Bismarck weekly tribune., 1885-02-20

Judgment" perhaps you don't know what
it is to have the first horny handed
orator atrike the s'nincty-ninethly," shile sew
enteen ptrong lunged, long winded opponents
with blood in their eyes stood ready to prove
him black-faced liar. Indeed ycu may
know nothing Of the anguish Of one continued
bore, day and night and between drinks; but
in all these and many more phases Of legis!a-
tive bliss, have the committee on counties grad
uated. The genial chairman Of the committee
in the house, Mr.. Mark Ward, is praying for
sleep, and with care worn mien and weary
voice, he surely wins the sympathy of those
who know with what ceaseless arsumensative
contend.
GOOD CHANGE.
Yesterday morning he house decided to con-
vene hereafter at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
This is step Of wisdom and will be of great
service to the house. Now the work be
cleaned up by two or three O'Clock in the after
noon ard the committee work may be done
carly in tie evening.
RE COMMITTED.
When tie council bill approu1iatirg $50 600
for the school Of mines and :ninin at Rapid
City csn.e up fcr It's third reading and fnal
passage yesterday. Mr.. DeWoody arose aud
moved that it be recommitted. But isn't it a
modest requcs.?'' asked Msssrs. Picker and
several others. The opposite side OF the house
nodded assent. Int it deserving institution.
They all locked as though they thought it was
In fact, it was SO good thing they couldn't let
it go, 40 they voted to re commit it and keep It
among tben1 ter u time.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The committee ways?and meas will meet
In room %, First National bank block, at ten
o'clock Ibis forenoon.
ANTI MoNoPoL1sTs.
> The fnely- wrought workings of monopoly
are not always confued to the man of broad-
cloth and government bonds. In
Bismarck the speculative gentlemen of the
whip anu reins are not novces in monopolistic
philosophy, end q fe" days ago held cor vsn-
tion in the invgoratlng open air on the south
side Of the capitol building, where by acclama-
tion and with marvellous nnanimity they Gu
tere;! the q larter- pool. Before that tine ten
cents wns the fare for one way-now it is the
usual circus price OF quartavadollar. Since
the formation of this abominable hack pool, the
le2isla iors have been anti~monopolists, and it
does seem that twenty-five cents is away up in
the clonds.
THEY APPRECIATE HIM,
Mr.. Huntington, of Day county, don't say
few. But he is o good thinker ard a ceaseless
worker, and his constituents appreciate the
splendid work he has done since his arrival in
Bismarck. These remarks are called out by an
item in an exchange, which gives an account Of
a reception and .nquet rendered Mr.. Hunting
ton on his recent visit to Webster, Day county.
The cornet band met him at the train and the
citizens gave him welcome such none but
warm-aearted, appreciatiye friends can give.
NO MORE AT PRESENT.
Since The above was written the writer, to-
gether with three hundred other Bismarckers
who are now kicking themse'v4 around their
bedroome even as they would kick the festive
football, ran three miles to q i1re-yes, the fire
was ut least one and one-half miles out. AS
usual, it WAS the very last house on the out
skirts Of the town, and before anyone arrived
the fire bad moved to reconsider, laid the nh-
ton on the taoie, and was almost ready to
adjourn. The firemen arose to point of order,
but verify the orders Of avail as the
department was too far from the fire, and the
prairie looked bare and bleak and uninviting.
Of course little run Of three miles with a
buffalo bull overcoat on shouldn't be men,
toned, but it is late. Third b use rts and
tres al e net conducive to volunlinous legisla-
tive gossip. Good eve
Thirt y-shird Day.
Gradually the ses ion wanes. The Solons
have just passed the half mile post and with
Sunday = intervention, as solemn, friendly re-
lief, they stand with reflective eye on the work
Of the past, and cloudy, unveiled thought on
the future. After alI their legislative life
brief and fading rs it may be, is full of trudg-
cry, care and thankless duties. It's not pleas
ant position, Tor man to be surrounded by
friends all equally dear to him, one telling him
to vote for the bill or he is traitor aud another
intimating that if be does vote for it he will be
burned IN eHSy scalpeG IN Ieailty, anu hicheu
and spat upon by an ragged mob. This is
uot pleasant position. It is not the pleasantest
thing in the world to have little innocent pri-
vate letters in which you manifest a commend
able political ambition, thrown into your face,
in oppo.isicn to quiet, unostentations scheme.
which you are supporting on of respect to the
oleom-rgerine upon your staff Of life.
Another day has como for an h onest earnest,
nucolored reflection on the past and steady peer
into the future. You stand upon the shores Of
surging, sail abandoned eea. The dsy is dark
and the angry clodes roll up from the water
Tapped horizon, which, with its meeting of dis
taut waves and heavy clouds, seems like the
merging of two gloomy eternities, where hope
ia stranger and sorrow reigns supreme. You
are in strange land. As the harsh unfsiendly
waves splash at your feet you tura to the land
for comfort, but hear only.tthe com planning wall
Of the forest, as the sw aging elms grosn meath
the unwe!come wind. Occasionally heavy roll
of muflcd thunder grumbles through the threat
ening elements and it's dying sound is lost in
the lash of waves. Gloom disco nsolate! Despair