Intlifir l^*t detip^raUf eflort to pfeff^the i-taMiipfde frum Fower to Toole, tlie^rejiuMican orRauH have iv-orled to^whok-ale Ijiiiff and pemrsijii of tl^feconl!* to mislead the lead miuers into^HM MM that Mr. Toole was uot true to^their interests. So far m Mr. Toole's^electioii is coui-ernnl. it is uunecessar^^to coutnuiict the Uii-stateiueuts of hard-^liresned aud uUscru|^ulous ojipolients. It^is too late for the republicans to save^their candidate for governor t.y any^amount of -^stematic lying. Th re are^reasons deeper than any lead ruin ^ why^Thomas (_'. l'.^wer wilt uot be the next^governor of Montana.
hutMr. Toole's reeoid in Mi whole^matter is so clear, so comm-ndabie, so^characteristic of the honest, straight^forward man that he is, that we propose^to let It give the lie to li.e charge that he^was ever untrue to the iutefe-ts tt li e^people of Monthiia in this or any other^respect. Mr. Toole labored in season and^out of season, at public aud private^hearings, to get thetrejsur) clepar.i l-i.t^to coLstrue tlie law so as to make Mi xi-^cau bad pay dutv. Secretary Kaireiiil i,^uot willing to take the respi usibillly o!^re^ersing the long established run- of^.lohn siiirrman, wanted the senate judic^^iary CLiiiiinnii e to put an interpretation^upou the Uw for his guidance. Mi.^Toole Went hi fore that committee and^made aa! fol a decision upon
theguesliou, but the republican no m-^bers of that body, at the dictation of Mr.^Kdmuuils, repuiteti adversely on the^matter. The lead question remains un^^settled to this day, because a republican^senate committee refused to listen to Mr.^Toole's rtijuest.
