The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-10
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make a. man feel that he has not lived
in vain. To make political campaign
involving the entire territory of a state
as large as Montana and not make
mistake; to come out of that campaign
with the admiration of every voter in
it, even if the votes were short of the
necessary majority-s a reputation
that is not to be considered lightly. To
be sure. it would possibly have been
better had the majority gone with the
admiration, but. with that philosophic
good nature that is characteristic of
him. Colonel Tom Marshall accepted the
one with appreciation, even if the other
was lacking. He knew that he had
made good campaign and that he had
nothing to be ashamed of in it all. So
he received the result with calmness
and resumed his business as if it had
not been interrupted by six weeks of
the hardest kind Of political canvass
ing.
People of Montana well remember the
dismal days of 1898. when panic followed
panic and the only wonder was that
any escaped. The conference that was
held at Helena during that dark period
will also be recalled by those who were
in the state at the time. 1t was there
that Colonel Marshall made the re-
mark that has since become famous
and that, at the time, served to dispel
in measure the gloom that overspread
the meeting before which it was made.
There had been lot of blue talk. No
body seemed able to see any glimmer of
light in the situation, when the colonel
said: cover in Western Montana we
will always have enough to eat. We
produce it there and we are sure of
it. That is sufficient for us at present"
That philosophy cheered up the de-
spondent members of the meeting and
they came to the conclusion that if the
colonel and his fellows could be salts
fed for the time with enough to eat,
the rest Of the state ought to follow
that good example and not worry. So
the conference was not failure, after
all
Among his townsmen Colonel Mar
shall is prime favorite. He knows
them all with that familiarity that Is
said to be characteristic Of his blue
grass birthplace and he calls them all
by their first names. He is a hail fellow
well met with farmer and lunberman,
attorney and merchant, physician and
stocNman. When he has case in
court, the opposing counsel always
dread the time when the colonel comes
to address the jury. He knows the vul-
nerable point of each of the Jurors and
he generally finds it. He does not talk
to the galleries nor does he apostro-
phize the American eagle. He talks to
the jurors and when he has finished
they understand what he has said
The favorite music of Colonel Mar
shall is "She Was Bred in Old Ken
lucky and his favorite beverage is
the Scotch highball, which is the only
incongruity that is noticeable in his
makeup BY all logic and analogy, the
colonel ought to have a leaning to-
ward Bourbon in his appollinaris. Like
all Kentuckians, Colonel Marshall likes
fast horses and his one weakness is a
desire for trading horses, which cannot
easily be curbed. 1t has been said of
MIN that he can start in May with an
animal that would win applause and
money Oh any tISCh III iiiG COUNTY flAt
wind up in December with a skate that
a Chinaman would not give s25 for, but
that remark was made by a man who
had lost a lawsuit in which Colonel
Marshall was on the opposing side.
The figure Of the colonel is IA
nniliar one in all parts of Montana.
while he makes no attempt to conceal
his intense love for that portion of the
state that is proud to claim him as a
resident, he is in all respects loyal
Montanan. Vigorous. eloquent and
scholarly. he has won distinction in
many lines. The colonel, howeversis no
musician. There have been times when
he has become impressed with the idea
that he could sing, but even his warm
est friends do not support this claim.
He can talk as few men can, but he
can't sing. He Is getting 10 know this,
now, and he doesn't attempt it often.
There is no more companIO44ble man
in Montana than Colonel Marshall and
artist has caught him win be recog
nized as characteristic by all
who know him. Whoever has
met him upon the street and has
engaged him there in conversation will
at once recognize the truth of the por-
trait that shows the eX-Kentucltiar
with his hat pushed back and his
thumb thrust into the armhole of his
vegt He was talking of Montana wher
The picture was taken.
Colonel MarshalIs public services
lat X
years he has been a member of the
local board of the state university anG
his counsel and advice in matters thai
have arisen in connection with the or
ganization and subsequent manage
inent OF this institution have contrib
nted largely TO the successful result