St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21

in Good Word for the Big
Wages Paid by the Anaconda
MiiIionaire-Aelen 10 Not Yet
Awake.
Special TO the Globe.
BUTTE, Mont. Jan. 20.-One of the
most, if not the most interesting capital
fights that ever took place in the United
States will be decided next October in
Montana. The two contestants are
Helena, the present capital, and
Anaconda, where the great re-
duction works Of the Anaconda
Mining company are located. The
contest possesses many unique features.
On one side Is arrayed the oldest.
wealthiest and most populous city in
the state. On the other a town less
than ten years old, with but
one expensive building and that
hotel. The older city has
score Of millionaires. hundred
fine business blocks, paved streets,
public librarses, magnificent county
building, and all those things that go 10
make up a progressive modern city.
Pitsed against these dozen millionaires
is one man, Marcus Daily, himself a
millionaire, but who twenty years ago
was common miner, working in the
Nevada bonanzas. This one virtually
owns the city he proposes to make the
capital Of the stale, and for ten years he
has been bending every energy to ac-
complish that OBJECT. While the score
of Helena millionaires have been sitting
down supinely or working at cross pur-
poses, the one man who is working for
Anaconda has made everything SUBJ
servient to his one great aim. He is
close mouthed, asks advice of no one,
and contides in no one. He has about
him
A WELL-ORGANIZED ARMY
every member of which knows his
place, and his obedience is implicit.
Opposed to this Helena has rabble
without leaders. and where disobedience
is the rule. While the Anaconda chief
tain trusts no one beyond the duty he is
given to perform. the Helena people do
not map out a line of action that is not
discussed on the street corners within
twenty-four hours after its inception.
surprise no one If Anaconda is the VIC
tor in the fight. The constitution
adopted in 1889 provided that the Ques-
tiou of the location of the permanent
capital of the state should be submitted
to the voters in 1892. At that election
there were seven manifestations,
which had been the capital for twenty
five years, Boulder, Bohemian. Butte. Deer
Lodge, Great Falls and Anaconda. The
latter was the last city to enter the race,
and its candidacy was for weeks the
jest of the state. But Mr.. DAILY worked
day and night; nothing was left undone
that would gain vote for his town.
When the votes were counted it was
found that $4,000 had been cast. OF
these Helena received 14,010, and
ANACONDA WAS SECOND
in the race with 10. 1873. The next high.
| est was Butte with 1862 The law
| provided that in case no city received a
majority of ali the votes the two places
receiving the highest vote should be
! the candidates in 1894. This makes
| the race now between Helena
and Anaconda. From the day the
votes were couLted to the present
| time Helena has done nothing looking
to the fight next October. But it has
| been different with Mr.. DAILY. He be-
gan his capital fight of 1894 in October,
1892. and has not lost sight of it day
since. So we'll is he conducting his
campaign. aud so perfect are his meth
DDS, that there is little doubt
if the election were held Feb l
his town would win. There is not a
mining camp, not town in the state in
which he has not workers. They are
not known as Anaconda men. and in
that lies the strength of the DAILY cam.
paign. One illustration will show how
the Anaconda campaign Is being
worked. A couple of men will drop
into a mining camp looking for work.
They will apparently be utter STRANGERS
to each other. If they can get work,
they will accept 1t. AT night in the
boarding house. while the miners are
around, or in the saloons, one of these
men will bring up the capital question.
The following is an exact reproduction
Of what follows:
KEEPS WAGES UP.
81 am going to vote for Anaconda"
one OF the men VIII say.
Helena is the better town." the other
will reply.
yes" the other will venture. but
| II it was not for Marcus DAILY laboring
men in Montana would be working for
dollar q day and miners two and a
| half. He is the man that keeps wages
| up, and If we miners stand by him he
will stand by us. He Is the laboring
mans friend, and what difference does
it make to us. so we get the best wages,
| where the capital is"
The other man will coincide in all
| this, and before this discussion can
grow heated the two men who started it
| will leave the room. They stay around
| for week or two. and then go else
| where. In day or so two others will
| drop in. They may be selling oil for the
| mill, or something else, but they man.
| age to meet the men, and drop the word
| about Daily and wages. 1t is calculated
| that MIR. Daily has 500 men in the state
| today who are engaged in this and
similar methods of demonstrations
MISSIONARY WORK
| in behalf OF Anaconda. LII addition, he
is sending his paper. the daily Anaconda
Standard, most complete newspaper
| to almost every home in the state out
| side of Helena. If the people will pay
| for it, all right; IL not, it is sent every
| day just the same.
Meantime Helena is resting on her
| oars. firm in the conviction that she is
| the best town, and has had the capital
for so long, she will continue to hold it.
| On the vote of last year Helena will
have to gain 5000 votes to retain
the capital, while Anaconda must
pick up $4,000. MIR. Daily has all the
votes he had in 1892, and has also
undoubtedly more than half thu $4,000
additional in hand. 1t is question
whether Helena could poll today as
many votes as she did in 1892. She has
ten months in which to make her cam