The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1906-05-30
A TRIBUTE TO GOV. TUOLE
RaVaIli County the First to Adopt
Direct Primary Law-Big Crop of
Candidates Taking the Field

friends, impatient for an opportunity
to do him a higher honor and to give
to him that recognition which has
been his honest due for so many years.
Always modest in the cons ider ton
of his own lnterests-too much so
| many of his friends think-he hts al
lowed himself to be slde-trucked time
and time again because of the meth
DDS employed by the questionable in
fluences guiding the welfare of mil
| lionaire senatorial aspirants. until
this belated day when his health is
none too good, and the duties of his
| office have become more and more tax
ing upon his strength, it is only Justice
that he should be given Il change of
scenes of activity and shorter hours of
| labor.
/ So tar as he has been a part of it he
has builded the government of Mon
tana upon solid foundation, and at
the present time there exists no better
state government i'll all the Sistcrhood
of States. From the drawing of the
many and complicated legal forms for
use in the executive departments when
the state was young, and since, TO ex-
erclsing strict vigilance over the
minutest detail of the work in his Of
flee, the governor has been an influ-
ence in the creation of a form of gov
crnment that should find emulation IN
the acts of others who may ConIc after
to occupy the executive office.
"The welfare Of the whole people,"
has ever been his slogan. A man of
, aCtion-anu most of ALA man who
has always stood, ana yet stands,
constant mcuanCe to the cunning of
predatory politicians he has been and
is yet the earnest and fearless cuam-
pion of all public measures for the
public veal, and the avowed oppon-
ent of that which threatens the safety
of our institutions. His great oratory
in the discussion of public questions
has been heard III almost every city in
| this State thrilling men aud women
alike, and the demonstration accorded
| him in Helena at the close of the cam
paign of 1904, when the flags waved
| from every hand III the auditorium at
Helena and the audieuce grew choked
with emotional acclaim as he proceeded
down the aisle to the platform, gave
evidence of the affection i'll which he
is held by his fellowmen. The SINGER
ity Of all his State papers and his scru-
pulous arsumentative powers mark
HIM man of magnificent attainments
and one who has given his best efforts
far bigger and better country, and
d broader auu more conscientious man
hood. He is the very essence of splen-
did manhood itself, and his fine pres
ence and strong personality have al
ways been the admiration of the peop-
lie of the Treasure state.
AS member of the Forty ninth and
Fiftieth Congresses Governor Toole
had few equals as sound reasoner,
and no intellectual superior. His splen-
did address before the National House
of Representatives in favor of the bill
admitting Montana to statehood was
| printed in many of the leading publ
cations in the United States as a liter
AIRY gem and generally admitted to
f have been one of the most brilliant
q addresses that ever brought to peo'
It pie the relief prayed for.
J. The Silver State might go on recit
| Al, q
smooth-faced boy he was elected DIS
:. trict Attorney for his district unit
the pr esent, but this will suffice to inn
press the people with the contention
of his friends that the time is oppor-
. tune to close the career of an able,
: honest and conscienti tious public ser
want by term of service in the United
States Senate-AND LET IT BE THE
:. AND INDEPENDENT PEOPLE.
=. That would be gratitude. The pay
of ment of political debt which is no
"a entered upon his ledger, but which al
:, will be willing to admit is debt tina
=, should be liqudated without furthel
- delay.
Without questioning the rights o
other aspirants, it is our sincere be
=. lief, considering the rapid growth o
the state, that no other man now men
toned in connection with the senator
"a ship could so admirably meet the de
mands as the governor. It is true, a
will be observed by reading the Rec
~ ord, of Helena, and one or two othe
:, republican papers of the state, repre-