The Helena independent., 1894-08-13

mother quotation from tha, same ''Wiad
man.N IA IL, when a fool atoaka, lo
wise mon keep e,ill," but aomo,imea fool
iah romArHs are entitled 10 respectful
AnawerG
First ho elvos "a tho ilour opisodc' "Gal.
latin aour makes sour bread For argu'
menrs sake we will presume helene
guilty Tholo 10 no doubtina tho fac, that
old man BrAinard aid 10 through thin
valley With saoh an Inscription on his
wagon bn, doaa any sAue man for one
moment suppose eVoFy rorsoa In holena
engaged In the work OF hiriae that old fool
10 make such q display The fact 10, nine
tsn,hs OF her present population were
not In Helena al that tlme. Bat the
real fact ia. Helena parties not the
guilty onsS. Aa George Cope and others are
ready 10 testify 10. they know the whole
circumstances. aud that Virginia City olti =
Rens we're Che gailtT parties. Il vas doue 10
antasorizs the people OF Gallatln county
against Helena fo' "A purpose. So much
for that fool talk,
Now for the cracker episode; What is
there in it2 The Helena cracker facto y
pioaounosd iho flour made AZ the Helena
mills better than that made at the oallatin
valley mills. The fact is the Helena mills
grind thousands of bushels OF 9sllatin VAL
Icy wheat. Possibly the wheat tho noted
nour was made from came from this VAl-
lev. repeat, what has Helena. as city,
to do with ihAt9
Next. be attributes the loss Of Fora Ellis
TO Helsna's manlpulations. ! am not
familiar enough with the circumstances
connected with that matter TO enter into q
controversy over II, but am content TO be-
lisye the loss OF Fort Ellis to thlS valley
was owing TO the inability OF Bozsman peo-
| pie to resent satisfactory evidence 70 the
war department. Of It's further usefulness.
The ns1t charge is, Helena knocked
BosamRn out in the ftst legislative sGorts
that were mslo 10 locate the Ag ioultural
college, and IL was not by HeIena's help
that the second effort was mo sueosss-
full"
am not familiar with the f,st attempt
70 locate the college, but / am with the
second. Every representative from Lswi is
and Clarke county voted for it's location at
Bozsmau. These are the plain facts. rs
the journal Of the last legislative assembly
will show. ! do not doubt that Helena
would have been an aspWant for the prize
had she moi been cRndiinte fort he capital.
do not see anything wrong In a city or
village aspiring for such prize. II is cer-
tainly laudsbls. II was gene ally eonosdsd
by the last legislature that Gallatin county
was entitled 10 the college, and her only
competitors we're Miles City and Great
Falls. Miles City was soon convinced
that she did not stand ghost of a show.
and was content 10 take any of the public
institutions.
NsIt he deals us out a little ''Rush" on
Anaconda, and winds up by styling i, as an
adjunct Of Butte. "the greatest mining
camp on earth?n Why not call Great
Falls an adjunct? She is ns much entitled
to be called an adjunct. Her smelter is
run on Butte ore; that is oil the connecting
link between Butte and Anaconda. The
facts are, they are separate and distinct
towns. and two years tgo were warrinR
competitors for the race this fall. A
promiaent citizen OF Butte Whites me, re-
ferrina TO the "annex or adjunct as rot"
He says; 1--WE have nothing in common
with them; We know how they eated us
two years ago. whom We were In the race"
He also says that no less than three of the
principal mining companies of Bate will
oppose Anacouda." 30 II can be readily
seen that such claims arc only idle talk.
How any democ at can yot, for Ana
conds is a mystery TO me. when they haye
only to 20 back to the last session of the
legislature 10 gst the true inwArinsss of the
corporation that owns and controls Ana
oonds, soul and body. The whole company
are Of foreign BIRTH and have none OF the
instincts and love for American institu-
tions that genuins American has. Our
beautiful state has but one representative
In the United States senate. The demo-
attic party we're supposed TO have n de-
cided majority on a joint ballot, and we're
entitled to an election. Where did the
trouble, or lack OF election. come from2
answer. from the Anaconda company, and
defy contradiction. 10 the hist place.
when a caucus was called to unite upon
candidate, whore were the representatives.
from Anaconda7 Did they attend the eau
ousI They did not. Why2 Marcus Daily,
from imaginary or real grievances OF
personal character, and not of any
concern TO the state. through the influence
he seems TO possess over thu people OF Aaa-
conds and the Bitter Root country, refused
positively TO caucus simply because ho
knew from counting nosss' that Hon. w.
a. Clark would bO the nominee. lie then
/ opened up headquarters for tie session
with a full determination 10 defeat W. A.
Clark II possiblsi with a regiment OF liou-
tenants set about to thwart the will OF the
people. which he successfully did. Ws find
him voting his contingent. on tho last day
OF the session to adjourn the joint assem-
big twelve hours before the Legislature Ad-
ioOrned, which could have been em mpoye cd
iu trying TO elect and / firmly believe
would have elected therefore he nnd his
corporation are solely responsible for Mon
tans having but ono representative IN the
United States senate.
care nothing for his ''manifsstos." This
is America. l enjoy she proud distinction
Of being an American by birth; my paront 10
we're AmSfiosnsj am death TO anarchy in
its ineiptent, us Woll "a In iis viTulonl
btaRcs. We doh't need any dictator Down
them is INV motto We want government
Of tho people, and for the people. An hon.
orable defeat is alwaTs preferable 10 a dis.
honorable election.
/ have gone into tho late senate ial con-
tost simply to show what kind Of oorpor-
alton the Auaoouds company is. regard
the town tho company, or the company the
town. Take tho company from tho town