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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

The gold bugs of republican Wall
street are just now engaged in a most
despicable and unpatriotic move, having
no other object than the defeat of the
democratic party. BY concerted action
they refuse to issue the gold which they
have boarded, and are thus compelling
the treasury to pay out gold for foreign
shipments until the reserve has nearly
reached the s5O,OOo,OOO mark. They
hope by this course to compel the secre
taryt to issue new gold bearing bonds and
then turn the fact to the disadvantage
Of the administration. Let the voters of
Montana remember that the only way to
overcome Wall street is by the election
Of a democratic congress and the pass
age of a free coinage law. Think Of
this and act accordingly.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
FREE COINAGE.

Reports from the east all show that
the democracy are making a gallant
fight and the prospects of success are
more than bright. The silver issue is
being put in the foreground and no
democrat will be elected who is not an
advocate Of free coinage. This being the
case can there be any excuse for the
people Of Montana voting for a republic
an for congress? No matter what bis
personal record may be, Mr.. Hartman is
a republican and his party is unalter-
ably opposed to free coinage. A vote
for Hartman is an endorsement Of gold
bugism, Wall street and trusts. A vote
for Corbett will be a vote for free silver
and the best interests Of Montana and
the producing masses all owe the land
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
The Helena howlers have made a

The Helena howlers have made a
great point, as they suppose, by abusing
the Anaconda company because it owns
about 5000 acres OF land in Deer Lodge
county. Not one of them has had the
manhood to say this land was bought
and paid for by the company, because
the property was injured by the tailings
from the smelter. Nor has one of them had
the courage and decency to say that the
Northern Pacific Railroad company owns
219,73 acres of land in Deer Lodge, all
Of it given them by the United States
government, and much Of it among the
most fertile land in the beautiful Deer
Lodge valley.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
T

At a Helena for the capital meeting
held in Butte, one of the distinguished
speakers, Col. Sanders we believe, told
the people Of that city, that the mines
Of the section, were only temporary"
In saying this he also intimated, that
Butte and Anaconda, would disappear
from the map, while Helena was
destined to abide forever. just what is
to become of Helena, or for that matter,
the greater part Of the state, if the
mines are only temporary, the Helena
gentleman did not explain. He could
not, for he knew that the mining in
dustry, is the foundation of the states
present greatness. Neither did he say
that the geological surveys of the mines
already opened and being operated even
in the Butte district showed an almost
inexhaustible supply Of ore, and that
there are many mines that have been
hardly touched. He did not say that
the deepest mine in that district is only
down 100 feet, and that the Anaconda
company is now engaged in sinking the
shaft of the High Ore No. 2, to a depth
of 1000 feet. Instead of telling these
things and truthfully saying that the
mineral wealth of Butte was beyond
comprehension, and that with the i'm.
proved appliances for the reduction of
low grade ores it would last for centuries,
he insultingly and hippantly told his
hearers, that the mines and city we're
only temporary and would loon play out.
This campaign conclusion Of the Helena
orator is known to be false by every mar
who has worked as a miner in any of the
great properties, Of the Boston & Mon
tana, Butte e. Boston, Alice, Gagnon,
Moulton, Anaconda or others. 1t seems
strage, but it is a fact, that the Helena
orators, and Helena papers, take a de-
light in doing all they can to injure the
reputation, and credit of Montana, be-
fore the world, and while they are thus
stabbing the state by word ard act, they
are with P%ecksniffian phrase proclaim
ing their patriotism and virtue.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

The Butte Miner that at
the Helena meeting in Great Falls Mon
day night the hall was crowded to suf-
location. To make the story complete a
list Of the suffocated should have been
made a part Of the report. 1t would
have given ar air Of credence to the yarn.
Then, too, it could have added that the
unfortunate victims who survived and
the families Of those who persisted were
in receipt of kilograms from Helena ex-
tending sympathy and offering material
aid. The reporter of the Miner meant
we'll, but he is not up to his business.
A lie Of that character needs to be nicely
rounded out.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

people by talking tariff and hard times.
1t will not work. 1t is now fully appre.
ciated that the great panic was the re-
cult Of republican Encouragement, ex-
travagance, and corrupt legislation, that
time has brought about a partial resto-
ration Of business, but that there will be
no permanent prosperity until silver is
restored to it's rightful place in the
finances of the country. If the people
of this state who are deeply interested
are true to themselves and their own in
terests they will realize the exact con-
dition of affairs and will pay
no heed to the talk about
tariff which has been settled at least
until the new law has had a chance to be
tested, but they will stick to the one
proposition, that is paramount "free
coinage" There is no evading the fact.
that democracy is the only hope of the
people 80 far as free coinage is concerned,
and il Montana does not strengthen the
ranks Of its friends and aid it's own
cause by returning Hal. S. Corbett to
congress, it deserves all the bard times
that can come upon it. This is subject
in which every citizen of the state is
interested, but the workingmen more
than any other class. Free coinage
means general prosperity and work for
all at good wages; it's delay means a
continuation Of the existing unsatlsfac-
tory condition Of affairs. Open your
eyes, help yourselves and vote the dem.
ocratic ticket.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
BEGGING THE QUESTION.

