Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17
A Day With the Statesmen at the
Capital and Glimpses at the
i Show.
Signs, Echoes and RumOrs as They
Are Caught in Hall and
Lobby.
The Work of the Law Makers as
Seen Under the Changing
Lights.
The
From Fridays Daily

The event in the senate yesterday was
the short but significant contest over the
resolution i%nstructing President Dickey to
sign vouchers for the per diem of the men,
bers during the holiday recess. 1t was in
troduced by Senator Swanston and cham
pioned by several of the gallant senators
who got a long ways from home during the
holidays and are willing that the gold that
is due them should be paid at any moment.
1t cannot come so soon that it will offend
n them and they would refrain from enter
ing a protest if it should be paid instanter.
That is the human nature of it. But there
was a more interesting phase to the
matter. The resolution was introduced
in good faith, but some of The
wiley senators who are expert hunters,
saw something move and they thought
it was a woodchuck. With a SLY glance at
President Dickey they entered their pro-
test, and when the vote was taken the re-
solution was defeated by a vote of Q to 10.
All was as peaceful and calm as a summer
sea, but away down deep in the senatorial
heart there was a motive little known
w UHC ulioOplloG1CutCu "0lSIClo III lllC
lobby. "Why,'' argued the suspicious So
Ions, "Why authorize President Dlckey to
sign the vouchers, when. if they should be
paid, it is his duty? All, thou sly, sweet
hammered Dickey, thou canS't not throw
the responsibility upon us modest senators,
through this most cunning Scheme." So
unused the senators and they defeated the
resolution. Now, the question arises, did
they do the lieutenant.governor an injus-
tice by their conclusion that this was an
ingenious plan to relieve him Of all respOn-
sibllity in signing the vouchers and to
throw it upon the Senatew
But no matter. This is but an ~lllustra-
ton of the numerous undercurrentS in the
stream of legislation which the 0nlUoker
never sees. The resolution was defeated;
the poor but honest statesman, who knows
a crisis when he sees it, is wondering what
to say to the landlord during the delay,
II a long line OF patriotic and hOrney-
handed employees are growing desperate.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a per
diadem.
PROSPECTIVE.
The prospective tits are numerous.
While it is quiet at present there is every
indication of lively times during the next
few weeks. The veto message on the Far
60 agricultural college bill is to be recon-
sidered and Senator Haggart is preparing
for a determined fight. He has buckled
on his m and girded up his loins for
the decisive bout. The bill establishing a
school for deaf mutes at Devils Lake has
passed and Senator SWanston, the orator
ical cyclone, Representative Currier, the
gay and %undaunted, and Mccormack, the
Killarney cavalier, are keeping their eyes
on the executive chamber. If this bill is
vetoed, prepare for war.
The elevator and railroad bills are still to
be acted Upon, and it is intimated that the
orators are nursing their thunder for these
fruitful and absorbing issues. The revenue
bills, which threaten to drive several read
ing clerks to premature graves have not
been acted upon, and insurance, telegraph,
telephone and express companies have yet
to be considered, bills having been drafted
for their special entertainment. The bri-
berry charges are yet to be refuted, the bill
for the normal school at Mayville will soon
be awakened, the appropriation bills are to
make their appearance, and the grand
clash of interests is yet to come.
The prospect for a f1a>h head line writer
for the daily newspapers is bright.
Sitting Bull need not be discouraged. His
stock Of wal paint will not be in demand
before spring.