The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-09
Il has been supposed that she really
knows as little as she processes.
LOVES THE PAPERS.

knows as 1lttle as Sue pioAcoSS.
LOVES THE PAPERS.
The making Of a public man is pro-
verbally the press. But in T. c. Platt's
case the contrary would seem 10 be
frue No man has been attacked as
much, no man the target OF as many
cartoons. To all this the senator says
he docs not care" as his business Is
with a few and not with the people
directly. But it is a fact that no man
likes better to get a friendly word
from the newspapers. I'm too busy
TO talk" is the brusdue reply to the
questions of reporters. followed up by
and 1 mean what i say" But tickle
him little under the ribs of his preju-
dices and he'll talk like speaking
doll that's wound up-because he can't
help Ii.
The little newspaper controversies in
which T. c. Plat INDUCES are largely
carried on in his own rooms. A repor-
ter visits Chauncey NJ. Depew and
asks:
"why aren't you working in this
convention?''
because Plat told me to keep my
hands off," responds Chauncey. with
twinkle that foresees fun.
Its a lie." roars Platt in his own
rooms, when he reads this. Il never
writes back upon the margin of the
newspaper sent him for IAN answer
to Depew's cowardly charge" And so
the little warfare wages on between
the two men who are doing all they
can to take the country captive for the
glorification of the republican party.
As BELTS a man who lives most OF
his life in his own rooms, and whose
battles are fought with pen and ink,
clad in an armor of quilted satin, no
man has more nor dressier home
adornments than T. C. Plat. The
fact that he is not a boss in his own
home is abundantly shown by the
presence of numerous sofa cushions,
thousa nds of limerick articles and
perfect litter of fancy things even up
on the very table upon which he
writes. His very dress as he sits read
ing the papers testifies that he Is I'M
der feminine home rule.
Thomas c. Plat. If he were walk
ing delegate, could supply himself with
loose comfortable slippers for the rest
of his life from his many trunks OF
gift slippers. He has slippers from
every part of the world. and slippers
from home. the work of filial affection,
for this man has daughters-in-law ana
feminine relatives of all kinds, whose
dearest wish is to contribute ITO his
comfort at home.
FAMOUS SLIPPERS.
In his slipper list are many "curios-
Hy" slippers sent to him by Indian
chiefs who wished to propitiate THE
Great White Father" and at the same
time secure more bags of tobacco and
extra dollars from the government OF
which they are the unwilling wards.
In this list also are the boots, accord
ing to a political narrator. which L. @
Platt has worn on several occasions
when he found 1t necessary to take
himself by the boot straps and pull
himself out of the mud. But these
boots are kept for private exhibition
only, though there is no doubt that
their owner values them more than
the giant of old valued his seven
league boots.
In dressing gowns ''The Boss" is par
tieularly rich. He has them OF al
kinds. Now he wears a large thickly'
quilted one. In summer he dons 9
long white linen gown. and from his
windows at the hotel at Manhattan
Beach he may be seen strolling around
his room in a Thin. figured red sill
gown, very comfortable and quite be-
coming. seen in the eastern lights with
which the island is Illuminated in the
summer. Once a very facetious friend
rushed in Mr.. Platt's room with
pitcher of water TO put him out "Oh
it's the Manhattan Beach fireworks!
Thought 1t was you." exclaimed th'
friend. But people very seldom make
game with or of 7. c. Platt.
The all-absorbing passion OF t. c
| Platt is newspapers. as he absorbs al
of them he can get his hands on. III
has a son out in the state of Washing
| ton a son very little known In tn
| East, but quite a factor In his owl
| town. This son sees that his fathe
is abundantly supplied with literatur
| from the West. And the retainers o
| his Florida farm-that orange grow
| farm-look out for his Southern liter
airy tastes. They read for him, eli
and forward. A third of the Plat
sons is in the law firm with Genera
| Tracy, and is a bright luminary o
| the bar.
About his actual characteristics FEY
can answer. He does not place him
self personally before the public, bein
small enough in stature to escape nc
tice even in a platform of great mel
He loves to slip through crowd an
hear the plans to down Platt," an
he delights in coming home with tn
tactics of his rivals in a nutshell.
T. C. Plat is a man of many disaI
.pointments. He has worldly success
for he is a rich man. and in mis- HON
life he is most blessed. But, after al
can a Boss be ever really a happ
man with half the world calling hi
BOSS" and the other half trying
dispute the title?
THE HIGH BUILDING PROBLEM