Show Tim MONTANA GUHKUNATOKAL OUANGI Tliu appointment of Preston II Leslie of Kentucky to tlio Governorship of Montana In tliu plnro of Governor Hunger is matter of surprise to us as it doubtless will bo to nil persons who halo road the platform won which Presi lout Cleveland was nominated Without With-out knowing tliQ teaHons for the chin e it 14 impossible to comment intelligently upon the action of the Administration HO fur in the removal of Governor Hiuser is concerned They nru probibly based upon tho land troubles in that Territory unil the removal was doubtless ut tho I instigation of Commissioner Sparks whoso policy is not in consonance with tho viewa and interests of tho Hloek men of that Territory However cogent tho rnison for Haulers removal it Is difficult to ronuio any justification of tho Presidents action in tho appointment in his place of nonresident of tho Tel rilory Tiio platform upon which Mr Cleveland was nommated and elected tho principles of which ho pledged himself him-self observe In letter and spirit expressly ex-pressly declares that tho Federal offices in Territories should bo filled by residents resi-dents thereof Mr Cleveland accept Ing tho nomination pledged himself to that policy as fully us to any other enunciated in the National plttfoim ami wan as firmly hold by every principle of honor to observe it as to cany out tho Civil Service Ueform dnected by tho same instrument Tho icason which applied ap-plied to tho Utah appointments the VI a lidity of which while somewhat doubting tho Dcuociiir has never questioned certainly does not apply ap-ply to Montana There in no local question in that Territory which would justify any deviation whatever what-ever from tho course tho President Presi-dent was pledged to pursue The removal of Governor Hauser however I how-ever justifiable did not warrant the ap po intmcnt of a nonresident in his place Them aro plenty of Democrats In Montana Mon-tana fully as competent to discharge all of tho duties of tho oflico us Governor Leslie and who would halo cirriedout tliu policy of the Admiiiistiation in ie gardto local mutton as faithfully and tenaciously as tho gentleman from Kentucky Ken-tucky Tlieie is no denying tho fact that President Cleveland in this as upon the silver question has broken faith with his puty which nominated and elected him The ORMOLU 1 vr has no disposition to deny it Ila political principles aro those enunciated by tho declinations of its puty in National Convention assembled and them can lie no endorsement of tho Presidents action upon thoso questions without repudiation of tho corresponding tenels of tho oigunUation which placed Mr I Cleveland in his piusent exalted position The croituro cannot boromo gieiter thin its Creator and theio can ba no true Democruey which would Ignore the latter in manifesting its foaltj to the former |