The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-10-06
rHE SANDERS BLOW OUT.
,,.o cold War Horse' as Meek and
A Gentle as Family Nag.
Nc talks Nearly Two Hours and md. a Half
About Sparks and Disposes OF ierr'to-
rial Matters in Twenty Minutes.

ror week or more the republicans Of
tbio city have been spreading them
.o1ves:' to give Col. Sanders big recep-
.ion on the occasion of his visit here, and
to a certain extent were successful. Quite
,urnber of citizens went out in buggies
! meet the "war horse" and their return
"a tbe ferry was heralded by the booming
of the old cannon. In the evening bon
Are was lighted in front of the court
house, the cannon brought into requisi-
tion and moderate investment in pyro-
tpchnics destroyed-all to stir up the peo-
nIe and bring out crowd. At eight
o'clock, the appointed hour, the court
room was we'll filled (mostly with demo-
orats0. the distinguished speaker appeared
ON the scene and was introduced by Mr.
M q. McIntire, chairman of the central
committee. .set
THE SPEAKER.
Col. Sanders would be familiar figure
10 many in almost any considerable au-
dierce that could be gathered together IN
Montana. While his visits to Fort Ben
ton only occur when he is running for.
oonoress-and that is pretty often-he has
q large number Of acquaintance, and mere
as we'll as elsewhere. is assured good
crowd when it is announced that he is to
speak. But last night the colonel
WAS HARDLY HIMSELF,
although he started off in about the usual
strain. But he had undertaken new
role and his speech in consequence was
ANYTHING but what was expected. Sanders
has been persuaded by his managers that
heretofore he has been too violent and
abusive; that it will not do to call demo-
Gratis horse thieves, ETC., and that ne must
school himself to model alton to reap the
best results. This he was doing last night
and as a result it was decidedly
TAME SPEECH
for Sanders. Once in while he would
boil over, however, and in every instance
his rising passion would find vent. on
Sharks: indeed, the old man OF the iand
office was the burden Of his speech from
beginning to end-a siege OF two nours
and forty minutes. We can only give at
this time the briefest
SYNOPSIS ss
Of his speech but it will prove q meaty
nroauction for comment fer some time TO
come. By the watch his introduction was
lust forty minutes in length, but he got
there finally and opened out on Sparks
and his alleged spies, making mountains
out Of mole hills as he proceeded. He for
got to say that the particular cause OF MS
animosity to Sparks was because OF the
latter's effort to check the Montana I'M
provement company raids on the govern
ment timber iii the territory. This IS vlr-
tually Northern Pacific company ana
Sparks' effort to bring them to time was
sure to stir up Sanders. During his entire
public career Mr.. Sparks has been tne
firm foe OF subsidies, land grants, ETC., AND
for that reason Sanders has no use Tor MN
Sanders also forgot to say that for the
past wear and half, under the democratic
administration,
has been in northern Montana, while be-
fore that the sswoods were full OF 1em.
Sneak Harrison almost lived here, prylne
around to see what settlers were not living
up to the law. TO the credit or Sparks De
it said he is trying to keep the grasplne
corporations within bounds, while lndl'
yiduals go unmolested. This is just Wha'
hurts Sanders and his clients, the North.
ern Pacific railroad company. ln refer
ence to the
RESERy ATIONS
he declared in favor of abollshlng every
one of them and talked as if all that was
necessary to have this done was to sene
Sanders to congress. He ridiculed tne
appointment of a commission otreat with
! the Indians, notwithstanding the fact tina
lis doing better and more effective Wort
than was ever before done by such body
u with bright promise that it will settle
once for all the Indian question in tne
) northwest. The speaker declared he Wa'
not
HOSTILE TO NORTHERN MONTANA
and as evidence of this cited the fact tha
some of his most valuable possessions arr
near Fort Benton (they are assessed a
$4oO or thereabouts) and that he had la
bored hard to secure the construction 0
the Helena and Benton railroad by favor
lng q subsidy for the same. While O
n This subject, however, he said nothing
about the 100000 N. P. subsidy Ii,
Tried to saddle on the territory and 70
Il which labor he soon afterwards received
lhs reward in the appointment a. attorne,
LOT that road. After !: reference Il
I the tariff on wool (which was reduce:
( W fepublicans), the Indian territor.
I osC'le troubles president Arthur issue'
~ hrst proclamation on the subiect). iii