Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-10-30

That the republican organization has
been thrown into a panic which threat
ems to become a wild rout by the time
| election day rolls around was demon
strated by the meeting which was held
at the Mcmillan school house in the
Brass precinct last Saturday evening.
Just before leaving. town the repub-
| lican candidates and other members Of
the organization read the special edition
| Of the Democrat, issued that afternoon
and such an impression did it make up
on them that each and every one Of
speakers devoted some time to personal
remarks, none Of which were compile
mentary and some of which were alb
solutely false, concerning the Democrat
and it's proprietor.
Frank Smith made another spec. acle
of himself in his wild effort to save
himself making promises with the prod
| igality of the professional promiser
which he has become during the last
| few weeks. Words were absolutely in
adequate to express the contempt which
he holds for the Democrat
Frank is much displeased with the
sort of campaign the Democrat is MAX
arises from the fact that the paper has
been telling the truth.
Then too, to have this paper to show
up the fact that as a public prosecutor
Frank proved himself to be several
times more expensive than Roy E.
| Ayers concerning whose expensiveness
he and his advisers have been harping
on throughout the campaign, was ex-
ceedingly distasteful to Frank.
Records are a great thing. Frank
thinks, provided you only give the 9TH
er fellows side of the cont 't.versy.
But we shall not waste great deal
of time on Frank. Advices receives!
from all parts of the county show that
people are pretty well decided as 10
this county attorney race. The de-
cision isn't at all complimentary or en-
couraging to the republican candidate.
OF course Henry Rae made a speech.
Henry, We are Informed did not tell his
horse story" which promises to be-
come a classic under the magic hand
ling of the gentlemen from Chicago,
Illinois who aspires to represent Fer
gus county in the state senate.
Rufus Thompson, republican candi-
dae for the legislature, made his debut
as public speaker and, though it is
presumed that a speech from him
would carry some weight, his first at
tempt was something of a failure.
Evidently Jack Huntoon had drilled
Mr.. Thompson as to what he should
say but the legislative candidate
plumb forgot" his speech and after
perspiring around for few seconds
threw up the sponge. From the wor-
ried look on the classic face of John
ME Huntoon, that gentleman was not
impressed with his pupils progress.
When Mr.. Thompson took his seat
the voters of the precinct of Brass had
remarkably Illuminating idea of his
position on number of great topics.
Johnnie Huntoon, who is trying to
make record for himself as a polit-
ical manipulation and incidentally as a
most adept student in the great school
of Ananias, was the bright particular
star of the occasion. Mr.. Huntoon is
chairman of the republican county COM
mittee. 1t is up to him to ''get results
in this campaign. 1t was easy sailing
for week or two. but when things
went to breaking a little bad for John
ME, he rather lost his head.
But he suddenly acquired, or perhaps
resurrected would be a better term, a
remarkable capability for distorting
facts.
Some of his distortions at Brass Sat
urday evening could hardly be distin.
guished from plain, unvarnished lie
He delivered himself of several state.
ments concerning the Democrat the
editor of the Democrat and that county
printing contract which must have
strained his imagination to the limit.
And Johnnie has most remarkabl.
well developed imagination.
Jack said that the editor Of the Dem