The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-10-14
FOR II

Did you notice the big bright moon
last night: As it peeped up from the
eastern plain, it seemed to pause, and
then almost in an instant came into full
view presenting the great orb of night in
a manner to surprise and delight the
spectator. 1t was not the pale, silver
moon" told of in the old song, but was
like the huge platter of FURNISHED gold
that figured at the coronation of ancient
kings.
In the period during which this
splendid moon has grown from the light
and slender crescent which was all that
was seen of it a week ago, a change as
great and as wonderful has taken place
in the development of Great Falls as a
candidate for capital honors.
By some power almost as magical as
that which works the changes of the
tides and seasons, the light and the dark
ness, the people of the state have been
aroused to the Importance Of deciding
this capital contest wisely ana well. 1t
is as if an inspiration from Heaven had
brought them to see the truth. The 81
lent agencies that work beyond and
without the power Of man have accom-
plished what mar could not do. and in
spite of Doodle and bribery, promises and
threats, the grand voting army of the
state is coming into line for the ideal
candidate, the greater Pittsburg of the
west, the city of Great Falls.
That this is no idle or fancy picture is
evidenced by a thousand things which
can not be fully explained, but here is a
hint from the Anaconda Standard that
should set the skeptical TO thinking
throughout the state:
Great Falls is very earnestly in it, after
all. That city's candidacy for the cap
ital has not been attracting so very much
attention, but they are at it up in the
Cascade county seat, and the Great Falls
canvass promises to be one of the
most effective 10 the state. The
Standard is in recent receipt Of in
formation from sources that are emf
nently trustworthy respecting affairs in
Great Falls. This news confirms what
was said when that city first took the
field; its citizens are earnestly at work,
the home support is enthusiastic and
the city promises, apparently with war
rant. to surprise the state with the vote
il will poll in behalf of Great Falls for
the capital.
Here we have one of the most discern
ing and authoritative newspapers in
Montana fully recognizing the impor-
lance of this city's candidacy. A news
paper that is conducted without fear or
favor, and solely for the purpose of sup
plying the new as it finds it, a news
paper possessed of the widest and best
means and methods of learning the
truth, and that always has the courage
to print the truth. Mark what it says.
and then ask the reason why. Is it not
that the Standard has learned of the
feeling Of the w%orkingmen Of Butte and
other portions of the west side, and of
the large vote Great Falls will poll
throughout the eastern and middle sec
tions Of the state?
Yes, it is doubtless this, and the addi-
tional fact that the Standard knows that
Great Falls is one of the most promising
cities of the state, and that she is the
only one calculated to satisfy all the peo-
pie, or a very large proportion Of them,
as a site for the capital. The Standard
has seen this city more than double it's
population in the last two years, and it
knows that we are forging ahead in a
manner to astound the world. No won
der the Standard appreciates the impor-
lance of Great Falls as a candidate.