Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-17

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not thluk the Convention should
have given FairHa such a boost. /
I Chhttpd viii Eluy MCl<csn let /
n'ghL He "a q pisiu l0lbing Irish
man, with reddish face and straw.
gray moustachu. Ho BE-, Judge, De.
tween ATTY aud sixty ycnrs % age. Ho
is very popular if Wu'iurn Indiana
md Colonel De- IhlmIHou gud
others arc pushing bic fHuat1fial cause
with All their might Riley MclNHen
started liio a pcor boy. lie 30 now
worth st0ut two mllli0n u IL sait,
aud DE nl4uo his pile .ut OF the build.
ing up aud duytlOt mont Of railroads.
ho 10 now rrady % Je.iro from busi.
nttB Hni would like TO go TO the Sen.
ate. Hu w0ui make a good business
sunat g, but be uuH not the dash aud
so % Charley Fhithluts, who 10 one OF
those inwyCfs out Of whom II is no.
hard 10 develop a politician Or a states
man. MckVon has always heuu
friendly TO the grcnt men Of HE
party ami the kinIuosl which
lao has done 60 them In the
pnsl form cJrsidOrabio part OF bis
strength. HE town, refte Hiuic, is,
you AnDw, tue home of Richard W,
Thompson, of Dan NOofhuus, aui Of
tho late Conceal Tom Nelson. 10 con.
uection with Nelson anu voorhees,
they toll q story in Igrfc haulu about
tho cfoilI OF those mcni which shows
Que way Ia which Riley Mckugn has
made iriende. Nuls0n, t bUemF, Que
dsy found himssli very nara ~. lie
went 10 tue back aud asked ior n
hundred dollar, Offering his note iu
exchange. Tho ca,uirt looked 81 the
note. He said, "Now, General Nel'
son, | know you very veil. You ate
great ana you are honest, but you have
no property. Cau'l you got Que 81
your irluuub 10 utdOue this note lot
your IAN right" said NulaOn, aud
no won't oil 10 Voorhees,. Voorhees, al
once oudoreud the note, but whe1 u
was brought ~, the cashier loOEri
moro dubious tnAu ever. llu baid
Voorhees, had no property aud
hi entertainment would not 10.
Tbs toiult was that hu
went out again aud tnis lime
he came back with the endorsement
Of Riley Mcliorn. As the Cashier
saw tubs hu SAID, "Ah, tuat ie all right
MclNcun's endorsement 10 ae good ~
gold" lie then PAID over the money.
Speaking u Dan voorhees, / am told
that when bo leaves his present term
IN the Senate ho Will In all probability
leave It iorvvgr. Huis by no means a
we'll man nud has not spout much
time In tho Senate this session. He
hr9 some trouble II the heart which
prevents him lying down u sleep, anu
be now sits up In mia cnAir and lhul
sleeps night after night
met ex-senator w. +. Saudois on
the street this afternoon, and, stopping
hin, said.
"ScnR,or, understand that you a'o
tho only gold uian IN Montana"
"You are right" he replied; "Ihoro
h. not another one within a thousand
miles OF me, and there b. no pipe Hoe
to connect mu with them. Seriously,
However, believe that hhy per cent
Of our people are TOT gold, aud were II
not Tor "A corrupt aud vrunl press, sound
money would have n falls chance Ia
Montana"
senator sanders, 1 am told, has
gotten very Unpopular on account u
hIs gold ullotauces Ia Montana. lie
IL charged with being the Judas
lnuaTiGt OF his state and traitor TO the
land OF his adoption. He is, however,
amply able W take up tho fight for
gold, Tor he 10 Que Of the btavcst men
In the Wts'. He was member OF the
famous vigilance committee which
hung the Piummcr gang aud other
hlghWaynou 10 Montana. Sanders
kept n pistol IN his pOckoi AMI his hand
on thB trigger while no made his
speech prosecuting the mufderete. He
was IN danger VI being shot ut every
sentence he uttered, and he intended
10 shoot before he fell. lie u July six
leet In height has wiry, muscular
form, piercing black eyes aud n black
ueatl sprinklrd with gray lie was
born Ia New York, did good service In
the Union army during the late war,
and then struck out for lne Rocky
mountains ~ mine gold and
practice law. Daring the first
gold days oi Montana no WAS
tue most talented man Of the camp
Aud hc had 10 make funeral speecho,
Tor come Of the murdered ~ well ~ TO
pr arCulo the murderer. AZ one time
whom Chlnaman had been killed
Sanders made y speech NJ his grave.
Ah Nv NlAhNA ~ Nv lANhAA w - hAHA ~
earth ana oTumbled 10 over the c0ilin
saying; "Ashes 10 ashes and dust TO
dust" The sun was just settling andp
the dust dropped, its fnys maue thoiT
way through II and Sanders noticed u
faint glitter Of gold ia II. lie did not
start nor fusb, but coolly folded his
hands anu earnestly stood there while
the clods were shovolod In upon the
coffin. just as the crowd were about
to dishand, however, hb broke
u barrel slave aAd Inserted two pieogf,
one at the head the other at the foot OF
the grave ~ though he were matking
IL. lie drove In other stakes, wrote
with pencil upon the slaves, anu
then said: "Geutlrmon, l want you
20 witness that have stsked Oh the
claim which | think contains the host
nay dirt OF Montana His prophecy
proved 10 ue corrtc. AMI hundreds Of
ihousanda O' dollars were Afterwards
taken out Of those graveyard mines.
chatted with Governor MoGraw,
oi tho state Of Warrington, IN the con.
venuou hall just before tho rabbi
offered UP his prayer MoGRw Is one
OF the big meu from the great north.
wosl. Ho is OF medium height,
F0uud.beaded ami has black hair Rud
A les black mouslachc. lie ~, | Judge,
about iorly.hye years u age, wns born
lu Maine and shortly after he was Of
are clmo TO san Francisco 10 make
big f1rtuuo. having IA wife and OOu.