The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-03
GREAT FALLS FOR CAPITAL L..

GREAT FALLS CAPITAL.
The people of Great Falls h~avespoken.
'fhey have said in tones that canno be
mistaken that Great Falls should enter
the race for capital honors The mass
meeting at the opera house Wednesday
was large and enthusiastic and was
made up of representative business men
of the city. This is a guarantee of the
sincerity and earnestness of the move
ment. 1t has not had its origin in any
political aspirations nor in any real
estate schemes, but in the abiding faith
of the people that Great Falls is the
most suitable place in the state for the
location of the seat of government.
Great Falls does not enter the contest
with any appeal to sentiment, nor for
the purpose of taking vengeance OH any
other aspirant. She has nothing but
kindly feelings for her competitors. Her
position among her sister cities is such
that there is no room for jealousy.
Great Falls goes into this contest as a
| plain matter of business-and will make
her canvass on business principles. The
people cf this city regard the location of
the capital as a business proposition and
not a matter of sentiment. And they
believe that a calm and careful consid-
Grafton of the question will lead to the
,np,l,cinn by fha nanpln nf fha ctufn
that as Il business proposition Great
Falls is the most suitable place to 10
cate the capital.
There has been a great deal said dur
ing the last few weeks, in the discussion
of the capital question. about the beauty
of this town, the accessibility o that
town and the situation of another town.
So far as these points are concerned
Great Falls may lay claim to all that any
other candidate may arrogate to itself.
There is no prettier town in Montana
than Great Falls. Two years hence
there will be no town in Montana with
better railroad facilities than she will
have. She is situated as near the geo
graphical center of the state as any other
candidate. Moreover the immigration
into the state is largely into the northern
part and in a few years Great Falls will
be nearer the center of population than
any other candidate.
The proper location of the capital
should not be judged merely by present
conditions. The future must be con
sidered. The people of Montana are to
decide this question not for themselves
alone but for those who come after us.
Judged by present conditions Great Falls
has as good a claim TO the capital as any
city in the state. Judged by the certain
conditions of the future her claim is
much better than that of any of her
competitors. There is no city in the
state that has had so remarkable IA his
tory AS Great Falls. There is no city in
the state that has such prospects for the
future as Great Falls. In six years she
has grown from a village Of IA few hun
daed people to the third city of the
state. Six years more will see her the
first city in the state the commercial.
financial and railroad center of the com
monwealth.
These are not speculations. They are
facts-fa"ts that should he carefully con-
sidered and weighed by the people of
Montana before they east their ballot for
the capital.
The people Of Great Falls, while they
appreciate the advantages of this city as
a capital. candidate must not delude
themselves with the belief that they
have a walk-away. IL Great Falls Sc
cures ii place in the final contest it can
be only through hard work. The en-
penses Of the campaign will be heavy
and money must be raised to carry it on.
Unless the people of this city are willing
to contribute literally to these expenses
and are willing. moreover, to give up
their time and energies to the work of
the campaign. they had better give up
the contest right now. With hard work
Great Falls can win. With alf-hearted
work when the ballots are counted Great
Falls will not be in it.
Which shall it be?