The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-10-19
The People Of Livingston Show This
by Their Immense Helena
Meeting.
Joint Debate In Which tho Argu
ments Were All on tho
One Side
coksdais Adds Its Voice To Those who
Are Opposed to selling tho Capital
TO uAaEin st si.
spsolal To rha Inaannndan.

LIVINGSTON OsL ls.-Mattsra have bee n
running anything buI smooth for AnAOonda
bcos err aud paid shoutsts Ia Livingston
for the past few days Cliizsns Of all
CLASSES are becoming aionssi and vhsn The
hnsl vots 10 takes this sily sat the county
at large will show that The vo,sfs are un-
purehssssls by The Autsssts songsay.
Late this afternoon q jolnt discussion
was arranged 70 tsks piHss is Hsfsriin's
opera house In the svsnlhg Geo HAliorn
and Hsvsrd Pssshsl, orimiasi lavJss Of
Bate, 10 REPRESENT AnaeonAs, aHd the Hon.
T. ii. Carter Of H,lsas, ana EI.kayor
fslsoii. Of Livingston. 10 take ~ the
gauntlet for Helena. 1hs opera honss vas
we'll Oiled shls evening 10 listen TO the
speakers Mr. Hsldorn startsd the arKu-
ment II argument 1, might be called, for
the copper city. bat owInH 70 . sore throat
he talked bat short lime. advancing sb-
solutely no afRsmsnt bst appsaling to
prsjudicss and a,tsskina the poor Helena
hog"
After Mr.. Ha'dors came NJ. Tsl colt, Who
prsfacsd his sp.seh by saying that he de-
Hired 70 make Q few rsusrks, not as tbs
paid representative Of any capital commit
tss. bat 90 q eit'z,n Of LiviHgs,sa aad Park
county. aad 10 give . ftv reasons frsm Q
Livingston standpoint Why ths capital
should remain at Helena. He then pro-
duceS and read the following address TO
the people Of Livincston and Park ooun W:
Tho unds.sisnsa resIdsnts OF Park
county. realize that the eentsst for the
location Of the s.sts capital 10 NOT psrsly
an issue bstvssn Helena asd Adssonda,
but bstvsen all the people Of the slate OF
Nostsaa on one hand snd the AAasonds
Mining company. . foreign corpora
tion, on tho sthsr We ere
confronted by the fact that the
sentiment OF ths people OF Park county IL
being misreprsssRted a. home snd abroad
by a subsizsd Prsss and paid individuals.
Ia the duty Of ell eitizsna from new to ths
evening OF the dsy Of election 10 use their
utmost sndoavsrs 70 prevent the osusum-
nation Of a thioAtensd outrage upoa our
selves and our posterity. ana vs adopt this
method OF urging every patriotic resident
10 unite 10 common movement 10 defeat
the purposes OF q corporation whose elatm
has beon and nov ID that the standa'd Of
morality In Montana 10 so low that the
question OF looatiag the seat OF state Eov-
ornment by the sutfragss OF ita eitizsns has
simply become Q cash proposition.
We resent the i'm mputatlon ss an Infamous
libel on the honesty Of our fellow msn. We
DO not believe that the free people OF a
peerless state will deliberately shaekls
themselves to a con tition Of abjsst slavery
at the bidding OF TN alien-ownsd CORPORA
tion. when they pause 10 think that upon
their acts now hangs their future happiness
aud we'll being ani the fate OF this com
monweAlth. The danger that msnaoes our
freedom cannot be overes,imated. We are
brought into daily contact with the alaring
evidences of eorruptins inhusnoe that ID
being used 10 destroy the states iudepsnd-
en)e. The paid agents OF tho foreign mon.
led power that Is directing the campaign Ia
the interest OF the Anneoada company are
seeking by oyery cnnning device TO array
one part OF tho state against another By ap-
pealing 10 the pro iudloes OF ths people, and
10 distract attention from tho real Issue
which 10 conia ned In the qaestisn whether
ID 10 better TO place the capital where 10 will
be under the control Of The People. or
whethor IL 10 better and safer to kAnd over
the functions OF state government 10 ths
absolute distation OF a forsiR q corporation.
Believing ID 10 be the duty Of every
pltri0t aud lover Of liberty 70 taks no un-
certain stand on this question, We appeal
to ths people OF Park county to show by
tuslT actions now and bv their votes on
Nov. 6 that St all t!mss, snd particularly In
I his smsrlsnoy. thfy Ltaad loyal 70 those
principles for which ths immortal Wash
inaion fouoht and up m which was fouuss I
tAa Fsattst nat on upon earth--ths Tn
Stats OF Amsries.
Tho serious earnestnesi with which ths
IN iitor was taksn up and phssed upo,
leaves no room for doubt that tn, great
majority OF the voters OF Park county will
be found aFrsIsd against the giant mining
corporation on election day. Mr.. Taleott
explained that citizens here had been mis-
represented by the pr0ss OF tAis city and by
one OF the local orators who had recently
made speech In Great Falls. representa- q
10 tho people OF that city that Living gston
aud Park eoauly sen, words OF good cheer
for Anaconda 70 ths people OF Great Falls.
lie said that the very opposite was true,
md that tho people Of this section woald
hereafter nsssrt their manhood aud pro-
claim 10 the cltizsns OF the entire stats
how they stood on the vital question OF the
location Of the psfmauen, seat OF govsfn-
msnt.
Hon. Thoa ii. Carter Of Helena, fol-
lowed With an hblo argument In defense OF
HslsnA's o aims. and finished By rropoand-
ing number Of questions TO the speaker
who was TO follow. all OF which Mr.. P.s.
chel. of Butte, who closed the speaking for
Anaeonda, utterly ignored and made no
pfstonse Of answering. The questions
were,
Is n not true that the Anaconda Mining
company has dsfrsuded tho revenues OF
Silver How county and the state OF Mon
tAna by failing 10 hlo a statement Of ita
gross output and tIIensea and net pro-
essda at all time prior 10 1899.
IL II not trus that the Anaconda company
has defraudsd the revenues OF Deer Lodge
county aud the state by fraudulentlY OBJ
tanning through the com missionsts OF Dsrr
Lodge county Rn under-yaluatiou Of 5000
acres Of land owned by tho company. for
Individuals acting 10 ita husts,s. sur
rounding the townsits OF Anacouda.
IL II not tue that the company OF those
acting for 10 have fAuiulently proonrad
the assessment for taxation OF About 5000
acres Of land surrounding AnacosdA al a
fractlon over tL2B per sers. while land OF
similar ohafso,er In Deer Lodge county far
femots from any townaiio and A'usbls
oAlv for ranch purposes have been ASSESSED
81 from $40 10 $40 per acre.
IL n mot true that Jsmss Il. HaaRin aud
other parties is,sfse,sd In ths AHaoonda
eompsay eo-opsratsd With ths boaanss
kinga Of Nevada In procuring sbsolua con
q ol ovsf the govern msnt Of thst state.
tait not also no that ths power over that
HtAts aud Itu affaifs was exSTolaed without