The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-11-07
Labor's Strong Arm in Butte Lifted in EN-
phatic Support of This City for the r
Capital of the State.
Last Nights Royal Rally for Anaconda
Pledges of Favor Which No Rival in
the Race Can Match.

Anaconda and Helena had Q close fight
for II. but Butte was not considered as q
real candidate and only by persuasion did
Butte succeed In getting q complimentary
vote of the west side. Then as now Butte
was not considered tho proper place for
the location of the capital. 1t Is q mining
city. and the greatest there is. As citi-
gen OF the west side, Of Butte and OF Mon
tana, want to see the capital located In
the city which will be of the greatest In
rests TO the whole state. II Is to tho
best interests OF Butte as Of all the west
side, 10 have tho capital located
Mt Anaconda" Tremendous applause.
Mr.. Courtney continuing. told OF the
closencss OF the two cities, Butte and An.
aconda, the latter only can win. The
speaker paid q glowing compliment to tho
energy and enterprise of Marcus DAILY In
making il possible for the small mining
camp to become the great city. He had
made il possible for SO many to be EN-.
ployed here at high wages and to he in
business here. Mr.. Courtney spoke Of tho
merits of Anaconda. but aside from that
| considered that the welfare of Butte itself
should demand the location of the capital
1 In the sister city. II is OF more interest to
have the smelters than capital. Taxes
will he increased TWO fold by bringing the
capital in here.
| Mr.. Courtney spoke of the new railroad
and what Il would do for Butte, Ana
conda and the western part of tho state.
Charley Lane Talks.
Charley Lane. tho silver-tongucd young
orator Of the Carpenters union. was tho
next speaker. There were about dozen
disturbers In the meeting and they tried
several times to interrupt Mr.. Lane, and
when one of them said something there
was cry of ''put him out"
''No," said Mr.. Lane. "let him come
down on the stage and Ill divide my time
with him."
Mr.. Lane spoke as follows: .This
looks somewhat as though the capital 10
coming TO the west side of the range. 10
may be IN Butte, Deer Lodge or Ana.
conda. but Helena will never get II. As o
laborine man and a union man. there 10
no spot on Gods green earth feel SO bit.
ter against as Helena. Helena 10 the home
of the owners of the Occur d'Alene
mines. A resolution was passed by the
Silver Bow Trades aud Labor assembly
last spring declaring that We would do all
IN our power to defeat Helepa. They say
some of us union boys arc traitors to b lite
by taking up Anaconda. Well, let ITEM
think so. Last Labor day We were for
Deer Lodge. and you would have said the
same thing had we been fighting for Deer
Lodge. We do not want the capital in
Butte. but We want II on the west side. II
has been said that Peter Breen. Frank
Reber and are bought and owned by Mr..
Daily. want to tell the man who says
that, Is right, that II Is Q lie. [Creat
applause. ! want to say no man .ver
lived who will have collar around my
neck. I challenge any man i'm this audi
ence or on the streets TO say that ever
received cent that did not earn by my
hands or my brains.
"Those interested in the Butte move
ment are mostly real estate men. aud q
mo re cold blooded. heartless set of in
dividuals never lived ON this earth. A
real estate boom is the biggest curse that
ever struck the man who tolls. ] have
been driven from town to town by real es-
tate boomers, and ! don't want TO be
driven from Butte. ! was lurcd from
New York to Florida by real estate BOOM
ers and ] almost starved there. / went to
Son Diego and while was there wages
were reduced from 81 to $3.50. I went to
Seattle and Tacoma and Spokane. aud it
was just the same. Thousands walked
the streets who could not get work or n
place to sleep. And still the real estate
boomers were advertising in eastern
papers for laborers wanted i'm Spokane.
Land In Spokane to-day is selling for
more than what II will be worth 20 years
hence. Butte is good town now; let's
keep Il SO.
''Real estate booms never did and never
will help town. People are trying 10
make dude town out of this. We want
Il to remain mining town. They tell Us
tho gentry will 60 to Anaconda II the capt.
tai goes there. Who arc the aristocracy :?
We have 5000 miners aud 400 other
workingmen In this county. They are the
aristocracy. They are the men who make
the town. We want no land boomers
here. There never was a decent capital
town. No. not even Denver. In Denver
wages have come down in II years from
IS to e2.75 aud IS. Tho capital here will
never give us another days work. One
little mine. one small smelter, employing
Is or 20 men 10 worth all the capitals that
were ever built. Since the greater portion
of Montana's people is on the west side
the capital should come to this side.
ave don't want II in Butte" continued
Mr.. Lane. Butte Is the best labor town
in the country to-day. We have not YET
had trouble as in other sections. We
want this to be so In the future. No ca D.
ital will help US here. The capital would
bring land boom, and thousands Of In.
borers would be brought in TO compete
with us and the price Of labor would
surely go down. We can't maintain the
! unions when scabs come in, but when II
Is advertised in the East that % per day Il
the lowest wages paid in the town wber,
| the capital may be. thousands of work
. ingmen will come here and we can mo-
L IL.