The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-11
POLITICS..
''How are you, Pen?"
Chow are Won. Tom?"

How are you, Penn"
"How are You, Tom?''
| "Come in and have q talk"
1t may be interesting to politicians I
known that the above was the FIRST inter
change Of words between w. J. Penrose an
Captain Tom Couch for two years and eich
months. They happened to meet ON tn
train yesterday morning, and coming fac
to face the reconciliation followed. TIL,
cause of their former enmity il unknown
but matters are all right now. Lately th
quarrel was renewed and Penrose's pane.
The Mining Journal, has used the captain
name very frequently. When the public o,
a certain occasion was misinformed. tn
Mining Journal came out with mani,
apology and explanation. The two Cornish
| leaders are now good friends and NO furthe,
difficulty between them is anticipated.
~
The republicans of Yellowstone count,
are making strike for the Chinese vote
much to the disgust Of laboring men. Ii
previous years the republican leaders il
Billings have boosted that they could vote
certain Cinnamon. The list Of voters in tn,
county shows the following names: Sot
Hoo Chong, Long Kong. All 10y, Loo Hoo
Ming, Charley Lee, Lee Lutte. Last year al
of these men voted the straight republican
ticket through the influence of prominent
Billings republicans. They are in the same
hands this year, and it is also reported on
good authority that Chinese Carter club
will soon be organized. These Cinnamon
have taken out their first naturalization pa
pers, and according to ATTORNEY General
Haskelrs opinion, are therefore entitled to
vote. The Butte republicans are making a
still hunt for Chinese voters throughout
the city and suburbs, and have al
ready been promised assistance from
several prominent Cinnamon. In re-
turn for this the republicans have
been promising that if returned Carter will
use all his influence to have the iron clad
Chinese exclusion bill repealed. This has al
ready become known among laboring men,
who are highly indignant. Montana has a
good many of these Chinese voters in various
town but up to this time no serious effort
has been made to draw their support.
Within the past week a certain Chinaman
In Helena who always bets on elections Of
fered to wager $500 that Carter would be
elected. When asking why he was betting
on Carter, he said:
Il ee'te' tip f0m lepublioans."
These little incidents show that the re-
publican leaders are after votes regardless
Of the interests of the laboring men. In an
interesting chat yesterday one of the more
nj aI hi re h. n.A
'You perhaps do not fully understand the
extent of the effort now being made to re-
woke the Chinese exclusion act. The five
in San Francisco have men at
work in Washington, with plenty of funds
at their disposal, to bring about this end.
believe you call them lobbyists. The act
is great injustice to the Chinese race, but
we hope to have it changed during the next
act of congress. l don't know who will be
elected, but think our chances of getting
what we want are better when the republi-
sans are in power, because the majority of
aboring men in the country are democrats
his country comes from labor organiza-
;ions.''
w.
Among the recent converts to the de- |
in Helena is Clarence Kinna,
whose father was the first republican MAYOR
If Helena. Mr.. Kinna has never known
what it is to vote democratic ticket but he
Is out for Dixon this fall and will use all
mis- efforts to elect him. Mr.. Kinna says
that Carter's tzeachery to the silver interest
Is the main reason for his change. He WAS
in Washington last winter and met Repre-
Bland, one of the great friends
silver. He heard Mr.. Bland make a speech
On this subject and found that the demo-
cratic members Of congress were solidly in
favor of free coinage. Mr.. Kinna likewise
discovered that the republicans on the other
hand were quite as unfavorable to this
This settled matters with him
and he will vote for Judge Dixon who. as
be believes, will be found at the front when
an issue Of Importance to Montana comes
up for consideration.
W.
Another republican who will vote the
ticket for the first time is Will
lam A. Kirkem, the we'll known accountant.
Mr.. Kirkem says that he knows of eight
young republicans who will 20 with him,
The Mckinley bill has worked the change
in Mr.. Kirkem's views. 1T is the biggest
steal ever attempted under the guise Of
egislation, /" he said. land the party respon-
'ible for it should be overwhelmingly de-
:eated. have taken some pains to study
he provisions and effect Of the bill and am
thoroughly satisfied that it will work untold
injury to tho workingman. have been
talking with several merchants in town and
I'm told that the prices on nearly all COM
modities will be raised. A tailor told me
hat the cost of fine suits would DO increased
ZEN or fifteen dollars. At the same time
have heard of no anticipated
rise in the wages Of the working.
men. When the full effect Of