Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-07
DYNAMITE,
Its Discussion in the Senate-The
Poor LOBBYIST,

OOh lilc lCdO Ill cApAOoAOLs VI 1liOlS'
nation relative to 1.-THE crimes recently
committed in London. Senator Hoar
thought that in voting for the dynamite
he expressed the wish of
Irish-American citizens among his con-
stituents in the old Bay state. The
senator from Louisiana, Mr.. Gibson,
held that %dynamiters placed themselves
on a level with prisoners; that they
yer assassins. Senator Ingalls, said the
explosions of last Saturday were declar-
alton of war against society. "They
shook the foundations of every capital
in ~christendom." He proposed to vote
for the resolution. Still, he thought
there was something in society worse
than dynamite, namely, "The guilt and
the wrongs that made dynamite posi-
ble." "Helpless, hopeless poverty, and
the oppression of centuries we're the
ingredients Of dynamite" He thought
that these occurrences should teach the
lesson that for nations a. we'll as for
men there is nothing so improbable as
injustice. The junior senator from
Virginia, who has enjoyed the distinc-
ton of being called the handsomest
man in the upper house, assumed for
the second time this session the role of
the lone senator. He spoke and voted
against resolutions that could be con-
strued as sympathy and fellowship with
England, referring to her as a govern.
ment of cruelty and tyranny, and he
earnestly championed the cause ofpoor,
oppressed, struggling Ireland. Senator
Huwley referred to the two occasions
when the American people had solemn
experience of assassination, and from
every tribe and nation, savage and civ.
ilized, came indignation. The crimes
Of dynamiters were far worse than those
they were ian insensate dash at
humanity" He did not know what
good the adoption of the resolution
would do, but it did him good to curse
these crimes. 1t does every part of the
world good to hear denunciation from
oil other parts.
While this explosive subject was be-
ing agitated there was an alarm of fire
at the capitol and a rush for the doors,
For a moment everybody seemed to ex.
pect an explosion and repetition ofthe
scene in the British house of parlia
ment. The fire proved to be in the file
room of the house Of representatives
many valuable records narrowly escap
ing destruction.
While combustibles were in order
Congressman White INDUCED in an ex'
plosion intended to blow up the speaker
Of the house. He claimed that Mr.
Carlisle had Disseminated against him
in ruling that certain matter should no.
be printed in the Record, referring te
the speaker as "that creature of thu
house." The popularity of the speaker
with both parties forbade any disre
spectful allusion, and the member from
Kentucky was Missed from all parts O.
the hall with a vehemence hat is un
usual even in that demonstratiye body
Captain Eads has been spoken of a.
the most successful engineer of schemes
through congress that the world ha
produced. His strong point has beer
thought to be his ability to talk mel
over to his way of thinking. He hasjus
failed, however, to carry everything be
fore him in the matter of the Galveston
harbor improvement. The wharf own
ers' ring, who have been cooperating
with him, were made happy by tn
promise that he would get an eight an<
a half million bill through. The rive
and harbor committee propose to gran
about $750,000 for a beginning of tn
work and to pay Captain Eads q salar,
OF $4,000 a year to superintend it ant
$4,000 tor each foot of water gained. l,
the room Of the senate committee O
naval affairs for some weeks Captain
Eads displayed extensive models o
ships, railways and other appliance
proposed to be employed in his Nicar
aguan ship canal. Only senators, mem
bers of the house and others directl,
interested were invited to see tn
models in operation. This was the a.
legged trap to get congressman in
committee room to talk over the harbo
scheme, for the ship railway bill wa
soon withdrawn.
The occupation Of the lobbyist is gon
this session. Members of the "thir,
house, are hanging around, but are no
making enough to pay their cigar bills
The session is too short for their meth
DDS, and besides the congressional min'
is not inclined to legislation this white,
1t is directed rather to what is "brew
ing in the air." to the political outlook
to the new order of things that the 4t
of March will bring. The lobby is
thing OF the past and of the future.
History of a Conspiracy.
Dakota Siftings.
The Devils Lake INTER-OCEAN of las
Saturday gave a lengthy and somewhs