The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-12
GOvER N TOOlE


Tl~ Career of the Missouri Man " ho O.
Montana. First Governor.
From the -. Joseph News.
~ Joseph wins,'' 40 say the kilograms,
and Joseph X. Toole Is elected governor
of Montana. The career Of Joscph Toolc
has been u remarkable one and step 10y
step lac has assembled the ladde of polit-
zeal fame. In n space of fourteen years
he has been honored as few men were
ever honorsd. He left 1T. Joseph i'm 1875
for Helena. Mont, where his brother was
established as am attorney. A year ar so
later he was chosen 10y popular vote cir
cult attorney and held the Office until sent
tn the territoriol legislature, and feeling
that he could do some good i'm the legis-
laturc resigned a fat judgship and took u
seat i'm that body. The next election
placed him i'm the senate of the. territory
and the next In where hc has
been four years, and now he is elected
governor. After IL months residence i'm the
territory hc was chosen attorney. and at
ench succeeding eltction he has had
greater honors thrust upon him. He il
unmarried, N great favorite i'm tho social
circles at Montana's capital, popular with
all and especially so with the ladies, OF
whose he il very fond. Joseph
Toole il an unusually handsome man tall,
straight as al arrow, auburn hair. blue
eyes. and looks not a little like NJ. A.
Reed of this city. He was born in Savan-
YEARS San: i Aaari nis f fa.hsS. Edwin z sfn'' T f.a seven re-.
moved to st. Joseph, which was the fam
lily home until 1875. when the father left tai
make his home with his four SONS : War
rem, Benjamin, Bruce and Joseph. War
rem and Joseph are lawyers and stand at
the head of the bar. both unmarried. Bruce
IL "a ranchman and has a fine farm well
stocked. Benjamin Is postmaster and
has - good thing In the territory, and all
are w~ell-to-tlo men and leaders in western
thought and progress. Last winter. in
speaking for the admission of Montana ms
~ state, Joseph TOolc, as congressman,
made "A speech that went circlinH around
Slx. sv1nlSs .aa an u,nStnrr.taNs af nlnSnppps,q
II was IA brilliant effort and did not IA little
to give Montana's now governor national
"i'm glad Joc's 'lcctcd." said John
Michau.
81 went to school all along with Joe. He.
was an odd hoy. He Was not st'idio'is
rarely saw linn at books, bat he always
knew his lessons how / don't know. A.
n student he was not ambitious or indus
took ~ notion me- was set, and nothing
could move him. He was not ~ ronip, hut
n quiet sort of fellow. We all liked
him. hut he was moi n leader. nor
boys. As I before said, Joe was IL conun-
drum-rve studied him for hours. and
never could solve him. After leaving
school hers, he went tai Kentucky. read
shingle ON Francis street as a lawyer. He
did little or nothing, and then hs. went
west. and step by step he has climbed.
and We have all watched his career and
a~pplauded right along. 81. Joe always
wins. Jos's class were. Judge Willard
Hall, e.. e.. Mcdonald. Theodore Stein
acksr, Cory Craig, Harry Campbell. my
self and about twenty others. and save
myself all have made their mark. That
was n great class. G~ootl-bye. three cheers
and n tiger for Joe Toolc,'' and John ar-
tnally cllcercd and moved ON with his
Paris ian stride down street.