| Show THE MONTANA territorial RAILROAD convention tue tun dele dole delegates gi tes to the tile montana railroad convention assembled in iti the tile court house at helena helenar april 21 at tit 12 ma ah didow L iry Iryl I 1 ne neof f deer lodge wai wat wai wal elected president and A H beattie secretary the president t appointed cornelius cornellus hedges hedged J J davi davis W J me cormick rr S ford J R weston and granville stuart a committee on oil credential and the tile convention n adjourned the convention reassembled assembled re at 2 pm when the on credentials reporter in favor of the following fol ful lowing el apportionment of delegates based upon one delegate to sixty five live votes in each county lewis and clarke county so 30 delegates deer lodge 25 jefferson 11 II gallatin Oal gal latin 10 missoula 9 Area meagher glier 9 choteau 3 the tile committee also reported tile tiie follo following I 1 g delegates entitled to seats in inthe tile convention W lewis and clarke county A J davi B H tatem J F wll wil son J largent H IL comly D C corbin ar bullard W K roberts A sands bands C hedges TS lowry R lawrence choteau county roberts robert rubert 8 ford f 1 missoula county counts W J mccormick gallatin gelatin county J V bogert F D pease geo D thomas VA cockrill C L clark dark J J davis L ir howell R P vivion CC jefferson county J B R weston G W mccauley IL AL hill JG J G sanders hiram cook 0 C W higley fred dell ja S smith T M sion G W crane deer L lodge dge county granville grauville stuart W V L irvine irvane the same committee was requested to report on the order of bustnes fessand sAnd the convention adjourned until the next day dy madison beaverhead and meagher counties were not represented on the second day dy april 22 2 granille granville stuart of deer lodge was elected president ries Pies ident ade nt and slur capt niram cook of jefferson county and harry hatry R comly of lewis newis and clark dark vice presidents J V bogert of gallatin secretary and A H bettle bettie Be ittle ittie of lewis and clark dark assistant secretary the following gentlemen were selected as a committee 0 on resolutions william L irvine robert S ford J G 1 sander J V bogert james macluen Mau luen iuen Cormick mccormick Me B 11 II tatem resolutions to gather and compile pil 0 statis R es of the I 1 clive I 1 counties ortho orthe the tho territory for pu publication bli bil and to send to railroad companies 1 with InvItatIon invitations 4 of proposals for building a road into mon tana una that the northern pacific R R would beyt beat accommodate montana and should have the first hearing and to wait till july for such propositions were offered and referred the following offered ered by harry R comly were adopted whereas while we have an abiding faith falth founded upon experience and knowledge of the mineral 1 I agricultural and other resources of f our territory in its ultimate development into a rich and powerful section of 0 our common country and ants of its al ly assuming that importance in our republic which its position on the line of the futura future highway of the nations fiora east to west would seem to indicate and while wo we believe that alone and and unaided these ic ie sources and our position will in the future develop us into inlo a rich and powerful 11 ta J state stat yet recognizing the fact that without availing ourselves of or tl it r mean me ansof or enlightened inventions and disa discovery biety siad and to and aud rely reis ing ehi efi entirely upon our awn own capital labor anu aud resources pur pro progress gresl gresi must necessarily be slow andor ando and or o r hopes of success indefinitely deferred and whereas 3 we believe that the enter enterprise ise lse vigor and indomitable energy of our people demand something more thim than a tacit acceptance of tile the present condition of things ant and prefer active effort to old fashioned fashio ried tied low mow h pro ress todne fore pore belt bell be jt ID resolved that in the opinion of bf this thia convention the timo time has haa biome when active ex elton eiton ss should be made to connect the ie territory of montana 1 lon ion fon taa wit with thi th rest of the world by railroad communication and with this end iu in view kiev we we in vito the cooperation operation co lebn bf all classes seel ions and communities ci Resolved that we believe that the speedy construction of a railroad connecting 0 ua us with the marts of the world by oy means moans of a reasonable appropriation on op the part of tile the territory for that purpose 14 s preferable under the present circumstances cum stances to masterly inactivity inac tivit on the one sidnor unade excitement or extravagance ou on the other I 1 resolve jRe solved that the people of df montana should not in offering its assistance to such an enterprise restrict such odner offer to any particular road or road roads ba V their h a wise vue discrimination crimin atlon would dictate the policy of or receiving propositions from all and in acting upon them choose that proposition whish should com bhe bile with certainty of construction the tilo elements of speed in completion and cheap cheapness nessin in cost to the territory and at tue the same canid time fline would the greatest number of localities or in other words would conform to that grand old doc doctrine trind tring of producing the greatest good number the committee onRo solutions reported the following that thal i of the people of bf the territory of montana that the orthe of fhe the northern PC pacific J railroad from bismarck marek m a 1 ack to th the e western settlements of the territory would accod accommodate m 0 the commercial mining i and m d agricultural interests of every section and without injury to any resol cresoe Re soe es tilaia a committee of one from each county selected by the delegates of the counties represented be appointed to carry into effect the matters and things set forth faith in the ad resolution concerning conferring with B R it companies etc saiu said said sald committee to report to the convention recommended upon the call of the chairman of titis convention 41 Reso resolved tved ived that it be the duty of the tho above committee CommItte 6 to compile the statistics and informs in forma tion obtained for use in correspondence with the dif dlf different railroads j and men and that the same be furnished for publication to the news newspapers papers of the territory I 1 resolved that it is the true truer interest of the territory to have railroad communication with the outside world at as early a day as possible with due doe regard to the expense to the territory and that the road which will do this esthe one oue which the people of the Terri territory fory can most sensibly aid to the extent of their ability resolved that it is the sense of this convention seeking early and cheap communication with the outside world that the navigable waters of tb the 0 territory territory more mere especially the yellowstone rivers should be made tho the subject of special at attention lent tent loli and urged upon the attention of the general beneral government by memorial and the services of our delegate be invoked indol 0 to that elid end 1 i J V dogert 0 I 1 L lewis rewis W G mccormick jas maulden W jj irvine granville stuart and pd RS B R S SJ ford were appointed a committee committe of correspondence and to gather necessary statistics and information it was ie solved resolved that the convention consider the tho advisability of building a railroad from benton denton to helena norg A woman suffrage meeting out west adjourned without transacting any buin business ess esa somebody let down a live rat through gh the tile sly siy skylight I 1 j A 4 |
