The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-09
POST, POLITICS, CAPITAL.
Ex-Gov. Hauser Talks interestingly
on Three Very Live Local
Topics.
What He Says About thc Men
Who Worked for the
Post Bill.

Cleveland and Harrison tho Presidential
Candidntos-HsienA In Good shape
for the Capital Contest.
1t is not very often that n newspaper man
can spend thirty minutes uninterruptediy
with ex- Gov. Hauser, but when the inter-
viewer Id fortunate enough to do 40, he can
always get the governor to talk In an enter
tainjng way ON topics that are of local and
tate interest. But he ID one of the most
difficult men in the northwest to interview.
owing TO the fact that in a tsn-minnte talk
he will 20 over q dozen topics discussing
each in his decisive way. and keeping the
reporter on the jump to keep up with him.
There is no man who is mors often mi e.
quoted, or to whom statements are credited
he never made. Thisisnot done maliciouslv,
but tho eastern reporters, when they talk
to the governor, get such lot of inforn,a-
tion in little while, and much Of it is on
subjects with which they are not familiar,
that they get ratified, and write what they
think he said, and not what he did say.
The governor is always willing to talk to I
newspaper man. and give him any ,nforma-
ton he may want, and is never backward
abont expressing his opinion on any sub
ject. The greatest difficulty is to find
him alone. Yesterday morning Mr.. Hauser
was coming down town alone, and an INDE-
PENDENT reporter. who had been trying to
catch him for two days. concluded IL was
his opportunity.
Governor" said the reporter. II see the
Butte Inter Mountain claims that in an In
tsrview with you, published in the New
York Press. you said you were in favor OF
Clevelanps denomination. The Butte paper
says that statement is not consistent with
your position on the free coinage of silver.
How is that?''
The governor. who had probably expect
ed some remark on the weather. stopped.
and in his energetic way said: "Oh, we'll,
you know you newspaper men claim almost
anything that suits your own ideas. The
facts are that you can almost quote mans
words and yet put it in such form as to
convey different meaning The very In
teryiev from which the Inter Mountain
quoted stated very plainly that said to
Mr.. Cleveland that my first choice was
Senator German. or some western man who
was more friendly to silver, and this is GER
tainly my position. The truth is the inter
view referred to was largely the fruits Of
the imaginative brain Of the reporter"
What do you think of the establishment
of military post at Helena?'' Was asked.
Il think the post" said the governor, ''is
going to be a wonderful benefit to our
town. and in fact to the whole state. It's
great Importance consists in the fact that
the location selected and the 1ecommenda-
tion to build was made by our greatest mil
itary men, as central roint to concentrate
forces in the event of any future trouble
with our neiphbors across the line. This
fact insures not only the little pittance of
100000 that has been appropriated, but
will run into millions, besides the millions
spent in sustalning the troops at the fort,
which will certainly be great benefit to
the state ut large and particularly to the
farming community. 1believs it has add
ed % per cent. to the value OF the real es,
the house Col. G. A. Brosdwatsr and Rus
sell b. Harrison each sent me telegram
containing the good news. My reply to
MIR. Harrison was published in the Journal
the other day. consider Col. BtoadwRter
the prime mover and general in this post
business"
.Govelnor, have you any objection to
telling mo what you said in your dispatch
to Col. Broadwater?"
None whatever" Mr.. Hauser replied,
II said: Many thanks. We all appreci-
ate your successful efforts. Hope you will
patch to Mr.. Lyman" continued the gov
crnor, 'but did not receive any from him.
He certainly deserves great praise. and our
city could have had no better representative
of her interests in Washington than he.
found that all the controlling men
in both houses had high opinion OF him;
and he was acquainted with at least all OF
thnaa whom I knaw and MANY mora -
''THE INDEPENDENT published an item tho
other day to the effect that the Montana
club building difficulty had been settled.
Is that true?"
Yes" Mr.. Hauser replied. II am happy
to say that is practically settled. The
money is ready, and doubtless tho titles
will pass to the club in very fsw days and
work be commenced. When completed
there will be no town in the United States
Of double our population with 80 expensive
and handsome club building. The great
bulk of the cost has been donated BY our
oltlzons."
..What do you think Of tina mining out
look. especially in reference to Helena7 was
asked.
In my opinion" was the reply, "never
in our history has this industry i'll our I'M
mediate vicinity been half so prosperous az
it is ut this very moment; and will further
say that believe before fall there will be
Il ON three to five times as many men en-
ploycd as ever before. base my opinion
on what ia being done at this very moment.
In the first place, you will remember that
the United Smelling and Refining COM
pany, nt East Helena, has almost doubled
Its capacity. and is at this very moment
still increasing and improving the works,
and they have more ores than they can
handle. These works have to-day cost over
$500, 900. and they are about as complete AZ
any IN tho United States. Nessrs. Spratt.
Edgerton IL Child have completed their
smalter ut Boalder. which they claim land
l hope and believe truly olaim) will be able
to work large quantities of low grade or es,
pyrites of iron; of this class
of ore there are thousands OF tons
i'll our immediate viclnity. Onos
find IL market for them, and they will en-
ploy thousands of miners i'll their prodnc-
tlon. In addition to this, the Peck Con-
company, backed by A. M. Holser
and myself, have just completed three dif-
ferent plants costing us in the neighborhood
of $200.0O0. The object of these plants il also
to work low grade. base ores; and neRotia-
tions are now going on for thousands OF
tons in the Ten Mile and other districta in
our immediate vicinity. The plants already
erected have Y capacity of from 20O to 300
tons per uay, and il successful. which We
hope aud believe, will be doubled or trsbled
before fall. These create 4 market for
thousands Of tons of ore that would not be
worked heretofore. Every mining man
knows that there are ten tons Of that kind
Of orc to work where there are two tons OF
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