Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-16

COMMISSIONERS were IneIely uudhIuS
play at giving Kendall Jail, and says
the board is evidently trying to keep
before the people of this town their
excellent Intentions" The fact is that
the intention of the board is to have
that Kendall Jail erected just as
speedily as possible. and the matter
WILL in all probability, be closed up
and disposed of at the meeting Satur
day Oct. 30. The first plans secured
proved altogether unsatisfactory, and
ii was necessary TO secure others.
These have been prepared, and are
now at the store of j. NJ. Parent, at
Kendall, and bids are to be submitted
at the time stated. The attempt to
make political capital out of this
brief delay, which was due wholly to
desire to give Kendall what was
needed is an exhibition of cheap
methods all right
The present campaign is one which
brings to the mind of the thoughtful
voter the history of the recent past,
and the mental panorama that is
brought up before the average man is
aptly depicted by a Kansas editor,
who. in reminiscent vein, says:
when this Republican editor be-
gins to turn his typewriter loose as
it were, in the words of Robert Inger-
/ soil, the past rises before him like
dream. He sees on the pictured
canvass of memory a nation divided
/ and ready to fall. He sees the gath
ering storm, the dim war clouds that
seem to obscure the sun of hope. He
hears the roll of drums and the tramp
ing of troops, of young men going out
to battle. He sees the worn, haggard
face of the first Republican presi,
! dent, Abraham Lincoln, bowed with
the awful weight of his responsible
ties, bearing on his shoulders the ac
, cumulated sins of the nation; treadint
, the wine press of Gods wrath. Ht
! sees in that hour of darkness ant
. blood and storm the Democratic part,
assembling in national convention
denouncing the president and declar
, ing the war a failure. He hears tn,
cheers of the rebel hosts Tor a Dem
Ocratic candidate and the confederate
I government continuing the blood.
struggle buoyed up by the hope tina
the Republican party might be de
feated and Democracy triumph. HI
| sees Lincoln reelected, the last hop
of the confederacy crushed and tn
sunshine of glorious peace breal
q through the clouds and light with new
! splendor the fields plowed by cannon
wheels and drenched with the blOO
!, of brothers. He sees the gigantic tasl
!, of reconstruction begun and the shat
tered credit of the nation re-establish
= ed under Republican administra
! ton. He sees during this period tn
= Democratic party continually oppof
ing every movement in the way Q
restoration and impeding every ste
4 in the way of re-establishment of tn
r credit of the nation. He hears tn
4 Democratic leaders denounce in III
/ measured terms the second Republica
!, president, Ulysses S. Grant. He see
+ the nation advance in power and tx
fiuence in spite of opposition. Fl
\. sees it's enormous debt reduced at
# rate unparalleled in the history of n;
If tiOns and its commerce extended in
n way that excites the wonder and a
n miratiOn of all civilized people. n
# sees the policy of the nation rever
"a ed AT last and Democratic pres
"a dent and Democratic congress instal
\, ed in the nations capital. He Sc,
w the era of prosperity replaced by {
jr era of depression and despair. I
* sees the highways filed with id
II. and ragged men looking vainly f
n. employment He sees the marchiI
O. OF Coxey armies toward Washingto
al demanding that congress furnish the
ii. with employment and bread. He Sc
c. the national debt increased hundre
"a OF millions and q long session of &C
ss gress pass in fruitless discussion
!. men who are unable to formulate
,s agree Oh any line of policy He Sc
20 the nation again reverse itself by
i, overwhelming majority and the X
=. publican party again installed in po
m er. He sees again the sun of pre-
"a perity bHrst forth in all its grande
a. and power. He sees the smoke aga
=, Delching from the tall cbimneyS
~ fictories that had been closed al
>, hears the mighty hum OF the indu
n tries again sci in motion by an G
n ufant people. He sees wages raise
n and jobs hunting for men instead
:, mer hunting for jobs He sees II
= great apostle of protection, the
A loved OF his party and his natio
= stricken down by the bullet of an a
4 sassiB and a people bowed with so
, row ;to the gentle Epirit of McKinle
= goes snt and up 10 meet his Co
: He sees the reins of governmel
. grasped by the firm hand of Roos
6 welt and under his magnificent lea,
p. erxhip the nation rising to still grea
4 er heights of prosperity and glor