The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-08

and Rockefellsrs among the entire people,
1t would be among the BEST things that
could happen. A'hundred thousand dollars
is enough for any man or family. Then i
could be done by bank or corporation zap
ital. One of the great dangers to this ma
ton ia threatened in the concentration OF
wealth in a few hands. An enormo indi-
vidual capital working by methods OF Sc
crecy which are at the command of a crafty
anybody. Some judges even can be bought;
at least, such things have happened and
therefore may happen again. Certain
members of the legislature, sometimes
amounting to majoritiss, are always pur-
chasable. Given on one side 4 rich, crafty.
lawmakers. and on the other side judges
and lawmakers who are ready to be bought,
and you have q combination that is q per-
| petual menace to free institutions.
And now a word about the Worlds fair.
People on the Atlantic seaboard made a
mistake if they think that the Worlds fair
at Chicago is going to be a Chicago fair; or
an Illinois cattle show, as some snssrers
have named it. Chicago is not handling
the Worlds fair. The United States has
the job in hand, and the location Of the en-
terprise is a mere incident. The fair had
to be somewhere. New York, Washington,
st. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago wanted
it. One could only be appointed, therefore
four had to be disappointed. But at the
proper time all of them, and the communi-
ties which they represent, will put their
shoulders to the wheel and the great move
mont will go on.
Chicago got the prize of the location be-
cause she worked for it. There is a certain
spirit in the west that is progressive and
proud, and full of insistence. 1t exists
and it shows itself; you can't repress it.
Ihe New York people didn't thoroughly
comprehend this; thoy too it for granted
that the community at large would agree
with them that New York city was the
only place in America to hold a worlds
fair. and while they reposed quietly in
this belief the Chicago men went TO work
and used all the arts of persuasion known
to mankind, appealing as we'll to prejudice
as to local patriotism, and in short they
''got there"
Perhaps, after all, Washington would
have been the best place. 1t ia certainly
tho capital OF our great nation, and the ma
tons glory and strength are embodied
there In the public buildings, which next to
the invisible Institutions OF freedom are
greatness. Then in Washington the
United States owns the land; the District Of
Columbia belongs to no state in particular;
it is just as much a part of Illinois or the
Dakotas, or California, as OF New York or
Massachusetts. The United States, through
its congress, could have voted and erected
public buildings, and these could have been
permanent, and other nations could have
deposited their fabrics and machinery
therein. and we could have had a sort Of
perpetual Worlds fair there; and the state
pride of every citizen would have been en-
couraged, and no ones feelings would nave
suffered. This was a ~favorite dream of
mine; but it was not to be.
There will, however, be a great display in
Chicago. Chicago has the finest parks in
the country; the city itself in spite of all
slurs upon the small river that ereeps
through it is a noble one. Its citizens think
that there is not such another city in the
whole world, and they will strive to impress
the same belief on the minds of all the
world at the proper time.
b. p. HUTCHINSON.
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