Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-11-29
THE BUFFERS.
A Day Among the Statesmen, Poll
ticians, Buttonholers, solons
and Buzzers.
Gilbert A. Pierce is at Last For
mally Elected a United
States Senator.
The Reception-A Suppressed Sensa.
tion-Johnson Moves The Con.
Con. Association

Con. Association
[From Fridays Daily.]
At last, the emp of the red tape has been
reached. After caucus ballots and house
ballots, senate ballots and adjournment
ballots in wild profusion, the senate and
house met yesterday to endorse the sepa-
rate action and declare Gilbert A. Pierce
United States senator for North Dakota
Again was the hall crowded. and again
was the applause deafening. The scene as
the popular senator-elect was escorted into
the room cannot soon be forgotten by
those who were present. Itwas the great
est event thus far in the history of North
Dakota; they were making national as we'll
as local history; this was the first time that
United States senator had been elected in
North Dakota; the first time that the
representatives of the people of the
state had met to perform the final
act in the election of a senator, and there,
marching up TIE aisle, amid the wild
huzzahs and deafening applause n the ad-
miring assemblage was the first senator
from the state. Talk about making history,
but here was chapter, the most sugges-
tive and significant that has ever been
made or that will be made for many years
to come. The applause died away;
the senator was introduced; his emotional
and impressive speech was listened to with
intense interest; the clerk read the history
they had made and the joint assembly dis
solved.
THEN CAME THE FIREWORKS.
1t was just as the last senator passed out
of the hall of the house that Representative
Haugen took the floor and in his clear old
Stockholm accents moved that the house
proceed to ballot for the second senator.
What? Precipitate fight on the second
senator at this time?' Thus thought a
majority of the members as they cast in
quiring glances around the room and
Strengthened up for the row. At first there
was speculation as to what it meant. Each
member who did not understand it won
dered if his friends had formed combina-
ton without his knowledge, but they soon
realized that the motion was in the inter-
est of johnson. When Ole Gronli
manifested his satisfaction it began
to dawn upon the house that the motion
was in the interest of johnson. when
Ole DISCARD nodded his assent there was
very little doubt of this fact, and when
Ole HauRerud smiled his approval every
son to force the fighting. Stevens of Ran
som county was on his feet in AN instant
with motion to adjourn. While the vote
was being taken the tall and slender Ole
Selbyson Of Traill sprang to the floor with
motion that when they adjourn it be until
4 o'clock. His motion was ruled out of Or
der,ithe vote was completed, and then came
and no one knew until the vote was an
n0unced whether or not the motion to ad
journ had prevailed. But it carried.
The house adjourned, and johnson, who
was an anxious spectator, resumed his
work in the lobby.
CAUCUS FUN.
Itwas in the republican caucus of the
senate, Immediately after the adjournment
of that body, that Judson LaMoure, the
towering statesman of Pembina, displayed
his abilities as an antagonizer and added
to the interest of legislative life. The sub
ject under discussion was the proposed ap-
p0intment of a conference committee to
appoint time and place for republican
caucus for senator. LaMOure was in the
chair; some one insisted on naming the
members of the committee in the motion;
the chair did not want it that way-believ-
ing that the chair should appoint. However
the committee was thus elected, but
owing to grand mixup during the excite
ment the opponents of LaMoure slipped a
cog, and not until the conference commit.
tee met was it known who had the best of
it. Then it was discovered that on the
nnQSfinr nf q n oor1yr oh N
sired by the Johnson men, the committee
was tie, hence again was johnson
thwarted.
80 A sMOTHERED SENSATION
Conversation about the hotels yesterday
morning was in whispers. There was a
sort of q ah-u-s-h-tread-softly air about the
knowing ones. and when you cornered one
of them and asked him the cause of his
feathery walk, he would look at you in
amazement. His expression of mingled
surprise and disgust seemed to say:"What,
great heavens, haven't you heard ?" and
then he would proceed to inform you that
Jud LaMOure was about to spring the
greatest sensation in the history of the
state; that when Jud would
take the floor, there would be
general breaking up of peace
ouu A6I LuOJly 6uU 6OW0 one WOulu De de-
stroyed. obliterated, annihilated and evap-
GRATED until not a stain or grease-spot
shouldest remain to mark the place from
whence he fl0ated into the inVisibility OF
lntinitude. BlOOd-an' nouns, but it looked
threatening. A number Of citizens went
to the capitol to witness the tragedy, but
somehow it was not enacted, and the
people are still in suspense.
WHY, OF COURSE.
Following close upon the heels of the
controversy between George B. Winship
of Grand Forks, and Ex-Governor Ordway,
the following telegram in the senatorial
contest is worthy Of a frame:
GRAND Forks. Nov. 2l.-Geo. B. Win
ship, Bismarck. n. D. Do all you can to
elect Ordway lSigned:) 5. S. Titus, j.
Walker Smith, E. Smith, F. "A. Brown,
John +. Sullivan, BOurk Corbett. Geo. a..
Batchelder, +. 9. Richmond, D. N. Holmes,
John I: Walker, M. Shermrn, II. Whited,
E. b. Wicks and. others. s
With this instruction from so many of