The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-12
keep their mouths ahnt pending the capital
c~ontsat; the Journal didn't know enough

conesat; the journal dtdn't know cnougl
for that.
The siss Of u all ID shat ths Helena Jour
nal has nov contributed its full share i
the capital fight, u has done ito utmost
Helena. from its atandpoinAa II AltoRsths,
too pure that II should permit itself 70 aut-
for support ~ ths hands Of Butte. AZ fal
a. the prospects Of Helena are concsrnsd,
Ne predict that ths Journals unchssts tall
will prove 10 DO the niost costly column 81
type that ever WA looked In 4 nswspapsFs
forms In the State Of Montana.
BuTTE lNrxR MOUNTAIN: Az to tho mo,
tives Of the journal, various conjecture,
are expressed. Perhaps II has figured on
that with Butte making 4 hot race for III,
capital. the chances Of Helena's Yictory
would DO improved aud II insults tho butt,
community 40 that the city will make til,
fight and avoid cooperation with Ana
conda. Bozsman or Deer Lodge for Thu
purpose Of taking Il away from Helena,
The ehect. however, may be contrary u
that expected, for. IL Butte ssss that vio-
tory is not certain for itself. II may taks 1
notion to call q convention representing all
ths aspirants except Hslens and than cast
1000 votes solid for the choice of that con-
vention. That would cook the Helena
goose in short order aud make either Butte.
Bozeman. Anaconda or Deer Lodge the
permanent capital Of Montana.
II tho article was published neither for
Interior effect in the capital fight nor AZ an
expression Of Helena's jealousy and malice
on account Of the great prosperity Of the
community, then it must be attributed to
sheer ldiocy on the part OF the fool Journ8l.
That paper haa been a hoodoo from the day
OF it's first publication, and IL Helena loses
the capital. the people over in Last Chance
Rulch will know to what evil influence to
attribute their undoing. There is not be-
tween the Rio Grunds and Lake Memphrem-
aeog or Key West and Port Townsend, a
newspaper that is 40 many kinds Of roaring
idiot in SO many different languages and on
such a multiplicity of subjects and with SO
little hope Of recovery, AS the Helena Jour
nal. To its friends it is a perpetual calam-
ity; to its enemies a source Of perpetual
delight.
BUTTE MINER: There can be no middle
ground. No compromise is possible. No
man in Butte can 20 to the polls and vote
in Helena's interest in the capital fight
without indorsinR the slur that has been
upon the decent women of this COM
No man who loves his homo ana
his family or who respects the home and
OF his nsiGhbor can fail to work
night and day from now until Nov. 8 to
bring the cal ital to Butte or to locate it at
point to be decided upon by the peo.t
pie of Butte.
As the Miner stated yesterday morning
The article in the Helena Journal was made
Helena's opening gun in the battle for the
1t made the issue upon the moral
ty and responsibility of tho city of Butte.
It is said to every man in Butte and every
friend of Butte in the state at large: 'If
you vote for Helena for the capital you
that Butte is a city Of prosti-
.tution. lust and degradation. You ac-
knowledge that the women who are
Ieen upon the streets of Butte are willing
Prey for your passions" That's what was
'aid by the Helena article and the article
mas gone broadcast to the world. II has
gone to the newspapers of the country, and
Russell Harrison's position as the spoiled
'hild of the president has given the paper
exchange list which reaches to the
end of the union.
The duty of every men in Butte and Of
every citizen who respects the manhood Of
The community is plain. It ID not q quss-,
zion of whether the people Of Helena ap-
prove Of the malicious attack. but whether
Butte will by indifference or neglect indo Sc