The ladies' Helena for the capital club
Of Helena, having begun campaign work
in earnest, sent a delegation to Missoula
to organize a branch in the Garden city.
After a canvass of two days a meeting
was held at which, according to the
Missoulian, a Helena paper, there were
sixteen ladies present. There can be no
objection to the ladies organizing clubs
wherever they a get membership, but
they should remember that they have
reverently invoked the aid of the Al
mighty for their cause, and they should
be careful to say or do nothing that would
show they we're not sincere and honest
in their appeal for divine aid.
There is an accepted belief that the
Almighty knows right from wrong, and
that the recording angel charges up slips
Of the tongue, ever when INDUCED in
during campaigns and that cunningly
guarded phrases cannot hide from him
the intent Of the speakers or relieve them
from moral responsibility.
In the face Of this one Of the Helena
ladies, in addressing the Missoula ladies,
said, according to the report in the Mis-
soulian: "Everywhere the mothers,
wives ard daughters are arising in the
majesty of their womsnhood to resent
the slurs and insults that have been cast
upon them by the paid organs and
mouthpieces of the Anaconda company
In the belief that their sex should not
be slandered and that their homes and
children should not be made to suffer by
the unholy Vaccinations of an alien foe
they have taken the field in the Of
| the common veal"
In making this statement the lady, to
put it mildly, travelled q little too far,
No one outside of Helena has ever heard
Of any uprising Of the ladies everywhere
Nor have they heard Of any slurs or in
suits being hesped upon women by paid
organs, nor have they been slandered OF
any attempt made by the unholy machin.
atoms of an alien foe to make theil
homes and children suffer. Nor have
they taken the field in the cause Of the
common veal.
The fact, and the only fact, is that
Anaconda is a candidate for the capital
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
The whole state is now flooded wiz

The whole state is now flooded with
Pinkerton detectives in the employ of
the Helena for the capital committee.
In Great Falls they are attempting to
worm themselves into the confidence OF
the workingmen, but for what reason
only the Helena people know. In this
city and elsewhere the workingmen
will vote as they see fit regardless Of
the Pinkertons or the Helena committee
and when the reports Of the spys are
sent in they will be blue reading fol
Helena.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
There is no earthly reason why every

There is no earthly reason why every
resident of Cascade county should not
vote the democratic legislative ticket.
The candidates are all we'll known and
they are men in whom the interests Of
the state and county can be safely
trusted. In addition to this they will
aid in sending two democrats to repre-
sent Montana in the United States SEN
ate. This is the time to have democrats
in the national legislature, for any per-
manent relief for the people must come
through free coinage, and that will only
be accomplished by a democratic con-
gress,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
Talk about corporations, let the peopl,

Talk about corporations, let the people
of Montana stop for a moment and
think. The land grant to the Northern
Pacific amounts to 100000 acres and
three fifths of that vast amount is in
the state Of Montana. Not satisfied
with this domain the company is now
battling with the aid Of it's Helena at
torneys to absorb all the mineral lands
which were especially exempted in its
grant. The Northern Pacific lie the
msln-stay Of Helena in it's battle for the
capital, and it has a purpose for being
90. 1t owns Helena body and breeches,
and naturally wants the capital where
it will be surrounded by its influence
and minions.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
FREE COINAGE.

The great captains Of the republican
party are now all in the saddle and are
making a most vigorous campaign. Har-
rison, Mckinley, Reed, Sherman, De-
pew, Allison, and others are on the
stump from one end of the land to the
other. Why this desperate canvass?
Simply because they know that silver is
the issue and that the people realize
that the republican party is the indy
ing foe Of free silver and only the most
strenuous efforts On the part Of its lead
ers can avert democratic success. Their
plan of campaign is a simple one. They
are lodging and smoothing over free
coinage and attempting to hoodwink the
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
DISTINGUISHES ED VISITORS.
Hark! bark! the dogs do bark.
The beggars have come to town.
All with tags, some with jags,
And eoma with val val pOwna-

