The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-18


1p9qee u1np9dqeerstands Fan the business Of farming.
tR{5 9s aIfSf n, r. LOWRY
member from Lewis and Clarke. anna. z.
pe about f forty, years Of age. He is fro
mus yiysalnla, l1l and his occupation is that 4
eiaaWY,I He is Chairman of the .Judcia,
plnmllffee, and is the. acknowledged lead
the House. He has originated numb
utu1ldo9 saltu1ldo9ry measures, some of which Ia,
'oome laws. Hetfis Chairman Of tf1s Hio
oint JUDICIARY Committee, in whose hand
everal billsthat have been infroauced lool,in
the reduction Of officers fees now gentl,
pose. Heis ata1l man. appTTroximatine ii;
e1 nine inches-tall enough 2to Hook Alike,
Iuare IN the face. 1t ii said that an,
weather man'' has often consulted tbe.,
Fo gentlemen as to the Temperatures Of III,
mosphere above. a1ss8s if.i6 aifRal iT1
#j s. #. RALsToN 3s3.1 Eta u q
as born in the State az Kanf,,,1op,-3 * 81,
frty-salx years ago. He il member from
ewis and Clarke, and his occupation ID that
farmer and stock raiser. A man OF fina
Eactieai sense. plain and fuInassurnin,po-
axes no pretensions to any great qualifica-
ons as legislator. yet BY his attention 70
'slness' timely and tfoughtful st,gges iii fiicons.
evlnces the fact that the confidence ro-
osed in him by his constituency tttas n,oot
entirely misplaced. baa a9jieffsG 55f u.
D.srr, sr.n, .aotiaea
would take to be about fortyzflge years of
&c. Is native of New York. and man
er OF the Legislature from, Lewis and iclarp. i
ails occupation is chat Of stock raiser. asII
uoi, Know whether he has any thorough.
prea stock or not, and consequently ean,t
ten aoW nc voted on Jortian's ssbnll bjll.n He
y considerable Of 'talksts' perhaps talks
more and says less than anv inar
JOHN BILLINGS
Is plain man from sun River; d member
from Lewis and Glsrkc. Was reluctant
about coming to the Legislature; thinks his j
people ought to have sent some one else An
honest. upright man. he has little or no quail
lacations for the position he occupies, and {
has senseHenoughsto knowit..
II. r. COMFY,
Member from the same county. is Speaker at ]
'ne ll House; i about hirty-four years Of age,
lpnd is eomsly young man. He possesses.
fair knovlsdge of parliamentary rules, and G
makes arMach better presiding officer than |,
many expected. His place is in the Chair. n
nd not on the floor so that he is rarely a
'eard from. He evidently, however, feels his Il
'osltlon; and it is even said that he .snuffs {,
congress in the breeze from afar.ng H
-s - e. PbETT AND j. GLEN as ~ aa
re both members from Meagher county. 5,
lr. Z. is native Of Indiana, and is about Il
orty-ye years Of age; is an attentive, indus te
'lous member, at all times watchful of the a,
lterestsspf his fconaditueafss Mr.. Glenn id 1,
lain and unsophisticated, always in his seat "
ut rarely expresses his views upon any sub If
CT lie made his maiden speech few days III
80 on the subject of a lawful fence" and 81
llis opponent was not completely demol- D,
he'd the fence vas 5a g. aa@zs5 ~ {. .s ii
ies Z. NJ. IoWRYAHD n. JORDAN 1 Ecl
re members from Jefferson county. DR.. an
DWry is industliollsly working at Ill times ri
the interest Of his constituency; makes al ar
'od member. and is a man Of fine sense and e.
actical views. His people viii not regret voo
viug sent sent him to the Legislature aH. Em
rdanis about fort five years of age and N, n.
native of Illinois. He is fnisrepresenting IN,
e eTcorner Of Jefferson county. He drove a sui
II train across. the plains 10 this country q,
q is we'll qualiaed to drive one, back. He rel
conceived, draHn,up and introduced just Vic
ebill during the session. known as the Bull 0tl
I He is opposed to little bulls. He has gll1
led to profit by the Little Bull campaign III
his native State, where id an early day che ra,r
empt TO put down little bulls was d failure. m
. pariiamentarian he is-well, the au- lie.
rs Of Cushing's and Jenerson,s manuals tor
r know as mnch about such things as he, -
certeinly no more. He IL always IN his far,
in the House, and always ut the Audi II !
8 office on Saturday evening to draw his i'd 9
s,ss's .,sS s.zs & 8, e Y, s a11 Leg
iJ. =. POINDEXTER AND j. q. METLIN,
nbers from Beaver Head county, are both ~
It and watchful members, posses sing more as .a
ordinary ability, attentive and discrimi- q ],
ng- Mr.. Poindexter is anative Of Vir- -. 80
!, aged about forty. Hes isaa man Of - -.
ii experience In the world, IS as1bstana 80
citizen Of Beaverhead, possessing the 49,, 4 :
idenees Of his people, M. Metlin Is a.es
We Dfe PennsylYan aged about s3S. Hed go
81 ] app
~ sf - - 's's sa..s19 - eral
s'1sss'sd aeArr.t u Tarr M gsfa Hes sasis aa why
.llati il ~. 81 IL bass Hi 4; 80 back
co,,ntv ,,;f ,vould Il. 80. disco
than IN the Legislature. None realize 'aoi' !
nnre t,,.r bi,,.oIf IA t.,,.. f,,,, sente
,v,, ,sI,,;c, a &; lnssa
Fnl n BIS attendance upon The sessions 81 sahss
=. s,as ! ,,,,,s., 3 s. 'sFs - the ID
BET from aliatfn coufify y about tl1ir- ~ aa'
feeyearS of aaes as1d native ofs Mis- l 1'.s T "'
He sepcrts hls patton ss that 81 H
lrss we suppose he does this from tho condt
hat hs i generally mads the .'farmef'y stops