Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-12-06

Like TeO, feO n8lrs
With wisdom's torches is alame.
1t was gratifying to the man who wit
messed the performances at the capital
during the past two weeks to see the wise
faced lawmakers as they rolled and
tumbled, crowded and stumbled from the
west-bound train. With smiles born of
festivity and rotund completeness to
their physiques that plainly told of the
demolition of turkey, the welcome solons
alighted and hastened to their rooms in
search of their armors and war paint in
which they soon appeared on the old bat
tle-field on the hill. There was Senator
Bailey Fuller of Jamestown, who comes so
modest and unassuming that he wonders
whether tits better to walk meekly
through the crowd or to scoot around
by way of the alley, and who departs with
the band wagon under his arm and the
persimmons in his pocket; Senator Har-
mon of Morton, who in pioneer days killed
Indians and toyed with road agents, re-
turned from his western bailiwick as tall
and courtly as professor who had never
killed anything but time; and Senator Win
ship of Grand Forks, whose affection for
George Walsh has been the subject of so
much comment during the past two weeks
returned from his constituents without q
wound-at least without visible wound.
1t was jolly, picturesque, curious
crowd as it poured in one grand torrent of
humanity from the train. Senator Sand
ager, the handsome young COrkOnian from
Lisbon, did not bring a bride, as his friends
predicted he would, but returned as con-
spicuously single as in the past. He will
remain bachelor statesman, at least until
the holidays.
Walsh county's gallant Irishman, Ole
0Haugerud, whose Donnybrook whiskers
futter defantly in the breeze, was the
arrived at the opening of the session; but
when he glided up the platform yesterday,
sails up and turkey wings visible in his
gaiety and jauntiness, it was evident that
the national November bird was put to its
most patriotic uses in Walsh county.
John Mccullough, the histrionic-named
member of the house, who scared into
prominence on one point Of order and de-
scended with equal rapidity on another,
returned with the crowd as bright and
clipper and as blonde and g0lden-haired
as any maiden at white horse show, was
in the crowd and is once more in mis- battle
intrenchments.
Speaker Wellman, though haunted
slightly by the ghosts OF innumerable can
dldates for committee chairmanships, en-
joyed his Thanksgiving and returned with
Zest to the position of referee for what
has thus far been very orderly legislative
mill.
All there, Mr.. Selby-Why did you not
loom up in that Henry -Ciay-Daniel-Web-
ster Harrisonian grandfather's hat before
When the distracted, storm tossed legisla-
tors were looking about for the towering
dome of United States senatorial candi-
date upon whom they could unite, why
did you not burst forth in the full mag
nifcence of that administration hat and
claim your own? 1t is too late to win the
prize now, but the appreciative citizens are
glad to welcome you back to the forum in
which you have so conspicuOusly shone.
Barney Haugen, another of the uncon-
querable Celts, whose fidelity 60 prohibition
is as the magnet to the pole, is in his seat
again awaiting an opportunity to drive the
last nail in Colonel BOurbon's coffin. Mr.
OHaugen is not sOng-and-dance man by
profession, but it is reliably reported that
he is practicing on an artistic jig which he
hopes to execute on the grave of King
Alcohol.
r. N. Stevens whose dreamy Sevillean
eyes and fierce Castilian mustachios are
familiar to all who have seen him flourish
his oratorical rapier, returns with a firm
set jaw and they who think he exhausted
his argumentatlve fire during the senatorial
contest, are deceived. He is on the verge
of an explosion at any moment.
But whv enumerate. They are all
worthy of mention and none moreso than
the gentlemen of Cass, among whom are
Representative Thompson, the blue-eyed
AdOnis of the delegati0n,th the military Court
and the bold Mcintyre. who is as demo-
cratic in name as the active Hartman is in
deed.
Several did not arrive yesterday but the
absentees were not sufficient in number to
affect business and the mills Of the law
making gods which though they may not
grind as fine as some, are as slow as the
most famous, were set in motion.
QUIET BUT SIGNIFICANT.
The work yesterday was not very noisy,
but it meant much more than it sounded.
Some very important ingredients were
thrown into the legislative mortar, and
before they are reduced to the proper
amalgamation there may be some startling
explosions. They threw in a handful Of
railroad taxation with sprinkling Of
official salaries: added q generous chunk
OF bank dynamite and q roller mill torpedo.
This. together with dash of extreme pro-
htbitiOn and layer of standing commit
tees, gives 9 mixture that had better be
hclent number ct cOrpses about the capitol
during the past week to satisfy the most
bloodthirsty antagonizer ip the land.
No Business, Eh9
From Thursdays Dsily.l Ii
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