The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
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Eloquent and Ringing Words OF
Charles Lane OF Silver Bow
County.
ANACONDA FOR The CAPITAL
Address on the Important Subject by
Hon. Allen r. Joy Of Liv-
ingstOn.

At the Anaconda for the capital mass
meeting, held at the Great Falls opera
house Monday evening, Oct. 15, the
opera house being crowded, addresses
were made by Charles Lane. president
|of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor as
|eembly, and Hon. Allen r. Joy Of Liv-
|ingston.
On being introduced Mr.. Lane spoke
las follows:
SPEECH OF CHARLES LANE.
Ladies' and Gentlemen: 1t gives me
Iunbounded pleasure to meet with you
Ethis evening. l feel thoroughly at home
|pne of the links in the chain that binds
Montana together, and that Montana is
known all over the east as the Gibraltar
|of labor. Applause.
I believe that we have right to ask
R1ou to vote for Anaconda for the capital.
In the fret place l want to say that l
have no copper collar around my neck
never had. / belong or have descended
from a race of men who said to King
George Of England, mo collars around
0ur necks!' That same race Of men de.
@1ended little further and said to the
sleve owner, "No collar on that black
snanr' And I want to say to you that
81 hope ] shall never live to see the day
then shall disgrace that ancestry by
having collar on my neck.
q am accused today in the Independ-
bnt-the Helena Independent, which
hever was independent and never will be
Nof being here in the interests OF labor
hnd Mr. DAILY. l am not here in the in.
kereet Of labor nor in the interest of Mr..
Daly-not a particle. Mr.. DAILY is q
Friend OF labor. / know 1t from expert
ence for years, and just 30 long as he re-
mains such just 60 long will he have my
Friendship When he becomes tyrant,
when he becomes Carnegie of Pennsyl-
yania, when he becomes Frick of Home
stead, when he becomes an Essler OF
Helena, when he becomes Pullman of
Chicago he will find in me fighter.
kIApplause. just 80 long as he treats
the man who works in the bowels Of the
earth like . white man, and who works
in the smslter as civilized human
being, he will have my friendship.
don't wish to say anything about Mr..
Daly ia thsmatter, because this fight has
| nothing to do with him, any more than
it has to d. with me or any of US; but it
has been sid that Mr.. DAILY is running
this wholebusiness, and it has been said
that. he , the biggest, deepest dyed
scoundfel the world has ever seen.
want to say right now, that as long as he
has been running the works Of the great
corporation which he represents, with all
the thousands and tens of thousand Of
men whom he has employed, with all the
scores of splendid fellows who have given
up their lives in the pits for gold and
silver and copper, with all the orphans
and with all the widows, not single,
SOLITARY instance can be shown upon the
records Of Silver Bow county that Mr..
DAILY did not make the best reparation to
that family that possibly could be made.
Applause. Not 80 much as cents
worth Of suit for damages for little
finger has ever been instituted il the
courts Of our state for anything from that
company.
The lady who presides over the desti-
nies of the house where board lost her
brother in the great fire at the Anaconda
mine five years ago. He was ct work
when the fire was discovered and had
nearly reached the surface when he re-
membered that some of his comrades
were still in the drifts. He signalled the
engineer and was lowered as fast as the
cage could drop, but his effort was of no
laval; he was suffocated and brought up
p dead man. Mr.. Daily at once built for
his widow IA room boarding house and
leeded it to her children, and today
Rny man boarding in her house is sure Of
job in the Anaconda mines. Applause.
suppose the Helena Independent would
bay that these men had copper collars
around their necks. [Applausel.
THESE ARE FACTS,
Absolutely, and believe that he will be
ust as good in the future as in the past.
Applause. Why, for twenty years back
be was just as good as he is today. Who
Expected ten years ago that this would
h 2ever be a state today? Who expected
4 Ven years ago that we would be fighting
about the capital question and where
Z the permanent capital Of the state OF
Montana should be located? They be-
laved just as good then to the toilers as
hey do today, never expected to live
Rna q state. have also read that had
not been for the Anaconda company
here would be no Anaconda; perfectly
rue. Had it not been for the Anaconda
pmpany, the wealth of the mines of
Butte would never have been discovered;
Nd it not been for the Anaconda com.
my these smelters on your river would
< 4 be there today, because they taught
her people that the wealth was there
pplause.l Butte today would not be
- great mining camp that she is had il
5npt been for that company. That is the
0ason l am in favor Of helping that com.
my. l do not believe in corporations
believe that some day there will be q
etter system, grander system, where
be men and the women who
bill will have more Of the
hares of labor than they
re getting today; but, I do say this
hat Just 60 long as the Anaconda com.
>any is friend of toilers, let US be q
fiend Of theirs; it is time enough, when
hey become our enemies, to fight; just
10 long as this smelter of yours pays
ecent wages, just so long will it be q
benefit to the community, but just az
soon as they send to Grover Cleveland
or an army or to Helena for Chinamen
Pt 80 cents day, it will be the greatest
curse that can befall this town. Ap