Fergus County Democrat., 1910-01-18
Notice to Subscribers.
CASE OF DIR. SMITH.


paper in that it is always found fight
ing, out in the open, for democratic
principles and supporting, to The best
of its abilities, the men who are nom
mated for Office by that party, it has
always been our endeavor to ever play
fair with the opposition. Usually
speaking, we have refrained from
casting any unpleasant reflections up
on the men whom the republican party
has sent to the state legislature dur
ing the past fifteen or twenty years.
Our friends on the other side will
certainly agree that the less said on
that rather delicate subject the better.
The democrats of Fergus county
have tried, in their simple and straight
forward manner. in times past, to|
elect men to the state legislature. We
have presented splendid men for the
place, but with few notable excep-
tions, these men have gone down to
defeat. The only excuse which we
have had to make for these successive
defeats is the very simple one that
there are more republicans than dem
ocrats in Fergus county.
While we have made it a practice
to overlook many Of the obvious er-
rors and shortcomings of some of the
republican legislators from this coun-
ty, we feel it our duty to call the at
tentfon of the people ot Fergus county
and particularly the leaders of the
republican party to the very interest
ing case of Doctor c. w. Smith, a
Townsend gentleman, who is now rep
resenting Fergus county in the state
legislature.
Within a very few months after he
had been elected to the state legisla-
ture from this county ON the republi-
can ticket, he abandoned his residence
here and established his home at Town
send, Montana, where he and his
family have since resided.
Despite the fact that he was no
longer resident Of the county which
had so signally honored him, Doctor
Smith went to Helena at the cali OF
the governor for special session and
enrolled himself and acted, in his leg
islative capacity, as a representative
from Fergus county. In this man.
ner, Doctor Smith deliberately per-
petrated fraud upon the people Of
Fergus county and the people Of
Montana.
Those who are inclined to be most
charitable might, perhaps, find some
justification OF this unseemly behavio,
OF this former leader of Fergus coun
ty republicanism, but there can be nc
possible way Of justifying Docto,
Smiths action III drawing pay to th'
amount OF $6950, figuring mileag
from Kendall, Montana This amour
would have been just about cut in tw,
had Doctor Smith figured the mileag
from his actual and established hom
at Townsend.
In pther words, this brilliant luln;
nary of the medical profession, by tn
means OF some peculiar ments
process which does not tally with tn
dictates OF ordinary honesty, figure
that he was entitled to mileage fror
Kendall, Fergus county. to Helen;
and return, total distance of owe
four hundred miles. when, as ma
ter of fact, he did not travel fro,
Kendall to Helena, has not resided
Kendall for eleven months and h;
not been in Kendall within eigl
months, at which time he spent
couple of days there closing UP son
business affairs connected with h
final departure. He simply went
the capital and back. from Townsen
distance OF about eighty miles,
brazenly drew pay for travelling Fl
times that distance.
At this juncture, the Democrat I
spectfully inquiries who is going
stand sponsor. who is. in fact, spons
for this Doctor Smith? Will t
gentlemen who framed up the scher
for this eminent gentleman's nomin
tion kindly stand up and be counte
Likewise have their heads examine
Does the county republican commit
of Fergus county, and do the wi.
patriotc leaders Of the somewh