Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13
TIE RAILROAD AND CAPITAL.

HE kLAxLnV<1D AND NAX AAATS.
These two bills absorbed the atten.
ton of legislators and lobbyists the
past week, and caused a strong COM
motion among our Helena and Virginia
City neighbors, they being the parties
more directly interested in behalf of
the two measures. The final DISPOSE
ton of these two bills has surprised
many and raised. the. wrath Of some.
Helena consoles herself over the de-
feat of the railroad bill by having Sc.
cured the capital-provided the Gov
ernor does not veto it, and the people
do not kill it at the polls, which we
think they are liable to. do, if Governor
Potts does not save them that little
trouble-but our Virginia City friends
are inconsolable, aud the Montanian
expresses itself thus;
1--WE feel grieved that we have met
with these great misf0rtunes, but our
grief for the loss is nothing compared
with orr Indignation to know that we
were sold, bartered away, betrayed by
our friends. The Madison county men,
beers in the Council, and all save one
in the House, stood in boldly and
openly for FIRST the Railroad Bill, and
second, the Capital to remain at Vir-
ginia. But by treachery more dark
than that practiced by Delilah, they
were overpowered, and lost both Capt.
tai and Railroad"
The Daily Montanian, of Sunday,
gives the following action of the Legis-
lature on the bills:
"The Capital Bill as amended by the
Council, substituting Deer Lodge for
Helena, came up in the House Xester-
day morning, and on motion that the
House do not agree to the amendment;
or in plain words, that the House is
not in favor of substituting Deer Lodge
for Helena, the following vote was had:
For Deer Lodge, Carmichael, Curtis,
Coleman, Ezekiel, Harrington, Mead,
Mallory, Stafford and Tate; against
Alger, Arnoux, Brown, Chessman,
Dean, Dusold, Emerson, Heldt, Hart
well, Kennedy, Kerry, McCauley,
OKeefe, Sanders, Sutton and Rodgers.
The bill was then returned to the
Council, that body receded from the
amendment, leaving the bill q law so
far as the Legislature is concerned, as
it came from the House, making Vir-
ginia and Helena the places to be
voted for by the people on next Au-
gust. After the House had spent
hours amending and working on the
Railroad Bill in Committee and in the
House, it came up yesterday morning
on the final passage. Up to this time
it was supposed by the real friends of
the bill, Judging from the vote Of the
House ON the recommendation from
the Committee of the Whole, and aiso
OH the amendments, that the Bin
would pass by almost a two-thirds
majority. So judge of the surprise
when on calling the ayes and noes,
only eleven mes. ~otad tor the passage
Oh ine Bill. Theso were Brown ana
Mead, of Beaverhead, Carmichael,
Stafford and Ezekiel Of Madison, Cole
man, Of Gallatin, McCauley and En-
erson. of Jefferson, Sanders, Hartwell
and Dusold, of Lewis and Clarke.
Those voting against the bill were,
Chessman and Heldt, of Lewis and
Clarke, Aiken, Alger, Kerley, Rogers,
and Dean, q. Deer Lodge, Arnoux, Of
Choteau, Curtis, of Jefferson, Harring.
ton and Sutton, of Meagher, O'keefe
and: Kennedy, of Missoula, Tate, of
Gallatin, and Mallory, Of Madison
Eeleven, to fifteen and the Railroad Bill
was lost. How, wretched is the poor
man who relies on Legislative action"
The same paper winds up by giving
Helena the. following to smoke in her
pipe at leisure:
MLet her fHelena] gloat over her i'll.
gotten HCaipital, but remember, when
poverty and despair come with it, that
it was procured ut the sacrifice of the
North and South Railroad. Take the
Capital, but remember that Madison
county will stand hereafter as a unit
against any railroad that will in the
the slightest degree benefit the town
Of Helena. Continued treachery makes
misapthropes of US all.
For fear our Helena friends may
celebrate prematurely, we will just
mention that the Capital Bill is not
law yet. 1t requires the signature of
the Governor. "There's many a slip
tween the cup and the lip" and WE
may be happy yet. So 60 slow"
DENVER Is full ot persons wanting employ
mcnt. ut m.n with wives and families de-
pending on them. who would only BE- glad
10 get work Of any kind. They include ali