Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-01
MoNrAyNs CAPITAL rrcur.
a Controversy That oyershadows All
Political Mntters.

Washington. Oct. Shelters received
from Montana by different Washington
men indicate that nerce contest Is
being wagod In that state. and that it
Is not between the parties, nor do poil-
tics cut any figure. but Il Is the perma-
nent location OF the state capital that
engrosscs all the attention. At the last
state election there was state capital
fight but Il was tame compared 10 the
present contest. At that time all the
cities in the state no desiring could
enter the rnce. the law providing that
after the FIRST contest. In case no one
city received majority OF all the votes
cast, only the two cities receiving the
highest number OF votes could again
contest. Helena. the present capital,
and Anaconda a small mining town,
were successful In the last contest, and
II Ia between these two cities that the
people must choose. Anaconda IL prac-
ticaily owned and contralod by the
multi-mtllionalre, Marcus Daily. He
owns Il paper at that place. and Is in
control Of the great Anaconda Mining
Company. which In that region IN ali
that the snake-llke name Implies. Butte
City the old-ilme rival Of Hclenn, IA
the home OF William A. CLARK. who IL
the only Hucccasful antagonist whom
Mr.. DAILY has both being " the same
political falyn. and each bent on the
destruction Or the other. MIR. Clark
also owns a Democratic paper. which
Is vigorously opposing Anaconda. Butte
and Anaconda are not far apart. and In
a way are rival towna.
Butte. although the home OF Million.
aire Clark. has many DAILY ndherents
whose money interests are In Anaconda
II Is IN this town where the contest
RACES nercest. In the letters received
from public men II is atatcd that blood.
shed is expected In Butte ON election
day, " u does not occur before. Butte
Is largely mining town, and has the
reputation OF being about the toughest
places IN the West. that is, the pnrt
that 10 tough while there are thousandB
% very respectable and lnw-abldlng
olilzenH there
If Republican paper. tho Butte
inte-A mountain, ~ supporting Anaconda
~ strongly as the Democratic paper
q st1 Helena, II is edited by Lee
Mantle who spent considerable time In
Warrington trying 20 arrange for a
seat In the senate on the governors
appointment but was finally turned
down.
Al iioicnu uU FACTIONS nrc for their
home town. Such Republicans as Car
ter. Sanders aud Powers stand with
Democrats like Hauser. Toole nnd
Lyman IN support of their town, and
meanwhile the senatorial aaht ia
waived. All these men might be con-
Bldcrcd nsplfantH Tor the two senator
ahlps 20 be chosen In the next ierls.
lnture it they were not earnestly In tho
capital flEht.
Every possible effort * being made 10
secure the support OF outside towns.
II ~ charged ON both sides that every
method which money or brains ca,
employ ~ reHofted Co. An Instance IN
SVEN II was claimed that mercbnnts
IN tho town or Great Fails were boom.
inE Anaconda, because they were
alarmed bs the thrcuts OF DAILY that no
would put In large merchantlle @ unh-
liHhments and undcrsel them. Helena
then reHurtcd 10 the same methods
and said that n the Grcnt FAILS mer-
ohhnta did not stop talking Anaconda
there would be como llclcnn rivals In
the town. and 80 II goes.
II m not at all certain that tho cleo
ton viii settle the matter II must be
fought out In the courts before there q
n iinal determination.