The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-04-22
Somewhat Turned Around.

Again the editorial writer in the
Meagher County Republican filled
that paper with an unpalatable and
offensive odor, last week, with scratch
ing of his quill. Some people when
they discover that they have made a
mistake, and find themselves ON the
wrong track, they try to cross.cut in
order to make themselves right, and
in most such cases they become badly
tangled up. And it is so with our
brother scrib of the county seat paper.
The Meagher County Republican
can not deny the fact, that it was the
paper that first started this contro-
versy, which was entirely right for it
to do had it confinded itself to the
county seat removal question. This
it did not do, but instead it tried to
make 'sgrand stand play" by unjust
ly knocking Harlowton and its sur
rounding territory. The following is
part Of the first editorial in this con-
troversy, which shows whereof we
speak:
THarlowton is on her last legs, so
to speak, business is quite, painfully
so. Many'of her business houses are
unoccupied, her cottages are empty,
and some of her business men wear
wearied looks"
In the last issue of the county seat
organ, the writer of that paper states
that he only cared to enter into a
friendly and mooted discussion on
the county seat removal question.
We now ask our readers to see if that
statement is not contrary to the par
agraph we have just quoted. 1t GER
tainly is.
We will not 60 any further in dis
cussing that quotation, but we brand
the elegations to the face of it's writer
as false.
The following paragraph from the
News is taken from the first editorial
written by this paper on the question,
and it shows plainly that the News
desired to discuss the county seat
question:
If the Meagher County Republican
will kindly itemize the alleged cost of
5000, 100000 for moving the county seat,
we will in return prove beyond a
doubt to the residents of this country,
but not White Sulphur Springs for
that would be a hopeless undertaking
that the expense for moving the
county seat WILL BE PRACTICAL
LY NOTHING, and we will further
more prove beyond doubt that TT
WILL NOT INCREASE TIE
TAXES OF THIS COUNTY.
In answer to the above the Meagher
County Republican said:
"Mr. News Man, we would like to
tell you something, if we saw that
you had anything to carry it away in.
We would like to show you an item
lied form the great expense of such
an undertaking as the removal of a
county seat, but how can we ever hope
to drill anything in your head"
Such statement as that was I'M
called for at that time. 1t was only
to infuse into his writing ridicule
and to heap on the News man some
personal obloguy. Does the para
graph. just quoted again confirm with
the statement of that writer in his
last article, when he says, that he
cannot and will not enter into dirt
Singing? MOTT DOES NOT.
The editorials in the News The past
week were only called forth by such
gusts asyenOm.
We wish 10 say at this time that no
intelligent person, without violat
to all decency, can be allowed to drop
from his pen a perpel uai stencil of
personality. lit is not the proper
weapon of discussion or debate, and
the noisesome squat of editorial writ, I
of the Meagher County Republican,
to which We, arenow referring to, can
be only: taken as the .pfattle of an
idiot.