The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11
CONCERNING HOGS.

Once IN a while you meet man who
says he is going to vote for Anaconda
for the capital because Helena is a
hog" 1t is not very good reason for
removing the seat OF the state govern.
ment from central position to one that
is confessedly out of the way; for taking
it from a center of railroad population
and business. to the terminal OF side
track existing only by reason of a cor.
porations necessities; but it is all the
reason that he has. He says Helena is
. hog" and il you press him for specifi-
cations anent this porclne allegation.
ne will reply because she wants every
thing" 1t was not so long ago. only be-
tore this capital fight came up, that the
whole state OF Montana used to be proud
Of Helena. We called her the Queen
City of the Mountains; We Dragged OF her
being the wealthiest city OF her size in
the union-we reioiced in her CONNER
cial suprema cy,sher railroad extensions
her public spirited citizens. her rapid
growth. and whenever the opportunity
offored we took trips to Helena and en-
ioyed a brief season of city life. made
more enjoyable by the unfailing courtesy
and hospitality of its whole souled citl-
zens. No one thought of calling Helena
a hog in those days. Once in a while.
when political campaigns rolled around
and Helena presented man for office
whose candidacy opposed the candidacy
of some other fellow then the friends of
the other fellow would kick and say Hell
ena wanted to hog" everything. but
Helena never took any of these things
by main force. and the choice always lay
with the people. We of Miles City
know all about this hog business. We
stand charged by the people of the
county with desire to gobble up all the
fat things for ourselves. and we all know
how little Justice there Is in the charge.
Even the Miles City men who today
stand for ANACONDA solely and simply
because .Heenais hog will defend to
the last point Of argument the untruth-
fulness Of the same charge brought
against Miles City and yet if it is true
Of the one. it is true Of the other. Candi-
dates on the state ticket Of either party
may with the greatest care be selected
from the several counties Of the state out
side Of Lewis * Clarke. but when they are
elected llIey must go to the capital to
live and so the capital has to shoulder
the onus of gobbling all the state offices;
and so it is with us and with every
county seat in the state. Each recurring
campaign we select literally from the
outside precincts and after election we
add these outside selections to our Miles
City population and this charge stands
against us. that we gobble ALT county
olices. Now what sense is there in such
m assertion. or the state officers to-
day, Silver Bow contributed the'gover.
nor and two judges of the supreme
court; Meagher county the secretary o
state; Park county the treasurer; Daw-
son county the attorney general, Yel-
3owstone county the remaining Judge OF
the supreme court, and Beaverhead
county the superintendent Of public in
structions. Helena the hog" squeezed
in one man; the lieutenant governor, but
they all reside at Helena as required by
law and 30 help to furnish question
able foundation for the absurd charge
Of hoggishness. Was it hoggishness on
the part Of Helena's lamented and re-
vered citizen, Col. Broadwater, that
induced him to put half million dol
lars into the Broadwater hotel and nata