The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-21
"Wednesday. November 81. 1894.
ONE MANS OPINION.

lne BlOnetf l1esS TtpoItei WIN eot |
hold Of Ben Woodcock in St. Paul the |
other day either got the political thre nd
OF Bens story badly tangled or else Ben
devoted half an hour to romancing.
We give the interview in full believing
il will all prove interesting reading. ana
direct particular attention to Ben's slz-
ing up of the senatorial question. The
latter is offered without comment and
those who lind it lacking flavor can sup
ply the usual grain of s2lt:
H. Woodcock. manager of the Miz-
nah Cattle company. of Custer county
Mont. was ut the Merchants las even
ing. Mr.. Woodcock says that everything
M coming the way OF the cattlemen in
Montana. and that the past has been
one Of the most successful years in the
history Of the ranches. :,
We have no complaint to make, SAID
Mr.. Woodcuch The season has been a
remarkably good one for cattle. and we
have succeeded in so arranging matters
in politics that the ranching interests
willno longer he taxed to the limit In
favor of the mir ing interests. The loca-
ton of the cap tai at Helene settles that,
as we'll as somr other things.
The total OF cattle shipments this
year amount } about 100000 head. and
they brought good prices. being IN bet
ter Condition than ever before in the his
terry Of the Tange. Our company shipped
300 cars. or about 1000 head of four and
fiye-vear- -oI s. and realized good prices
The rest Of our cattle go on to to the
winter rarge in the best of condition.
and there is enough water to warrant
the expectation that they will have a
good winter. 81,
What we have had to contend with
in the past in the domination OF the MIN
ing interest has been "A good deal OF a
burden. but that will be removed now.
The defeat Of Marcus Daily in his
scheme tor the location OF the capital
carries with it a breaking down of the
strength Of the mining interest, and 1t ls
hardly likely that Daly will control the
legislature This will be tested IN the
coming senatorial tight.
Who will be the senators! Nell.that s
hard one. You see We have two sena
tors to elect, as the last Legislature did
not elect one, W \. Clark will. IN my
estimation be one of the strongest men
in the fight The majority OF l,fOu
which was given to Helena IN the capi,
tai fight was had through the efforts oi
Mr.. Clark. and he put up the hottest
kind Of fight against the DAILY inter
est He is a man OF great wealth, and
his personal interests are by no means
opposed to those of the mine owners, Tor
he has mining interests of his own. tie
is a big real estate owner at Helena. and
appears to have the stock interests with
him.
."Daly's candidate wills be Nelson
Story Of Bozeman or Lee Mantle, and
they will make a showing that leaves the
result very much in doubt. Then there
are Tom Carter and ex Senator Sanders
TO be reckoned with, and the fight wIli
not lack in interest. People in my part
of the country have picked Clark ano
Garter for the winners, and will back
them. There are twenty seven pops ano
democrats combined in the two houses
of the legislature, and they have glyeI
il out that they will be for Sanders
That may give him strength that the
others have not reckoned on. and he
may be more strictly in the race thar
we heve thought for.
There will be no capital built at Hel
eBa for some years The trouble is thai
there is no money to build ,It with. anc
If there was the Daily interest is still
strong enough in the legislature to MAKE
II bad policy to introduce "A capital bll
until the feeling dies out. The state II
in debt as far as it can go under tbs
legal limit, and for some lyears the leg
islature and state officials will go OF
doing business in the Lewis and Clarl
county court house"