The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-12
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Nantes bill for federal building in |
the city Of Butte.
The idea IL to secure an appropria-
ton Of 100000. The bill that has been
introduced in the senate prescribes the
conditions that usually are incident to
similar measures; 1t provides for the
site, for the plans and for the struct-
ure.
II any city In Montana is entitled
to federal recognition. by population.
by bulk of business. by realization In
the past or promise for the future.
Butte Is that city. Already Butte Is
on the congressional list; it's applica-
ton for building was filed years ago.
when favors in the way Of buildings
were tossed. for whatever reason. to
towns Of UNNECESSARILY less merit.
Butte is the business heart of Mon
tana- It IL the center Of the states
| Industrial interests. OF its railway
| traffic, of its population. of its wealth.
We have heard that there is also
before congress a bill for a federal
building In Helena. That is all right.
| Let Helena have a building IL she can
get II. as an affair of federal benevo-
lence. but let the throbbing city of
Butte have one. before any other city
In the Northwest. on its merits.
Butte has a population nearly or
quite three times greater than Helena.
On the first day Of May, 1896. In point
of population Anaconda will easily
have taken second place in Montana.
Before January /. 1898. Great Falls
and Billings will have walked away
from Helena handily. Within a week
we have read in Helena newspapers
the advertisements of improved proper
ty in that decaying city for sale at
prices below the face of mortgages
placed on the same property four years
ago. There is nothing in this western
. country for a debt-ridden community
whose dependence is on the payroll OF
federal soldiers at thirteen dollars per
month per head.
You need not look so very far in the
! future: the year 1900 will reveal the
; fact that the city of Helena is to Mon
| tana what obscure Olympia is to the
1 state of Washington; what tumble
! down Harrisburg is to Pennsylvania;
/ | what Springfield is to Illinois; what
: Columbus Is to Ohio; what Annapolis
}. is to Maryland That's a fact; the
e near future will fetch it.
Not an objection in the world to
I federal building for Helena, II the gov
n eminent of the United States wants
e TO be a bureau of charities. But, frs
c of all. a worthy appropriation for the
a city in the state that ranks foremost In
l. business. In wealth. in population. By
a three to one. Butte is that city.
Lemuel Quigg's mission in congress
:. seems to be to furnish theme for tn
guyers and lampooners of the press
J. There seems to be something after a.
IN a name, at least in Mr.. Quigg'
name. His personal appearance an
his utterances bear out the suggestion
OF eccentricity It contains. 1t seem
e that the gentleman from New Yorl
, erstwhile from Helena, is sporting a
Re unusually large crop of hair and tn
g washington Star is anxious to kno'
n what football player he is using for
le model. From the Chicago Tmes-Her
he aid comes the remark that "the Wash
ot fngton correspondents are disposed
Is fay Mr. Quigg. who. by a slip of tn
st tongue dn one OF his oratorical flight
ID fitted up a gladiator with boots an
spurs. AS 1t was Mr.. Quig'g's giadiato
OF n occurs TO us that 1t was nobod
Is else's business II the gentleman frol
ly New York cared to make an innovs
~ ton to his costume" The Clevelan
ut Plain Dealer asks the country to civ
he Lemuel q chance. His eloquence
OF still irritated by pin feathers. Beside
re AN extemporaneous oratorical gladiat'
a should not have a bootless descriptic
no when shod by the spur Of the moment
3. And so they keep after poor ouigg.
o. Diligent search through the who
!" length of the presidents message fai
the Nicaragua canal matter. thong
20 an engineer commission was sent thel
" TO investigate and required to repo
ae In time for the message. The inve
AZ tigation was made. and the report
an said to have been handed In with
yes the specified time. yet the president
ne wholly silent. The Boston Travel
u asks II the matter is not OF any In
W portance. "Or is the president confer
plating making It the subject of
AZ special communication? Time is vas
~ iy important in this matter. in al
view. and IL the report of the commi
rs sion has been correctly outlined
the press. 1t is OF especial Importance
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