Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-07

| otherwise assist any person from arrest
or conviction for a viola ton of this Act.
/ is guilty of misdemeanor. ana upon
| conviction thereof shall be punished by
t a fine of no. less than one-hundr2d nor
I more than five hundred dollars. and he
/ imprisoned in the county or city jail for
not less than thirty days nor more than
| six MONTHS.
JOURNALISTIC VERMIFORM.
The fusion members of the present
legislature have about arrived at the
conclusion that the Helena Independent
is a Journalistic vermform appendix.
and has no function in the local news
paper system except to cause irritation
in its own marty.
Now. this Silurian organ OF the tusion-
cracy has broken loose from the tram
mels of fact and propriety. its squawk
being attuned in proper key to the con-
viction that certain of the democratic
members of the legislature have voted
fer a republican for the Short-term sena-
tcrship. Consequently democratic
senator has deemed it incumbent upon
himself to rise in joint session in defense
of himself and others who voted for
the alleged republican, and gently but
firmly to remind the Independent that
il has been taking"
AS the language of the Independent
is too amusing an example of tautoiogy.
re dundance. involution, bad policy and
.lrscientitic taking" th be missed by the
general public. the full text is herewith
given. as follows
"A queer thing happened in the joint
assembly yesterday. A new name was
bsllotted upon. and it was that of Rob-
ert Coburn. The supposition is that
the fusion members who voted for him
had an idea that they We're voting for
a democrat. But the evidence is to the
contrary. Robert Coburn lives in Bel
mont township. in Choteau county.
and he and his two sons are credited
With owning all of the land in that
township. At the last election not a
democratic vote was cast in that pre-
cinct. which is proof that last year
the man some of the fusionsts voted
for was not a democrat.
Robert Coburn was resident of
Helena about Is years ago, and was
then considered a democrat. His daugh-
tea married Fletcher Maddox, now of
White Sulphur Springs, and follower
of Thomas n. Carter About the time
Cohurn became the father-in-law of
Maddox he ceased to be classed as a
democrat, and it would seem that the
rethrns from his precinct at the last cleo
ton justifies the conclusion.
Democrats who We're acquainted with
Coburns lack of democracy we're sur
prised yesterday when democrats voted
for him for senator. 1t would seem as
though it would be a good plan for the
fusion members of the legislature to find
cut mans politics before they voted
for him.
When Senator Mahon rose in Joint
session today his name had just been
called by Clerk Whipple on the senator
ial vote. He stated that before voting
he desired to call attention to the Inde-
pc ndent article printed in the foregoing
and to proclaim it fabrication,
Robert Coburn is democrat Of long
standing" he asserted. land is regis
tered as democrat at Great Falls The
man who registered him is now in town
and can bear witness to the truth of nv
statement
I'm addition. Mr.. Coburn was one of
the committee of two who on one oc-
casion met Hon. w. A. Clark at the
train when he went to Great Falls. with
the intention of speaking in public on
political issues. Further, he was one Of
those who occupied seats on the platform
When Mr.. Clark delivered his address.
III this constitutes republication. then
al l desire to say is that l am not sorry
l voted for one and l now take pleas
ure in having the clerk again record
my vote for Hon. Robert Coburn.,
Those who voted for Coburn Yesterday
as we'll as did Mahon We're evidently of
the same opinion still, for they cast their
ballots for him again today If few,
more papers of the Independent brand
could be scattered throughout the state,
the prospects for an overwhelming re.
publican victory at the next election
would. indeed, be rOseate
DIR. LoEB1NGER "A FROST. :
Governor Toole has three more ana
continents coming. For once, the chief
executive of the state understands fully
what is meant by the slangy but expers-
| s'Ne phrase, ITO turn down." That is
what the senate has done to him so far
as three appointments are concerned.
| ana the prospect is god he will get am
other example of the turn down before
! long.