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fice-IIome Politics.
Bureau Correspondence Press and Dakotaian.
Washington, June 2s-After the roll
call last Saturday, the speaker said:
us Ordway johnson in town."
"He is sir answered one OF the west
ern members.
"Then, let business proceed. and let
the bag pipes play said the speaker.
Col. Morrison bagged pipe bag and
Randall blew Gabriel's trumpet, while
Ordway Johnson sat in gallery and
smiled his benign appro val.
Thers are now ssventy.three news.
papers represented by tho Dakota news
bureau, and the number Is increasing.
There was never any project started for
the benefit of the entire territory which
has met With such prompt and popular
approval
The present congress has done nothing
for Dakota. 1t has shown no DISPOSE
tion to do so. The committee on terri.
tories, of which Mr.. Hill is chairman, Is
as bad as the Indian committee. MIR.
Hill would do something for the terri
tory If he could, but his committee went
against him even in the bill he prepared
on the subject of division. The commit
tee on Indian affairs would have been
willing to do something, but its char
man was and is Indifferent. MIR. Well
born, of Texas, may have been well born,
but his breeding in this matter is not OF
the best. He has been urged by the
best people in the nation to present the
bill for the opening OF the Sioux reser-
vation, but he has declined to do SO. He
has been urged by the best men of both
parties il the house and senate, but he
has not acoeeded to the request.
Mayor Mcclure, OF Pierre, still has
hopes. He is like the Irishman who bet
gallon of whisky that he could carry
Mulcahy to the top OF q building, in a
bod. Mulcaby got into the hod and
MoWhistler put him on his shoulder and
started up. AS he reached the second
story his foot slipped, and he almost fell !;
but he caught his balance and went sue
cessfully to the top, where he daumped
Mulcahy, and said: Now thin didn't I
win the whisky"
"Falth an yez did, said Mulcahy;
"bIs whin yez fut shipped on the second
STORY. do yez moind ? | had some hopes,
did,
| Mayor Mcclure knows that he has
slipped up on Well-born, and that the
reservation will not be opened, but he
still alleges that he "has hopes,' for its
passage next winter.
| There Is q great big hallaballoo here
over the land Office at Aberdeen. Burke
and Barrett are after 1T; and Brown of
Huron thinks he has prescription claim
on it, and that his papers can't be over
ruled, But he don't know what terrific
God-inIsrael Mr.. Sparks is. He can
overrule everything on earth, and then
tackle the rulings of heaven, and make
headway "agin' them. The Honorable
Ordway johnson 10 here working for
Burke, and Major Barrett is at home,
waiting for the final announcement
Charlie Frost is here in the interest OF
Brown and Mr.. Day has endorsed him.
That looks we'll for Brown. But, Sena.
tor Voorhees, and the Indian delegation
have gone to Mr.. Cleveland and made Q
fight for the gallant Burke, and they
seem assured of success. My sympathies
are with the man who succeeds. There
is nothing like success, as q means oi
friend-making. 1t catches me every time
/ Judge Clifford has received curious
Brother Elrod ought to be held RESPONSE.
BILE for it. He should educate The
people there better than that. The
Clark county man writes to Clifford, ask.
ing the conundrum "can an infidel or an
atheist settle or prove up on home.
Stead or pre.emption claim And, if he
does. is his title good? There ia sever.
al atheists here now, and there il
another one coming, and we want to
prevent him if we can" Now isn't that
a nice conundrum for christianized
human being in this age to write? He
is SO chack full of christianity and
brotheriy love, that ne don't want any.
body to succeed wEo doesn't swallow his
narrow creed. 1t would, choke any
manly man to swallow such religion
i Clifford replied, referring him to Sparks
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telling him that Sparks would stop the
infdels, il he had to go to heaven to gel
q ruling On the subject. would like te
have the souls OF 100000. .0000 such little
christians, all bound together, and TAKE
them up to the great white throne. ano
ask the Grand Master to put some KIND
OF mark on them, 30 that he could
know them at sight, just as the ancientl
used to know lepers. selah.
{, The call for the republican convention
to meet in September is wise. It woult
!. be useless to call il sooner. The trpubl,
, with our American campaigns is tina
they are too. long. 1t would be especial
] ly irksome to the people of the territory
to have the political battle long drawn
out. suppose that the democratic con
ivention will follow snit and maet late
too. Itls the hope of the democrati
+ party that the sectional line will assis
r Ithem in the coming convention. Mayb
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