Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-11-22
The Senatorial Candidates Scoring
For the Final Dash With
Hope and Fear.
D. B. wellman of Eddy County is
Easily Elected Speaker Of
the House.
An Attempt to Hold Senatorial
Caucns Fails, It Will be Held
To-Day.
The Legislators all Here = Many
Prominent Visitors-The Third
House Well Represented.
They Come.


They come, they come, with cymbal and drum
Some with water and some with rum;
With faces lean and facss fat,
With tall and short and slouchy hat;
Some with boards of oily glow.
Some with hair of spotless snow;
The rich, the poor, the meek, the proud.
With voices low and voices loud;
Some with faces bright and fair.
some with hayseed in their hair;
The gay, the sad. the halt, the blind,
The man whose whiskers sift the Wind;
The man who works the granger card,
The Norsk who works the "Norsky" hard,
The man who works the men of straw,
The man who only works his jaw,
The man who talks you deaf and dumb
The candidates for the senate come.
They are all here. And what a longing,
grasplng, rushing, pushing, buzzing crowd
lators. candidates for the various subor,li-
nate Offices Of the legislature; with wire
pullers and button-holers, slate makers
and combination breakers, it is concourse
interesting and instructive. Here is man
who thinks he will be elected to tie
caught in gathering of ordinarily bright
county politicians he would be intellect
ually dwarfed. Over yonder is another
candidate who has the brains but not the
backing; the modest candidate who does
not feel that he should ask for quite so ex-
alted place, but who is encouraged by the
hundred lesser lights who are fitting about
him, is edging up to a member to tell him
that the weather is 'beauriful." He will
not be elected. The day of modest men
fell into the unfathomabie darkness of the
past long before the sun first smiled upon
the century. The candidate VINO knows
not whittier he is drifting, but who, sitting
calmly on the political sea in his boat of
expectancy, clings atfectionately to his
lightning rod, is lost in the corner, and the
great cyclone of voice and the hurricane of
whisper sweep over him in maddening
mockery.
Who will win?
All, go ask the wild, wild waves; make
inquiry of the wind-ask Walter Muir. NJ.
N. johnson may be able to inform you;
Jud La Moure is said to be authority; it is
limited that Gilbert A. Pierce has a
"hunch"; Ex-Governor Ordway may have q
''pre" There are many others who might
speak authOritatively, at least so tar as
their own candidacy is concerned.
AMONG THE sOLoNs.
The gathering of the legislators the
senator-makers and law-enactors has been
accompanied by much of pleasure and ex-
citement. For every legislator that has
arrived there has been dozen third house
arrivals and many are the old-time faces
in the crowd that occupies the hotel lobbies
and whatever space for political work that
may be found.
Senator Haggart came in with his sturdy
form and pleasant ways as.happy and rosy
as school boy in vacation, and he has not
been idle.
Senator Stevens of Grand Forks, reso-
lutte blonde, whose firm set jaw and north
western independence bespeak the man
who will have his say and who does not
care whether school keeps or breaks up in
a row. He is rustling.
H. j. Rowe of Casselton is one of the
senators from Cass county and with his
flowing Turkish beard and persuasive con-
versation is attracting his share of atten-
tion.
Senator Hartman of Page, Cass county
is one Of the bright young democrats of the
senate, and although in the majority from
partisan sense, he will not miss any of the
fun Of the session. A. F. Appleton of
Pembina, who narrowly escaped being nom
mated for governor. John Mcbride of Caya-
lier. r. D. Cowan of Rolette, M. E. Randall
Of Dickey, ex-Secretary Mccormack and
the irrepressible and explosive James H.
Bell of Walsh are the other democratic
senators now in the city.
Senator Sandager of Lisbon, who will be
remembered as the tair-faced youth who
created so much jealousy among the gal
lants during the visits Of the fair sex to
the constitutional convention, came in as
blushing and handsome as ever, and has
taken his place among the statesmen.
H. L. Norton of Pembina, a regular rip.
snorter from way back, is one of the
JacksOnian members of the house and ne
doesn't care VINO knows it.
wait a moment; / want to shake hands
with Selby." Certainly he did, and SO did
everyone else. Representative Selby,
has been so often commented on by his ad.
mirers. is here to add to the dignity and
spice of the session.
Nor is journalism without its representa-.
tlves among the statesmen. There are sew
eral in the body, and of these, ID. +.
Thomas, the versatile editor of the Pierce
County Tribune, is one of the most con-
genial. 1t is said that there is as much
Emusic" in his makeup as any man in the
county from which he halls.
Senator Robinson Of Trail county. who
has the distinction of succeeding the illus.
triOus OHarsted, is here and it is needless
3 to say that there is much disappo ppointment.
Not that Mr.. Robinson will not do credit
tl the cOunty-fOr he is one of the bright
est Of the senatOrs-bu the facial genius
of OHarsted, for whose original storm
tossed whiskers, Mr.. Robinson gives us
but one modern black noustache, and in
the place Of whose familiar accents Mr,
I Robinson foists npon our ears the common
speech OF the country, are not here.
Representative Murphy, who is re-
membered as one OF the gayesr Of FargO'si
gsllants during the booming days Of BSS.
comes to represent Traill county and IS
welcomed by his old time friends #
u: II. StrOm ts one OF the modest Scandi-
navians who will vote for johnson, and
he comes from the county Of Traill.
The distinguished looking little gentle
man with military bearing and q Hstand
back y expression Of. conntenance is