St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-18
PIERCE AND ORDWAY
is the Way the Last Named Fig
ures the North Dakota Sena-
tOr;aI S~ifuax{On

uICS w NOINl NJ II
tOrial Situation.
EX-GOv. Ordway, of Dakota, arrived
In the city yesterday. He will remain
two days, and will then return to his
home heal Mimic. Walsh county. North
Dakota. He was asked when the legis-
lature would convene. and replied,
probably from Nov. 10 to Is. 1t will
simply elect United States senators and
adjourn, in all probability, till the time
for its regular session Oh Jan. l."
"WhO will be the senator?" [ was
asked.
"It is conceded" replied he. 'that
Gov. Pierce is strong, and l have assnr-
ance S that would lead me to believe
that l am certainly the next in the race,
unless some extraordinary and unusual
influence is brought to bear. | think
that the fair sentiment Of the members
at the time of their election was favor
able to Gov. Pierce and myself"
"YO you think that Gov. Miller Is
likely to be a candidate?
II do not think Gov. Miller will be a
candidate, Or that he would accept the
election as senator during the term for
which he was elected governor. The
constitution explicitly states that the
governor of the state shall not be
~ ADlO " III ONitO lAi1 "a III bilS
term for which he was elected. As the
governor and every member of the
legislative assembly will be required to
swear that they will uphold and defend
the constitution at the time they are
qualified as members, an attempt to vote
for the person who has been elected
aud qualified as governor during
his term would be in direct
violation of that provision of the cOnsti-
tuition. The oath would be equally
binding upon the person who filed the
Office of governor when such votes were
given for him. As this provision was
unquestiOnably placed in the cOnstitu-
ton for the purpose of removing from
the governor and lieutenant governor
all temptations to make undue use of
their positions. Any member could I'M
dOubtedly raise this question. as one of
the highest privilege upon each Of the
members, as they arose to cast
their votes, and thereafter place
the governor and members in
an ~unenviable position before the
people of the state. | do not apprehend,
however, that there will be any occa-
sion for considering this question in the
North Dakota legislature, as it is well
known that Gov. Miller accepted the Of
fee of governor with great reluctance
on account of his large and responsible
private interests"
'Who dc you expect to be the Demo
cratic leader?"
IL am not personally acquainted with
more than half the Democratic members
elected, but so far as my observation ex-
tends they are very leV~el-headed and
what you might call independent Dem
Ocrats. Ex-Secretary Mccormick will
undoubtedly be recognized as a leader.
A. +. Appleton, who was a prominent
member of the late constitutional con-
ventiOn from Pembina, may also be re-
garded as a strong man., and | appre-
bend that these two gentlemen, who, l
believe, represent what was formerly
known as the two wings of the Democ-
racy, will largely voice the sentiments
of the party"
"What about the prospects for pro-
hibitive legislation"
"a considerable number of votes
given by Scandinavians for prohibition
were given by men who were in the
habit of occasionally drinking to excess,
and they were thoroughly determined
to have the stuff as some of them
called 1t, put out of their reach. Hence,
the Scandinavians in the legislature
will generally demand strong legisla-
ton to carry out the prohibition pro-
visions of the constitutions
Suppose the legislature refuses to
pass such laws; is there any machinery
of law that can compel it to comply
with the provisions of the constitu-
tion?"
81 do not see where there is" replied
fho pOvarnnr smiling &c no 6pnartnd