Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-09-20

nor is Tom Carter. Beattie is the
u. S. surveyor general and Tom
Carter is U. S. senator for Mon
tana.
Why the News is calling the at
tention of its readers to those two
individuals in connection with the
crimes that are alleged to have been
committed in the marshaPs Office
will be fully understood before the
subject is dropped. Some years
ago and not long after McKinley's
first election to the presidency, a
special agent investigated the Office
of surveyor general and, for some
reason never divulged to the fool
people, why John S. NJ. Neill, the pre-
sent owner of the Helena Independ-
ent was summarily fired from that
position and E. w. Beattie appoint
ed in his stead. Why E. w.
Beattie was appointed was that E.
w. Beattie had, for many years,
been the agent of the Northern
Pacific r. r., company and was the
the dark corner advisor of Tom
Carter.
With Beattie as u. S.. surveyor
general the land grant interests of
the railroad company could be
properly guarded and finger ready
to enter every pie that promised a
nice fat plum. That plums were
numerous, large and juicy is OBJ
vious to the observing. At that
time the government owned vast
forests and Marcus DAILY and other
large mining interests wanted that
timber for their mines in Butte and
for commercial uses. Through
Carter's pull" with Mark Hanna
and Mckinley all the u. S., land
Offices in the state were filled with
ex-members of the legislature who
had voted to send Carter to the
senate. The whole business was
manipulated by Carter and Beattie
and, then this same pull" the other
federal Offices were filled with min
ions of this combine. Carter and
Beattie selected every clerk in every
Office under their control and in
this way built machine which has
dominated the republican party of
Montana ever since.
Through the manipulation of
government timber in behalf of the
large mining companies the demo-
cratic party was made a part of the
system. The U. S., marshal's Office
was filled with deputies named by
Tom Carter and f. w. Beattie and
when the special agent of the gov
ernment discovered niggers in the
woodpile with game bags full of
chickens, Tom Carter and f. w.
Beattie rushed to the rescue of these
niggers and covered them and the
chickens with a thick mantle OF
dusky hue. Being members OF
Carter and Beattie's machine it was
very essential that they should be
protected from the bright and
burning rays of public indignation
and the machine saved from annihi.
lation. The offending U. S., depu
ties were allowed to resign and
scatter to distant regions and enjoy
not only the profits of their industry
but immunity from prosecution fol
their alleged crimes.
The curious naturally inquire how
this was all brought about. We
are on" and hasten to state that
it was full blown demonstration OF
] the pull" which Tom Carter, U.
S. Senator from this great state OF
Montana, pulled in Washington
As to whether Carter and Beattie
got the choice parts of the afore.
said chickens we are unable to say
just now, but judging from the ex.
tent of their holdings of the
feathered tribe, it is fair to assume
what people generally assume under
like conditions namely. Now
the News is not attempting to ma
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