The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-06

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posed Of representatives from tho fon
west aide counties OF Silver Bow, Dec
Lodge. heavorhead and Missoula, TO deter
mins what west aide town shall DO pre-
ssntsd. Such \ placo shis paper believe
will receive 4 ' sry large majority Of tn
vote OF Miasoula county. 10 he auccessfa
the west aldo must present a splid 'front.'
TOWNSEND MKssKNaxas The light for thu
state capital Ia now on In earnest. Iht
candidates now In the fold "a announced
by ths metropolitan press are Butte, Dee'
Lodge, BoxeMan, Great Falls and Helena,
while the Boulder papers boom that town
and the Billings pansrs do the same. Butte
has been playing Il 1ne, Manv of her Lead
ing people have been making the Hoasman-
itcs believe that Butte was solid for that
place, but last week they showed their real
solors and are now for Butte, frat. Last and
all the time, Az the Boxsmanites have
bsen given tho grand bounce II will be In
order to rstsliate. md II 10 no more than an
even bet that on the Sth day Of November
that Boxsman will b. solid for Helena. II
has been tho boast Of the Butte press and
people that Helena wanted everything.
These utterances we're made in derision, but
\ higher complainant could not have been
paid to Helena. OF course she wants all
abe can gst, 40 does Chicago and all other
progressive places. The good book teaches
this whom it says: ASK and ye shall re-
ceive." Helena has asked for many things
and received a few. Butte has asked and
received nothing. That's where the shoe
pinohsa The people at Butte would like
to have the capital located there. Why?
Because - was stated IT q recent meeting
thsre that 1t would double the value of
property. The same may b said of Garri-
son and Logan. The reason ia a purely
selfsh one Not one Of Butte's mouth
the change fIom Helena to Butte would be
beneficial TO the citizens of the state Rener-
ally. 1t will be q free-for.all fight, but
when the votes ave counted it will 10 found
that Helena is still Tin it,"
AIssouIA GAZETTE; J.. F. .Brazleton. G.
J.. Joslyp, s. +. Larahis and j. b. McMas-
ts;s, four we'll known Montanians, resi-
dents Of Deer Lodge, who came here last
Tuesday. are making inquiries, among
other things. a. to how Missoula stands on
the capital question. They all have much
to say in favor OF Deer Lodge and they say
it very we'll and convinoingly. They are
authority for the statement that Marcus
Daily has said that if Deer Lodge is the
choice of the west side be will be for Deer
Lodge tooth and toenail and that if she
gets the west side nomination she will get
the capital. Mr.. BrnEleton says that he has
SO far only seen one man in Missoula who
10 in favor of Helena and when the gentle
man wal asked for his reasons he admitted
that it was because he owned real estate
there. 1t appears also that tho Helena peo-
pie are decidedly arrogant and overbearipg
in thar claims on the capital and they
openly deolaIe that they will buy the neces.
sary votes to keep the capital where it now
ia.
PHtL1psBuRa MAIL: Several of Butte's
people, among whom may be noticed a
number of real estate sharks, have declared
themselves in favor of Butte for the CAPT.
tai. We oan see nothing wrong in Butte
making such a claim. In point of popula-
ton, enterprise and influence the smoky
and unhealthy camp undoubtedly has the
best Of any other town in tho state. But
We don't believe the capital belongs in such
a place, and our opinion is shared by a
large number of people in this section who
admire Butte as a great and prosperous
mining camp, but hold to the idea that it is
no place for the seat Of government of this
great state. Philipsburg has no claim or
aspirations for the capital. (some unchar-
liable might say because We couldn't get
IL - This n ha %r,o r,rrh ~ o,- -,x
we won't deny it, Oar aim is to have the
permanent state capital located at some
central. accessible point with regard to
population, and We believe that it should
be located in Der Lodge or Helena, as
coming nea' est to the idea of convenient
location, A mining camp like Butte is no
place for it, and Great Scott, where would
they put the capitol building! Out beyond
Missoula gulch, in Dublin gulch. or down
on Smoky Flat. near the Parrot smelter.
whore the base ball grounds a"e located?
But. still. We don't blame Butte for trying
to get the capital Or anything else in reach,
if she can.
BOULDER SENTINEL: Beautiful Boulder is
not buying her way to capital honors like
Bozemun. Butte and Deer Lodge. She
SIMPLY dshs Vuo PGopio u AlontAna 10 take
into consideration "everything.' and then
if our cause is not a just one, We are willing
to give up. II is p obable that the legis!n-
t1rs will appoint a committee whose hnsi-
ness it will be to examine the different can
didated locations, which 81 of cou Sc
will be submitted to the legislature for
action thereon. Then will come our turn
to "laf." And how cunning Tie newspaper
men of the above named towns are! They
never mention Boulder at all in connection
with the capital. Guess they think we
amt in it!
We don't say much, but when it comes to
the tug of war the people of the state will
know just which aide their bread ia buttered
on. Boulder il tho oenter of the state aud
no man cap produce one single argument
against her being qualified in every pa tic
ular for that honor. Some people tel! US
that We have not money enough. That is
all bosh. Money Is a great convenience
wish we had some now-but it will cut no
figure in the capital question this fall.
Merit will win and we expect to win on the
first ballot. There are many people, bright
business men. who think Boulder the place
for it, and they live in Helena md Butte,
and other outside places. We are in it!
Knights Tempiar Excursion.
Tho JTpiop pacifc ovo$a,p Il, ,ooL;r.