The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-29
How the Municipal Affairs of
the Copper City are Sub
ject to One Will.
DAILY is A MAN TO BE FEARED.
"I Will not Have That Name
on q Business Building
i'm Anaconda"

How about the zone man iown"
talk that is so prevalent in the capi
tai campaign? asks the Yellowstone
Journal. Mr.. DAILY is certainly the
central figure in Anaconda. He is
admitted to he the financial hacker
of all the business interests of the
town. Without him there would be
no Anaconda. But he is the auto
crat and despot that it charged? Is
he the "Pullman' Of Montana.
These are questions that deserve
careful investigation for the reason
that if it is true that he rules the
little principality of Anaconda with
a despot's sway, the fact should be
known to all, and the true character
of his ambition for the capital laid
bare. 1t is not easy to get COM
petent and conclusive evidence on
this point, for the reasons, first that
few if any 60 to Anaconda to en-
bark in business, who are not pre-
pared to endorse and support the
DAILY rule; and second. that the aver
age man, even if inclined to the re-
bellious, generally possesses enough
business sagacity to prevent him
from flying into the face of such a
bene6cent providence as Mr.. DAILY
has proven himself to be to those
whose interests are his. But happi-
ly witness has arisen in the person
of Mr.. l.. O. Leonard who for num-
Der of years published the Ana
conda Review, and who is now edi-
tor and publisher of the Railway
Review of Butte. Out of the
wealth of information acquired by
him in several years residence in
Anaconda. Mr.. Leonard in recent
issue of his Butte Railway Review,
in commenting on the DAILY rule in
Anaconda, writes as follows:
''Instances in point occur off hand
to the Review, and Mr.. DAILY will be
able easily to recall events which
illustrate what we have Just said,
He will remember, for instance, the
time, not so very long ago, in con-
versation with business associate
on the street in the city that that is
now his candidate for capital honors.
he made the remark, while looking
at business sign that was up on :
certain building, that sign will have
to come down. | will not have thai
name on business building in An
aconda.
1t is needless to state that
short time afterwards the sign die
come down.
ga little more than two year
after it was necessary to still furthu
change the name that was on thu
building, and another old and res
pected business man left Anacon
da.
at requires not long memory t'
recall the late water controversy il
the city of Butte and how certain
well-known representative of th'
Anaconda company, in conversation
with member of the then city coun
Gil, stated 'that not wheel woult
turn on the Anaconda hill for
year if that contract was not givel
them
GA little further along the distin
guished gentleman himself stated
after the contract had been given t.
other parties, 'that he didn't care i
the grass grew in the streets @
Butte"
Now, this is not hearsay, but say
say. Mr.. Leonard is living wit
: ness-a reputable gentleman, know
to be such by the editor of thi
paper, and what he openly charges
if not true, is libelous. He can b
+. found any day in the week, an
f owns valuable property that coul
be attached and rendered valueles
, if a libel suit should go against hin
A man of this character and in TIN