Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-06-05
BLUE DAKorANs.

BLUE DAKoTANs.
Looks Blue for the Sioux Bi1l--John
Smith and a Free Trader.
Special Correspondence Of the INTER OcEAS.l
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The entire Da-
kota crowd buried their little hatchets
last week and went to work for the
Dawes bill for the opening of the Sioux
reservation. They united like old SOL
diers where there is no political matter
at stoke, and worked for the common
good of the territory. But after all, the
house refused to consider their matters.
Territorial day is postponed until June
IL, and that is q time when the rush will
be so great that nothing al be accom-
plished. SO it is fair to say now, even
though we say it with tears, the Dawes
bill is dead. Nothing can resurrect it.
Not even the tears of the Pierreits,
Chamberlainites, Riverites, Invites, Hit
tites, Jebusites or townsites.
There were never q bluer couple of
people in the world than the two "Mcs"
of Pierre. McManima has a fit of mad
blues and Mcclure has q spell of de-
spondent blues. McManima says
"damit;" but Mcclure says ~"goddlem-
ity." At the National hotel last even
ing there were Mcclure, McManima,
Day, Clifford, Boynton and John Smith,
standing neal a cigar stand in the lobby
discussing territorial affairs and all were
feeling comfortably good natured but
Mcclure. He had nothing to say until
I asked what was the matter. ! said,
els there no bird in your throat tonight?
Can't you sing just one little (epis) ode
for us? Have you no love for anybody ?
Why this ~pensiveness?" He replied SOL
EMMY, while a shade of melancholy be-
cloudcd his handsome countenance, II
am thinking what to say in the obituary
which 1 have to write" I'oor fellow.
He had severe attack of Sioux reserva.
ton on the brain and it has soured on
his intellect. If Dakota ever sent q bet
ter man here than Mcclure I never met
with him. But the young man is sad
and as unhappy as mar can be. No
wonder. He has had his whole heart
and soul wrapped up in the opening of
the reservation. He has worked day
and night to attain that end for six
months. He has allowed nothing else
to swerve him from the right path. He
has done nobly. And then to have the
reward of unqualified defeat almost I'M
mans him. He says that he almost feels
like selling out his business and never
going back to Pierre, because he cannot
bear to 60 to his people and meet them
with nothing but failure as the result of
his efforts.
McManima on the other hand, feels
just as bad probably, but he takes his
medicine in n different way. He just
goes off by himself and swears like a
dragoonon the charge. Itrelieves him.
Ordinarily he is not a swearer, but l am
glad to know that he knows how. 1t is
a great relief to ones feelings sometimes.
l have often thought what q blessing it
would be to some preachers on small sal
aries, and those never paid if they only
knew how to swear a little but they
don't. McManima is just possessed Of
that kind of mad which indicates a bad
heart, and if he were on his native heath
he would go out and hunt q scalp.
Mr.. Day returned here a week ago Or
more, and did first rate, effectual work
for the Sioux bill, but nothing would
avail. Clifford, Beynton, Carrier and all
worked hard for that bill, but the house
hasn't enough m to passit. Boynton
said last evening: "When l was a lad I
looked up to a congressman as q states
man. I regarded the class as wonder
fully superior to their fellow men. But
I've reason to change my mind. There
are more darned fools in the house of
representatives than any other body of
that number of men in America, and
possibly the whole world. They are
small potatoes and few in a hill. There
are probably mi dozen really great men
in the house out Of over AGO." Boynton
never said SO much wisdom in one sem
tence in his life.
MI. Ryse, the chairman of the Demo-
cratic county committee of Day county,
is here. So also is C. A. Carrier, of Crow
Greek. They are both to remain sew
eral weeks.
] believe that Judge Clifford regards
our civilization as q failure, while Mr..
Day thinks that "life is not the thing We
planned It," They were interested in
several bills before the house and they
got left on all of them. There was tie
Harrison bill, the Baker bill and the Hill
bill. The Harrison bill was preferred
by Clifford and the Hill bill was the
choice of Mr.. Day. The Baker bill
would have been accepted by either as a
good compromise /; or they would have
been comparatively happy ii either OF
the other bills had been passed. But
now that the battle is practically over
and noting has been done, they are both
mad and d~isconsolate. There is no di.