The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-06-02
THAT RESOLUTION"

harmony, are the titles unQe1
which The Chronicle" of St. An
thony, Idaho, makes an attack on
the Republican Executive Com
mittee, of Fremont Country, Idaho,
and all others not of the same
belief as the Chronicle.
A statement of the case from a
standpoint entertained by others
not interested in newspapers, might
not be out of place. then let the
people draw their own conclusions.
The Chronicle is only a result of
the real trouble, so nothing OF a
personal nature can be INDUCED in
against the editor and proprietor,
but the subject will be treated from
a broader standpoint, and with an
attempt to reach the bottom facts.
Political fidelity is rewarded
somewhat on the feudal system in
which the generals may receive
compensation for loyalty; each part
of the machinery working in unison
to that end.
Mr.. Lorenzo R. Thomas as one
of the faithful, was awarded the
United States Land Office at Black
foot, Idaho, and as an incident, was
charged with duty to his party,
and according to the eternal fitness
of things he became the hand of his
party through which other generals
and workers consisting of news
papers, are in turn to receive their
fair compensation for party loyalty
and fidelity in placing and main
tanning such party in power. max
ing possible the reward being
enjoyed by Mr.. Thomas himself.
But Mr.. Thomas, unmindful of
his duty in this regard and for some
personal and private grievances,
fails to perform such duty to his
party, and in addition to the COM
pensation of his Office reaches out
his hand and lays it on the portion
justly due the newspapers as III the
case of the Teton Peak, and thus
violates his trust to the party, the
newspapers and to all the honest
people of the country.
Not far back in history, filing
papers were made out at St. An
thony, Idaho, under the Desert
Land Act, and sent to the land
Office at Blackfoot, which in course
of time were returned for the correc-
ton of some trivial error; the
correction was made and the papers
returned to the Land Office. In
short time all papers were
returned from the land Office to St.
Anthony with the information that
a prior filing had been made on this
same land between the time the
papers were first received and the
time they were returned after cor
rectlon. Investigation shows this
prior filing to have been made BY
a gentleman then residing at Black
foot, on land more than 80 miles
north of St. Anthony.
The Teton Peak OF ST. Anthony
made some comments on thi.
transaction from personal Interest
IN the matter, to which Mr.. Thoma.
took exceptions and out of these
exceptions came the Chronicle, tina
now publishes all the land Office
notices published in St. Anthony
to the total exclusion OF the Peak
just as was done while Mr.. Thoma
was partner in the Peak.
Mr.. Gibson first had charge O
the Chronicle, as editor and pro
prietor, = under an agreement, Blu
becoming weary OF the ''agree
ment, the present editor anc
proprietor took charge and con
tinued TO deal out the same branc
of Harmony i'll the Republican
ranks among the land Office notice.
specific dates of these transaction
will appear later.
The Chronicle was made sinpl,
as side pocket 20 divert the com
pensation naturally due the Repub
lican papers through whose effort
the party has been sustained and i
so looked upon by those who ar