The Helena independent., 1894-10-14
AGAIN SHUT oUr.
Great Fails People Cant Have Their Opera
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Special TO The IndepeEdont.
GRxAr FANS. Oct. t3.-Agsin the stors-
room in the Murphy, Hso,sy u Goa build
ing was crowded by an satnsst throns Of
sober and fair mladsd citizens Of Great
Falls 10 listen 70 sreumesw In favor Of
Helsns-for. the Capital. unsidsd by any
eatchpenny magic lantern show or cheap
talk Of alleged humorist Hon. X e. Ford.
in opening the meeting. denied that al any
had the opera house bssn obtainabls by the
Helena committee. ~ was falsely stated by
the Tribune. He followed this With q con-
dsnssd st.temsni Of the situation In the
capital fight
Pape,s throughout the state purchased
By AnkeondA monsy had not advanced q
single HRumsnt why she should have the
capital. bot dsvo,sd themselves to attempt
ing to throw dust In the eyes OF citizens.
It's . eontes, OF the state against cot
porstlon which. protesting 10 be demo-
cratic. had sent Iepublican TO the senate.
defeated T. u. Collins. denoeratie oandi-
date for governor, and 6nAlly had Audac-
iously dsslhTsd nine q majority OF thirty
Ave. A. Belt the evening before ID had
arsngsd free dance and free lunch and
presumably free beer 10 keep voters from
listening 20 Helena Arguments. The result
had been that The hall could not hold tho Q
who crowded to hear Major Maginnis aud
other Helena sptaksrs Similar tactics bad
been rssortsd 70 st Sand oouics. With SINH
lar sffsot-an increase Of votes for Helena.
Chhi man Ford's spseeh vas warmly ap.
plkudeL
George NJ. Bourauln. being introduced As
! the nrst speaker. pToossdsd TO score Tolnt
at the start by saying the time spoken of In
Revelation bad ooms-"Ths lion and ,hs
lamb lie dova together" Politics vs q
dropped for . more important considSrs-
tion. David VAS in the nsld and The lien
and the lamb oombinsd In self. preservation
against him, lie wATasd the audisuce that
the Tssult OF this election was practically
iTrsyooable and hence they must eouside'.
lie reviewed tho points In which Helena
was aul Tor 10 its oppoHsnt. and sonsid-
cred ths matter from q Moatana. not a
Helena, point Of view. In accessibility IL
was the alsI Of all The prlnsitAl lines OF
travel through the state. Railway lines
smanAtsd from II ss the spokss from o hub.
while Anaoonds vas ihs jumping OF place
of two branch linsG ths ultimate thule OF
Montana. Anaconda 10 not . railway con-
Ter. bula dssd center when the smsllSr Ia
shut down.
Ihs speaker compared the two cities In
churches and schools, whom a boOEJ Ana-
eondA booster In the audience called out.
whist good arc thsyr The speaker re-
piled. "A man who does not appreciate ihe
worth OF schools TO a community has not
sufiieisn, intelligence 10 argue With" and
the audience spplauded and there wee
many yells OF put him ouiF'
In tofcrsnee 10 the buildinR OF a refinery
at G.eAt falls by the Anaconda eomranI
the latter had taken the city onto high
place and pointing 10 imaginary. mighty
buildings had promised them II Great
FAlls would bu, fall dowu aud worship, bat
Great Falls had the sense 10 detect the
failAoy. Hourqulu continued In an auti-
thstio presentation Of the tvo oitiss, hold
ing tho Ni,sntion OF ths audisnoS 70 The
last
@. H. Nolan followed in speooh full OF
humor aud sloqueneo. he exposed many
Of ths eon,emptiblO aftinoes maaa use 81