Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-01-30
MGn!a;aa Senators.

Thomas G. Power, Of Montana, is
type Of the conservative north
west usintss man. He has made
a fortune in trading with tic
Indians and he is interested IN
every industry that goes on in
Montana. He came to the state;
with no capital whatever and ilt
Was the son Of an Iowa farmer who
lived near Dubuque, the home Of
Senator Allison. He /, a short,
clean cut, gray nustuchud man Of
III out -, who during his life has
been rather an apostle q Groesus
than Delosthenes, and whose sue
cess in the senate will be a|nnoss
altogether il committee Wor k anE
lot OH the floor.
Senator Sanders is noted as
having r;<l Montana If tie noted
gang Of ruHittns which overran the
lIol tnWt st some years ago. tie
was at the head Of the vigi]antes
and he has a nunlbcs times looked
death in the face. He s.ss made;
many a speech in lis state witIt
Lis pistol in his pocket, and while
he was speaking pistols have came
out before his eyes il the hanta "
his audience. Duling the rajcll-'
ion he WAS III the army FROM Ciaio,
and it was though falling htaI'h
That he bad to resign and went
west. In tie camp where he
settled there was a band Of southern
SYM p.ithlzers, and these u1(sertoe'e
to haul down tie stars ard stripes
lio:n the ilagEo]e in The public
square, with the idea Of raising the;
stars AID bars. AS they caught
hold Of tie rope Sanders, who was
standing near by, pulled out re-
voIver and said to thtm: No
one shall haul dow, that flag while
/ live" Tie mob then ]ooked
at the flag and then at the revoi-
ver, AID then at the eyes Of the
,leterniHd young man who held it
and they decided to let the flag
stand. at another time Sanders
was assaulted by q rutlian while
-lee ping in tavern. The ruf1ial'
had pointed q cooked revolver at.
him, but before he could fire
Sanders jumped ioI d sun and got
the drop on him. At another tine
when lie was trying a case III a
Montana court room, the opposing.
counsel, who was sitting behind
! him. fuu.:d fault with the way he
was questioning the Witnesses and
jerked out his revolver and said
as he locked along its larrel at
Sanders: If you put that question:
again to my witness | will sbtot
YOU" Young Sanders turned cody
around, and looking into the ug Y
pistol and over it At the lawyer te-
hind with most coAten1ptous"
smile, said: 1T would hc just like
YOU to shoot man in the back.
He thereupon turned around and
asked the witness the same question
over gain, and the counsel, strange
to say, did not fire. Had he done
SO the feeling against such a
cowardly act would have been
surely killed. Sanders is one Of
the fi1est lawyers in the Northwest.
He makes at least half the presi-.
dents yearly salary during the
senate at the law, and lie is said to-.
have much cf law, and he is said
to have much Of the sarcastic
power Of ex-senator inga. lis. HoN
has been rather G;s::et III tie senate
SO far, but <luting the coming ses-
sion he will probably nla le some
speeches Which will astonish his
fellow senators. lie is not a bad
looking man lie is six feet tall
and his wiry frame has not an
ounce Of suporflous flesh on it.
His hair is black, his complexion
dark and his face is a strong one.
re dresses in black, bat cares little
q = i,tzt te, effeal Il tie HEfeis neefe sEonehy
, than digni(ed. He is very popu-
lar at Washington city, and he.
stands high among the best meln
of the senate.-Seattle Post-[ntelli :
t gencer.
II is li,j j>lot.
The Flathead Journal
The county commissioners met