The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-07-27

Radical monopoly $3.50
lie aided in the pasiags Of the anarts mineral act
requiring muers discovsrrrs and owners to do large
amount OF work every year. In default thereof their
property n to b. forfeited to mOnop0Itsts ana shy
locks who have plenty Of money and slwa,. -s-a
terminate. Il CSrkne aud anywhere 10 HoStsns the
company please aud they have already demanded two
ui!:oas u Helena IN confederation 1t IT. Terminating
here.
lie got an appropriation from > Congress. he
conlact get any thing from. tor the deer Lodge Peal
He Introduced bill giving the Governor absolute
autocratic powev In the appointment Of Territorial
officers where vacancies existed, which would have
passed 10 that shape the Democrats aud Liberals ND
IL aided. Of course in the passage Of tho Indian
XIII !: s: OF 10 failed to do h.. been
very detrimental to the Metropolitan city ~ well ~
the whole Territory Of Montana. whss be did d. has
the same effect.
We pronounce nearly all of the above un.
true or distorted by malice, and from first
to last an unjust. ungrstefal caIumny
against the best Delegate Montana ever had
or ever will have, . Delegate who has rep.
resented this people with ability, impartial
ity. efficiency and unparalleled success, y
Delegate whom the G0seste not month ago
stated was 1.-THE sblest man in the Republi~
can party" who it ''hsd found occasion m
Commend dozen times where it found fault
once" and Delegate who will be re- elect
ed on the 9Th Of August by grateful PEG.
pie.
We have given the charges of the Gazette:
Now mark how plain statement shall put
them down. Mr.. Clagett reached Washington
in Nov. 1871 Within . week he secured IN
order from the President throwing open the
Bitter Root Valley u settlement. renewing
from one thousand Of our people the char
scter of trespassers and securing them in
their homes and property. During the eight
years lie predecessors had represented Mon
tana an appeal for this had gone up from
that people and nothing had been done.
During the session be procured the passage
Of n bill removing the tribal Indians from
the Valley, secured an appropriation Of S.
600 for the purpose, threw the lands open 10
pre- emption without even the odd sections
being subject to the railroad gran. p!oyjdss:S 6!
appropriation increased $4,000 for the pur.
pose, and to-day the surveyors are at work.
One thousand people are secured in their
homes and property, and st least $50, QUO
acres of the best lands of Montana hitherto
reserved are open 70 our people. This
the Gazette does not mention.
He instituted . measure VIII ereby the
Crow reservation on tho Yellowstone,
greater In extent than Ill settled Montana,
covering the Yellowstone valley and jut
ting up into the very heart of Gslla.in
county, will within . few months be sur
rendered to civilization. This the Gasene
docs not mention.
Realizing the exposed condition of the
Meagher and Gslls,in county settlers, and
knowing the War Department. anticipated
serious trouble from the Sioux - the N.
P. r. r. progressed, he collected trim Gen.
eral Sheridan On Increase Of soldiers Ut the
posts protecting that frontier. Sheridan,
the gallant friend of the frontisrsmen, was.
owing u the heavy requisltions for Rail
Road protection, and the fact that the army
10 now relatively less than before the war.
unable 70 comply, but realizing the necessi-
ty of pacifying where he might not contr'l,
approved smd recommended the suggts.
ton of the Peace Commission that $75O, O0O
be specially appropriated to feed the Sioux.
and try with them the question If feeding
was cheaper than fighting them. General
Sherman and the Secretary of War endorS.
I'd the recommendation, II was passed with
the standing appropriations, and the Com.
missioners IRE now at Fort Peck where
5000 SiouA sre assembled to make terms Of
peace. Lest, however, war parties might
rad into the settlements Mr.. Clagett o5.
tsined m order from Sheridan that the
Posts on that line should institute patrol
# cavalrymsn along The pssses leading y
them, and before the snow was out of the
valleys and until this time vigilsnt patrols
under faithful officers psss constantly 70
and fro on the extreme frontier, and to
them 10 due IN . great Measure the unex.
smpled pace and security which pervsdes
the border Not csssing effort IT that, he
introduced and secured the passage of .
bill providing 1000 breech. loading Needle
guns and eccoutremcnis and 200. QUO .rDunds
0f fixed ammunition for the settlers on the
exposed frontier, aud the same are now in
Montana, and will within few days be
distributed by the Governor 70 tho from
uersmsn. Finding that the only Statute
Of the United States whereby Osers of
property from Indian depredstions could
obtain compensation from the Government
had been repealed In 1870, be introduced
and secured the passage Of . bill reinsts-
ting It on the statute look. Thus he has
followed up the measures Of protection and
treaty with sn armory IN every household,
and should settlers ssill b dsspoiled Of
their property, Statute d ressosed whses.
BY they may secure that compensation Gos
destruction BY tho pablo enemy, which .
the Just obligation Of : Government . IL
people In return for their allegiance. The
Oaseees makes no mention Of thsss laboss,
The uanss complete sDd perfect thas any
man could devise and sxscata
He also secured the establishment q The