Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-06-13
As OTHERS SEE u.
Press Comments On the Poem and
ssApOl0gy."

The Times having very considerably G?
published statement of the New North
West, made under misapprehension OF
the case, as the editor had received no in.
formation save that contained in slip SO
industriously circulated from the Times
Office and supposed that it was bona fds
statement from us, We publish herewith
extracts from the Ncv North West of !,
later date, as we'll as comments of other
Territorial papers in regard to the matter:
THAT APOLOGY.
ave published last week an apology
signed by Mr.. Anderson of the COURIER
tor publishing versification entitled ''Em
and are Out" The sequel to the affair is
interesting. and taking Mr.. Anderson
statement as correct it was a diabOlical and
infamous proceeding. lie says:
Here follows an extract from our state
ment.-ED. COURIER.
''Mr. Anderson further explains the mat
ter showing no wrong whatever was
meant to any one by the publication. and
that it had no allusiOn whatever to the per-
son champ:Oned. There is something in
the affair not evident to the general reader.
MIR. Anderson is young, but boy in fact.
and it appears he was intimiGated into 81 gn-
ing a libel while protesting his innocence.
The publication of the remainder of the
poem sustains his version. If his friends
could excuse the miserable character of the
verse the best thing they could have done
would have been to 60 after the bull-doZers
in their own style and give them all the
game they wanted. When party of three
to one seeks redress in that way they
ought to be accommodated to the fullest
extent. "-Ne,c North West.
TPerhaps something in the affair not
evident to the general reader" will be made
more plain when it is known that the per-
ION who publishes his name ms the pro-
,rietor of the paper that everyone knows
S owned by Col. L. NJ. Black Tor if they
lOn't know it. it is not the COlonel's fault. |
vas consulted in the matter before any ac-
ion was taken by his fellow-conspirators.
gain, those who are familiar with his
state that the ''lbel' we
igned was written by him. Before pub
shing it he knew from our own lips that
ur signature had been obtained by intimi-
alton and fraud and by gang of as vile
as ever disgraced civilized
and one of whom. business
IAN in town, although not worth one
ollar on earth in his own name, is
ondsman for the Times on the county
rinting contIact.-ED. CoURIER.]
BOZeman has big sensation. Matt. w.
lldersOn. editor of The COURIER. signed a
aper last week, acknowledging that a GER
lin poem. Emma and are Out" which
ppeared in the COURIER last week. was
belous. and he published it knowing it to
e SO. MIR. Anderson. in the last COURIER.
lleges that his signature was procured by ;
,rce and intimidation, and characterizes
Re parties obtaining it as ''wOuld-be assas- ,
u.s." The Tunes stOutly asserts to the
1t is pretty squabble-but at t
lis distance the COURIER man appears to
ave tile best of it. The intimidators seem j.,
OF to be offended at the author of the !
Dem so much as vindictive toward Mr. |
ldersOn. If the latter's version of the
ted have been gully Of an outrage for :.
hich they should be held accountable to !
e fullest extent of the Observation-Disclosures. Il
me Ist.
The Bozeman Times devotes nearly a t
'lu'nn to advertising the CoURIER's :
and l are OUT We are :.
ware that the author displays some ge- Il
sand that the poem is not without some
crit, but it is far from what we consider a
irst-class article. and we are only sur q
Used that the experienced Times editor
ould give it such wholesale gratuitous =
vertising. Our office has been thronged p
e past few days with those curious to see
e poem, and we should not be surprised .,
the late issues of the COURIER were to =
come rs popular as a certain agricultural II
per the week it was unde- the control OF e
Ark Twain.-Husbandnaa June 9th. CT