The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-01-18
"NETER SAID r."

II seems 20 % that Il 10 neasiy ti0e thst en- G1eo
posaries In Deer Lodge contrsdicas6 the ststesot,
pat forth BY them In that town, - The - ~
Territorial subsidy was asked 19. II railroad
speakers deny It. aud ccrtaisly thsy soeitled 10
fair report OF their speecheD from oewspapss claiD
Ing TO bs respectable. Il 10 admissible any pepper
to ooutrove, deny, ridicuIe or overthrow the ssgs.
cuts Ut any speaker even 70 vensats his motives
or hs ams but there IL no excuse for any journal in
the world to falsely report mans words 10 pretend.
Ing to give exact account Of what he said; and II
sror shoud occur BY ina6vctence. Il 10 certainly
the duty Of any paper that prctends to be rsputsbe
newspaper to make TIE correction q support ~ &C.
port by the evidence Of othcrs
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But they ny that they az net sdvocste Territorial
subsidy. Othsss Who heard them ny tho same and
now We would like to know Why our friends In Deer
Lodge say Aey did, II 1t II true We would like to
hsvs It proven. It 10 mistake, II IL plain duty
10 correct it.-Hassttt, Jaa. Is.
This subsidy question IL getting funny.
The ring has oil the slippery proclivitics and
attributes of an eel. For long time, when.
ever we would 90 for any of its propositions,
the party INTERCEPTED would shrink out Of
the responsibility by declaring. "Oh! We
have nothing to do with that. We cannot
bc responsible for what irresponsible parties
say And 50 it was rather difficult to get
lead still long enough TO hit it, on the
$G.00V, 900 and 4,000, 900 projecta When
Sanders and Symes came over We expected
these gentlemen to set forth what was in.
tended 10 he done and by whom. but they
were too wary tor that. They did not do it.
They did, however, make certain requis-
itions upor Montana. There was suw Of
money the Ring thought it could get, and
they couldn't well abstain from stating how
and from whom they expected to get II. It
was ncrvy, not TO say recklessly foolish, to
declare for Territorial subsidy in Deer
Lodge, but they did. Having done 1t. VIC
did not anticipate they would weaken when
they got buck 10 Helena, but it appears they
do. 1t seems the ring has been Humping them
hard for bursting their game, and 80 in adj
dition to disavowing responsibility for the
sayings and doings Of others, the ring nd.
vocates want 10 get out Of wat they ssid
themselves. But just here they lind the
bridges burned behind them a. per the tol
lowing:
DEER LUDaE, NJ. T. Jan. II, ls7:.
We, the undersigned, having bceu present 1t the
meeting In Deer Lodge addressed by Col. W. =. San
ders and G. G. syme., Esq, the subject Of extra
seSsion Of the Legislature, and the voting Of subedy
n sone company In connection with . North and
South railroad project have since seem It stated In
the Helena papers that those gentlemen deny hav-
Ing declared In favor Of Territorial subsidy 70 such
road. This declaration the Rocky NonHtais Gasette
Of Jan 18th. apparently ssthosised BY them retter
ates emphasically and impu:cs wlfal msrcprsscnta.
ton u thosc gsntlsmss u the Deer Lodge papers IN
their report Of that meeting. In view Of the facts
and the stacmcnts made, therefore certify, by
signatures hereto attached that those gentlemen not
only declared In favor Of Territorial subsidy, but
that tho whole tenor Of their speeches and argument
looked to Territorial subsidy that the audience
understood them, that the replying speakers charged
them with H. and ssade th cir arguments on that basis
without dcnia, that Col W. +. Sanders being inter
rogatsa ny ledge Knowles, positively refused to
pas his wosd that he wou,d MT favor Territorial
ssbsjdy - the North and Roath road, and that the
proceedings - rpsstsd In the NEw NoeTnWur
wt- fa asd impartial sysopsis, cxsct ssrort oe
tho speeches made on that evening" We furthermore
believe now, then, that 10 the purpose At the
promoters Of this scheme to procure Territorial suh
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