Background
Joseph was the ninth child of Edwin and Lucinda (Porter) Toole and brother of Edwin Warren Toole, was born on May 12, 1851 at Savannah, Mo.
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Message of Governor Jos; K. Toole to the Ninth Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana, January 2, 1905 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Message of Governor Jos; K. Toole to the Ninth Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana, January 2, 1905 Called for the third time to the office of Governor of this great State, I make my first official and profound acknowledge ment for the respect and confidence of my fellow citizens who have so signally honored me by reelection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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State of Montana; Vetoes of Gov. Toole, of Bills Passed by the Legislature: Session of 1905 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from State of Montana; Vetoes of Gov. Toole, of Bills Passed by the Legislature: Session of 1905 The Constitutional provision above referred to and the several sections of the statute I have quoted which made these claims at the time a charge against the Stock Indemnity Fund and ex pressly providing that they should not be a charge against the State, makes it impossible for me to approve these claims. All of the claims presented except those which I have specially noted, in my judgment, are excessive, and if anything is to be allowed, they should be scaled down so that they would not rep resent more than twenty five or thirty dollars a head for the cattle killed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Joseph Kemp Toole
Edit ProfileEducation
He attended school at St. Joseph, and later entered Western Military Institute, at Newcastle, Ky. , where he was graduated in 1868. He studied law in the office of Webb & Barber for a year, and in 1869 went to Helena, Mont. Here he continued his legal preparation in the office of his brother Edwin.
Career
He was admitted to the bar in 1872, and became his brother's partner.
Toole soon entered politics and became leader of the Montana Democrats. From 1872 to 1874 he served as district attorney. In 1881 he was elected to the territorial council, and, although a new member, was made president of that body.
He was elected territorial delegate to the Forty-ninth and to the Fiftieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889.
Toole was elected the first governor of the new state and served from November 8, 1889, to January 1, 1893.
Refusing to seek reelection, in 1893 he resumed the practice of law. Soon, however, he was engaged in a fight to have the state capital located permanently at Helena, and in 1896 he actively supported Bryan's candidacy for president.
In 1900 he was again elected governor and was reelected in 1904, serving from January 7, 1901, to April 1, 1908, when he resigned on account of ill health.
An invalid during the last twenty years of his life, he lived most of the time in California; yet his great popularity in Montana survived and his opinion on public affairs was often sought.
During retirement, Toole divided his time between his home in Helena and San Francisco, California until his death on March 11, 1929, at the age of 77. He is interred at Resurrection Cemetery in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, US.
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State of Montana; Vetoes of Gov. Toole, of Bills Passed by the Legislature: Session of 1905 (Classic Reprint)
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Message of Governor Jos; K. Toole to the Ninth Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana, January 2, 1905 (Classic Reprint)
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State of Montana; Vetoes of Gov. Toole, of Bills Passed by the Legislature: Session of 1905 (Classic Reprint)
Politics
In the territorial council, he began a campaign to secure statehood for Montana and was influential in calling the constitutional convention of 1884 and in drafting the constitution of that year, which Congress refused to recognize. He continued his efforts to secure statehood for Montana and was active in support of the omnibus bill of 1889 providing for the admission of North and South Dakota, Montana, and Washington as states of the Union.
After the enabling act for Montana was passed he became a member of the convention of 1889 that drafted the state constitution and was influential in securing the insertion of guarantees for social and civil rights. He was unsuccessful, however, in his effort to have the legislature free to decide the question of woman's suffrage.
Since the first legislature was deadlocked, he was obliged for a time to run the state on credit. To the second legislature he submitted an extensive program of administrative organization. He recommended state provision for higher education and further support of public schools, and championed the claims of miners to the minerals underlying the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railway.
In 1903 the governor called the legislature in special session to provide means to reopen the mines at Butte which had been closed by the Amalgamated Copper Company as a protest against the domination of the courts by Frederick A. Heinze. He supported many political and social reforms and in 1905 the initiative and referendum were adopted.
Personality
In addition to possessing unusual political talents, Toole had much personal charm. He was handsome, had attractive manners, and could adapt his conversation and interests to all types of people. Endowed with a deep, rich voice, as a public speaker he aroused the emotions of his hearers to a high pitch. He had a genius for organization and was a successful administrator.
Connections
On May 7, 1890, he married Lily, daughter of Gen. William S. Rosecrans; they had three sons.
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Political Party
Democratic party