The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-16
ANACONDA's CLAIMS.
They are Feebly Discussed before a Miles
ity Audience Last Night.


ity Audience Last Night.
The Anaconda meeting last night was
somewhat 10 the nature Of a jelly cake.
First layer Of light crust, then a spread
OF very tart jelly; then some more scrust;
then some sweet Jelly, and then another
layer OF crust. The crust was repre-
sented by Mr.. Light who opened. di-
vided, and closed the meeting with fiery
oratory; the tart Jelly was found in the
labored sarcasm of Mr.. Paschal. and the
sweet was supplied IN liberal doses by
Geo. Haldorn whose long experience IN
talking to juries has made him past
master in the art OF fiattery. When one
reflects on what was said last night ii
would seem that IL the YELLOWSTONE
Journal had not been issued yesterday
afternoon. and IL the ladies OF Helena
had not sent out circular to ladies OF
the state, Mr.. Light and Mr.. Haldorn
would have had but little to say; for the
former devoted most Of his time TO the
JoURxAL. and Mr.. Haldorn was without
inspiration the moment he put the cir
cular out Of his hands. Mr.. Lights
main point was that the JOURNAL was
wholly in error when it stated that IL
the capital went To Anaconda the state
would have to buy the site for its build
| ings from the Anaconda company at the
companys price. and he proceeded to
demonstrate the falsity OF this charge
by reciting how by apprasement,
school district acquires site on which
to build a school. intimafing that the
same process-simplicity itself-would
be restorted to. to vest thetitle OF the
| capital site in the state This it is true
| is the process when an agreement can
not be reached between vender and ven
dee, but how dses that help the buyer
in place like Anacondaf Mr.. Light
did not tell his audience that the ulti-
mate jury in such a case is board Of
appraisers composed OF the citisens OF
| the county in which the land is situated.
Knowing what we do OF the absolute
/
company its little kingdom. does anyone
for moment suppose that board OF
appraisers could be found who would
dare to render verdict IN opposition to
the wishes Of the company. Mr.. Light
after the manner OF his profession, used
an authority so far as it helped his case.
and then dropped it; had he followed it
10 its conclusion. his audience would
have quietly seen the point made herein
and his denunciation Of the JOURNALS s
editorial would have scattered in smoke
At the passing Of the first section OF
Mr. Lights train OF remarks, Mr.. How
ard Paschal was introduced. Mr.. Pas
chal is a gentleman Of rather harsh
aspect: he wears a smooth face whose
lines are not the lines OF beauty and he
aims at dramatic effect by struts and
poses eked out with askance glances
from pair Of small but beady black
eyes. His voice is not pleasing one and
his manner OF speech Ifs Jerky. Cousid
ering these haudicaps and the very de
/ pfeSSiDR erect tldt BIN eoiiu iD"S VI
ladies wearing Helena badges must have
had upon him. il was not to be expected
that he could or would thrill the aud
ience with his Ieloquence. In fact Mr.
Paschal was distinctly commonplace ol
, toward the end. tiresome. His ithem'
was the Goldfish sristocracy Of Heleni
versus the workingmen. and like thu
demagogue that he is. he played thi
one tune with. every conceivable varia
ton. and in extennation Of the campaigl
Of bribery and corruption that the Ana
3 conda company is conducting, be boldly
E brazenly and unblushingly declared tina
"the decalogue and the golden rule hav
3 no place in this campaign II we ar
I to believe Mr.. Paschal, and certainl
current events bear witness to the trut