The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-02
Tuesday. October 2. 1894.
A FREE wHlskEY CAMPAIGN.


the same racket that Livingston and
Billings were recently the recipients of
and now they are off to some other
town to whoop up for Marcus and as
tonish the saloon keepers and FOUNDERS
with their reckless prodigality. 1t must
be said of our Anaconda friends who
were here last week. that they are. one
and all, pleasant affable gentlemen; peo-
pie of culture and refinement, and un
doubtedly the cream of Anaconda's bust
ness and social world. Yet being such.
they must look upon their present en-
ployment as uncongenial il not degrad-
ing. From the tactics adopted here, and
We learn it is the same everywhere, Ana
conda has abandoned all hope of inhu
encing.the business men, and is after the
floating vote that is susceptible of such
attentions as were a feature of last
weeks campaign in Miles City. The
confession is practically made that Ana
conda has no arguments with which to
impress favorably that class of citizens
who have property interests in the state
and who therefore have its permanent
welfare at heart. while on the other
hand it seeks to control the impression
able and thoughtless class with the
basest Of influences unlimited
drinks. There may be some few to whom
this latter would be controlling but we
scorn to think that there are many in
this small community who can soberly
relish the idea of being considered as
bought and'paid for SO tar as their vote on
the capital is concerned. by the drinks,
few or many, that the Anaconda boom
ers gave them last week. AS matter of
fact it was a shameful spectacle that
was exhibited to the people of this Or
derby little city last Friday, when a
crowd of possibly one hundred was
marched from one saloon to another un-
til every place of the kind was visited
and orders given to give them what they
wanted. with the implied assurance that
the generosity of Marcus DAILY in the
matter OF free whlskey was going to
secure the vetes of the crowd for Ana
lconda. Under ordinary circumstances
the crowd would have been dispersed |
by the local authorities, but it was fair |
week and the presence of large num-
ber of visitors operated to induce a len |
iency not usually observed. IL a ques- |
tion that is Of such vital interest to the
people of this state is to be or can be |
settled by the wholesale distribution Of |
free whiskey, it we're better for those of |
us who do not belong ia the DAILY gang
to look for locationsIelsewhere 1t is no
slander to say that Mr.. lDaly's only ar
gument in matters political is money.
His ambition to have the capital 10.
Gated at Anaconda, is not of that par
donable kind that springs from local
pride. IL he was not the kind of a man
that he is. the selection Of Anaconda.
though an undeniable calamity, might
be accepted with resignation, but there
are other signifiant conditions that
tend to make the mere thought of such
a selection uncomfortable to any citizen
who hopes for and honors purity in pub
lie affairs. 1T is not pleasant to admit
that all men are not proof against
bribery. Experience has taught us,
even in the few years of our statehood
that rich political prizes are generously
paid for if the conditions of bargain and
sale can be established. The question
every voter should ask himself isis it
safe to put the sittings of legislatures
\ ND the official IN not act,,l bor,, -
Every state officer. in the little princi-
pality owned by such wholesale dealer
in political privileges as Marcus DAILY?
Can we who have a pride in Montana
and its future afford to do it? Will it
not more than ordinarily induce mer-
chantable men Ito seek Office? A cor
poration whose wealth is almost fabu-
ous. and which is not compelled to :
,Dunt the cost Of attaining any des-
rcd end, owns and controls every inter- Z
ut mercantile, financial and industrial '
in the city Of Anaconda. Every resident
wears its collar. for those who have re-
belled have been exiled. To this extent
Ehsss 10 no more absolute monarchy on
- lace Of the earth. And it 10 to this
D11ee that We are asked to remove all
- nsehinery Of government Of this new
1nAe. Those who witnessed the Ana
0da free whiskey campaign in Niles
Xty last week are we'll calculated to say
vhsthsr it will be safe to comply with
Ais request. They have had fair I
nmpIe # Mr. Days estimate Of the !
arity Of the elective franchise. Al
AOugh there were many bright men
'aoug the Anaconda delegation, men
no on occasion can speak forcibIy and !
'eEsuasively, Sthere was no attempt 1t i
living in public an argument in favor Of !
Inaconda. No, nothing Of this kind, I