The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21
The Bottineau Pioneer.
Oh iai Paper Of B,ttineau County.
J. w. BENNETT, EDITOR.
OUR LEGISLATORS.


our readers will care to know, is that
which reistes to the ''pcdigree" of The
representatives Of our legislative dis.
trict, n Nv assent led at Bismarck, to
make laws for US. Accordingly we
clip from the Bismarck Tribune, what
it says, generally, concerning the
make up Of the legislative assembly,
especially Of the me abers from our
legislative district.
Astudy of the biographies of the
members Of the first state legislature
shows some curious facts, the most
striking being that ol;ot a total Of
ninety.three il botl houses, fifty.
eight are farmers and only five are
lawyers in active practice-and all #
these being members Of the lower
house. Colonel Little is the only at
torney in the senate md he is not in
active practice at this time, being
classed as a banker. The average age
of the senate is about %thirty-nine, and
Of the house 393-the average being
a little less than hat of the constitu.
tional convention. Che Oldest mem.
Der of the legislature is MI. Court Of
the rouse, who is sixty.four. and the
youngest members are Mr.. Moore o:
the house, ard Messrs. Svensrud and
Sandager Of the senate, each being
but IT, enty-seven. In both houses
thera are 6fty-ive who were born in
the United States and tweaty.eight
who were born in Canada and Europ-
can countries. An analysis of the
majo :ity of the members shows as
follows:
Born in Illinois and Pennsylvania, : each;
New York, 6; Indiana and Ohio, 5 each;
Iowa, 4: Y isconsin, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Maine, 8 each: Hirnescta
and Michigan, 2 each; Maryland. Connect.
cut, Kentucky and Missouri, l each; Nor
way, IL; Province Of Quebec, 3; Nova Scotia,
4; Austria, l; Germany, 2; Scotlat d., !;
Canada, |; Province Of Ontario, 4; Ireland.
The ancestry is shown as follows:
American. q; English, l6; Scotch, I;
Scotch and English, 3; German and French,
/; Norwegian ~: French and Irish, l; Irish
aud Scotch, g.; Irish, 3. Holland German, l;
Scotch German l; Scotch WEIGH, !; Scam
dinavia; l; English, Scotch and German, 2;
Canadian, J; French, l; Irish aud English, l.
The occupation Of the members is a. fol-
lows:
Farmer s, SO; doctors, 5; real estate, loans
and insurance, 6; stock, 3; merchants, 10;
printing {, 2; bankers, 8; lawyers, s.
There are very few old soldiers in
this legislature-fewer thu in any
previous gathering Of this nature in
the history of North Dako 8. In
psrsonal appearance there is & strik.
ing stur liness, and the hollow cheek
and hacking cough are absent. 1t is
a fal mers' legisls sure. Its ability can
best be determil ed later IN in the
session.
OUR SENATOR.
ANTON SVENSRUD. of Bottin-
eau, Bott:neau county, was born in
the county of Wo til and state of
Iowa, on The oath day of September,
1852, of Norwegian ancestry; W s
educated at Northwt cd high school,
and settled il Dakota in the year Is.
"a, in Bottineau county taught
school enc year in Worth comfy, Ia.
worked in a general store two years
in Northwood, Ia, and n year in
Nor: hwot d, OAK; has held the fol-
IL wing Office in Bottineau county:
Justice of the peace in 1886, and
county assessor in 1888 and is at pres
1t engaged in farming; wss elected
to I he senate as a republican, receiv.
ing 538 votes against 403 votes for
w. J. Smith, democrat.
OUR REPRESENTATIVE.
NJ E. REED, |of Town er, Nc
Henry county, was born in the county
of Butt er, and state Of Ohio, on the
31st. day of March, 1S47, of Scotch
and Irish ancestry; was educated in
Miami university, Oxford, o., and
settled in Dakota in 1883, at Devils
Lake; removed to McHenry county
in the spring of 1885; has always been
a republican; was foc a number of
years engaged in mercantile business
in Ohio, but since settleme, t in d.
kota has been engaged ir stock rails
ing and farming; vas appointed deputy
United States marshal in February,
1884, which position he still holds,
and is at present engaged in stock
raising and farming; IA elected to
the house of representatives as a re-
publican, re~ceiviny 400 v ties against
3s6 votes for L. H. Thompson. demo-
crat.
OUR MEMBEr OF THE 3rd. HOUSE.
Bottineau county is fortunate in
being represented in the third house
BY Mr.. James C1dhie, county COM
mis- sioner. To round out and COM
plete our representation in the legis.
~lature, it would seem quite app:opri-
ate to inject a little Canadian blood
into the American and Norwegian,
an the happy blending of the tt rec
makes a consanguinity t hat is hard to
beat. Mr. Cudhie is a Canuck Of
Irish extraction. a linea descend
mt of the Irish baron Lismore, whose
mQtto-fdus ct oudur-has been