The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-14
A VOICE FROM HELENA.

Lawyer Kinsley of Helena made
mess of it in Washington by giving ava,
the scheme by which Helena propose
t,hold the capital. Just why Mr.. Kins
ley should go all the way to the ~nationa
capital to dlvulge the secret passes al
understanding. There are three dali,
newspapers in Helena either OF which
would doubtless be glad to he the frs
10 publish the startling news. But tn,
gentleman locked the important snap il
his big. broad bosom to give if away tt
a Washington Associated Press reporter
three thousand miles from home. The
tribune kicks. not because MIR. Kins-
ley unloaded himself of a secret he could
not keep, but because it has to pay tele.
graph rates for it when it should have il
for nothing.
1t must be assumed the gentleman
speaks by the card. He is quite well
known in Helena. and indeed throughout
the state. as a speaker at gatherings of
benevolent and protective associations as
well as a lawyer, but the TRIBUNE has
never he I'D him mentioned as a political
prophet or party headlight. 1t appears,
however, he has claims to being both. If
not, why should he presume to outline so
glibly next years campaign in this state
and to ~foretell its results? The funniest
part of the whole business is that he re-
tires all Helena men as candidates for
state Offices and with them shelves Gov
ernor Toole and Col. Sanders. We gods!
How will Sanders take that? Won't the
"wah boss champ the bit which Kinsley
has so clumsily thrust between his
teeth? Retire Sanders! Yes. When
politics becomes a lost art: when men
become hewers of wood and drawers of
water; when offices of honor or trust OF
profit become things Of the past; when
the millennium shall come and the lamb
and the lion lie down together; when.
amid the crash of worlds and tho wreck
OF matter. Gabriel shall sound the last
trumpet and summon the dead and the
living before the Great Judge. Sanders
will be retired. Klnsley can't retire
him.
But it is refreshing to learn that no
Helena mar will run for a state office.
They will all step aside and pass the
whole pie to outside men. All they ask
in return is the capital. In other words,
according to Mr.. Kinsley, they will bar
ter their birthright as free-born Ameri-
cah citizens to accept or receive official
honors for a mess of capital porridge.
Begging Mr.. Kinsley's pardon, the TRIB-
n does not believe it. Helena wants
the capital but her people will never get
it by crawling on their bellies for it.
Helena is justly entitled to a fair share
Of candidates OF the state ticket of both
and her people would be doing
an injustice by not asking
or them. ,
Mr.. kinsley believes that sight will be {
ost Of national affairs in this state next {
year in the fight over the state capital {
local officers. The gentleman is
mistaken. There will be more politics I
% the square inch IN Montana next year +
han ever before. The old-timers and T
many not so old have not voted for pres Z
electors for many years. They t
Vill enter into the campaign with all G
heir old-time zeal. National issues will q
Ne discussed by the press and by speak \
rs and each party will leave nothing I'M n
lone to carry the state. They can do r
his as parties and yet the members can
.eep IA weather eye upon the site of the
permanent capital. And it is not say C
ng much to say that Great Falls will J
a large portion of that particular eye. v
I Mr.. kinsley represents the sentiments t
# the people of Helena upon the mat
ers herein noted, they should swear him c
o secresy the next time he leaves home. 6
die bar-room talk and street gossip G
bould not be made a matter Of news to
over 5000 miles of wire. 1t is a
n injustice to newspapers that have to 8
ay for the rot.