Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-29

ELlSd "A n N IND.
G. DEXTER.
i'll J. E. ATKINS.
ROYAL NJ. BASSEIT
Pres. Utah Northern Il. r.
And the Bill went to an early grave
dishonored and unsung.
OUR RAILROAD REGRETS
I'll We are not at all sorry that the railroad
proposition has been rejected, although
;e we are con a.sent that the bill would hav'
,: been defeated at the polls on the lOti
Y prOximO. But We are sOrry-exc"edingly
so-for the writer eve will not say, editor
y who furnished The literary essay for The
\ Herald Of the % inst, under the cap
tion, What is truth 90 We are free te
confess that the writer has somewhat the
advantage Of us in natural gifts, easy,
flowing style, and graceful literary &C
quirements, but, after all, it is consoling
: to recollect that Nature has not besto wed
upon him more than one mans brains
So that. while it may be admitted he has
) an admirable flow of langlage-"a perfect
'Idiarrlea of words"-it does not ncces-
|sarily follow that he possesses such n
Gigantic intellect AS entities him to dictate
10, or do all the thinking for, the masses.
From the significant heading, we infer
that the learned gentleman is seeking af
ter truth If he is truly in earnest, per-
haps We cannot do better than refer him
again to our articles in previous numbers
of the COURIER in opposition to the rail
road subsidy, which he has utterly failed
to answer, but which be has not failed to
distort and misconstrue to serve his own
purpose. We might refer him, indeed,
to an article in the same number Of the
Herald in which his illumination appears,
headed, 1.-THE dull season of the year."
feeling Statistic d that he can find therein,
not only some plain. practical common
scnse-truth in plain language but q
tolerably complete demolition of his own
''castles in the air." ,
During the Captains" absence, the
community is somewhat at loss to know
who the ''bcll Sheep of the Herald j..
Ordinarily, this would make but little l.
difference, but at time like the present
when it appears necessary to take a def 2
ME position on question of vital impor. e
lance to the Territory, there should be no
or double sounds, no zig-zae 7.
course, no trial of skill or rivalry for posi-
ton, no desperate or desparing efforts in
4 pretended search after TRUTH. TIL,
present emergency requires a steady ard
hand at the wheel, or the
Herald craft runs fearful risk of found.
'rlrg at sea, through the inexperience and
'ague uncertainties of legion of ambitious =.
plots. In the absence Of positive cvi. W
lence, we infer that the TRUTH SEEKER u
disciple Of Blackstone, and, Judging y!
rom the peculiar style of his text We VI
nay also be excused for infering that he III
as wcakn' ss-or inward yearninp to- !"
'ard the Judiciary. Copying after dis !. y
"gulshed historic character who presided !"
the most important trial the world has asp
yer witnessed. he exclaims, "What Is =:
RUTH" and then manifests about as 80
'uch interest in the solution Ct the ALL ~
nPortant question as his eminent proto-
'ps did nearly 1000 years ago. .oe
This modern TRUTH SEEKER, while in !
aag'nation sitting upon The Judgment n,
a, perhaps detected a faint similarit -.
'fween the trial and circumstances to aS1
hich we have just alluded and the ar. Co. -,
isnments, trlal,and certain condemn ton 49,
lion. Railroad Bill, and while listening mo
tentlvely to the pleatings, testimony in
"a arguments, pro and con, he becomes 49,,
terly bewildered, and in the language of .-~
spar and his illustrious predecessor IN
claims, "What Is Truth? 49,
we confess that we had not viewed it in ga,
ls light before, but We can see now I'M
lere fruitful imagination might de- s.o,
It similarity of circumstances and mo-
ents. But the most striking point of Of
We are appr' hensive, rRUru all.
EKER did not. aud has not vet, comprc- sev
nded. 1t is simply this, that the tria, cor
,demnatioa and death of this notorious wi,
Tread Bi!(k) will be the salvation of der
people of Montana; but here the par hon
Il ceases. for we are confident that No inr
"er, human or divine, will Re called far,
rcqu:sitlon for the purpose of reviy- q
inc scheme Or galvanizing to life its tior
rtniess carcass. Although not very of ,
'arkab'e, it is a significant fact. tina, Tho
one of the champions or advocates of ~,
Railroad Bill has ever attemntea n nrni
cuss 1t on its merits. They have usu. the
satisfied themselves with dealing in sol;
l'tudes or vague generalities, KNOWING nm
'well that the Bill could not stand the ,h,.s
cal OF close investigation and sonnd .bl
ument. They have attcmnted WE The
TX. to hide the real issue and tho dire lhee,
sequences Of the proposed means to Gran
ain railroad from the people. and Will
e taken up and Reiterated the univcrs. and
conceded fact Montana needs a Rail been
j." True, she does, but che cannot raise
ri to barter away her entire posses tt
u.s. sacrifice her present population. and uase
exc' ssive taxation prohibit f,tu,o ..,: been
lion, in order To ohto;, gras
allv sucb o r,;s.,..I. "0' ~"u es- ahca