The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-10-08

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Proa Isslis's Wsskly.
Montana, the great minlus state, " just
now II the thross a pitched bettls over
the location a psemansnt capital II 70
Qussr Asht. On the oas hand b Hell
eas, whieh hes besn the capital city for
many ysass. suppostsd ardsntly b. its
ewn psopas and b. eitissns throughout
the state voo have sems ssnss oe The ~.
nsss e thlnas and eonessu Ter the future
welfare 81 . commoawealth that hes
Within ltss6 al tho resources and possi.
billtiss Of . great empire. On the other
hand 10 Marcus Daily. the ''eoppsr king"
who b known In Montana a. The 'swhlte
esas," and here In the East - . breeder
oe fast hosses and owner ot Tammsny,
the colt that broke records . couple of
years ago. Mr.. DAILY Get about having the
capital Of the state moved TO his smeltsr
town. Anseonds, soon after Montana was
admitted TO tho Union. and while there
arc few people In the stats who would de-
sire this change excspt In deeersncs to the
"whits esar's" wishes, thsge seems 70 be
stroas possibility that the owner OF
Tammany will take the stakes despite all
opposltiou.
Helena has answered we'll ~ the capital
city, and 10 peculiarly httsd to maintain
this dignity, being By far the finest city In
the state, the most easy Of access, and
the nearest 10 the center Of population. II
can b reached from any Of the other
eltiss o. towns In Q few hours; has good
hotels, refined society, all modern con.
veuisnees ta ths way oe sleetrie liahts,
street sAilways, public library. baths.
clubs and plAess q amusement, and pos.
ssssss one Of the flssst sites aud mest
healthful cliuAtee IN The world. lts PEI.
mansnt rssldsnts, most of whom evn
thslr housss, number at least 1900. and
ars iutslligeat, thrifty people engaged In
multiplicity of pursults.
Anaeenda 10 Ne Daly's smeltiAg town,
and was founded by him Q few ysars ego
- the loeettoa foe The most extensive oop.
per reduction works In the world No.
body knows exaetly when hs concslvsd
the notion thas smsltss smoks and state
lseislAsiou end sdmiuistsasion vsuld 70
we'll teGsthsn u u certain, however, that
his lsavsn bsgaa 10 week 10 that end In
state pelitics bsfors Tie msotine a The
lsGislasurs In January. 1891. see ct that
time The diseussloa oe Q pssmauent state
capital was taksa M. and NJ. Daly's o..
poetunity 10 est bic smsltse town In The
rscs vas Seesshadowsd.
The town b leeatsd II an Isolated ser.
nse Of The Dsse Lodge valley, - The west
side q the maln range, and many miles
from The main liuss of travel. lts pcpu.
lation does ues sxeesd 5000, which eom.
prises NJ. Daly's smsitss-msn, some 1000
in numbse. the business community that
theives hv the labor Of these mso. the
gamhlegs and saloeo-keepes Who nm
upoa thsm. . ssv psrsens q IsIsuFs, and
gang oe hanGees-on. To IN outsider who
10 pes appsissd q I'll The circumstances
Of thls rsmaskabss capital asht, II veuld
seem an utter absuriity that such su un.
suitable place could ever have bssu
thought Of ~ . location Tor the seas Of
government OF . great commonwsaIth.
Two causes have eonblnsd to give Ana.
eonda place In this contest, the Napo.
lsonio talent for leadership Of the "Whits
Csar," and his practically unlimited ~.
sources. Holoua v on the east eide oe the
range, and thsse has loog bsea feeling
Of envy against her on The part Of . esr.
tain slsmsnt ct Butte and In othse vsss
eide towns.
The Anaeenda copper minss, which ass
undoubtedly the greatest yss known Ia
the world, ars In Butte, q miles from Mr..
Daly's smsltse town. He has bic own
railroad between the we points, . news.
paper oe his own, whisA b probably the
best In the state, and the best trained stafl
Of lisutenants that any wessssu masuats
has ever csatrollsd. He rules b. bounty
and ssnseosity, and can depend on the
loyalty of bis followers more fully than
any ruler who has fear for bic whip. The
net revenues a The Anaconda company
last year we're more than e2,50o.0oo, while
the gross earnings probably excssded e7,
00o0o0 your million five hundred thou.
sand dollars for expenses y . large cum
for one man 20 dlsbusss, and Mr.. Daly's
people know and appreciate the fast.
But for the capital fight be enlisted
other potent agencies. BY resolution Of
one Of the early state legislatures Il was
provided that the question Of . permanent
capital should b ssttisd By the popular
vote. A. the election Of 1899 Ill caudi.
dates were to b duly entered. and the
two cities rseslving the highest vote u
that slecsion should b the final con.
testsnts for the honor at the election Of
1894. When the slsotion came OF hslsus
rot nrst place and AnacondA second.
Thus the race 10 nov between thsso tive
elites, and the prise will b awarded st
the approaching election. Many Of the
newspapers have bssn enlisted In Mr..
Days interest, and support Anaeonda fos
the capital. In some cases be- has bought
out more or Lees important Newspaper
properties and placed his own men In
charge for the campaign.
Having secured second place for bis
town, Mr.. DAILY cot to work to dista nee his
rival. When the legislature met in Janu-
ary, 1899. hs wss present throughout the
session with . number of his lieutsnAnts,
some Of whom were members Of the -.
ssmbly and senate, and before the session
ended he had played card that may win
HIM the game.
Thousands OF people wanted 10 have
the state university consolidated In one
place 90 that il might become u creditable
| institution of learning. But MIR. Daily saw
how to make capital for his boom by dis
| tributing this job to the ambitious towns
of the west side. In return for pledges
| that they would work for Anaconda he
| directed his followers to break up the
| state university into fragments. and par.
| celed Il out among the towns that had
| aided in giving him place in the capital
| race.
No wonder tho people OF Montaka are
| agitnted over such struggle. Lac whole
country. knowing the facts in tho case