Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-12

where than he did last Saturday af-
ternoon. 1t shows how desperate is
the cause when its advocates have to
resort to the tactics of the slum poll
uelan to sling mud, and try to divert
attention from the real issue by in
dulging in personal abuse. TO hear
these gentlemen Saturday afternoon
one would believe the real issue to
be the personal characteristics of the
editor Of the journal instead Of the
more momentious question Of county
division. After listening to the elo-
quent speakers and summing up the
f'imsy evidence submitted, the editor
of the Journal came to this concl,-
sion: That the Harlowton boys real
lied their pet county division scheme
had collapsed, and looking around
for the cause of the punctured balloon
discovered that it was the judith Gap
journal; that they asked for u hear
ing before the Society Of Equity and
ommercial club for the sole purp ose
OF attempting to discredit the editor
Of the journal in the eyes of his neigh
bors; or. in other words. to engage
in vile billingsgate and foul mudsling-
ing against the journal man directly,
and indirectly against every man in
Judith Gap and surrounding tributary
country simply to crafty their per-
sonal spleen. IL characteristic which
shows the baser part Of mans nature
which is more developed in some than
in others, but seldom resorted to by
gentlemen.
At the Commercial Club Meeting.
At the commercial club meeting
held in the new school house on last
Saturday evening there was repre-
sentative body of business men gath
cred to listen to the arguments in
favor of county division.
I. S. McQuitty, the statistician of
the lIarlowton division crowd, was
not present at this meeting, having
been called home by urgent business,
consequently the of figures that
he presented at the afternoon meeting
were not produced in the evening.
Mr.. Smith presented his talk about
the same as in the afternoon, and
was followed by Mr.. Anderson, who
was much milder on the Journal man
than previously. but vituperative
nevertheless.
He was followed by Attorney w.
G. Husband, who talked almost Who'll
ly upon the legal aspect of county
division. lie was emphatic in de-
claring that the promoters of county
division were going to form u new
county, and stated that if Judith Gap
wanted to come in it had al opportu-
nifty to do so; if it didn't want to
come III. then the boundary lines
would be changed and the town
would be left out. That all the fig
ures presented by the delegation were
absolutely correct as he had investi-
gated them thoroughly. lie did not
state. however, that they were mis-
leading, as the gentlemen will notice
by reading the editorial page Of this
weeks Journal. Mr.. Husband is
thinking seriously Of yielding to the
demand of his friends who insist OH
his accepting the nomination for
state senator on the republican tick
ct this fall, and be a candidate for
the nomination against the candidacy
Of his present county division con-
frere, l. S. McQuitty, who will seek
the democratic nomination for the
same office.
Mr.. Husband was the only one of
the speakers who had kindly word
for the editor Of the Journal. He
said he did not believe that Mr..
Small published the statements he
did for the purpose of misleading the
people, but that he did not investi-
gate the matter thoroughly, which
gentlemanly treatment of an anita
gonist in the fight plainly proved that
AA - AAOOOOlNs NACuOuSu yOuik ulttll
and new in politics, can show the
older politicians in HarlOwton many
points when it comes to playing the
game as it should be played in stand
ing in with the newspapers OF his
own party. However, he Overstep-
ped the bounds of political propriety
when he threw down the gage of bat
tie by declaring that Judith Gap
would have to come in or it would be
cut Off the map of the new county en-
tirely. He redeemed himself in the
eyes of the people here to some ex-
tent for this lnexc usable break by an
nouncing that he was through will,
the county division movement, and
would take no further active part in
the matter at this time.