The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-09-08
Last Chance So|nbre Echoes.
Rush at the BrOadwatcr Natitorium
Still Unabated.
Clark, Hauser and DAILY Have Their
Own Printers Ink:
Broa.lwater has Brains and gets intn
The Papers alec saMee.

rem streets.
E. D. Edgerton. president of the Motor
line, is now in the east purchasing addi-
tional cars for the motor road, which it is
intended to run by electricity, as it is
cheaper than coal.
The last story of the Merchants Nation
al bank building is being rushed ahead
with all possible speed. This will lie the
finest bank building in the city when it is
completed. On the top will be seventy
foot tower in which will be Il clock to no.
tily the citizens Of Last Chance gulch
when to go to bed and get up.
The massive granite building on lower
Main street is climbing heavenward.
This will he the finest business block in
the city and III fact will have few equals
i'll any of the large cities east. Hon. T.
G. Power is the principal owner.
The rush to the Broadwater hotel still
continues. The great bath plunge is fill
ed nightly by scores of men, women and
children swimming around like tsh--it
is a great resort.
The appointment Of Major Eaton as
surveyor general of Montana meets the
approval Of men of all parties The maj
or is not only one of the handsomest men
in Montana, but he will make one of the
best officers that has ever filled the posi-
tiOn.
The registration of voters goes on swim
mingly. Both parties are hard ut work
drumming up the boys and marching
them up to the registry agents office.
The political campaign is growing in
strength and excitement. Meetings are
held nightly i'll nearly every ward and
the managers of the respective parties
are hard at work devising ways and means
to gather in the voters. Each party has
opened up a headquarters on Main street
and flung their banners to the breeze.
Both feel confident of success and are
working like beavers to gain the day.
The new democratic "Daly'' Standard,
published ut Anaconda, came out on
Wednesday. 1t is a full-hedged, free
trade, anti-registration, publicrtion. 1t is
The size of the Helena Journal. 1t steps
right to the front as the real and the only
organ of the democracy of Montana. 1t
has millions to back it and the democra-
cy of Montana will now have to drink
from the 'Daly' fountain or get left. Col.
Broadwater is the only one of the Big
Four who has not an organ to battle for
him, but then Broad don't need an organ,
he has brains Clarke owns the Butte
Miner; DAILY the Anaconda Standard and
Hauser the Helena Independent. So the
machine wags, all harmonious at the pres
cnt time, seemingly, but the day is not
far distant when the bubble will burst
and then look out for Purifying season.
There is always a calm just before II
storm.
| The coming week will see one Of great
activity in political circles in Montana.
The orators OF both parties will be on the
stump and the thunder Of eloquence,
good, bad and indifferent, will echo from
mountain ttp to mountain top. The
stumpers of Montana are the equal of
and good many Of them superior to
anything in that line that grows and ma
lures in the eastern states.
The federation of trades will fling to
the breeze in few days labor paper
under the name Of Montana Labor Argus
1t will bc all experiment, but il sufficient
encouragement is received, it will be
made permanent publication.
The Scandinavian citizens will also
have an organ in Il few days. 1t will be
republican in politics.
The late rains put out good many OF
the forest fires that have been devastating
the forests and ranges of Montana for the
past six weeks,
The political outlook in Montana is not
as glorious for the democracy as they try
to make believe. There is revolt all along
the line and the kicking and brckiny il
good Geal of apprehension. 1t is though
by some that free application of Doodle
will heal the brecch, but time will tell.
The great fight appears to be ccnterin:
on the members Of the legislature. The
The Big Four are moving heaven and
earth to capture the senatorial prizes, bu
then there is many a slip twiXt the cul
and the lip and the chances are tina. thu
Big -Four will get left out in the cold.
The great blow about this and tia
prominent republican going to kicI; owe
the traces and support this or the othe
democratic candidate, has flashed in til,
pan. The republicans are united to
man for the ticket from top to bottom
There is no kicl; or split t-;,ll is harmon,
and good will and all arc going in to vii
this fall.
There never was political campaign i
the history Of the west when SO mucl
Doodle was atloat as in this one. Their
appears to be no limit to the Democrat
purse. The doodle flows like water i
all directions. A gentleman resident c
. Park county says, that in his county e>
cry democrat has his pockets full an
looking for more by every mail. III
same story comes from every county
the state. This enormous expenditure {
money shows one thing concl,lsivcly, an