Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-19

skIRMIsHINa AT BISMARCK.
What the Legislature :s Doing to
Save the Country.
lesesaa csszespssd.acs q ths 1ssssocrAs.l
Bls,fARcx. Jan. 1S.-The circus has
opened. The territorial legislature il
now thoroughly organized and the fac.
lions are arrayed for the fray. There
has been much discussion rs TO the
nature Of the combination which eleva-
ted Smith Stimmel of Cass county to
the presidency of the council and II. H.
Keith Of Sioux Falls to the speaker.
ship Of the house, some claiming the
was captured by the ral!.
roads and their legal friends. OF courss.
it is difficult to know all that nlay. be
hidden within any combination, polit,.
cal or otherwise, but the. fact that ma.
joritv of the conscientious farmer mem.
bers Of both houses are IN combination.
and that the first resolution passed in
the house was 90 radically In favor of
the farmer rs to as> ume the nature OF a
boomerang, is pretty conclusive CYL.
dence that tho grangers dictated the
terms. That resolution passed on the
second day Of the session, amending
the rules 80 that any farmers alliance
bill might be called out Of tho regular
order by majority vote, was strange
bomerangic thing and has already
forced the adoption of another amend.
ment providing that any bill may be
taken from it's regular order by y ma.
jority vote. This IL virtually complete
change of a rule which provided that
no bill could be taken from its regular
order without two.thirds vote.
Whether this will prove Of advantage
to the farmer or to tho lobbyist. re-.
mains to be seen. lam Of the opinion
that rule permitting bill to be
called from its regular order by . ma.
jority vote is in favor Of the lobby and
encourages hasty legislation. Yet this
ia the first blood for the farmers-the
first blow struck by their overwhelming
majority.
For intelligence, pulchritude and bal
ance, the body Is superior to many Of
the legislative assemblies of tho past,
and although the Gag OF radical aud
paralyxing legislation has been nailed
to tho mast. there arc many reasons TO
expect careful. conservative action.
No legislative body has furnished u
better character than Councilman Robt.
Lowry, who halls from Huron, to which
point he was sent by president Arthur
as register of the land office. He Ia six
feet three inches in hight, has Henry
Clay face and Abe Lincoln GESTURES.
He wears cloak which he purchased
in l842 and which he has wern ever
since. This garment reaches 70 his
heels and 10 marvel in style. His high
collar, broad black necktie, tall silk hat
with dropping rim and every step and
glunce, arc all reminders Of tho good
cid days when no senator was consid-
cred qualified 10 represent an intelligent
constituency unless he took snuf and
waved u red bandana. A. this patriar.
chal seventeenth century statesman ex'
pressed 1t to me: "They all used bAn'
danas in them days." MIR. Lowry re-
fused to give his age. hut the fact thai
he heard Clay and Webster in the sen
ate and that he was chairman OF the
COMMITTEES in charge Of tho remains O.
the president-e t-elect's grandfather makes
rs a conservative estimate. He is hale
and hearty and says he can whip the
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came loaded will, bills and resolution
for The bombard ment Of the LIQUOR ir
tereats this winter. He expects to b
made chairman of the committee O
irmncrance Int when the ANNOUNCE
men,s we're made hi. name did n,
even nnpear on that committee. Iii
race was wild and fierce. This wss hi
reward for being out OF the combina
tion
The work Of the session has nc
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