The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-09

man Who has the interest of our state at
heart will do all in HIS power TO secure the
nomination OF some ono who ~ more
friendly to our interests. OF course, AZ
the partiaans are going to claim that Prasi-
dent Harrison ID friendly TO silver, but you
know how absurd that ia in the face OF the
evidence Of Senators Stewart, Wolcott and
Jones, the champions md brains OF our
cause, all OF whom nay the administration
has done Ill il its power to defeat the FREQ
cninuce 81 silver. Az to Cleveland. he 10
with that subject like all o~thers-honest
and bold-ho does not deny hia hostility.
And, il We are to choose between two ene-
mics. I am certainly for Cleveland
How about Hslens's chances TOR We
governor aD smphatieally. when the
people sattle down and express their
sober Judgment, they will decide in
favor OF Aelena, the commercial, geo
graphical, financial, educational = rail-
scarcely a county thar has not been bene-
fitted BY the pluck and enterprise OF our
citizens. by tao froa expenditure OF our
money in the development Of the mining
industry aud the construction CT railroads
or in sons other direction. Now, IN my
opinion, MoRtanians admire pluck and en-
terpriso and will not be governed by a
prejudice worked mp by a faw people who
live by and through exciting peoples prslu-
dices and dislikes. A few cases, illustrating
what Helena pluck n Helena money haa
lone outside Of this city aud county co. , w,1l
SSHelena built in Park county q railroad to
Red lodge and developed the mines there
by expending over q million and a halt
dollars. and giving employment 20
thousands of men in that county
directly or indirectly. hsisna con,
structed the railroad from Livingston
to- ths Cokedale works and developed those
properties. spending over . million collars
and ennrloying hundreds of men. Helena
has built roads through Jefferson county
and spent millions in the mlnsa there.
Helena's pluck and energy built the roads
through Cascade and Cheteau. Helena,s
nluok and energy built the original toll
road INTO Philipshurg, Deer Lodge county.
the FIRST silver mill, and later built a saAl-
road into that county from the Nortnern
Pacific to Philipaburg. Helena'a pluck and
energy built fifty miles of railroad into
Missoula county, and is now developing
tary exception, has reaped more or less nen-
etit from our citizens. am not one who
believes that sufficient prejudice can be
worked up to overcome these facts. Otner
towns in the state deserve great credit Tor
their enterprise, but il you do not include
the expenditures aud enterprises OF Marcus
DAILY, certainly there is no town That can
compar with Hslona's record in thai dlrec-
tion. The outlook for Helena was never
half 20 good. in my honest opinion, as II 10
to-dar,', he concluded.
what do vou think of the proposal! TO
utilize The water power Of the Missouri at
Stuhb's Ferry, governor"
Ut think it is not only of great import
ance to Helsna. bat also to the entire state
Of Montana. and the plans for utilizing it
ought to be pushed to completion at once.
As to, the opposition Great Falls is showing
to the enterprise, l do not believe the peo-
pie OF that City are fighting it. think the
representatives OF tho corporation and in-
dividuals are doing SO; and l do NOS believe
that the man who made the town. and owns
= great majority of it would lend his name
to fight this enterprise, and as our people
ara liberal patrons OF his railroad, l think
they ought to c~ommunicate with Mr.. Hill
at once, and I hope that rather than at
tempt to stop this improvement he would
urge its completion.
"Whst dc you think the prospects are
for building a railroad from Helena to Cas-
tle?" was asked.
"As you know" was the reply, s"pre-
liminary surveys have been completed. the
location is now being made, and l have
every reason to believe that the work will
now commence and be prosecuted to the
successful completion of the road"