The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-26
HELENA AND ANACONDA.
The Republic Article Created a Great
Deal Of Comment Around the
Hotels Yesterday.
A Helena Man Shows n Friend
Wherein He Believes It
Was Wrong.
So Far a. the Lcwls aud Clarke rown h
Concerned II WIN Not Bs a Contest
for the Purchase OF Votes.

lie in reference 90 the capital contest
caused a great deal Of comment among al
classes OF people AZ the Hotel Helena
was the absorbing topic. 90 the exclusion
even Of the Corbett- Mitchell contest Sew
sral commercial men got into very heate'
arruments, and among them was the rclre
sentivs OF Minneapolis house. III
started the discussion b. handing helenI
ncquaintance q copy Of yesterdays lSnE
rESnrNr. and, pointing to the Republic
story, askei: Have you noticed this ar'i
clsr'
Yes" replied the Helena man. II hav
read t."
well. what do You think Of itl" ssks'
the Minneapolis man.
There is good deal Of truth in the ar
tiels." replied she Helena man. and Oh
suggestion OF TuE INDEPENDENT editoriaill
that ID furnishes food Cor reflection IL GER
tainly true. The case Is stated very fairly
tits question Of money on one sid
against merit on the other. The infesenoei
and conclusions | Go NOS agree with For
Instance, there Is no doubt that Mr.. DAILY II
dong great deal OF missionary work on Z
money basis In his cause aud can undoubt-
edly be called Oh 20 expend even laiges sums
in undertaking 10 carry his point as the
battle goes on. but / doubt his securing
success"
well. what is his point anyway quOr-
led he OF Minnesota. lis there going 30 be
any great advantage in getting the capital
at Anaconda in a financial way for Mr..
Daly2 / understand be Is all there is Of
Anaconda."
"well. that is question about which
nen dider." was the reply. 1T is generally
conceded that you remove Mr.. Daily and
his excessive aad erratic expenditures and
inside Of i've ysArs Anaeon-a would again
be the home OF the tirnid cotton tail" and
his murdot Gus companions the cayots. The
general supposition is that outside Of some
real estate speculation financially there can
be no advantage 20 MT. DAILY. OF course
this move was undertaken soma yeas age
when 10 would have been possible to have
flooded the east by false stories and ell
sorts Of cunning devices IN the way Of
maps. ETC.. thereby securing great deal of
money for town lots, and originally that
entered considerably into the scheme. or
course no sane man TO-DAY euppoees that
real estate on paper can be hOated, even II
10 be located sc the capital OF q state Of
over a hundred thousand population.
The real point Is that 10 Sub
conceived TO be highly desirable some
years ago Of becoming the political bose
and dictator Of Aoatana. he tried this
line Of operation very SUCCESSFULLY with his
men while in Butte, but finding that Butte
was too large 4 place TO be owned BY one
man be removed hia works 30 Anaconda,
where there was no opposition. de bought,
he owned, he controlled everything. The
Jack rabbit and the coyote removed TO a
respectful distance; the men on the pay
Toll' removed their hats in respectful
obeisance. What more was 10 be desirtdl
But being Of highly imaginative mind
and ambitious spirit be conceived the
brilliant idea that 10 would BE- pleasant to
have a similar relation 10 the entire state.
For the purpose OF carrying out this idea
be assumed the role of political boss" Of
Montans. and while labelling himself a
democrat be was quite willing 80 carry
water upon both shoulders and at the same
time when q third PARTY came into sgist-
snce be ives found TO be equally willing 10
rule its destiny as we'll as the other two"
We'll, as matter of fact Is he not
looked upon IS great friend Of labor
aud OF the miners in particular was
asked.
10 answer that question fairly" was
the reply. zone should say tlat in his early
career Mr. Daily IL said to have had some
considerable trouble with the labor element,
and Is is said became thoroughly intimi-
dated and the difficulty was settled By
their SECURING What they wished. since
then Dir DAILY has been said TO have
sneezed when the "eadors' took snuff on
various occasions. ll IL fair 90 say that
tEsre IRE mining Interests that are not
owned by Az. DAILY. ar. DAILY Is moro
particular a snTewd politician than q
miner and a better huffman than either.
lie has manaQed 90 impress upon the people
the general idea that he was doing oil tie
mining done n this state. or course be 10
a leading miner Of copper, ana he mas art
fully contrive1 to max II appear that lie
alone is holding up labo- aud its wages.
The truth 10 he is paying no more than tho
average mining wages, and 1 am told not
80 much az tho ave age a. Anaconda. lie
fact u It goes right back 10 the old DrOpo.
aitiou. Whenever a man IN late years has
slriyen 10 succeed politically he Las usually
adapted tue Rypocfltica. character Of the
IoOr mans friend, o aa 10 D. mOr5 gen
srallg termed, the friend Of labor.
Tweed was great friend Of labor some
years ago IN tbs city OF New York. Boss
Kelly" assumed tie role. ana we believe
10 has been adopted By almost
every successful boss, r-pnblican or dem-
Ocratic. since Tweed. In the cess Of DAILY
there Is really nothing 10 %; according 10
al accounts, be "a sending men al over tho
county 20 urtiuily dIsslmulate his true
position aud 10 create false impreEslona in
sic minis Of the labo.ing men OF lIs great
hAa fAcfuM ltAhu4uulN 10 tAeU anu 30
attribute 70 him tho qualities OF honesty Of
purpose. IN this manner securing thei.
votes. That money Is spent laVishly 20
bring about this false conception Of his
motive Is doubtless tr1e.
Now 20 illustrate. For years past tbs
pfotscted Industries Of the east have car
Tied the fede al elections time ate time
by sic vote % the men by them employed
Carnegie aud all the great friends q Labor
assisted IN this work OF political disaimula-
tion. IL ~ the same old. old story. nud IL
does seem strange that the laboriug eIe-
mHnt OF Montana do not understand that a
nan WHO was working m ner twenty years
ngo and who to-day lives Ia "a palGtas
hotel, spending money lAvishly, travelling
back and forth IA special car like a
prince. can hardly le a trus philnnthropist
and operating dlaIutereatoily in the inter
est OF labor; and ] believe that tho labor
element OF Montana will SEQ through 40
thin disguise that is merely worked for q
purI ose, and q urpose 80 transparent that
10 cannot b. doubted either 90 TO Us fallacy
OF its hYpoc isI."
Well, now, are You not a little severe ia
your personal criiic.fm.' inquired thc Min.
neapolis man; 'or IA other words. nave
you any reason 90 think that thls o. tursly
Political matter Win Mr.. DAILY done with
she inteution OF controlling The statefn
well, my answer - thai Is sImuly that
We can only Judge tho future by tns past.
10 Is not twelve months since this slme
ruling spirit that controls aud dic.etss the
very allotment Of fresh air that is indI-
Vidually bTeatte1 in AuEconda threw this
whole state into the most disroputaLle con
dilon that las ever been Witnessed By
living men or recorded IN ths political
records OF this eountrY. Montana to-car
10 represented a. Washington bV only one