Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-04-14
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD ACT.
The Election.

The Election:
Full returns had not been received
Ut the capital at the latest advicrs 1t VII
require an official count to determine the
re. ult Of the election on the I'd inst. bat
SO lar ~ the vote is now known. it IS ~
favorable 10 ii. Act, The last Ind.pen
dent claims majority against granting
aid to the Northern Pacific Of 25O
l, is probably not far wrong in ITS 'e'i
mate. If such be the case, the true friends
of Montana's iutere>t-thOse who rccog
nizr the z. neral prosperity Of the lerri-
tory 6 psr mount b, local AMI ss'flsh con-
si.!era,ions-msv bid farewell TO every
h"pc i" securing railroad until our Terri
tory is sufficiently developed to bring a.
road here without Territorial aid. This
election settles the subs, question: The
wire pullers Of Helena, who have Cause"
the defeat If the best r.ilrO.d measure
that will ever be pr sente'l TO tn people
of Montana, need not ''lay the lettering
urc.ion to their SOULS tlat two years
hence the people will favor Substituting
the Utah N"rthern, or any "'h'T project
they n .. hach "ut through the Legisla
ture, whereby they expect to enrich thu M
selves ard fitch the pe"pc.
Before tn. III. citing OF 'hc last LesisIa-
TURF it was iaci,ly agreed that all Local
pr.juhiccs should be ignored. and that
thu b. st proposition; 1T til. road come
from whence it might. sh":ild fcceiye the
unanimous support OF III" press and peo-
pie of the Territory. All Then recognized
the necessity of railroad Communication,
and those papers that opposed The lat'
Act wtfe the most camorOus for subsidy,
and TIL 1Uutlcs. in condrmning any local
feeling In lie matter, when the general
prosp rity o the 1etrit"ry was at stake.
But When the contest vas narrow ell down
to aiding Que road, the Northern Pacific,
. howl IF opposition came u. from Hell
era, viii h. ',k' an epidemic, spread over
the Wes,.Slde, taking in Beaver Head,
heagher AID ChOtcdu on the side.
The New North West done some re
meud0us figuring on the bill, and possibly
made some persons think that if the bill
passed, tho people would have to pay over
&2O OOO, 600, and hen they had no guarani
tee thst the road would ever be bull that
the Act Vas the greatest fraud. abound
Ing III Glazing hfcc,s, ever presented to
o. inteliieen, people to ratify. The Madi
sonixh says its own def. cts killed the bill.
Still both of these paprs have SAID that
the Legislature passing this defective BIZ;
was composed of men poss ssing more
ability than any previous Assembly in the
Territory.
The eyes Of the people Of Eastern Mon
sana have BEEN opened in regard to this
rsiItosd business. They have been taugh'
int local prejudice is the governing prin
pay tribute 70 hcr-'l,st IT, Ring mere r.
would subvcrt Every interest in the Terri
tory ioris own az randizem mt. But we
have the consolation o. knowing that the
peOple Of Easter" Montana can Isl. nd
PAT. and ha 10 How?" With the naviy :
Ito" of the Yellowstone river, and wagon
roa''s opened from Boze : an to Cheyenne
anil Bismarck we are comparatively in e.
pendent Of a railr"nd. But tie people OIL
Gal'sttn County showed their enterprise.
!" putting ~ ssolii for the Railroad Az,
1t DEPARTED on that M ASSURE. they are
do'e with voting for any ard all subsidies
Thy will 20 to work ard help then.
srlves-ignorirg the prosperity o. 9th. +
eections At the II. rritory rs they bavr
t9norr'' thai of ours w. have an ne
e:'ments Of wealth end prosp. fifty NJ
hand, and We shall utilize th'n for our
own benz 1t. If every tub has to stand
90 ito own bottom, We know IF n0 other
sectton OF the Territory that has NOR.
susstanttsI iOosire tan Eastrrn Montana.