Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-28
A Voice From Jamestown.

The following letter to Senator Fuller
from n of the representative citizens OF
Stutsman county, may be on a dead issue,
but it is interesting, nevertheless:
JAMESTOWN, N. D., Feb. 18th, 1890.
Honorable Bailey w. Fuller, Bismarck.
DEAR SIR: I presume you are hard at
work attending to your duties. Tried to
see you when you were here, but did not
succeed. 1t was my desire to tell you that
l feel sorry the lottery bill did not become
JUDGED for a while ard for this reason did
not give you my hearty support from the
start, as l ought to have done. I acknoWl-
edge your good Judgment, but did not see
my way clear. Ny mind had first to roam
over both sides of the question before it
could get settled. l realize now that there
must have been a good deal of prejudice at
work in Bismarck. Wish those in the op-
position could travel i%ncogntto and feel the
pulse of the people. They would soon find
out that they had worked themselves, per-
haps unknoWingly, into a very extreme po-
sltion. My belief is that the useful man
only deserves recognition in public life and
when useful men were needed, it is
the present time. This is not
the moment to indulge in the extravaganza
Of political records. The next campaign
will not be fought on house or senate Jour
nal records. 1t will be "bread and but
and immediate relief. You have refused it.
Will selfish theory, will mere vanity be sufi-
cient protection? You have voted for and
the governor has signed the bill giving
Minnesota millers and elevator companies
n privileged claim on our homes, on the
earnings OF ourselves, our wives and our
children for years to come in order to pro-
vide for seed Grain and vQt M r,,orontoo
has been even as much as offered that seed
grain will be provided for those who most
need it. st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth
and other large cities, the prosperity Of
which depends upon our dependence on
then, want US to raise wheat and deliver it
is worth, that they may build up a world
want US to i raise 'a cattls and ln ds.
liver it to them at half price, that they
may operate large packing houses.
They want us to do all the experimenting,
all the hard work, and to submit to the Sc
verest trials, SO they may ENJOY tn. luxu-
ries of life. How ungenerous the COM
ments of their press ? How vulgar! It is the
language of the "Parvenu." We can sure
ly not look to those cities for relief. We
must continue to produce the raw materi-
lis for their industries and consume their
fabrics. Is it then wrong If we should
help ourselves? We must take care of our
selves. Wish the house would take the bill
up again and insist on a sober business
consideration of the same. They should
s%crutinize it closely and make their terms.
And should the governor refuse to sign,
let the responsibility rest where it belongs.
The governor must have been iIl-advised
or he would surely not have abused his
p%rerogatives as he did. While We are poor,
we still cherish the sovereignty of the peo-
Pile. Indeed, the poorer we are the more
independent you will find US, and we shall
not forget an attempt at our vested rights.
Take this as an endorsement of your fear
less stand in the interest Of the people.
Yours very truly,
HENRY SLE1GHT.