The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-13
The Week in Helena.


| Special Correspondence OF the Standard
HELENA, Jan. 12-There are few fndi.
[ cations OF the presence of the legislature
IN Helena except in the immediate vicin-
lily OF the Helena hotel. There il is lively
enough all the time. The lobby il
packed with men all day and nine-tenths
OF the night. All the senatorial candidates
mad their headquarters mt tn Helena, and
the elevator has been kept in such constant
use That 1t almost smokes with perspira-
ton. During the past week the interest
IN the light has been such as to keep all
the members close to the hotel, with the
result that general complaint is going IN
from the saloons around town that the
present is a poor and miserable apology
Tor legislature, wretched libel on an
honorable institution. But lest the hor
rlble inference be drawn that the legisla-
ture has strong temperance leanings, it
should be stated that the receipts at the
bar OF the Helena are running up towards
81, 900 a day.
During former sessions OF the Ierisla.
ture more or less compi It has been
made that Helena was lacking in amuse-
| mehts. Two years ago several entertain
| ing ana instructive prIze-fights were ar |
ranged Tor the delectation of the MEM |
Ders, but there was a dearth of lighter |
gaIeties and diversions. The legislative |
| mind naturally revolts against too much |
| SOLD food, and, with no disrespect to |
prize-hghts, pines for dainties and deli
| cacies. Helena understands this and will
seek this winter to crafty the most exact
| ing taste. 1t is true that there have been
announcements of only one or two theat.
| real entertainments. But the Salvation
| army IS giving musical and religious per-
iormances nightly on upper Main street:
Two rival beer halls, directly opposite each |
other, are exhibiting powerful female or
| chestras. And, in addition to these at
fractions, it is said that there will GER
talnIy be a church sociable some time in
February. Tho members of the legisla-
lure are also assured that with colder
weather and more snow there will be fine |
coasting on Sixth avenue. 1t is even |
limited that a sleigh ride, a spelling bee
and a candy pull may be provided before :
the session is over, and some enthusiasts
60 so FAR as to declare that a donation |
party to the minister may safely be |
ciassed among the possibilities of the !
future.
In fact all the signs indicate a brilliant '
ana exciting social season; and the fear s
now is that some of the country members '
may be caught fast in the mad whirI of
alluring gaities and dragged down to dis
sipation and disgrace.
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The most distinguished looking man in =
Helena is Colonel Sanders. He is one of :
the few men in Montana who are !:
addicted to silk hats. silk hat becomes "
Sanders amazingly. Sanders in a SLOUGH .
nat would be an anomaly. Sanders in a | 4
derpy nat would be an eXcruciatinp \
torture Either proposition is difficult of r
conception, an offense to the IMAGINATIVE \
faculty. Sanders may not have been I
made for the silk hat, but it is an incon- 1
trovertlble truth that the silk hat was &
made Tor Sanders. Nature ordained that II
Sanders should have silk hat, lust ms q
Nature ordained that the deer should
nave antlers, the lion q name, the 81
elephant tusks, the camel humps. the a
mule hind legs and Judge Mcconnell p
tears. Tom Carter, who is the antithesis a
OF sanders in several other respects. n
usually wears SLOUGH hat. He finds it
much easier to talk through. Sanders is
a picturesque figure physically and every
other way. Sanders seldom walks. He q
stalks. But his is not the stalk of the CT
crane, the ghost or the tragedian. 1t is a rC
slow, graceful stalk, with just a dash or OF
two of majesty and stateliness in it. 1t is nj
peculiarly Sanderesque. tn
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Now that the senators are named. the 81
begin | :,
In some sections of the state -,
his matter probably overshadoved in in =,
erest even the choice of senators. AL fu
'eady the friends and enemies of certain tn
d the proposed county measures have re
sent lobbles OF representative men to Hell III
ma ana they are waiting only for a ~
nance TO catch the members ears and mr.
'our into them their tales Of woe. There M
5 a growing sentiment in both houses in CIV
avor of reducing the salaries of county to
ulcers all around. Petitions to that eff
ect are arriving, more particularly from
ne eastern and northern counties A Ie'
from Dawson county asks that ru
reduction of at least so per cent. be he
made. If the county officers salaries r.,
hould be materially cut, perhaps the in :
crest of some people in county division
chemes would somewhat abate.
Speaker SWEET makes an admirable
residing officer. lie has a deem. rich
oice, a dark mustache, a pleasant man.
er ana fund of horse sense. He is one
the handsomest men in the house. If
he ladies of Helena were TO hold caucus
Or the selection of the handsomest repre-
entative, II would result in n close. hard
ace between SWEET, Cunnin CHAM Tallant
hd craven. The handsomest men of the
enate are Babcock, Greene, Floweree
nj Brosnan. No flowers.
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The sc hool book lobbyists have not vet
lown their hands. Like everybody and
'eryIhng else they have been forced into
le background by the senatorial fracas.
Ia; their plan of action is nobody ex- AZ
rly knows. II will develop soon enough.
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just what the A. u. \. republican mem.
ers OF the legislature are going to do FI
pou' Nar'er's nomination is a question. ,
here are - A. u. As in the legislature.
whom IA are, or were. republicans one &C.
the II yesterday resigned from the or ="