The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-26
NO, SIR!
" H. TODD, Secretary.
Rrv1E C~.Y, Mont, Aug. IS, 1890.


Our Montana Warhorse, whose pride
it is to have broken the record-the pee-
ple's record-by his entrance into the
senate chamber of the United States,
has been the recipient Of most urgent
invitation to stump Maine in the inter-
est Of Speaker Reed. just how he
argued out the pros and cons of the af-
fair the outside public is left to imagine;
but he declined.
It is impossible that the junior sena-
tor from Blake g. Co.'s hatchery should
have been other than fattered by the
request. A more glowing tribute to the
stupendous fraudulency of his own
position even he, with all his phenome-
nal power. Of self-appreciation, could
scarcely look for. Still, if the colonel
believes in anything, he believes in him.
self. II the truth be told, he has a
sneaking belief that he is or ought to be
the ono oentreSof wide political orbit
and that inshim republicans and demo
Gratis alike should live and move and
have their being. So it is more than
probable that he secretly felt that the
invitation was only the fitting outcome
of the last Montana campaign, humble
but we'll deserved tribute laid at the
feet 81 the genius whose sleight of brain
converted o substantial majority into a
minus quantity. Such feat should
certainly stamp a politician as chief
among ton thousand. But he declined.
What he had done in Montana he
could repeat in Maine. Sure thing! He
was the man to give these down-east
tenderfeet advanced political pointers.
Who better than he could change Reeds
webbing hundreds into triumphant
thousands? II not at the polls, what
matter? Bah! these little transactions
are best managed when the big, ignor.
ant, muddle- headed, addle- pated public
il left out Of the question and every.
thing is put in the hands of few =
discriminating statesmen. And with
the success that must crown his efforts
who should set limit to the rewards
due to the pioneer, the patentee, tht
great Panjandrum of the thimble- ris
election fake? The friendship of Nj
Speaker; snug, easy berths for relatives
and friends; even the squelching O
Prince Russell B. could not be too hiel
q price for services so distinguished
But he declined.
The colonel's worst enemy-and hl
name il legion never accused him O
the heinous offenss of modesty, or W
might have supposed that he had doubt
about the cordiality of his reception i
Maine. For, whatever private views tn
fraudulent senator entertains there i
no denying that the taste for Sanders
like tho taste for olives. 1t is acquired
To the natural man, he is sour. He
acrid. He is puckerish, very. In til
whole round Of him, there is not on
sweet morsel. He never yet lost an or
portunity Of airing his bitter wit, eve
at the loss Of q friend. Montana ha
tried him over and over again, but ever
time she has rejected him with a W,
faco, and she Is not likely to forget IL
qualms she suffered when Grandu
Blake forced him down her resistir
throat with nsuseous draught of Il
Csyuse brand to wash him down. st
the men Of Maine may like olives al
they might liks Sanders. But he d
clined.
The fake senator, it is true,was alwa
sticlklsr for tho proprieties. He M
have felt that to associate with t
: naGlige shirts and voluminous sashes,
which exosas of hsat and adipose tiss
~ driven Nr. Speaker, was to serio,