The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-10-21
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
"cLARKE's FORK RAILROAD MEETING.


to consider important matters in the
., premises
: A full attendance of the committee
and citizens is requested.
= ]. ". BoGERT, Chairman.
2 In obedience TO the above call meet
: ing was held in tho skating rink at Liv-
a ingston on the evening of October 18th,
1886. j. A. Savage was elected chairman
a and A. K Yerkts and ]. E. Hendry
e secretaries
o j. V. Bogert read the memorial to
b Hon. J. X. Toole, delegate to Congress
from Montana, prepared by the Memoir
a al committee, appointed at a meeting
held at Mammoth Hot Springs
The memorial was discussed by Gen.
! Jas. S. Brisbin, Hon. A J. Selegman, d.
H. Budlong, G. L. Henderson and others.
, The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That this meeting endorses
the memorial to Hon. J. K Toole, that
has been read from the platform.
Moved, seconded and carried, that .
committee from Livingston be appointed
to cooperate with committees from
Bozeman, Gardiner, Mammoth Hot
Springs and Cooke in devising ways and
means to assist Delegate Toole in secur-
ing from Congress the right of way for
the proposed railroad from Cinnabar to
Cooke, and that the chairman of this
meeting be chairman of the committee.
The chairman appointed to act with
himself on such committees, H. T. Cep-
erley, ]. E. Hendry, Frank Henry and
Major F. D. Pease.
Moved, seconded and carried that
citizens of Gardiner and Cooke be re-
quested to hold meetings and appoint
committees to cooperate in the pre-
misses with those from Bozeman and
Livingston, and that the officers and
residents of the National Park be also
requested to render their assistance
Moved, seconded and carried that the
meeting adjourn
J. A. SAVAGE. Chairman,
* !. H Tsgfss, secy's.
The meeting was attended by a very
large number of enthusiastic citizens,
who frequently applauded the speakers
After Mr.. Bogert had read the memorial |
and explained it the president of the
meeting, Judge Savage, said he saw in
the audience a distinguished stranger,
well known to the people of Montana,
and WHO was largely interested in the
welfare of this section. He would like
to hear from Gen. Brisbin, and hoped
he would come forward and take the
platform Loud calls were made for
Brisbin and in response be came for
ward and assembled the platform. The
General was greeted with loud cheers.
and at once began speaking. He spoke
nearly as follows:
Mr. President and fellow citizens of
Montana-I am glad to be with you to-
night, but hardly think / can add any
thing of value or interest to what has
been already so well said by Mr. Bogert
and the objects of the meeting as set
forth in his able and lucid memorial just
read to you will, however, now that
am on my feet, say to you that [ am
heartily i'm sympathy with the memorial
and hope it may pass. (Applause.) / /
do not see how any reasonable and sensi-
bic man in or out of Congress can object
to what you ask and to my mind there 8
is not one Objectionable word or sent .
ence in the memorial from the begin :
ming to the end Of it, (Applause) The :
subject of the Clarke Forke mines is to
me an old subject. More than ten years
ago when first came to Montana, and s
was assigned the command of Fort Ellis 3
over the mountains yonder, my then Q
post trader, Mr.. Charles Hoffman, called !
my attention to these. mines. The min q
ers had just been driven out by Indians,
and he claimed protection for them. / -
sent protection and 1T the same time f
began to investigate them to see what
they amounted to. The result of that
was entirely satisfactory, at +
least to myself, and / will state it here. h
| found out there hidden away in the n
earth at Clarke's Forke, were millions b
upon millions Of silver. (Applause.) b
found out there that these mines were Ii
second only to Butte, (applause) il, in a
Iced, they are second to any in the il
world You all know what Butte is. e
From little beginning ten years ago Il
,ity of twelve thousand has grown up. N
From small working of the mines on ri
,redit in 1875 cash pay roll has grown
lp of more than half million month
Applause.) believe the same think "
an be done at Clarke's Forke. Cheers n
There is now no doubt about the rich n
less of these mines. The work of the Ia
VAST summer has shown that millions te
lpon millions are there in the earth
Waiting only for capital and labor to tc
ONE forth and enter into the wants and al
Of man. Gentlemen, we re
want that money, Qaaghter) and we are W
DING to have it, CA voice, you bet.) 70
les you bet, and the only question to To
,e settled is how we are to get it, al
Laughter.) pr
The memorial is all right, and should ra
Ike to see the Congressman who would al
bject to it. ] would like to be there to th
nswer his objections and observe the 70
olor ofhis hair. (Lapghter.) | do not W
'elieye many Congressman will be th
ound who will be willing to oppose tit
our memorial or refuse its just de- no
hands. It does not segregate any por- on
ion of the Park. It does not ask for m
light Of way through the Park or across W
t, but only through one corner up 81
ocky river, and where tourists do not oy
o. IL does not propose to damage the an