Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-04-11
MEETING or rHELEaIsLATURE

Agreeable to the call III the Governor. lie
| Legislature Of Montana Territory will as.
sellble In extra session at. the Capital on
| Monday uext. qiIc extraordinary occasion
requiring the co vocation of'our law mske,. ].
rs sci forth III the proclamation Ut his Excel
lency, Gov. Potts; IS on detective statutes.
Which demand immediate amendment and
rrHiodeli,lg, IN order to prevent conflict Iii
our juiiiciai system and practice, and TO in:
sure the proper assessment and collection of
taxes, also 10 lrgislate our Penitentiary back
into the Territory, Which mas for several
years past been uniler the immediate sllpcr>
vision of tile United States. That these
subjects require Legislation, We freely admit !;
out as to the ends justifying the means, we
DENY. 1t seems to us possible that we could
have lived under The present system until
the regular session at less expense Than will
be ciisaiicd BY the heavy cost of an exir;.
session. But as the fiat has gone forth and
| nc decree is irrevocable. we hope the Legis-
iatllre VIII ipdusirious.y apply itself to The
work III hand. The session icing limited 70
fourteen days, it will require nnremlling
labor to accomplish What is laid down in tile
proclamation, without touching outside or
| abstract.qu lions.
We are satisfied that there are large
number OF the members who will press the
railroad question upon the Legislature, and
That there VIII not be laei ing money and
lobbyists 70 ildncc the Assembly 10. vote II
SilbSflV n nrtA. ,a,,Is i
such be the case this extra session will
resolve itself into the most important Leris-
latiye Assembly eyer before had iii the Terri
tory, affecting Il vital interests of the tax
payers to a greater extent, and possibly
burdening with a heavy debt the many
counties Of the Territory for the benefit OF a
few.
We have substantial and indisputable eyi-
dcnce OF the cary completion of the North
ern Pacific road, which passes through almost
the very centre OF our Territory, affprding
ralroaa facilities equal to our demands for
wears to cone. When the question OF build
ing North and South road was sprung, it
was doneas we believed with the UNDER
standing that the construction OF the form er
road to our Territory would not be COM
pletcd within six years, and it was
uncertain even at that late day.
Under that impression, produced by the
most plan IDLE arguments tom what was
supposed to be reliable authority, and recoy-
MIXING The great necessity Of earlier railroad
communication to relieve the embarrassment
OF our Territory, many were deluded Into
vigorous and sincere advocacy of tho meas
ure; bur, since every day we receive confirm
it0ry evidence, oil character beyond |
question, that the Northern Pacific will bring
,he needed relief, without costing our peo-
Die dollar, sooner than a subsidized North
md South Dad, which would involve our
people In debt that would press them to tile
vail for years to come, these people, rep
esenting almost every man in Gallatin
ountv. are opposed to being taxed for any
Dad, which would benefit only two of tie
rincipal towns Of the Territory. that are un-
ortunately not on the Northern Paciiic res
rvation. a@ t
In s'ew OF these facts, we hope to see the
legislature contine itself to the legitimate
FORK Tor which it was called.