Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

better than Tim Finnegan's wake.
And Nc. accused me of asseciating
with Democrats, did he? Monstrousl
Still, they do say that Nc. occasion
ally associates with people Of equally
doubtful character; but that notwith-
Standing, virtue, modesty and limo
cence have combined in choosing him
as their fittest earthly representative.
In this capacity he talks to school
children.
l would give my last months sal,
ary-if | had ito have seen you |
when you said, 1T false, sir; l de
nounee the statement as false" Mix I
says that you looked to be 10 feet
high, and that Nc. appeared just as
he viii when he wipes the floor of the
senate chamber with Dan Voorhees, or
Ingals the dav after he is sworn in as
senator of the United States. By the
way, Dad, believe that one speech
from Me on the tariff question or on
the recent difficulty in Behring sea,
would drive old Edmonds to the
bottle.
But to lay joking aside, what is the
trouble with Nc? l really believe
that picture In the West Shore has
been the ruination of him. 1t has
been taken for all the great men from
Bismarck to Bob Ingersoll. Nc. is
really a good fellow, but he has the
Importance of an illustrious states
man, confused with the importance of
an illustrated statesman. The former
is important to the people, the latter
to the publisher. The one is the work
of life, the other is the work of an
artist. Both come high, but states
man must be one or the other l have
never blamed Nc. Why should he
not be illustrated? Does he want to
60 the senate and the senators not
know him when he enters the capitol?
God forbid By his picture shall they
know him.
1t is impossible for me to be In
Moscow for day or at all, before the
primaries. | am trying the most i'm
portant mining case on the calendar
We commenced one week ago We'd
nesday, but will require all of next
week to finish the trial of the cause.
/ You see it is utterly impossible to
leave. Anyway, why should | make
a speech? / do not believe that it is
necessary to run all over the state
making speeches in reply to the rant
ings of every demagogue, driven
crazy BY an ambition which he has
neither the learning, character, or dig
nifty to sustain; nor yet is any one
community gullible enough to pay
any attention to the twaddle you wrote
me about the university and its fran
chise.
No man ever accomplished any
thing vet, that be did not have bark
ing at his heels, jealous, vicious crea-
lures, who without the foresight to
see an opportunity as it sails by, or
the skill to land it if they do see it,
stand back and criticize what others
do and find fault with the manner Of
dong it. You cannot stop to make
speeches iu reply to such people. The
world is too busy, and when you once
drop from the column, it is hard to
catch up. His prattle amounts TO
nothing. The world heeds neither
the singer nor the song.
| Mr.. Mcconnell desires to 60 to the
senate. He proposes to 20 there BY
walking over the political bodies Of
nearly all the prominent men of the
state. He not only proposes to 60
there himself, but to say who shall go
with him. 1t is simply absurd.
He is without an unselfish friend
in the state. Not soul gives breath
to his name politically, without hope
of reward or plumber in some form
No man loves him for what he is, be-
cause selfishness, egotlsm and vulgar.
ity do not attract friendships, al
though the invitation to "take drink