Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-12-06

BIZ
ing their committees and the earnestness
with which the spellbinders are practic!ne
on their most striking attitudes, are un
mistakable symptoms of 100 day fever.
THE sPARR1NG
for an opening is continued with caution
and although several rushes have been
made nothing but feints have been ex
changed. Yesterday Mr.. Moore, the shy
and sOft-v0iced representative from Mercer
county, made a slight pass at railroad tax
alton; the grangerious Renaud reached out
for mortgages; Mr.. Lutz, the Teutonic dis
ciple of Jefferson, rushed at the grand Jury
system with vengence and the winsome
Ink bore down upon the railroad com.
panies that refuse sites for warehouses
with glaring eye and bold Jack Dempsey
determination. Add to this the general
onslaught on usury and the grand charge
on the 80 per cent. tax sale fiends and you
have glimpse of the battle as it is being
planned by the horny y-handed representa-
tlves OF the yeomenry of the realm.
NEARLY ALL HERE.
With yesterdays train came nearly all of
the delayed statesmen, and the halls of
legislation are once more filled with the
chosen. Among the members con-
spicuous by their absence is Senator La
Moure, the champion cinch player of the
upper Red River valley, who will arrive
to-day. Those who are inclined to dispute
his claim to championship at cinch are re-
spectfully referred to the gentlemen in
vOlved in the recent senatorial game.
of Ramsey county, who keeps his hand on
the public pulse and knows what it needs
to keep it in harmony with his ambitions.
returned in company with G. A. Currier,
the jolly gentleman from Devils Lake
whose Jerusalem WniskerS are among the
most envied attractions of the house.
Senator Haggart, whose pale and color
less cheeks and gOssamy form are known
to all wl.o founder in the political swim,
returned with number of associates and
has settled down to the aw-enactlng grind
If the smile that plays about the face of
the irrepressible Haggart is more playful
than usual since the close of the senatorial
mill, it need he no surprise, for no one
more truly marched under the banner of
DR.. Belyea, the formed and
fearless-visaged senator from MinOt, re-
turns with numerous suggestions from his
constituents, and has plunged into the
workshop of statesmanship with sleeves
up and perspiratioM on his brow.
Representative Murphy of the Jacksonian
squad returned yesterday and says that
although his constituents are disappointed
at the failure of the legislature to elect q
democratic United States senator,
he explained the failure with such
good success that they said they
would forgive him if he would
promise never to let it happen again.
ORATORICAL PROSPECTS.
What would legislature be without
orators? With this thought comes the re-
minder that thus far but few have made
their debut, and the pleasant thrill that
comes with the voice of the debutante in
the maiden effort is yet to be experienced
by the sovereign in the gallery. 1t is a lit
garb Of silence and leap forth in all
their rhetorical splendor, and although
several have already proven them
selves masters on the floor,
there are numerous slumbering
volcanoes which have not been
awakened and which need but the provo
cation to fill the air with the seething
lava OF their burning eloquence. Some Of
ticulating as they walked; others have
been observed striking the most startling
attitudes while roaming over the boundless
prairie and from the symptoms of speech
that have stolen from them in their sleep
they may be safely put down as men who
will make the capitol ring when the
speech-making cheese is cut for the ora
indications they will not have long to wait.