All with tags, some with jags,
And some with velvet gowns.
They arrived Sunday evening, and
they were not ordinary beggars either.
They did not come to solicit money, on
the contrary their pockets were lined
with cash and they spent and gave it
away lavishly. Who were they? They
were a band of HelenR's best citizens,
we'll dressed men, men Of culture and
refinement, men who would scorn to play
Australian whist, cribbage, or Montana
~freezeout in the Montana club for any
thing more than the cigars or a drink.
men who have re~verently asked the
Almighty to damn Marcus DAILY and wipe
Anaconda and it's inhabitants off the
face of the earth, and who stand ready
to damn the Almighty il he does not do
their bidding. This was the crowd that
rolled in Sunday and at once begun
active begging operations. What did
they beg for? Why, votes Of course.
How did they do it? They scattered
about and called upon everyone in Great
Falls whom they knew, and implored
many of them on the score of acquaint-
ance, of forgotten business relations, of
imaginary ~favors, and finally as a matter
of charity to vote for Helena. There
was another class they called on and
these they begged to take money and
promise to vote and work for Helena. In
many cases the money was accepted.
Whether it will accomplish any good
remains to be seen.
1t was a begging expedition, pure and
simple, and a humiliating one at that.
Helena is off it's high horse and is rolling
in the dust. From a buffer and a brag-
CART it has become an humble suppliant,
else Its bankers, and merchants, and pro.
fessional men would not have been COM
PEELED to visit Great Falls on any such
errand.
Did the visit do any good? No. The
men of Great Falls long ago made up
their minds that the arrogant assump-
ton Of Helena that the capital belonged
to it and that it must be located there
we're without foundation; that it was a
matter the people were capable Of decid-
ing without dictation from Helena; that
Anaconda not only had a right to be in
the race but had many claims for capital
honors, and claims too that could not be
whistled down by the v~aporings of Hell
ena orators and editors-claims that
were legitimate and which could not be
off set by coarse abuse of Marcus DAILY,
the residents OF Anaconda, the smelter
company, and, above all, by the unnec
essary vilification Of every man in Great
Falls and elsewhere who did not happen
to agree tina. Helena is Montana. Up to
the time Of their visit the Helena gentle.
men did not realize this. They departed
wiser but sadder men.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
The Helena orators, the Helena bee

The Helena orators, the Helena beg
ging committee and the Helena press
take especial care not to mention that
there are fully 1000 Cinnamon in that
city. That there are 16 Chinese mer-
chants, IL Chinese laundries, 10 Chi
nese gambling houses, and any number
Of Chinese gardens and restaurants,
and that all are we'll %patronized. They
do not mention that the remainder are
engaged as house servants and laborers
to the exclusion of white men and white
women. Yet these are all facts.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
THE REFINING PLANT,
What The New York Mining and En-
cheering Journal Has to Say
AhOut

About 1t.
The New York Mining and Engi-
n~eering Journal Of Oct. 20, has the fol-
lowing editorial comment which will be
read with interest in Great Falls:
We understand that the electrolytic
copper refining plant Of the Anaconda
mine at Anaconda, Mont, which has a
capacity Of fifty tons a day, is nearly
completed; some portions Of it have been
in operation since July last, and have
produced about 100000 pounds of cop
per. This plant has been adapted to the
Thoiehrn system, Mr.. H. Thofehrn be-
ing now the manager of the Anaconda
Electrolytic works. 1t is said that the
cost Of refining is Sl2 per ton Of 1000
pounds, or say O.6c. per pound. A
portion of the refined copper is shipped
in the form of wire bars, and the balance
in crude plates as they leave the
electrolytic tanks. 1t is said that the
company is so we'll pleased with the re-
suit of the work that it is preparing to
Dullu b largo pidut LII tuO cduIc pIOCOoc
at Great Falls, Mont, where Belt coal is
obtainable at about 81 a ton, and there
is an abundant water power. 1t is
understood that the railroad company
agrees to carry the copper, delivering it
at Great Falls in transit to the east, and
carrying forward the refined copper
without any extra cost.
The Anaconda company is thus pre-
pairing to refine it's entire output, as in
deed most Of our producers now do. The
outlook for foreign retiners to get crude
material in this country is therefore, we
are happy to say, very poor. We will
soon be shipping only refined material,
and a little later on We hope only manu-
featured material, and will probably
bring the crude material from Europe
instead of sending it there. The Euro
pean m~etsllurgical works, which have
heretofore depended upon this country
largely for raw material. will have to
look elsewhere, and as there is no other
country producing the quantities we for
merly shipped it would seem as though
q good many of the European refiners are
likely to be without occupation. The
Mexican raw material will certainly come
to this country for refining and a good
deal Of that in South America will alec
come here.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
German Society Ball.

