The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-20
STORIES OF TAULBEE.
The kentuckey EN-COngressman VINE" WIS
Shot nv Correspondent kincaid'

The keutuckey
shot by Correspondent kincsi"'
Frank &. Carpenter has the FOLLOWING v"
say, in the New York World, about IN
Congressman Taulbcc, who died
.Taulls.e comes from the mountain dis
,r;ct OF Kentucky made famous in Charles
Fcbert Cradlock's novels. ] have talked
With him about his constituents and he has
,old me that they are accurately described
in ,hcs.s stories. He is q fit representative
81 ,be,u. Tall, raw-boned and rough-look-
inc. he has a frame typical of his region.
One of his arms would make Two OF Kim
carp,s. and he has a foot of mammoth pro-
horizons. There Smoothing refined atou
him, and hc rather pridcs himself ON MS
rouvhucss, He il of one of the poor fami-
lies Of his region, and he got his election
on the ground that he was a poor boy and
a man Of the people. kincaid comes
from one Of the hest families of Ken
lucky, and the contrast Is striking. Iaui.
bce made his poverty anu ms nirtn onenn
Tho chief pleas for his first election ON the
SUNNI. aud I am told that among his fav-
,rite u%tt,rancrS to the mountaincer> were
,uch rs the following: II would nave
the people of these mountains show thc
world that a poor boy ran go 10 congress.
would let the nobility of rance know II.
I would let the Queen of England know
II. Ave, would let the monarchs OF the
world know iha down here in these Ken
lucky mountains one man Ii ns goou as
another, and that a poor farmers boy can
be elected Ia the highest offices al the
land"
Kentncky mountains is lone 10y talking
al the crossroads and by private CON
yersation. Representative Taulbee, II u
said, never allowed an opportunity to
pass of imprcssing his constituents WIN
- :. Lie v.Aettrr. aud hnhltk-
M could squirt his tobacco juice through
his front teeth as straight as u other
man i'm the monntaing and he knew Just
what sort of stuff Ia carry about IN his
rocket 10 give to such daughters Of voters
as were accustomed to rubbing II over
their gums with a chewed stick. A rcvc-
nue. agent who was travelling in Kentucky
during this campaign gives me an IN
ridcnt which illustrates some OF his meth
dds. This agent vas standing near a
knot of mountainecrs with whom Tauibee
was chatting. The mountaineers were
seated on a log i'm front of "A grocery and
the revenue agent leaned against n tree
some distance away. Seeing him, Taulbee
called out as he pointed to his patent
leather boots which shonc like jet under
the rays of the setting sun: II don't sup
pose, Colonel, those feet OF yours ever ioi
lowed the pillow ?"'No, indeed. Responded
the revenue agent. ain the country
came from We hire men to do our blowing
and those who have the brains make thu
money in other ways
"Well," said Taulbee, as he looked
about upon his knot Of shirtsleevcd
toh.cco chewing constituents, II woul'
like 4, show one Of you fellows from TIN
North the foot of "A farmers boy who ha'
olIowedt the pillow and who is not ashamc'
of it,m and with that Candidate Taulbc'
pulled oil his stockings md held up,
calloused and bricr SCARED foot la TIN
disgusted gaze Of the revenue agent. a
ne did So the mountainous opened thci
mouths still wider, and one OF them SAL.
in a stage whisper To the rest: That
the kind of a Teller Ia send Ia congress
He's our man and we're bound to vote ia
him. Vote for him they did, and he wa
2 elected. The revenue agent lett IN III
gust. 49,,
The action of Taulhcc in tlrusiing kir
eaid aside and pulling his ear calls after
ton ~ the number of assaults OF on
kind and another which have happcnc
in the capitol. II is said that Henry 4
Wise pulled James X. Folks nose whe
polk was speaker and before hc becanl
president. Wise was mad at Polk II
some of his rulings, and he waited on
side of the capitol until Polk cainc o'
and then rushed at him and said: "lo
are "a blankcd pretty cur" and with tn
he attempted Ia pull Folks nos
Whether he succeeded or not no one eve
knew. II was IA good deal the same q
the case Of Blackburn and Chandler
few months ago. Polk said his nose wa
not pulled and Wise said it was. Andre
Jackson thought Polk should have killc
Wise for the insult, and he did not Sc
how h. could help challenging him Tor !