The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-26
NEW SENATORS WHO WILL FIGHT.

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session. Senator Turpie, of Indiana. has
not had chance to show his power of in
vectiye as yet He is considered as one of
the strongest speakers in this line in the
whole state of Indiana, and the Republi-
cans will probably hear something drop
before the winter Is over. He is little and
nsignlflcant-looking, but he has gall bag
az the root OF his tongue as big as that Of
Ingalls,, and his command of language is
almost as great. Moody, of Dakota, will
certainly resist if attacked, and there are
many stories of his bravery in the Indiana
legislature which have not gotten into
print. l don't believe he would fight
duel nCw, but he has accepted Challenge in
his day, and he comes from the fighting
frontier. Another possible fighter is the
Republican Senator ELECT Sanders, of Mon
tana. If he should get his seat he will dis
play to the Senate tongue much the same
as that of ingalls,, and he has shown him
self to possess courage equal to that of
any man in public life. He was one of the
chief organizers of the Montana Vilei-
lantes who cleaned the road agents from
the territory, and who hung over twenty
men. The first of these was George Ives.
and Sanders made the speech against him
while his friends were standing around
with their hands on their pistols. This
speech convicted Ives, and / heard story
tonight of an incident which occurred
that very same evening at Virginia City.
Colonel Sanders was quietly reading in one
OF the stores OF the town when desperate
named Harvey Meade came into the room
with his revolver stuck into the band of
his pantaloons in front. He came I'D to
Sanders and commenced abusing him and
called him all sorts of names Sanders
went on with his reading without noticing
for moment and then dropping his hand
into his overcoat pocket he cooked the der
ringer which lay there and raised his ewes
to the bully and murderer, as he quietly
said: Harvey, should feel hurt if some
men used such language to me- but from
such dog as you it is not worth noticing.n
The men who were in the store upon this
caught hold of Meade and dragged him out.
He afterwards admitted to Sanders that he
had intended to kill him.
THE DAMoNs AND PYTHIAsES OF THE SENATE
The friendships of the Senate are. how
ever, more numerous than the enmities.
The eighty-two men in the chamber are. on
whole, much like big club, and they as
soclate more like college boys than like
Democrats and Republicans Many of the
states have Senators who are friendly to
each other, and Spooner and Sawyer work
together Beck and Blackburn are often
seen arm in arm, and Beck has friends on
both sides of the chamber. One of the
most popular Senators is Senator Sanford.
and his popularity, it may be, comes some
what from his generous purse. He never
lunches alone, and he gives many good
dinner, both at the capitol and at his resi-
dence. 1t was the same with Palmer. of
Michigan, who possessed more elements of
good fellowship than any man in the Sen
ate, and the friendship oS Palmer and
Henderson was one of the noticeable
things of the chamber. The two were al
WAYS together and one winter Henderson
and his wife lived with Senator Palmer IN
his big house on Mcpherson square. Vest.
of Missouri, and Pugh. of Alabama, are
great friends, though they hold different
views on the tariff question, and you may
often see those two rough diamonds known
as George and Cockren hob-nobbing to-
gether.
1t is funny how men of the most different
temperaments become attached to one an
other. Philetus Sawyer the millionaire
Wisconsin Senator, is as broad as he is
long, and his fat, round belly shakes like
bowl of jelly over every good story he
hears. He is a man of brains as well as
money, and he is the direct opposite of that
tall, thin grandmother in specks, known as
Senator Payne. The two are great chums,
and they sit and gossip for hours together
while the most bitter Of political speeches
are being made in the chamber The fact
that one is a Democrat and the other Re
publican does not affect their good fellow
ship.
STORIES OF DON CAMERON.
Don Cameron is a good friend and bad
enemy. The especial object of his aver
sion in the person Of Van Wyck, of Ne
braska, has left the chamber Cameron
carried in his soul the friendships and the
enmities of his father, and he hated Van
Wyck because he had made bitter per-