The weekly tribune., 1894-10-12

much Helena nad QOne Tor Great Fails,
and outside of them and very generous
and uncalled for abuse of Marcus DAILY
and the Anaconda company, had said
nothing. [Applause. At ,ozeman the
Helena gentlemen had declared that
Helena had given them the agricultural
college, aud at Missoula they claimed to
have located the university there. At
the latter place they had gone further
and one OF the speakers had declared
that IL the capital was located at Ana
conda, all the etate money would be used
for the erection Of buildings at Anaconda
and the university would not be built.
How absurd was such statement in the
face of the fact that the state does not
own building, not even foot OF ground
in Helena, and that state buildings must
be erected, no matter which city gets
the capital Applause Such are the
arguments used by Helena; the great
benefit 1t claims TO have been to every
other other community and abuse OF
Marcus Daily. Thus far, as far as he
could learn they had not advanced one
legitimate reason why the capital should
be located at Helena. Those who mad
listened to or read the speeches of the
Helena gentlemen would suppose that
Marcus DAILY lapplause was the most
diabolical william that ever entered the
state. Nothing had heen said by them
of the relative merits of the two cities,
and the only discussion had been Marcus
DAILY, good or bad. [Applause.l He had
KNOWN MARCUS DAILY
for sixteen or seventeen years. Knew
that he came to Butte to take charge of
the Alice mine, and after being there
two or three years he had taken charge
Of the Anaconda properties. Applause. !
Since then Mr. DAILY had employed
thousands and tens of thousands of men,
and handled millions and millions of
dollars, and he had never heard OF
his wronging any man Iapplausel and
that he had r. rtliglously lived up to every
contract he had made. During all these
years he had never knew OF a single law
suit being entered against Marcus Daily
ur the Anaconda company by anyone in
its employ. Applause During the years
which he had been in Montana his life
had been an open book which could be
real by all in the two counties in which
he did business. IApplausel Yet this is
the man who is pictured as horrible
ogre whose only ambition is to drag
down the people and the state. No man
is entitled to any credit for being just,
but man is entitled to credit for being
generous. Every man owes it to himself
to be Just. but he does not always owe it
to himself to be generous. The Ana
conda company, like all mining compan-
les had had it's mishape and disasters. IN
the hazardous business which they fol-
lowed number of lives had been lost.
On one terrible occasion nine men were
killed in the cage, yet there has never
been a case in which the Anaconda com
pany has been sued by the widows or
heirs of the men who lost their lives in
the mine. The reason for this was OBJ
vious He had it from undoubted au-
thority that the company always had a
substantial way of showing its sympathy
for the survivors OF these terrible calam-
tiles, and yet they are told that this com
pany il monster and has sinister dc.
signs to
ENSLAvE THE PEOPLE.
You have heard great deal of talk
about the danger of locating the capital
at Anaconda, because Marcus DAILY
might corrupt and control the legisla,
lures which will meet there. This is
now about the only Argument Of Helena
What an insult to the intelligence of the
voters! You are told that such men ae
Paris Gibson and Robert S. Ford, whom
you have sent heretofore to the halls OF
Of the legislature, are in danger of being
bribed to betray the interests and wei
fare OF their constituents by the Ana
conda company. 1t is foul insult tC
the voters and will be resented by them
in emphatic terms at the polls next No
vember. Applause
have no fault to find with Helena's
ambition to be the capital OF the state
, 1t is only a praiseworthy ambition. Ii
is her methods OF attempting to gair
this end that I criticise. Their staple
stock in trade ia abuse OF Marcus DAILY
and the Anaconda company. The Other
day, to bolster up their failing cause
they called on the ladies OF Helena for
. aid and the ladies met, as was perfectl.
proper for them to do, and this is th'
{ action they took First they appointed
| committee to go around and solicit
little money to assist in the campaign
, which was admirable in them. Mex
they passed resolution calling on tn
, pastors, and preachers and priests o
, Helena to
r PRAY FOR THAT CITY,
thus administering most signal rebuk
to the capital committee for they evi
, IDENTIFY realized that the men Of that cit
: had lied about Anaconda SO much tina
| it was necessary to take some steps a
once to avert the just wrath Of the Al
mighty. [Applausel Some of you kno,
that in the last stages of sickness, whe
) the soul is lowering between life an(
> death, it is customary to ask for prayer
for the dying man in the churches. Th
action of the ladies is significant an
|. prophetic, for have noticed that whe
! people reach that stage whore publ
prayers are asked for them in tn
churches they most always die. Helen
has reached that stage. Laughter an,
applause. Helena has made claims O
being a social center and has effecte,
certain tone of social superiority owe
her sister cities. l believe, however
; that this is no good argument for tn
location OF the capital there. In m