Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-05-09
OUR CAPITAL LETTER.
lDoings OF thc Eighth legislature.
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IFrom our Special Correspondent.

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Is April 30th. 1873. !
BY some mistake was unable to post my
Tuesday s letter in time TO go by this MORN
ing's mail, but since it did not go am rather
glad of it. as 1t enables me to incorporate To-
days proceedings with it. To-day has been
a regular field day among the leaders in both
Houses. Rail Road, Alien Law, Public I'm.
p tovcments-each and all hare been the
theme of the opposlg parties. Each OF the
bills that have been considered las only been
carried or lost by !. small majority. after a
pro!ractcd debate, In the course of which
many descended to personalities, especially
scription Bill debate in the House, which
was of such interest to everybody in town,
that business was temporarily suspended,
and all went to see the fate OF the famed r..
Il. measure. Even the members OF the Coun-
Gil laid aside the pressing business of that body
and took a recess til O'Clock p. NJ, and
went owe rto listen to the proceedings in the
House. The bill came up on the report of
the Committee recommending its rejection,
and 18th II inority report recommending
that it be referred to a committee of the
members OF the Counties which are expected
to Subscribe to the stock.
Ezekiel. of Madison, opened the ball by
charging the members, who, in Committee.
rof,,col to ollo.y tl,a hin IN 1o raf,,rad RI thu
special Committee, recommended by the mi-
nority report, with cowardice in refusing to
trust to tie &C oil sense of the people, as to
whether they waited a road on the terms of
the bill or not. and he also charged them
with assuming to themselves. power dam
gerous to the principles of Democl acy, when
they presume to dictate upon what the Deo-
pie shall vote. and what they are not COM
petent to pass upon. al5 p
He was followed By Coleman, who defend
ed the action of the Committee, and excused
them on the ground of the exhorbitant de-
mands Of the proposition. As # | VI
Then came Sanders. and in Al, eloquent ef-
fort of about Is minutes duration, he appeal
ed to the House not to confirm the action Of
the Committee. and condemned the course of
the Deer Lodge delegation in seeking to de-
feat measure, in which their county was
not interested to the extent of d single dollar.
He was loudly arplauded when he took his
seat.
i The Speaker. Hon. John Ii. Rogers, called
Algrr to the Chair, and took the floor to
answer Sanders, armed with q formidable ar
ray Of legal authorities TO support his arsu,s
ment, and to destroy the hopes of the Rail
Road advocates. ..a =..5s a,..4
He took the ground that neither the Terri
tory, as a whole. nor the Counties indiyidu-
ally, had any right to subscribe to the stock
OF any corporation OF TO Donate public money
to foster private enterprise, and to support
his position, he quoted from such legal an-,
thors as Cooley, Wright, Dixon and Redfeld.
He made an elaborate and exhaustive argu-
ment, reviewing everything that has been
heretofore said on the subject, and painted in
fearful eolors the situation of the country
as it would be in the grasp Of huge mo-
nopoly.f He said that hisIfriends had advised
him ttat tile course he was pursuing in the
ls,atter, .so.&lsa be efre ~ easisy DO
litically speaking, but that, in this cause, he
felt that to die, was to be enno5lcd and reap
a martyrs fame; that.he was at that moment
by the feeling that cheers the dying
soldier whose lie blood is ebbng away in the
cause of liberty, but whose spirit is joyous
In the knowledge that he has followed the
right to the end. A storm of applause re-
warded the gentleman as he took his seat,
and it was we'll deserved, tor he made the
best argument that the. 1Anti-Railroad men
have yet advanced. e f3se3r@}sl 2<4s
Slowly and with apparent diff1dence, as
though, the arguments Of Capt. Rogers had
somewhat Disconnected him. Sanders rose to
answer. If ut first he seemed Disconnected.
that feeling rapidly passed away, and he
commenced at the beginning and reviewed
very point that his opponent had adduced.
He proved that authors. whose opinions had
not been sustained by the courts, had been
quoted to support the position Of the Anti
Railr Dad men. He pointed to the fact that if
there is no Railroad to the Central Pacific
Rail Road, that when the Northern Pacific.
does come, that Montana VIII be entirely at
it's mercy, that with no competition its
charges viii only be regulated by the size OF
the purses of those who are compelled to use
that line, but that competfns line will ecr-
tain1y tend to reduce charges and eheapen
the rates Of travel, to give renewed impetus
to all kinds OF business, and be the COM
mencement of system of Kali Roads, whose
radiasins branches will extend into every
valley, town and mining camp in the Terri.
tory. Alluding In sarcastic terms to the
portion of Rodgers speech, wliereinhe spoke
Of dying soldier, he said, that if Rodgers
was So ready to pronounce HIS own etslogy
and sing HIS own requiem, Ire was willing to
help him place himself right before the
world and tighten, somewhat, his arduous
task. ard to that end he had written his epi-
tapf, as follows:a ogf.E aE 81 tE8a ii IL II
aaac 9" In lowest depths, aiower stiii,8a OILS
saai Here lies poor Rogers John, II sifsa toy :
fa9a sAtreacherous FRIEND bitter fol-, s.t-t0 1T q
Who ean pronounce no. he is dead ;,s..5 "a
WHITTIER his restless soul has fei? III
y If to the realms of light and love, ~
9 y Concord has ceased to reign above; $3.50 Il.
ii us n he has found lower level a18d5 t8 lii
o4 NE mist compassionate the DeviLs,'s,aH 81
d This sally createsl1a deal Of amuse-
ment at the expense Of Rogers. in the midst
If which Sanders took his seat. Rogers