Show AN EXTRA legislative the petition now in circulation calling upon the executive to convene an extra session of the L to expedite the realization to montana of a north and south railroad has already upward of of tho the signatures of the citizens of helena among whom are more than eight tenths of the property owners and taxpayers tax payers of the city the following is a draft of the tho petition copies of which are in circulation in the several counties receiving the names of the people PETITION to the honorable benjamin F potts governor of the territory lamontana of alon tana the undersigned undersigner under signed are citizens of the territory of montana residing in the county of we are convinced that the general and individual welfare of our people is dependent in a great measure upon the construction of a railroad which shall connect us with the markets of the world its capital and its tide of migration and believing that the energies of our own citizens are adequate to this undertaking if given united and proper direction and that our own resources are ample to commence the work until foreign capital can be interested to carry it forward and believing further that by proper exertion we can effect our own deliverance from present stagnation depre depression salon and decay much sooner than is possible by supinely awaiting the notion action of others we must earnestly petition your excellency to convene the legislative assembly in extraordinary se session on at as early a day as a is practicable for the purposes of passing such euch laws as may be deemed wise and necessary to authorize the commencement of the work of constructing ono one or more railroads to authorize the acquisition of the right of way over the lands of citizens held by them in fee and to enable the several counties interested more directly in such enterprise to assist such euch udder undertakings takings to a limited ex tent by the loans of their corporate credit credi torby or by subsidies under such restrictions frictions as your excellency and the legislative assembly may bee bce fit to impose p mun mur your petitioners petition ers are confident that the present depressed condition of all ali industries here will soonest cease if the enterprise shall be wisely inaugurated of constructing a road which shall connect us with the present completed continental railway and that in the effort thus put forth all other roads in process of construction hith hither bither erwardi wards will flad thad encouragement strength and incentives to early completion and that hat bin hin hir bir b ir cordial operation cooperation co in this under will be cheerfully accorded your petition petitioners erb ers feel assured that a session not exceed i n 9 ten days dura duration t ion fon will suffice for this purpose and for the abolition of extra compensation whereby the territory will save many thousands of dollars dol doi larb larF and that unless your excellency should consider and recommend the correction of inaccuracies obscurities arid and contradictions in the legislature of last winter caused by hasty action in the closing hours of the session masion and the reduction of many foes fees now exorbitant that the le legislative dative assembly ass embly itself would defer a all ali 11 other legislation to the regular session and complete its labors within the period indicated believing that the reasons herein given are such as constitute an ali emergency imperatively demanding in the interests of our people an extraordinary cession of the legislative assembly contemplated by law we pray your excellency to convene the same at an early day assuring you of our arty varty desire for and support of such ebion et ion lon and as in duty abouna bound your petition petitioners ers will ever pray velena helena herald nov 21 |