Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-07
delegates that allegiance
>Sfieved to be the due Of oliver

~vention upon the subject, which was cal
ried unanimously. /,
On motion Of James b. Lynch. . CON
mittee consisting Of w. NJ. Jack. n.
lConnell. W. r. Kenyon, 81. L. Feank an
"A. 81. Barrett IA appointed to draft I'd
j resolutions, and the chairman and La
Mantle were subsequently added. tn
: meeting then took q recess of fifteen mir
utes while the committee retired to anothe
room. When they returned Secretar.
Nichols read the following resolutions a
the report OF the committee:
WHEREAS, The Act OF Congress, = pro
viding for the admission OF the territoris
as states confers upon the constitutions
conventions the right to locate the tenn
porary capitals Of said states; and.
WHEREAS, Wednesday, August 7th, ha
been set apart az the day upon which tn
question OF the location Of the Temporal.
capital for the state OF Montana is to b
discussed in the constitutional convention
now in session at Helena; and.
WHEREAsS 1t has been asserted and re
peated that Butte is not q candidate 10
capitalistic honors; Therefore, be it
Resolved, By the citizens Of Butte and Q
Silver Bow county in mass meeting assem-
bled,
First, That we regard the securing Of tn
temporary capital OF the state of Montan,
at the city Of Butte as q measure Of To,
utmost Importance to q material vel
fare;
Second, That the city OF Butte, in tn
matter Of population, geographical loca
tion, railroad facilities, commercial stand
ing and productiveness, possesses advant
ages SURPRISING those Of any other city II
/ Montana;
! Third, That while we entertain the kind
lest feelings towards all other sections o
our territory, we yet assert that every con
sidefation OF fairness and ~justicsand Of tn
public welfare, emphasizes the wisdom o
the selection OF this city as the temporar,
capital OF Montana; therefore. be u
Resolved, That we hereby unanimously
and most emphatlcally request that thu
representatives of oliver Bow county in tht
constitutions convention will use every
| effort in theft power and exhaust every
honorable and legitimate means to secure
the temporary capitalat Butte.
We believe hat Silver Bow county with
it's thirteen representatives holds the key
to the situation, and that q united and
determined effort upon the part OF our del.
egation will secure the desired end.
We therefore most respectfully, yet earn.
esly, ask them to stand by the colors oil
Silver Bow county and the constituency
who elected them, and to let their battle
cry in this fight be Butte first, last and all
the time"
The reading was received with cheers. L.
3. Maillet moved their adoption, and it
was carried with enthusiasm.
Il. L. Frank moved the appointment by
the chair OF q committee of ten to present
these resolutions to the Silver Bow delegates
at Helena.
The chair stated that he saw no reason
why q place OF the commercial Importance
OF Butte with q population OF $4,000 pso-
pie, with resources unexampled elsewhere in
the territory should need to have it's claims
advanced for the capital OF Montana byits
citizens. Its delegates should be ready to
PIONEERING and prepondefated those OF every
other town In the territory without in.
~structions from their constituents, and he
thought it would be well for such Of
them as had avowsd their commit
tai to any other town to reconsider
and recant their pledges. For bis part
he had no intention to be at variance with
our neighbors. So far as he was concerned
il it appeared impossible to get the capital
here he was willing to take Deer Lodge, or
Missoula or wen Bozeman, anywhere to
take it away from Helena. [Cheers.l But
above all things he didn't believe in Butte
being any longer q tail to Helena. He had
that for twenty years and he wanted
no more OF it. He deprecated the idea by
the people Of Anaconda that we were op-
posed to them. Those who signed the
petition, he thought, were innocent OF any
desire to deprive Anaconda OF the greatest
luck that might befall the town. But so
long as Butte with it's population and
wealth occupied the proud position it did
he wanted to have that fact asserted and
against ell others. He asked
for expression Of opinien by those present.
In response to loud calls, Mr.. Frank
that he could not see the necessity
for further discus sion. His sentiments
were expressed in the resolutions. All his
interests were in Butte and he never had
any other than one idea on the subject of
undoubted right to the capital.
On motion OF Mr.. Kahnweiler, the com.
to visit Helena was increased to
bhirteen-one for each member OF the Silver
Bow delegation.
Several gentlemen at first appointed on
The committee by the chair begged to be
owing to the press OF business,
and others were appointed in their place,
The committee finally being composed as
W. M. Jack, NJ. J. Cornell. W. R. Ken
yon, II: L. Franz, A. Il. Barrett. Shelley
lick Conlon, d. j. Hennessy, Lee Mantle, /
W. McDermott aud w. Fl. Young.
DR.. Hough was among those first ap-
and in declining he made q most
orcible and pitby address. BE would not
or a moment have his loyalty to Butte
inspected, but his engagements made his
'tay in Butte at present an absolute |
necessity. He referred to the enterprise |
hat Anaconda had exhibited in this mat |
Ter, and said hat Butte had herself to |
for her backwardness. de referred !
10 the size and Importance oil Butte and |
aid that this city should give every
,ther county and town in the
erritory to understand that this was the
oremost city in it. This wal the first oeca-
ion on which he had seen any approach to
lnanimity, and he was glad OF it az an
.ugury OF a better time for Butte. The
ooner the citizens here gave unhesitating
xpression to their W sense Of the i'm
'ortanceo OF this city, thesooner it would be
eneraI1y recognized and admitted.
The meeting then adjourned.
w. M. Jack. the chairman OF the commit
90 uPpOiuOcuY w pi0cOAS ~ m0cc &AiVOoiAS /
adopted last night to the
Bow delegation desires TIE MINER to
tate that the committee will leave on to-
avs train at $50 p. m. Quite q number Of
ther citizens aside from the committee
ave signifed their intention Of going over
D watch the capital fight. /.
1t was learned after the meeting had adj
that during the absence of the
omlHittee on resolutions, in the course Of |
he discussion it had been suggested by one
r two Of the members OF that committee
nat q clause be inserted in the resolutions
the Silver Bow delegation to
ote for any west side town, but the senti-
Ient Of the majority Of the committee was ,
opposed to considering any other place ,
ut Butte, and SO it stood when the reso- !
Itions were presented to the meeting.
SAINTS AND SINNERS. !