The Helena independent., 1894-10-12
SOME M, ,IstuNELY NAILEn.

hOML Lin, nEN bhELt NAILED.
We have listened With good deal OF
patience and not a little curiosity dur
ing the past two months TO tho ever in
rreasng clamor Of the Anaconda Stand
ard and .he echoing shouts Of tho
hireling press and paid claquers through |
out the state in regard to the question
OF state capitol buildings. Patience was
in order to crafty the curios-
ity OF ascertalning TO what length they
would 20 in their auwise and ill-in-
formed assertions upon the subject.
They have stated time aud ngoin--scores
and scores OF times-that IL was mat
ter OF economy to build capitol build
ings at once, even at the cost, 40 their
public speakers said, OF 100000 or
more Gt the capital was removed 10 Ana
condal rather than submit longer to the
robb!ng rents charged the state 10y Hel-
ena people for quarters for state officers,
etc. IL is surprising that the Anaconda
Standard, boasting as it does of its en-
terprise rs a newspaper, has not in
qulred closely into this question before
getting itself and its echoes OF the press
aud the rostrum 30 far committed and
involved in statements Of absolute false
hood that there is no way out except by
acknowledging that they didn't kauw
what they were talking about, or that
tboy willully lied No longer ago than
yesterday the Standard asserted In its
leading editorial that "all the room
occupied by tho departments or by the
legislature is room owned by private
citizens in Helena aud rented at a high
figure to the state" ALSO that "llelena
that she has buildings she
would prefer to rent to the state for
years to come" Further "that would
lie a good thing for Helena real estate
owners but not for anybody else; there
would be no economy IN it for the tax
paying public, as tho interest on tho
cost Of state building, such as the
state ought to have, would DO far be-
loss tho llolenl rent roll"
This thing has boon going on long
enough, Rud it is time to call these liars
down.
To begin will, practically all Of the
state officers have quarters IN the Lewis
md Clarke county court house, by nll
odds the finest public building in Mon
tanu-and therefore 10 not occupy
"roam owned by private citizens in
Helena"
In this magnificent structure and oc-
cupying the choicest rooms in il, are
quurteroI:
Tio Governor.
Tho Secretary of State.
The Attorney General.
Tho State Trolsurer
The State Auditor.
The State Superintendent Of Public
instruction.
The State Land Agent.
The state Law Library.
The Judges of the Supreme Court.
Tho Supreme Court Room.
Tho State Historical Society.
These quurtori occupy moro than one
hnlf Of the fret loor moro thnn ono
half " tho second floor, and noarly all
~ tho third Hoor
What rental docs tic state pay for
thesc 1uar'og5? $1,000 per yonr
Tho quarters 30 occupied represent
two-thirds Of the ontire building tho
choicest portions of It, too and the
building cost IN round numuorB 31JOOGO
So it viii bo seen thnt LOWS and
Clurto county leases 20 tho state md
hos 10 loosod ever nince tho building
was erected two thirds ~ nn invest
nlent of $4,000 Tor 100000 Tor tho
nominal sum OF $4,000 Ter yoar Ioss
thnH two per cent per annum.
IL this oyorbitnnt! l0 il robblnp
rout rolls Can tho STANDARD and ita
echoes indicate q plnc0 wherc tho stnte
can borrow money Ior my such n rntc
or Tor less thnD thrcc times that rnte-
10 USE in tho construction II capitol
buildingsS The sl,oOUj0 capitol build.
ing which Anaconda talks of having tho
aiGto construct NJ the smelter city would
cost in interest nt tho very lcnst 100000
per yearl
Tho mining in7poHt0r, boiler inspec
tor. commssio1or Of agriculture and
labor, state veterinarian, aud stock com.