Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-05
SANDERS.

which we extract q, follows:
II see by the COURIER that J: advocate
the Chinese wall system and thinks con
tact with the world will ruin ts, espec
. tally the Changers. Men with whiskers OF
their faces and brains in their heads ough
to be ashamed of such stuff If contac
: with civilization will ruin Montana let u
ruin her; the quicker the better. That
a good argument against all loads, ever
against ordinary highways. But Gal]atil
county is not wholly pusillanimous. Ever
If your papers do not represent your bes
. sentiment, you have cause to be proud O.
Bad Meadow and some others.
Il did not suppose fir e educated Ameri
cans by few years isolation could los'
so utterly faith in themselves. l coun
on you to laugh at Bogert and Anderson
until they will be ashamed to meet yol
on the street and until they run out thu
back door when they see you coming
!. Your experience and good sense will fur.
nish you some elementary principles, which
being but the very milk of political econ
omy, will do for the stoDachs of those
new born babes in the chair editorial. II
that don't do, esstigate them numerically
with few grains Of strong common
sense.''
Now, that's EVERY sewcre,' and we,
though not agreeing with you. Colonel
may not be wholly wrong. We want a
railroad as badly as can you; but We don't
propose to jump into the fire merely to
effect possible raise in Helena rents
W. understand that was the main argu-
mcnt In Helena in favor of the Bill.
Colonel, we appreciate your ability-we
admit it has not had its due reward, either
financially or positionaly, but you came
to Montana too soon and have suffered, as
have others, in bnrying yourself in q
country destitute of either back or q
front door.
But. not satisfied by letter writing. the
Colonel again seeks the columns of the
Notwithstanding that while the AvANT
COURIER editorials seem TO be all anti
railroad of the approved style, their
whole effect is spoiled by the enleucy
of the selected articles, which hereticaly
instil the idea that railroads are beneficial
to the country. Does Bogert realize what
a source of anxiety this tendency OF his
scissors has become to his Areus-eyed
mentor of the Times?''
Aga'n-"There is nothing Ike being
con sistept, and what is tire use of pre-,
tending 10 oppose improved methods of
lrayel and transportation while accepting
IN other directions. The
nan who can run printing press and
oppose railroad is living contradiction.
he greatest Inconsistency possible. For
man outside Of China, citizen of the
United States, a r. sdcnt of Montana, and
'hove all, propri' tor of newspaper. to .
cr oasly oppose the introduction of that
,reattst Of all civilizc ant. wealth ere +
tors, the railroad, reaches to the acme oil
-
Colonel, you lose your head in this mat
er. The opinlon ~ Of the Times we care
othing for, but you 10 yourself injustice
'hen accepting as dry ammunition It's
|urs over our publication of the Bris in
lorih and South letters. We don't rcgre, I
avlng done so. 1t was legitimate jour
a'ism. Again, you know perfectly well d
lat ''Bogcrt" and the proprietor" of q
'e COURIER oppose no improved meth +"
Is OF travel or transportation; that al
icy do not oppose railroads. AS SUCH, u
ID that the COURIER fought the late u
III upon what it con>id, red good end 3
nsiblc grounds. Ia
"Bocert, at least. has shown no oppo. ie
ion to railroads, and whether his orpos- re
IN or support are of consequence or not III
nd he don't assume they are) he is en- ~
led to your recognition of the fact that IN
, While editing the Times, brought nc
out the Helena Railroad Convention til
d was the first man in Montana to urge
Northern Pacific magnat.s to visit SIT
'ntana in the interest of their PROPOSE. III
n and bill. True, neither convention, fir
visit, or proposition, or bill resulted in rel
DAD, but all did much to arouse the Ri
lroad interest. We refer to this, as, ste
er TRADE against those who opposed tn;
lr pet project, you assert as follows: is
The estimate 10 which the busy world
us our intelligence may all b. rad in
dispatch from the Northern Pacific
Tread. In the apprehension that Gould
20. would accept our offer and that a {
&c CAMPAIGN was impending they sent rea
chatf across the continent, with in. VIII
lotions to" notify the newspapers" to rem
I'll such venerable birds as have here spe
ire been fooled with it by this same l G.
'pany. Our readers will recall the lati
ues of the more prominent of them TIL
1ound fitting representative in the
Legislature in Mr.. Hays Of Callatin. W.
y are men who live on dclusion and
We 10 see how many they can begu,le uos
snare. Destitute of pride, they are the
ing to be laughed at by all the genera the
Is they survive. Their animoslties
them with motive power a, d they
superfious on the stage to arr. st All :,
yress. by appealing to the narrowcst|. -
Dascst motives and passions. They oy
not so malicious as ignorsnt, not So Mil
ending as shameless. To such men Blu.
statement of Mr. Stark that ''lhe com. c,,.
y had decided to call q stockholders D"s
ting to obtain authority to build west i'e G.
he Missouri river" would furnish y
aGnillon for a whole campaign. and arr
ia be dished up in the Times. Courier. hav
Mlssoul an, in the same type and por
Dis that are used to exnless s;rcara fr0n
'mcnts." pate