The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-01-07
THE REPUBLICANS IN CHARGE

Monday of this week will go down
a memorable red letter day in the an
mails of Montana state history; FOR
on that day, the first time in the his
tory of the state, the reins of admin
istrative, legislative and judiciary pow
err passed overwhelmingly into the
hands of one party.
On November End, the people of this
sovereign state of the west placed into
the hands of the Republican party the
entire responsibility of state affairs.
They elected a Republican governor,
the first to serve in the Treasure state
since the time of Richards in 1898. 1t
was a remarkable event when the
heads of a party who had controlled
the destinies of Montana for so long a
time, stepped down and to the side
lines and made room for a complete
transformation of personnel.
Just back in the summer of 1920,
when the heat of the campaign was
strongest, the Republican aspirants for
office at the State Capitol made SOL
emn pledge that if entrusted with the
states business they would put into
practice a program of rigid economy.
And, true to their word, they have
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plan along this particular line, that
there is not even a daily newspaper
of the most rabid opposition, but that
has condescended to show keen APP
probation of the worthy start that
has been made along this line.
The Seventeenth Assembly has
started out with economy as the key
note. 1t has made a worthy start by
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eliminating superfluous state help.
They have begun well. 1t is theirs
to keep up the good work until they
have succeeded in landing this great
state again soundly upon its feet fin
ancially.
The people have placed their odds in
favor of a republican administration,
and it is for this administration to de-
liver the goods. We believe that every
Republican officeholder realizes this
burden of responsibility that he has
been called upon tc bear, and that
when the time of accounting has come
it will be found that the Republican
administration has filled the bill, has
made good on it's every promise. 1t is
to be expected that boomerangs. not
menacing but annoying, will be hurled
from the sundry camps of the dis
gruntled. but with the emergency at
hand, the facts before them a faith
to fulfill, and a principle to be main
tanned, the legislators and the admin
istrative and judiciary officials will
have been able to show to Montana
that the time for an honest fulfllment
of party promises has arrived.
1t is not that the Republicans have
set out to counterfeit the activities of
any Interior socialistic element or APP
pease any prevailing discomfort, but
it is that the state of Montana is ac-
tually facing emergencies that must
be disposed of in a wise and judicious
manner. 1t is that with the surface
of the greatness of the state barely
scratched at the most, the time is
well arrived when much must be &C
for the future development
of the states resources and the pro-
tections of the states interests in ev-
cry line. 1t is because Republicans
have faith in Montana. the state
wherein they live and the state that
they love; and that they long to launch
this great commonwealth forth to-
ward those accomplishments which
are justly hers.
Unless the tenor of the first few days
of the session is mere sham and bluff,
it can be relied upon hat the Seven
teenth Legislative Assembly now
converting at Helena will meet every
one of the pledges and promises that
have been made; and in due season,
Montana shall come forth bigger finan-
cially, better morally and much richer
in development because of the admin
istration that she sent to office in
1922.