The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19

Los lOOfs
the greatest and most grasping corpor-
alton on the continent. Applause.l A
corporation which owns Helena, which
owns the men who are speaking for Hell
ena, corporation whose power for evil
is not limited to the state of Montana,
but which boasts that it owns the
congress of the United States, and
that it can secure the appointment of
such ,officers as it requires. lap
plause. This Northern Pacific which
employs the Helena contingent to look
after it's interests in the courts in the
departments and before the legislature,
which has for the past II years tried
to bribe every office-holder in the state
by furnishing them free transportation,
and thus placing them under obliga.
tions or control. In many cases they
have not succeeded, but when men re.
fused to do their bidding when called
on, 1t has never failed to call for q sur.
render OF the annual pass. Laughterl
The speaker then referred to land
claimed in Cascade county by the North
ern Pacific 70 miles from ite right of
way. In 1892 this was LOGO acres at 60
cents an acre; in 1893 1t had grown to
2,497 acres at 65 cents per acre, and in
1894, without any known or apparent
reason, they claimed 1908 acres, but
had taken care to notify the county off,
GERS that they did not propose to pay
taxes on it until the question of title
was settled. He had been asked why the
Northern Pacific wanted the capital at
Helena and had been told that
it could make no difference to the road
in the matter Of mileage where the cap
ital was located. That might be 30, yet
he would ask, why had the Northern
Pacific contributed 100000 to the Hell
ena campaign fund and furnished in.
Vulnerable special trains and free ex-
cursions. There could be no answer
except that it was to
CONTROL THE LEGISLATURE.
Even in the light Of these facts the at
torneys Of the road dare to tell the peo-
pie that every man who is for Anaconda
is owned by Marcus DAILY and wears a
copper collar. Mr.. Joy spoke of the
constitutional convention at which Hell
ena had urgently and persistently pre-
sented its claims to be made the capital,
and insisted that it was the only city
entitled to it. In spite of this the men,
bers Of the convention, who we're a rep
resentative body, If one was ever gath
cred in Montana, replied, you shall never
have it until a majority of the people by
popular vote say you shall have it.
Applause. In the face of this
they are insulting the intelligence
Of the people Of the state by saying that
all who oppose Helena are bought and
bribed. He spoke Of the vile charges
and inuendoes that have been made
against Mr.. DAILY personally and said
that the records of the courts did not
show that a single suit had ever been
brought by the company or against the
company for damages, or violation of
contract. He then related of an in
junction that had been asked for in
Park county by the great Northern Pa
cific to prevent poor baker from ped
ding pies on the public streets of
Livingston within certain distance of
it's depot (applause], but to tine credit of
the court the application had been
thrown out. Applause. Speaking of
comparing Daily to Pullman, he said that
when the trouble began the Northern
Pacific had it in his power to to settle
the whole matter by sending one little
telegram to Pullman [applausel; but in
stead Of doing that it had eepoused the
cause of Pullman and declared against
the men. He also spoke of the scenes at
Livingston during the strike. and the
discharge after the strike of married
Northern Pacific employees, and the re-
fusal to furnish them transportation to
seek new homes. No need to bother
about Marcus DAILY 80 long as the North
ern Pacific is in the country. Applause.
He had been asked what had Anaconda
ever done for the people of his section.
He would answer that while she
might have done nothing for them
che certainly had done nothing against
them nor never would which could not
be said of Helena. Applause.] In con.
clusion he said that Anaconda was q
labor town as were Butte and Great
Falls, and the interests Of the three
were identical, and for that reason he
was sure Great Falls would join with
Butte and cast it's vote for Anaconda
[Applause.]