
And yet, this is the party that pledged it
fidelity to the cause of the people a few
short months ago. This is the party tina
was given the reins of power that the in
{ terests of this great state might be con