Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-04-21

Of representative on the ground that
his claim to a scat was tainted with
fraud and murder, Lut not ono i'll all
their five generations CT prominent men
has been charged With Il cross cfense
like this.
Another question which interests the
lawyers greatly is, Wicre Cid Tho money
come frou. to support tac plaintiff
casee The first impression W.: that fees
were arranged fur contingent rpon the
success Of the suit, but this was indig-
lantly denied. as such an aTr;uigemel.t
is not only considered very lnlawyor-
like. but is condemned at common law
and by tie statutes Of several states as
champerty. The EeNt theory was that
the political rivals CT the defendant i'll
Kentucky had put up the money, and
some went so far as to name the man
Who had started the fund with oNpccta-
ton Of being Colonel Erecl,inridgc' sue
ccssor, but i'll disproof Of this it was
stated that the entire amount had been
given By {; wealthy lady i'll the interest
of justice alone The Social Purity
league of New I-orl1 and other like CT
CARNATIONS were il turn accilcetl, bllt
the friends Of Colonel BrcciinriGgc have
settled down to tie belief that "a lot
cf Yankees put Up tie money to break
down and disgrace q southerler, and
this conclusion is i'll such harmony with
soutl1crIl ticaSht that it will probably
be accepted as f1.al unless the actr2l
trlt!l be revealed.
Sketch of Phil Thompson.
Another interesting character is Colo
ncl Phil Thompson, who made a speech
for the defendant which the journalists
speak Of as Il ''SopholaGrical splJrse.
It must be admitted that the colonel for
got that oratory is subject to climatic
laws the same as any other product OF
the human mind. A speech which would
thrill Indiana and set Kentucky Oh fire
would be laughed at i'll Boston, and one
OF those measured New England ad
dresses, like that which Senator Lodge
recently delivered Oh TIE tariff, for i'll
stance, would freeze a southwestern au-
dience-tiat is, If any of them staid
to hear it through, which is quite un-
likely Colonel Thompson is 10 years
old, a native of Harrodsburg, Ky, tho
son Of very eminent 1llan of the same
name and the scion Of q family eminent
for three generations, but the victim OF
somc tcrrib bic lnisfcrtunes and involved
in such bloody tragedies as to recall to
the thoughtful mind those Greek myths
IF 20 +o1 A r,,l 4h.,
furies, who pursued all those inhcriting
the dreadful guilt Of the banquet of
Thycstcs. When Colonel Thompson Gu
tered congress, he was put at the tail
end Of the committee to arrange for tho
census of 1880, but soon made himself
the leading member.
Fon. S. S. Cox, chairman of the COM
.nittce, paid him as high a compliment
as ever was received! ly q new member,
declaring that he had ly far the great
est natural aptitude fer arranging fig
urcs of any man i'll either house. "lt
w;s only necessary, said MIR. Cox, ''to
lay before him the main points OF what
was needed and the difficulties IN the
case and the next day he appeared with
a plan at once SO simple and effective
that it was quickly accepted ly tie COM
mittee' He was then counted very
young member, bat MIR. Cox relied on
him as the working man Of the commit
tee, and the plan for taking the tenth
census was almost entirely his work. Of
Judge Andrew Coylc Bradley, who pre-
sided III the case, it is only necessary to
say that be was born i'll this city i'll
1874 His father, Charles, was also born
here, and his grandfather, Abraham,
came here from Philadelphia with tho
government, being assistant postmaster
general, which place he held till An
drew Jackson became president and
turned him out. Judge Bradley was one
of President Ha1risons S first appcintees
| in March, 1889