Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-09-05
THOSE ARMS.

votes. Instead Of making general distrib
non OF tile arms at those points Tor wltit
they were Intended, aud as we believe was II
original lea, one gun wqs sent to e,lcl, n,
cihct ~ this county. which were Ia leiesi IN
prorlInently exposed Iii the vicinity Of Ii
polls. We were alta loss at tile time Ia d,
wise whether the guns were exhibited as i
evidence Of what Mr.. CIagctt had done Il,
me people OF Gallatin county,<9or were nj
upas bride to obtain votes. Recent fie
velopinents demons trah. that the latter w
the intention; at least they show that II,
specimens !" should have been label ed
Vote for Clagetl and you win get gun.
certain It is that the only guns sent 10 I'd i.
county--one hundred and sixty In number
were sent 70 prominent Republicans 10 BE-
distributed, and we are inclined to believe
That instructions were also sent I'd issue then,
only to the truly loyal.
Il Many were led to believe, by seeing one Of
these gans prominent Y exhibited IN Boze-
man Oh the day Of election, and the evident
satisfaction Il Afforded our Republican
friends to point out the sample OH exhibition
exciaimlng, See what Mr.. Clagett has done
Ior You. = that goodly number Oh these In
dian-destroycrs would be distributed here.
But the people failed to appreciate the great
services OF the Radical champion; at least
hey didn't reciprocate worth a cent. and the
result IL. Gov. Potts tells the people Of Boze-
man and vicinity that they cannot have
single gun. We understand that ann,;ca-
ton has been made to Gov. Potts for rwo
hundred stand of these arms by responsible
citizens OF Bozeman and vicinity. and thar |
re perenptorily refused to let them come
mere. The reason. We believe. he gave for
refusing TO issue arms to residents Of tai.
part OF the county was that they were not
exposed; being overshadowed by Fort Ellis
On the same principle he could have refused
20 issue guns to the settlers in the lower
part OF this valley, as a guard Of fifteen SOL
lcrs is stationed in the Flat Head pass.
WHICH commands the whole Of the valley be-
ow The effective force now at Fort Ellis
winch IS not fort, but merely post,) does ,
lot exceed fifteen soldiers, which affords no
protection to Bozelnan; but, in the event Of a |
aid az thc present time through the Bozeman | !,
ass, Fort Ellis would require the protection
ne citizens OF BozemaE, or it would fall Into
nc hands Of the Indians. On the other
and. when Fort Ellis was garrisoned by !. =
'nr hundred troops, raid was made into =
ie valley below, in August Of last year. : !.
curriers' were Immediately dispatched to =
ozeman and Fort ELS from the scene Of #
e raid, and the first to go to the rescue was
large citizen company from Bozeman. AL tn
ost depopulatiilg the town Of its male in
lbitants. The citizens Of Bozeman have q
ways responded with alacrity to the calls WI
their more Immediately exposed neigh 81
RS, and Will do SO in the future, whether Oh
not Gov. Potts furnishes them the guns nv
tended By the Government for their use. bv
II case OF formidable raid into this valley ice
which is not at all improbable a. any time. p'l
is more likely to occur now when fhe ~
diers are all absent--it will undoubtedly oie
[ulre the services OF every able-bedied man n.a
the county to repel them, and does Gov. ~. -
It's imagine that six or seven hundred .''a
n, whom he refuses to issue arms to. win us''
hd quietly by and see their neighbors "a
Uses burned and their families sca,ped ~. 80
hout Offering to assist them, even should ~
If own fire-sides be in no immediate dan ''s''
Such seems to be his idea. We have -
re than nine hundred men i'm Gallatin az
nty capable Of bearing arms; as vet he sou
issued but one hundred and sixty stand = =
rms 10 the county; and has positively e.
SEQ, we understand, to issue more; not
luse they are needed elsewhere three ,no'
dred having been sent to the Bitter Root Wv
~, or that he has not got them. .ona
lille the bill did not specifically so state, M M.
attn county only was contemplated WIRE,
the appropriation of one thousand inn oass
ed lieedle guns to the settlers in exposed ,,,,,.
ties Of Montana Territory was made, star,
The only co.nty in fife Territory into vass,
n Indian raids have been made. and 49,.
ion after petition has been sent to Wash oo,,,1
IN, praying for additional protection to ~ i
peop4e ~ .he lower part OF from
valley were talking of abandoning the S.. !,
niflcent farms. upon which they had ex- IL !,
ed years Of toll in improving and rem III :
: 49, p'o'''o a''u oeauIlIui, unless beacl
protection was gnaran. cetl them. The H., !.
was the establishment Of a. company IA :.
-, "a s,'P..''.' Ell a
:. -. s neau ass ana one tnot'- lis tn
guns, with fixed ammunition, was ap- -,
rated, not for the special nse Of the 10 ,
y or hundred settlers living III the inn IN j,
ate vicinity Of the pass, but for thei u -,
bors also. to whom they look for help H. ~. :,
t. say
OiaSe't toiu our people, In his speech are Ii
zenlan before the election, that lie had
q them these guns; he also said that Tho
never told a. lie in his life; ard now the 3,
adical carpet-bag Governor, having no nth.
st in common with the people of Mon first
and whose residence among us depends and &C
" upon the tenure OF his olice and also i,
ccess Of the party which keeps him in pursel
!, smarting under the singing defeat also /,
istered to his party and pyotege, ClaQ- email
the late election, which Gallatin coun- tiuat,.
instrumental in bringing about. and the cr,
ct she gained the proud title Of the sonls.
Democratic county OF the Territory. dan.
political hatred 81 these ladies'
people, refuses to Issue TO them cned.
han one hundred aud sixty of The one saved.
NO guns which the truthful (p) Mr. terribl.
said he had obtained for them. lives %
lave no objections to Gov. Potts, ism lower !
rs to tho sefflfrs If Riftar T,rc+ vi nav..,. !