The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-11-04
Special TO The independent.

Special to The Independent.
Great Falls. Nov. S.-Feellng, which
for the past two weeks has been grow
Ing rapidly for Helena. eliminated to-
night at meeting which was addressed
by Judge Mcconnell. Pat Meaney and
Major Maginnis. Applause came in at
every few sentences, and grew from
hearty clapping at first to repeated
cheering and waiving OF hats at the
close. manw of the audience standing
on benches in their enthusiasm. Judge
Mcconnell said few words on the re-
ported Helena conspiracy. At the close
OF registration Anaconda had nearly
as many voters as she claimed popula-
tion. The Butte, Anaconda a. Pacific
had been colonizing men along their
line, and Helena sent over two reputable
citizens To obtain a copy of the lists.
public documents in the custody of the
registrar. This was refused, and they
proceedd to the next best thing, took
the old lists and prepared a challenge to
every man whose right to vote was
doubtful. Then they We're called detect
ives.
1--WE met the Anaconda committee
short time ago in the interest OF a fair
count. Because we desired the pres
ence of stenographer to prevent
garbled report OF our words, Durston
refused 10 proceed. We submitted a
proposition In writing. and after many
hours of delay they sent an answer
which lodged the issue. One of The
county commissioners went so far as to
say that a Butte man who voted for
Helena could not be honest This IL
their fair dealing. We have another
here tonight. You are not clean enough
To occupy the opera house because you
are disciples of the Helena hog"
The speaker turned to a diagram OF
the state on the wall and exploded the
position question, showing Helena's SUI
periority in that respect To the modest
little town in the corner of the map.
col. Broadwater repeated cheering),
when alive. gave as his verdict that
Helena and Great Falls could never be
rivals. One would shine by her great
manufacturing. the other by her COM
mercial resources"
Anaconda's taxpaying has been queer.
Her taxes in Cascade county amount
to about the sum that Helena has eA-
pended In the capital fight, and Hell
ena = taxes paid here nearly equal the
Doodle Anaconda has used. In Silver
Bow she has defrauded the county and
state OF enough Just taxes to boodleize
the entire state this fall, Then she comes
out as "A friend of labor and masquer-
AIDES in the garments OF Butte. though
everyone knows that she pays less
wages. Helena has never posed as the
patron saint OF labor. The most sane
timonious are not the most righteous,
but posters which | see tackled up all
over your city show that her pay roll
Is enormous throughout the state. IL
Is because they see the terrible conse-
quences Of legislation in the grasp OF
the Anaconda Copper company that
men who have always been favor,tlly
known TO labor are opposing It. That ls
why w. A. Clark and Thomas Couch are
lighting against Anaconda cat the
mention of these names. particularly the
latter, the audience, which included
many smelter men. cheered until the
speaker had TO suspend several min
utes)
Cheering was continued as Pat Mea-
ney came forward. introduced by Chair
man Downing as the man who had
wiped the floor with Peter Breen I'm the
Butte discussion. 81 come here to refute
lying reports scattered through the
state by Chas. Lane and Peter Breen
and other pretended leaders OF labor. I
challenge any Anaconda boomer to
meet me and debate this question from
the standpoint OF an American work.
ingmnn." Here man In the apdlence
rose and said he would debate the ques.
tion, giving the name OF Morrison. Mea-
ney accepted, saying he would meet him
tomorrow. "A workingman In the au-
dienCe stepped forward, saying, mo
you won't He's not n workinEman.
He's patent medicine quack. and you
shnn't stoop Ga discuss with him"
Meaney continued: You will curse
the day you cast vote for Anaconda.
Peter Breen is now boosting for her,
but have n resolution which read to
him in Butte, and he had to admit it
was genuine which says he told u false
special session OF the legislature one
year ago was not passed by a majority
of the mass meeting of the Trades and
Labor assembly In Butte. | presided
over that meeting when the president OF
the Miners union, who Is now stumplng
the state for the Anaconda Copper com
pany was frightened out Of II. Peter
Breeu In a traitor to labor when he SAYS
the man who drove the knights of
Labor out OF Anaconda In 1856 In the
friend of the worklngman. The Stan
dard gave Va the worst OF Il every time
I'm the Coeur d'Alone troubles. oircu-
lated lies. and then said II would not
retrnct when II was caught. | can
name more members OF tho mine own
ers association I'm Butte than there are
In Helena, and who fought union men
more bitterly
"The Anaconda Copper company.
Brccn says, employs ten thousand men
how many Will she have after olec-
tlunf Five thousand OF them will be on
( the road, Pctor Brcon N spying ON
labor unions. running 10 MRrcua DAILY
with n report OF what we do Cheers
/ why will you be union men 9Gi days In
( the year, and on election day be acah.
voting with your worst enemies he-
cause of your preIudlccs2
! Peter Brccn HnyH, i can't drink tlol-
epn vyatVr Al makpa mo aigls and the