The German-American society gave
their first ball Wednesday night at the
Realty hall. 1t was a success in every
sense Of the word. The hall was beauti-
fully decorated. the music was OF the
highest order and the attendance all
that could be desired. The supper was
furnished by the Minnesota house. The
young people enjoyed themselves in the
dance till q late hour in the morning,
the larger dancing hall being just large
enough to allow the dancers DON sufi-
Gent to enjoy the pastime to perfection.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
The clovep foot of Helena b

The cloven foot Of Helena has again
been shown. Once more has it resorted
to schemes and devices that would dis
grace even its cunning Chinese inhabi-
tants. 1t has flooded the state with
Pinkerton detectives to do it's bidding,
and is now accusing Anaconda of hav-
ing done 80. 1t will not work. This is
not the first time that Helena men have
hired the Pinkertons to do their bidding.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
OF LABOR.

1.-THE directors of the Frisco anu
,yhich is the bitterest and most Uina
the enemy of labor here, = all buslH'
men, such as er-G Governor Hauser, A.
Hotter, j. Murphy, A. M. Ellsler q
others pho follow different branches
business in Helena."-From letter OF
Occur d'Alene miners to Butte Tra'
and Labor Assembly, March, 1891.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

The Northern Pacific owns 100000
acres Of agricultural lands in Montana,
is trying to steal the mineral lands and
doing its best to buy the capital for
Helena. What do the people think of it
and what are they going TO do about it.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

They had them by the score during the
Cuur d'Alene troubles, and had them
pass through Montana armed to the
teeth to shoot down the miners. There
is no fancy sketch about this; it is a
cold fact, and is known to every miner
In Montana,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
1t may be all right but the hitch

1t may be all right but the hitch in
the connection of the Burl-
and Northern Pacific at Billings
has a suspicious look. 1t has all the ap-
pearance of a trick Of Cakes to hold a
rod over Billings in the interest of Hell.
ena, the Northern Pacific city. The
bluff is rather a thin one, but Helena
and her owner are in desperate ~straights.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
The Southern Pacific has California

The Southern Pacific has California
in its grasp, and at it's mercy. The
Northern Pacific is now engaged in one
Of its steps to throttle the people Of Mon
tana. Think Of it the Northern Pa
cific own nearly 100000 acres Of the
broad domain Of this state. A vote for
Helena is a vote for the Northern Pa
ciic.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

The funeral of M. F. Stafford will be
held from the residence OF the deceased,
14O8 Seventh avenue north, at $3.50 this
morning. There will be high mass at 10
o'clock and the interment will take
place in the Great Falls cemetery. His
brother, James Stafford, arrived from
Leadville this morning, getting through
from Helena on the early freight.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

This list is official and cannot be
laughed down or evaded by any sour
rilous attacks on Marcus DAILY. 1t proves
that Helena is the Chinese city of the
state. In 1890, the population of Helena
was $4,000. 1t is not so great today, yet
a Montana city of that size supports
16 Chinese merchants, IL Chinese laun-
dries and 10 Chinese gambling houses.
These are all licensed and in addition
there are numerous Chinese gardens in
that city and all do a big business. Who
supports these Cinnamon will be asked.
The answer is simple. The laundries are
entirely and the merchants in great part
supported by the whites Of Helena, and
the gambling houses are supported by
Cinnamon. Ten gambling houses are a
large number, but the Chinese popula-
ton of Helena is large. They are en-
ployed az cooks in restaurants and pri-
vate families, as house servants in the
most fashionable homes, as porters or
cleaners. up in the most p%retentious
stores, and as workmen in the laundries
and gardens which ale 80 plentiful. This
is no fancy picture, it is a fact. White
domestic labor is an unknown quantity
in Helena. There is no room there for
poor white women and white men, the
Chinaman is cheaper and more subserv-
lent.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

Excellent instrumental and vocal
music will be additional attractions at
the free lecture to be given tonight at
the Presbyterian church by Hon. E. A.
Steere.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

Drs. Gordon and Ferguson, who dress
ed James McLane's wounds and are In
charge Of his case, reported him resting
easy late last night.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

Narcisse Perrault files a government
patent for swA, se1s and sea, nwA,
section 10; and e1a, nwH, section 30,
township II north, range q east, (l6O
acres).
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26
CHINESE IN

The Helena for the capital papers are
growing facetious and are printing with
a great deal Of gusto imaginary tele-
grams from the emperor Of China to
Marcus DAILY. These illusions are no
doubt in their opinion excruciatingly
funny and will have an immense influ-
ence on the capital vote, especially the
vote cast by the workingmen. But sland.
ers thinly guised as humor are one
thing and official facts are another and a
serious matter. Helena is a Chinese
town and the best proof Of this is to be
found in the columns of the Independent
of September 5. which published, as
county printer, the official list of licenses
issued in that city for the quarter end
ing September l, 1894. From it the fol-
lowing are selected:
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

justified. The best evidence that they
we're right is the fact that no attempt
was madeCto prosecute them, though all
we're we'll known.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-10-26

The Helena Pinkertons are still about
in Great Falls, and we are hearing Of
them in Butte, Bozeman, Missoula, and
even Belt and Sand Coulee.