Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-07

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fanny and the imprinting of a blot upon
our statutes to which the brand of Cain
would be a reward of merit in comparison,
and therefore, deeming tie measure as
being one whose enactment would be in
imical to the public good and uncalled for,
we recommend that The bill be indefinitely
postponed. F. G. BARLOW,
d. S. DoDDs.
Mr.. LAMOURE then moved that the re-
port of the committee be adopted This OBJ
ject being to bring the matter before the
senate.)
SENATOR oRs
spoke as follows:
We may have our separate and individual
views concerning a measure of this kind.
I have mine and am frank to say that l am
sorry that this report is before this honor
able body. 1 am sorry for the men whose
signatures appear on this report because
these gentlemen I have looked upon-as
others have-as honorable men. and it
places a majority Of this senate in q very
unenviable position. AS far as l am con
cerned | think that in the course of my
short life / have tried to be III honorable
man, but l stand before this senate today,
together with my colleagues, with "a brand
worse thar the brand Of Cain" pointed at
me, and / resent the insult. IL goes behind
thiS-it affects North Dakota; it affects the
institutions to which we all W allegiance.
In public life we are all liable to make mis-
takes. but if a man should make a mistake,
that is no reason why it should follow him
forever. | challenge any one to produce
anything more vindictive Or vituperative
than this which has been heaped upon us.
! protest in the name of my constituency.
l protest in the name of North Dakota, and
in the name of manhood against such a
SANDER as this. look upon 1t, not with a
spirit of anger or revenge, but with the
deepest modification.
When we took action upon the lottery
| question, we knew the condition of our
| people; we knew the condition of our state
and at the same time had not found out
the feelings Of Il constituencies, and l
think that men took action upon this
measure as true to their better nature and
interests as ever men did in any delibera-
tive body. They may have made a mis-
take, but they did it thinking it was for the
best interests OF our state, and there is no
reason that this mistake should follow
them from day to day.. But when men
to blackmail and Islander this honorable
body, the time has come when we must
stand upon our dignity, honor and man.
hood.
These men are mean, Internal scoun-
drelS, and l want to serve notice upon That
class of men to-day, that they will find us
fighting to the last, and they will find
enough dignity, honor and manhood left
in us to give them decent burial.
l want to inform you that when it comes
to a question of honor with me, l can point
back to my past record and challenge any
man, aye, l challenge the world to show
that in my past career this report has
grounds to stand.
l repudiate it with sympathy for the
men VINO have signed their names to a re-
port of this character.
In behalf OF the good name OF the state,
in behalf of integrity, honor and manhood,
| ask that this report shall not stand.
There is no question but what we have a
conflict before us, not only or this report,
hut on the report that has just previous to
this been under discussion.
Let us meet 1t like men. Once again, l
protest against the adoption Of this report.
SENATOR STEVENS
said: When the question under discussion
came up before this senate yesterday, I
gladly supported the motion to table it,
but by some means unknown to me it got
into the public press. ana as it casts re-
Elections upon me and the majority OF this
senate, l desire to offer the following as a
substitute for that minority report:
WHEREAS, Senators Barlow and Dodds did at
yesterdays session present a minority report
upon senate bill 1875, which as members OF the
committee to whom said bill was referrei they
had an undoubted right to do, but
WHEREAS, Said report was entirely foreign to
the bill under consideration and was .couched in
such Language, as could be construed only us an
insult to a majority Of this eenate' and could
imbecile or 9 villain, and
WHEREAS, by the presentation Of said report
they not only cast reflections upon the motives Of
morn fhQn tuuo fhir1a NJ tho mpmhors nf thio
senate, but stultited themselves, disgraced tho
unfortunate constituencies whom they tempo
rarily mis-rep' esent, and over their signatures
in the annals of American parliamentary usages,
thereby showing themselves unworthy the conf
denoe. respect or esteem Of any but moral COW
ent and patriotic American citizens; therefore.
Resolved: That the senate pass q vote Of cen
and that we declare the office of PRECEDENT pro
tempore vacant and that we proceed to elect u
president pro tempore.
MIR. SMITH called for a division of the
question to separate the vote of censure of
the two senators who signed the report,
Office OF president pro tenn. vacant and that
the senate proceed to fill that office.
The CHAIR ruled afirmaJiveIy on the
diyisibility and the question was so di-
yided.
-" SENATOR swANsToN
was the first speaker on the substitute. lie
said: .-E
This resolution is introduced as a substi-
tute for the minority report Of the iudici.
aryscOmmittee. / wish to say that l was
a member of the judiciary committee and
sighed the majority report, shat the bill do
pass" for the reason that we thought it Just
and right that these papers should es-
taDllsh an agency in this state where
papers might be served on them in case OF
action against them. Now, Mr.. President,
when two senators shall hold up the ma.
j0rity of this senate to ridicule and call us
by epithets such as are cast upon US in the
minority report, / think it is time to cen
sure and repudiate them. ID
49, SENATOR BEL
said: l think the language of this substi-
tute is too harsh, and I would move you
that the preamble be stricken out. I make
this motion because lido not wish this SEN
ate to stoop so low as to handle the .'dirt''
that these GENTLEMEN who made the mis-