, 1888-04-19
OUR BORS EAST.
POLITICAL SPECULATION IN MONTANA AND
THINGS MORE MATERIAL--Two GREAT
sMELTEHs TO BE ERECTED IN
NOMINATION. THEIR
COAL COKES,
COAL COX Es .

HELEA, NJ. r., April l2.--[Specal cores
ponder ce ( the REvIEw.l Montsna's capi-
tai has just passed through the throes Of
the annual April convu sons known rs the
municipal election. The proud dem ocrat
ic eagle has been overthrown and he is
now composing his ruiiied plunage under
the manipulations OF Secretary Webb for
the fall campaign, when he will soar again
over the political field and to the best that
in him lies, seek to duplicate the triumph
of two years ago when he perched proudly
ty.six hundred majority. Much specula-
ton is INDUCED in as to whether the four
powerful factions Of the party will pull to-
gelher this fall These factions are the
Northern Pacinc and Huuser parties on the
one side ton the east Uf The range and the
Manltoba-Ai ontana Central, Colonel
Broadwater and Major McGinnIs on the
other. On the other side OF the range, the
question is whether or not W. a Clark and
Marcus Daiy wall act in concert or apply
the iectonal knife. 1t these shall act ia
gHcerL Montana will continue To be II dem
ciullC terIitui! otherwise not. Delegate
Toule wil duu less be a candidate tor IA
thrd term bu' nIbUdy is authorized To ST.
anhuuhCe ns Yet, in So lar as the public Is
advised The republicans are reorsauiz,ng
s.nce the dsa iruus defeat of Col. Sanders,
ANA viii come into the field united this
year. Chairman /. Dennis McCutche III
Gate oi Micn,-dn) the Iack Chandler of
b OUR TERRITORIAL Politics,
Is still the SIR Oracle OF the party but he has
uined much III the bitter school of expe.
rience and rom dictator he has descended
10 the Level of Common constitutional
adviser in the counsel OF the party.
as 10 candidates. There are several being
grooned; some are spawned, knock kneed
and blind ~ uonsneye, while others have
not YET cam red mto the course subject 10
Inspection. 1bese come under the classi ca
ton OF darh horses A sensation is expected
when the blanket shall have been stripped
from the Butte steed, who will be entered
under the name OF Lee Mantle. To give
ecat to this event, his paper, the Inter.
Mountain, is vociier )usly nominating Edi-
tor Mills of the Deer Lodge Northwest,
Whom H. is well.known would not make
the race. While the wires are quietly beinN
laid tor Mantle coup d'tat, the aratori cal
wonder of the Yellowstone. Andrew Bur-
leigh is sulking in his stable anxious to be
rid OF the rest -aint of his groomsnan,
that he may head in upon the course aud
win the free Tor all by superior speed and
bpttoW.
MORE MATERIAL MATTRgss
But enough OF political speculation,
which IS somewhat premature at best. Let US
turn to things more material. The city COM
mercially speaking, Is Just now enjoying
the fruits OF railway competition which
came with the completion ot the Manitoba
system to this point As as per programme,
last winter. Rates to points east have been
reduced thirty-three and third cents per
hundred and every line of business has felt
the impulse of these advantages. The pop
ulation has increased between four and five
thousand in the last year in anticipation
Ia Il
vantages. One OF the sure fruits of the ne
line is hotel which will, when completed,
be credit to the city and to the territory.
The fact that the competing company
the Mapitoba) has been instrumental in
inaugurating u reduction plant at Great
Falls for the dry ores Of Montana, and the
lead ores of the Cur d Alene country, is
one of the good raUdits following from this
competition. not only ior northern Monta-
ha, but for Helena as well. Why2 you
ask. Because IL has stimulated our capita
list 80 put in like plant here. When 1t is
understood that ex. Governor Hauser Is at
the head OF this scheme, 1t is an assurance
that in magnitude the plant will be second
to none. He has the hearty cooperation
OF the Northern Pacific company, and the
leading capitlists OF this city, with q siugle
| exception, and that exception is interested
in the Great Falls works. 1t Is
UNDERSTOOD IN MINERS CIRCLES.
! here that the Wicks works and those al
Toston are to beconsolidated with the works
to De established here. Color Is lent to this
theory by the fact that Governor Hauser Is
the controlling spirit in all OF these enter.
prises, new and old. These smelter plants
in Montana will be q blessing to the lead
ore PRODUCERS OF the Occur ID Alene coun
try. 1t will afford thoIn u nearer marke,
for their products, and save them tn olssands
| OF ollars In transportation charges. Snch
have heretofore been onerous and oppres
sive. In this territory it pro
vides Q market for all the
coking coal that can be had
in the mines now being developed
at Boaeman, Livingston, Red Lodge ant
Sand Coulee. So far as tried, this coal makes
as good grade OF coke as the celebrated
Connelsville coal of Pennsylvania. There
are at this time twenty-seven ovens in full
between Bozeman and Livingston, and the
product stands up well In the furnaces al
Wicks, where it il exclusively used
THE MINES OF MONTANA
Never showed up in better shape than now
| With the impetus given to mineral develop
ment here by the official annCuncem ell
that Montana leads all OF the states and ter
ritores in the volume Of its production o
the precious metals, foreign capital is flow
ing into mining channels to u degree naye
before known, Notwithstanding the EN- bar
RAISING mineral clause in the alien land act
The success OF the Drun-Lunimon, whicl
is producing more than two millions
| year, and the dividends that the Empire Il
declaring, has stimulated English capital tt