Helena weekly herald., 1886-10-28

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! thousand Welcomes Next Mr.. Word
iniimated that Sanders was to blame for
| the high freight paid by the Street Rail
way Company for their iron and cars
What potent influence Sanders mus,
WELD Sanders had never resigned the
| attornyship of the Northern Pacific and he
never would. The Colonel says he will
if elected. The HERALD simply notes
this as difference of opinion 1t would
not accuse Mr.. Word of lying. He simply
uttered what was not true. The
Northern Pacific could not be
blamed for fighting the Manitoba
1t was to its interest to do so The blame
attaching to Sanders was this He was
the attorney of the Northern Pacific and a
good one. He served their interests well,
but for that very reason Montana people
did not want him in Congress and yet
Mr.. Word would not say anything against
him because he was a corporation attOr-
ney The speaker then took occasion to
give the Union Pacific a boost by telling
in glowing terms of the branches and
feeders it was going to build in Montana.
A bill to give this already well sucked
corporation more thousands of public
moneys was now pending in Congress. If
Sanders were elected he would defeat this
bill and all this development work in the
Territory would be stopped! Most pO-
tent Sanders
COMPLIMENTS TO THE HERALD.
Mr. Word then paid his compliments to
the HERALD. Bob Fisk and that good
natured brother of hisn received their due
measure of his respects, and Judge Hedges
was frequently apostrophized. The fight
ing editor" was touched up. Mr.. Word
had heard that in the early days he
licked 5000 Missourians. If he did," said
brilliant Sam, ''he did it with the weapon
that Sampson used against the Philistines
the iawbOne of an" Here Mr..
Word broke off and supplied the last word
by comically rubbing his own jawbone as
the only thing present of asinine construc-
tion, and the roar Of laughter that sue
ceeded this self-indication of his character
was mingled with the tinkle of numerous
bells whose clappers were set ag0ing by
the resurrection OF this aged and decayed
biblical chestnut.
APOLOGY FOR SPARKS.
Following, Mr.. Word entered into an
elaborate and exhaustive defense OF Land
Commissioner Sparks. He held up that
worthy in the light of model, conscien-
tious officer who was doing his best to en-
force noxious rules and regulations pre-
scribed by his Republican predecessors.
He read long and wearsOme extracts from
musty looking documents TO substantiate
his assertions. He had pile of them on
the table and had recourse to them fire.
quently. This tiresOme and graceless
apology for the Land Office crank made
the audience grow extremely weary.
Word had spoken long already and when
he began to consult his documents the
patience of the audience gave completely
out A large number rose and bolted for
the door. Confusion reigned for moment
but Word uplifted his stentorian voice and
begged his auditors to sit still and hear
him out This they did reluctantly and
not until after he ceased dispensing the
nauseous doses of Sparks rubbish did his
hearers resume their good temper.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
The balance of his speech was devoted
to personalities. He tried to arraign Col.
Sanders for his action on the Chinese ques-
tion years ago, and read at length the anti
Chinese memorial passed by the lower
house of the Montana legislature in 1879,
and showed that Sanders vote was recorded
against the measure. He touched upon
the Timberline affair, elOquently describing
the wrongs of the afflicted miners received
at the hands of the N. P. coal company.
From that he skipped to Colonel Sanders
war record and told lame Irish story, in
which the words "be jas" conspicuOusly
figured, of the alleged desertion of his
regiment by the Colonel at the battle of
Pittsburg Landing. But said nothing what
ever of the time in the early days when
the click Of desperadoes' revolvers sounded
warningly in the ears of Wilbur F. San
ders, who manfully advocated the hanging
of one of their guilty number.
His speech concluded, Chairman Sullivan
announced that owing to the lateness of
the hour Mr.. w. J. Penrose, who had been
on the programme for speech, would post
pone his address to some other occasion.
Some enthusiastic person in the audience
then cried out "Three cheers for Toole,"
but no one took up the refrain and dead
silence succeeded. The managers on the
stage knew it would never do TO let the
cheer proposition go by default. so uplifting
their voices, they were joined by the dis
persing audience in three cheers for Toole,
while the closing march by the band was
being discoursed. This concluded the re-
vival, and the patient audience, who had
been seated for over three hours, dispersed
for their homes.