The Helena independent., 1894-10-26

perate of mankind. unless II be the fol
, lowing exhibition OF utter abandon
mcnt. In the standard OF the 2Srd W,
nnd the following heNdingi THAT un'
holy combine. Helena and the Norlhorr
Paclnc railroad always hand In hand
Labor knows the record" In this con-
! nection they refer 60 bill which was In
troduccd IN the territorial council In
1881 known as Council Bin No. 20, for
the erection OF penltentiary at Bill
ings as described In the article follow
ing the above heading,
The article starts out by stating that
the uniform and consistent unfiiendli-
ness OF Helena and the Northern Pacific
Railroad company towards the interests
OF the lahorlng men needs no additional
confirmation" IL then refers to u state
ment made by Charles W. Hanscomc'
of walkervllle. who was member OF
the legislature at that time. who says
that the bill was drafted by Warren
Toole, OF Helena,
The facts OF this case are as follows!
IL Is true that Mr. Toole drew the bill
for Messrs King and Asche, who pro-
posed 20 build a penltentinry at Billings,
as their attorney, for the sum Of $3.50,
The bill came ON to It's final passage in
the council, In which IT originated. on
Feb. 10. 1887. and the only member from
\ Lewis and Clarke county In that body
an old and esteemed citizen OF Helena.
Hon. W. B. Hundley, cast his vote
against IL. Before the bill reached it's
final passage In the house. Hon. Will
liam Muth on the Srd OF March resigned,
leaving Thomas Gorham and John w.
Buskett the only representatives OF Hell
ena or Lewis and Clarke county in that
body. Both OF these gentlemen on the
ith day OF March, 1887, when this bill
was put upon its final passage, voted
against 1t.
SO that here is another instance Of
where the fslsifers attempted to create
an impression that the Northern Pacific
Railroad company controlled the men,
bers Of the legislative assembly OF Lewis
and Clarke county. and that they were
used against the laboring classes. This
bill in connection with the erection Of
state penitentiary contemplated the
utilization of convict labor, and for this
reason the members from Lewis and
Clarke county both in the council and
house voted against II.
The inference is as in the other case,
that II the Northern Pacific Railroad
company was at all interested in the
bill they were utterly unable TO control
the members from Helena. and the de-
ductlons made by the article referred to
are false and misleading.
There is also another instance in
which the Standard has sought to mis-
lead the people; and that is in reference
to the eight hour bill.
This bill was drawn by r. w. Toole,
an old citizen OF the city of Helena. at
the instance OF committee appointed
by the Miners Union. n was done with
out charge and costs, and received his
hearty support. Four OF the members
OF the legislative assembly from Helena
voted for this bill. Those members COM
prised William Wallace, Jr,, A. F.
Burns, r. II. Howey and John Horsky.
The Hon. Harry r. Comlcy. one OF the
chief advocates of the bill. was sick
at the time with pneumonia and unable
to be present To the facts stated above
both Mr.. Breen and Mr.. Gilhllan, who
managed the bill on the part OF the
Miners Union, as well as ]. r. TooIe.
who managed the opposition thereto.
can testify.
So 1t Is in every instance where the
Anaconda boosters have attempted 20
show that Helena in any way stood in
with the Northern Pacific railroad they
have made a signal failure Of II. and in
every instance where they have sought
to show that Helena was opposed 10 the
Miners Union or laboring classes they
have been equally false In this conec-
tion II will be noticed that the mem
bers from the county OF Deer Lodge,
with one exception, voted against
this bill, and that those who did
Toole, the well known henchman OF
DAILY and the Anaconda company, c.
NJ. crutchhcld, an attorney at Law and
then attorney for the Anaconda com
pany, Sylvan Hughes, a resident Of Ana
cundu. and others. The only person
from that county voting in favor Of the
measure was Frank Hollywood. from
Granite.
Such Il pcryersion Of facts ana wllrun
and erroneous deduction from them Is
certainly Unprecedented IN the his
Tory Of any campaign and calou-
lated 10 rob the clcctor of his
right Of HurrnGe Ivy causing him
10 cast hts vote through mlsdlrcctcd
Judgment Such shameful imposition
should nnct with such "a rcbuItc on tho
Cth Of November as win forever deter