The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-02
JOSEPH r. WALKER,
President.
THE OFFENSIVE RESOLUTION.

complaints having besa received by
the board of directors from different
sources in Montana as to the action Of
Superintendent William E. Hall, taking
an active part in the coming contest for
the location of the state capital in that
state, considerable time was taken up
by the board in hearing evidence re-
garding superintendent Hall taking
part in the pending capital question be-
tween Anaconda and Helena. 1t was
the sense of the meeting that he
should be communicated with at once
on this subject, and the following reso-
luton was unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That the president be and
is hereby instructed to communicate
with superintendent Hall, to order him
to cease at once taking part in the con-
test going on between Anaconda and
Helena for the location of the capital.
That it is incompatible for the Alice
company to take sides in any manner,
as the company's main offices are locat-
ed without the state of Montana, the
officers of the company being non-resl-
dents, as well as the great majority of
the stockholders, and that the superln-
tendent of the company has no warrant
or right, directly or indirectly, to take
Dart in this contest and use his in
1uence with the men employed at the
works of the company or otherwise.
And that the president is also in
structed to communicate the sense OF
this meeting to such duly appointed
persons whose duty it is to know that
the Alice company vii! remain 1leu tl..l
in the contest aforesaid, and that they
have so instructed superintendent Hail
that he must remain So.
Roth the Inter-Mountain and the
Standard insinuates that the acton OF
the board of directors was 1nf1uenceo
by Mr.. Walker, whom they declare Is
a gainst Anaconda because OF personal
differences with Marcus DAILY. In
lengthy and somewhat bitter article the
Standard says:
C.antain Hall has been recognized aa
one of the most influential and active
s11nnorters of Anaconda from the day
that the first capital fight opened. He
declared himself in favor Of the Copper
Citv when Anaconda secured place
in the race two years ago, and he has
never faltered in his loyalty to the west
side city.
to themselves, the Walker Bros, OF Salt
Lake. the principal owners of the Alice
properties. are opposed to Anaconda,
and they so informed Mr.. Hall, soon
after the fight commenced, in the ex-
mediation that this information would
be sufficient to induce him to assume
an attitude of neutrality on the all alb
sorbing question.
In arriving at this conclusion, how
ever, they argued from an entirely
wrong hypothesis-they did not take
into consideration the mettle of which
their superintendent is made
He politely informed the board of di-
rectors that. as the interests OF the
Alice company were not in any way
concerned in the capital fight, and as
they had no interests in either Helena
or Anaconda, he believed that he had
perfect right to support Anaconda,
and that he proposed to do SO, regard
less of any implied threats or instruc-
tons to the contrary.
The president of the company then
sent Mr.. Hall a more imperative order
to remain neutral on the question, the
only result of which was to draw out
a warmer reply.
The directors were determined that
their dictates should be obeyed. how
ever, and on October 10 they adopted
rebuking resolution, a copy of which
was forwarded to Superintendent Hall
In acknowledging the receipt OF this
resolution Captain Hall very CURLY in
formed the directors that he did not
propose to he dictated to and that he
would continue to support Anaconda,
and, Furthermore, that if his course did
not suit the Walker Bros. they could
accept his resignation.
After. this there was a lull in the COR