Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-06-25
Will TRY FOR
AN INJUNCTION
People Who Are Dissatisfied With
Court House Contract Are Going
Into Court.
TWO MEETINGS LAST WEEK
Attorneys Are Employed and Find
Many Alleged Flaws in Contract
With Mr.. Oliver.

AS result of two meetings held
last week, certain individuals in this
city who are displeased at the action
of the board of county commissioners
in letting the court house contract to
Oliver of Spokane, have employed at
torneys and are going to take the
matter into court for the expressed
purpose of annulling the contract.
The first meeting was very quiet
affair which was held Tuesday even
| ing in the office of Attornev R. Won
Tobel Edward Brassey was chosen
chairman of the meeting and James
Croft, secretary. Attorneys Huntoon
and Won Tobel made their PROPOSE
tions at this meeting which is that if
those who are dissatisfied with the
letting of the contract will raise $500
with which to pay attorneys and
court fees, they will undertake to Sc
| cure a permanent restraining order
| against the commissioners and Con
tractor Oliver. This proposition was
accepted and petition was drawn
up and most Of the gentlemen presel
subscribed from S. to $500 each.
The next day the petition was cir
| culated among the business men Of
the city and between 5000 and $500
was subscribed.
Of the people long to reach con-
clusion as to the real object Of the
first meeting. Called by some of the
leading republicans Of the city, there
could be no mistake as to their in
tention to make an effort to devise
some campaign material to be used
against the board of commissioners,
majority of which happens to be
democratic.
Seeing that about everyone was on
to their smooth game, second meet
ing was called for Friday evening to
be held in the city hail. There were
some forty or fifty persons present
at this second meeting but only
few of these participated in the dis
cussion. Edward Brassey presided
at the meeting.
Attorneys John c. Huntoon and
R. Won Tobel showed that they had
been doing something toward earn
ing their fees by reciting at great
length and in great detail the num-
erous flaws in the entire transaction
of letting the court house contract.
They both expressed it as their
opinion that the contract can be
smashed into smithereens if it is TAX
en- into court.
The meeting developed several
more or less interesting alliances. For
instance, Jack Huntoon, chairman Of
the republican county central COM
mittee and Herman Brown, secretary
of the state socialistic committee,
stood side by each" i'll their siren
uous contention that the democratic
board had been guilty of about ev-
erything but manslaughter in letting
the contract to Mr.. Oliver 1t was
truly a beautiful exemplication of the
lamb and the lion forming mutual
admiration society.
Then, there was S. D. Anderson, the
most rampant labor union man in the
city, holding numerous whispered con-
ferences with R. Won Tobel, who on
very recent occasion, publicly lam
basted the labor unions and all con-
nected Herewith, to the very limits
of his extensive lambastatory vocab-
ulary.
There were a number of business
and laboring men of Lewistown pres
ent during the fore part of the even
ing but they took very little part in
the exercises of the evening and most
of them got tired and went home be-
fore the benediction.
When the question of going ahead
with the court proceedings came up
for decision, number of those pres
ent argued earnestly against hasty
action and urged that the members
Of the board>be given an opportunity
to come before meeting of the
citizens and tell their side Of the
transaction but those who were In
charge of the meeting would not
stand for any such demonstration of
fair play and voted to go ahead with
the injunction proceedings.
George S. Wells, the contractor,
consented to act as plaintiff in the
proceedings, after which the meeting
adjourned
The complaint has been drawn up
and sent over to Judge Cheadle who
is holding a short term of court at
White Sulphur Springs. He will, of
course, grant temporary restraining
order pending hearing into the
merits of the case as soon as he re-
turns home, after the Fourth of
July.
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