Fergus County argus., 1902-10-08
A HEINZE
CAMPAIGN
Democracy Of Fergus County Appears
to Have Turned Over the Reins
to Heinze's Emissary.
JOHN BOYLE o'REILLY is 1T
Old Friends of Senator Clark Gone
Over to Heinze-legisIstive Tick.
ct object of Gain.

Like the famed "Mr. o'Reilly what
keeps the hotel" Mr.. John Boyle
o'Reilly OF Butte and Lewistown is
doing very we'll thank you. He has
doubtless long ere this communicated
to his boss some paraphrase of Cae-
sar's boast. Il came, l saw, | conquer.
ed,'. and from here out Mr.. O'Reilly
has the reins and the Democrats are
being told to get into the collar, win
the legislative ticket, whether they
win anything else or not
By what methods the gentleman
with French name obtained the up
per hand in Fergus county we cannot
attempt to tell. Probably more than
one inducement was held out; 1t doubt.
less varied with the particular indi.
vidual approached. But that he sue.
ceeded there is not the shadow of a
doubt and it is up to the people OF
Fergus county to say whether Heinze' S
political methods in Silver Bow shall
be successful in the county of Fer.
gus.
Some time before the late Demo
cratic convention of Fergus county
this tall, handsome man with the
euphonious name, appeared in Lewis
town and by exercise of his smooth
tactics attempted to obtain the con.
fidence of Republicans. He represent.
ed himself as a Republican. desirous
of promoting the interests of that
party and at the same time using his
influence to restrain it from doing
anything wrong; he told of the terri.
BILE conditions in Silver Bow and how
it was necessary for every honest man
to rise up up in his might and vote
against everything favored by either
the regular Democrats or the regular
Republicans of Silver Bow county,
who were q bad lot. But Republicans
were not as green as Mr.. O'Reilly i'm,
agined; they saw through his little
talk and turned him down good and
hard. Then he turneu his attention
to the Democrats, and in very short or.
der had the present leaders coming
his way-they were following him
around He personally attended Ia
such little matters as the preparing
of the platform; he looked after the
labor convention; he decided on the
legislative nominees and named the
delegation to the state convention. the
county chairman, etc. And all this
he did in such quiet, smooth way
that his gains were hardly noted un-
til his work was complete.
Without question, the Democratic
convention would have endorsed E.
w. King for representative but for
O'Reilly. The Kendall delegation ia.
vored 1t and SO did few others, but
Mr.. King was not the kind Of man
for Heinze's ends.
To the state convention went the
Democratic delegates from Fergus
county and in a private carriage with
David Hilger and others went Mr..
O'Reilly. From various points along
the route, we have learned that
O'Reilly telephoned his boss that he
was coming with the Fergus county
delegates in his pocket, or words to
that effect. At Bozeman he delivered
the goods.
But Heinze fell down at Bozeman,
got turned out by Clark and to him
revenge is sweet. O'Reilly having
done SO well the first time, comes back
to Fergus county, takes up the reins
and proposes to drive the legislative
ticket to win. Sheriffs. assessors,
treasurers, etc., are nothing to him,
but Alexander has got to win and Rob.
inson II possible. All the money want.
ed is Forthcoming, emissary's are sent
abroad, the postoffices are flooded
with copies of the Reveille containing
scurrilous matter about the Republi.
can candidates in Fergus county and
O'Reilly is out to win. The Democrat
Is doing his bidding and there's Doodle
In sight.
OF course, Mr.. O'Reilly did not in
tend to admit that he had anything to
do with Heinze or the Reveille, but
last week his hand was forced. He
found that copies OF the Reveille were
being used for purposes which he con
sidered degrading and when he under
took inquiry learned that OF some sew
eral hundred copies sent to the Lew
istown postoffice addressed to people
long since dead, unknown here and
men who declined to take them oui
of the office, a bundle had been giver
to clerk at the Day House. Mr.
O'Reilly went into the air and latel
went out of the postoffice-rather hur
riedly il is learned. All kinds of dire
threats were made and in the alterca
ton the mask was completely pulled
off the Heinze emissary by Postmaster
Stephens.
Such is the man and such is hi.
work. II he wants anything make hin
pay for IL, for he's got the stuff anC
then before you make up your mint
how you will vote just size up tn,
boss. +. Augustus Heinze OF the Mon
tana Ore & Supreme Court PURCHASING
Co., OF Butte. Mont.