Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1889-03-01
brought his gavcl down on the ma
hogony desk with unusual force and

noSOly QeSk With unusual fOrce and
quietly remarked: "Gentlemen of
the House, it occurs to me | have
the floor for the present" and in his
quiet way he stated the question be-
fore the house, put the same while
supreme silence for the first time
during that stormy day prevailed.
MIR. Mallory is an able and honest
man, of whom Dickey county should
be proud.
Jamestown, the future Capital of
North Dakota, has such argus-eved
statesmen as Senator Glaspell, Chief
Clerk r, E. Wallace and the Hon.
John Waugh to guard her interests
in the presesent body, but imagine
the surprise Of the learned legisla-
tors and the good people OF Bis
marck and the members of tile
third house, yesterday, to notice the
following brilliant and representa-
tive men Of that thriving North
Dakota city, sitting for one whole
day side by side in the gallery of the
Senate eagerly watching the progress
of law-making. The ladies i'll the
bar Of the house levelcd their opera
glasses on this distinguished row of
"lemtown faller." Finally the
President ordered the sargeant-at-
arms to issue to each one of this
distinguished group a sack Of flour
and apair Of crap dice. We are not
sure as to their proper names but
Prime Minister Patton, the man who
gaye birth to the iron-clad prohibi-
tien bill and also is responsible for
the county of Miner, Dakota, slip
ped out in the lobby and gave your
correspondent the names Of the dis
tinguished Jamestown group, and
here they are: Judge Abraham G.
McMillon, County Commissioner,
General James Jacob Eddy, First
Lord OF the Stutsman County Ex-
chequer, Solomon Hudson McGuines,
The Right Rev. Fernando Il. Jones,
Lieut.-Major Lindall Lyon, 0. w.
Archibald, L. L. D. |. S., Col. Cara
balda Lashow Webster.
Among the dozen or more gentle
men who are here laying their wires
for federal appointments under tho
incoming administration, none stand
higher i'll popular favor than John
Ii. Waugh, the efficient stenogra-
pher of the Council, who is a candi-
date for the position of Secretary of
the Territory. If those who have
been fortunate enough to make his
acquaintance since he has been in
the city had voice in filling this
office there would be no doubt what
ever as to the result, for he is pos
sessed Of that rare, enyiable gift
from Mother Nature of making
friends with whoever comes in con-
tact with him. Nor are they Of the
Indifferent, negative kind either, but
friendships warm and positive that
would go broke" figuratively speak
ing, to do him a good turn. So far
as his ability to fill the office with
satisfaction to the public, credit to
the appointive power, and honor to
himrelf, there is no shadow of a
doubt, and those who may chance
to oppose him in this contest for
place, will never even intimate that
his qualifications are not all that
could be wished for. Now, as to
his chances of success, they are in
deed encouraging and the few who
know what influences are at work
IN his interest are playing him for a
strong favorite, giving large odds
against the field. MIR. Waugh is
from Pennsylvania and naturally
his strongest backing is also there
and it is stated that tine political
Napoleon of the last Presidential
campaign is numbered among those
who will recommend him for ap-
pointment. With such Eastern
friends and his well-known strength
at home, no one need be surprised to
learn that Secretary McCormack's
successor is worthy Of his predecess-
or, and that his name is John H,
Waugh, Of Stutsman county.
The advent of Statehood for North
Dakota finds her well prepared for the
responsibilities of that position,
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