Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-11
GOOD TAKERS.
So the Montana Orators are Sized
up by an Eastern
Authority.
The Political Aspe' t Of the Next
COngress-M Maginnis Inter-
viewed at 81. Paul.
What au Eastern Writer Think, ur lI "a.
hna's Own.

{. p. G C,Hnu'ly, writer in the New.
ark y. j. Suu0ng Gail, hiss evident
, " beea wuh us 10 tue ir-. camfa gn,
and "a 5eucn' rummuuic ou thus
ex TESS III ,loa of the note! oratnr,
Of No1'an":
TusD 'ple ~ MaHtnna. thnuga pro-
verhisllg h,srirthIe, aiv singultrly
senstiiv" All irdr.rnisn,. For 4
quarter of Il century Trey have suffered
the uHwb"les me Inill,urrs ami
bowed to The yoke ur 'orr'ga domin-
alton which ueitlcr knew nor cared
whether they wrIe slaves, suiiirirutyy
int liigent t. gs-uua tive rufi'r lges of
cli'Z H., or fr.twsu Ignorant o. .Ihrir
rights, "r knowing, not daring 10
maintain them. And now that the
rock OF slavery his been r0il.i bark
trom the grave ~ lihsr,y. shall they he
generous IN rioiciDg and extend the
manumitteG hsGd t. thosp whp. though
tsrdy, ut lat broke tie chain aud
tnade ia IN feitariess and free or shall
they together ~ X hands In hllm"!pss
return of seIfi-hnpss aud close their
lips against the words of welcome 4?
Undoubtedly they will warmly vel
co ue these descending political hosts:
bnt Tho odds arr even that they vii he
met ard vaDguished, in ihe intsllec-
tual arena, nj least by home talent. On
the democratic side. Major Maginnis,
who served the territory for twelve
successive years in congress, one of the
most genial wits that ever m0un ed a
platform, in whose presence Yorick
him-elf would have blusbed for shame,
will send "Sunset" Cox to the wall,
bankrupt Ia Jest and fame. A. for
Wilbur F. Sanders, the republican
leader, doubt II either MrKinler or
Gof can cope with him. save in the
impetuous brili.ancy Of their style, for
a more consnmmate master Of English
speech and elegant and elaborate die
ton than this same Sanders il not easy
to find. Joseph Kemp Toole, too,
whose 81 wing and regular periods are
not unlike the uniformed column of
marching army OF soldiers, each repre-.
senting some classic figure. and whose
recent speech in congress on the ad-
mission nf Montana rose to the dignity
Of new Declaration of Independence,
will measure his length with the great
est of the modern Cathams of the east.
The wit, the humor. and occasionally
the psthos of these men of the west are
beyond description. They are hold,
striking pioneer figures, who hsve
stood upon the farthest banks Of civi-
lization for twenty-five years and
bravely fought and battled for the free.
They have caught their Inspiration
from the landscape. and raised soli-
tary and enduring monument to them
selves in the strength OF thought and
the Saxon beauty of their words. In
the little mining camps which dot the
great hills, when the wifeless and
childless old miners have gathered,
crushing each other in Dsrrow quar-
ters TO listen TO these voices which bay.
preached their political doctrines for
twenty years, no substitute could fll
the gap. The alternate wit and pathos
of MagInpis, the sterling eloquence of
aud the dignified strain OF
Joseph X. Toole. universally known as
"Our joe" all play bovac with the
memories and affections Of these old
miners, and touch the cords Of svmps-
thy as only their hearts can be touched.