The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19

pressed their condemnation of Helena
on every hand. And the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor assembly passed the
following resolutions:
BUTTE, Mont, May IA, 1892.
Whereas, There is an organization in
the state Of Idaho known as the Mine
Owners association whose objects are to
destroy organized labor by lowering
wages; and
Whereas, A number of business men
and aspiring politicians Of Butte, Hell
ena and other parts of Montana are
members of said association; and
Whereas, We believe it to be our privi-
lege and duty to retaliate whenever DOS
sible; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the members of
the Silver Bow Trades and Labor as
sembly, pledge ourselves to do all in our
power with the various organizations to
prevent said persons from receiving any
patronage whatever from organized
labor.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves,
irrespective of past political affiliations,
to refuse to vote for any man for any po-
sition in the state of Montana who is a
member of the Mine Owners association.
Resolved, That as citizens Of Helena
seem to be the backbone OF said organic.
alton, we will do all in our power to de-
feat Helena's candidacy for the perman-
ent capital at the coming election; and,
be it further
Resolved, That copy Of these reso-
lutions be spread upon the minutes, a
copy to be given to the press for pub
lication, and copy be given each union
comprising the State Association OF
Miners; one to every local assembly Of
the Knights of Labor throughout Mon
tana. and to every other trade and in
dustrial body organized in Montana,
with a request to each body that the
resolutions az adopted be read in reg
ular meeting from now until election.
BY order of the Silver Bow Trades
and Labor assembly.
That was two years ago; we have not
changed particle since; we will cast be-
tween nine and ten thousand votes in
Butte; we have 5000 organized men;
5000 men today have signed the Ana
conda Capital club. Applause. have
not signed myself; hundreds and hun
dreds have not signed it, they don't
think 1t necessary to sign it, and won't
sign it. Now, they are going to vote for
Anaconda. Now, can you understand
the statement made by the Independent
that Helena will get 50 per cent of the
votes? Never in the world. Anaconda
will get 90 per cent of the votes, prob
ably more than that, Of Silver Bow
county. The greatest population Of the
state is on the west side too; it is
practically solid. and there is not a
county in the state besides that, in the
east, but what Anaconda will hold heI
own. Applause
FEEL FULLY CONFIDENT
and sure that the connecting link that
exists between Butte, Anaconda and
Great Falls, with the ore constantly
streaming this way, coal constantly
streaming the other way, 1 am sure and
confident that when election day comes
that the people on this side of the range
will say at Anaconda is the fit and
proper place for the capital and that
Helena is not in it. Applause.
zen from Butte, who is in the room this
evening-the only one know of in favor
of Helena, and / know more men in
He came out here in the interests of
that he could not do anything and went
full. He told me that it reminded him
Of story he once heard: Two Irishmen
we're walking along and sat down by the
roadside to rest. One OF them discov-
cred something and didn't know what il
was, but he thought it to be alive. and
presently he touched it with bis cane
1t moved. 1t happened to be turtle
Somebody had chopped it's head off
The cane touched the head and the
mouth snapped, and he said, "Be Jabers
it amt dead yet,' and the other fellow
said, ut can't be alive il it's got its head
chopped off," One Of them bet IS that il
was dead and they argued for a long
time and cane to the conclusion
that they would have it set
tied by the first man who
came along; the first man happened tt
be an Irishman alec; they explained the
case to him; he looked at it and touched
it; it moved; touched its head and il
commenced to snap it's jaws; didn't know
what to make of it, and scratched his
head and said: "Be jabers. don't know
what to do about this, but I am going tt
decide that it is dead it don't know it,
And that is just about the condition
that Helena is in. Applausel
Another little article that amused me
that saw the other day-this is thu
Helena Independent. 1t says here thai
the city clerk reported one evening las
week at the regular meeting that they
had warrants for Sll ,292 20 issued during
September, and that they also had $29j,
293.41 outstanding warrants. No wonder
they want the capital to boom their rea
estate; don't blame them bit. Helena
today is plastered from top to bottom
with mortgages. Her boom five or 81,
years ago caused scores of poor fellow
to 60 there, buy a lot and put up little
honse; the bottom dropped out of tha
kind of boom, which it always does
left the poor fellows, with all their year
Of toll, with all their pluck,
| DEAD, BROKEN, BUSTED.
Helena today has municipal debt o
considerably over million dollars: sh
has gone to her EXTREMIST limit; can
borrow another cent; every building i
mortgaged; everybody is in debt. NJ
wonder they want the capital to try ant