Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-21
NEARING HI END.
A Busy Day in the Legislature.
Both Houses Preparing For
the Wind-up.
Bills Passed, Bills Indefinitely Post
p0ned, Bills Placed in Keadi-
ness for Their Fate.
Swanst0n's Bill Leaps the veto--A
Little Roasting and a Sprink-
ling Of Ora.Sry.
The Last Expiring Kick.
From TUESDAYS Dajly,1

Enc LAst Expfr1nS KICK.
from Tuesdays Dasly.I
That IA what will be made by the first
legislative assembly Of the state of North
Dakota to-day.
The n will never rise on this body
again. 1ts last sunset will be seen this
evening and the heartIess winds that moan
from out the north will whistle fts funeral
dirRe while the STROUD Of night Is being
drawn about it's iifeIess form.
While these words are true Of the Assem-.
bly, AZ a body, they are equally true Of a
number Of the politicians who have less
than II hours Of greatness left to their
credit
II 10 true OF some Of the statesmen who
will o drop from "Tfon," and "Col," to
plain "Bill" and "Ole", who will wonder
for years to come how it IL that "the evil
that men do lives after them, while the
good IL Oft inferred with their political
bones"
1t would be unkind to mention names In
this respect. and for the comfort Of those
who are . % near their fate it would also be
unkind TO name those whose "recGrds" or
lack OF records gives them some ground
for hope. And there are such. There are
4 number Oh clever and agreeable gentle
men in the 1aw.making aggregation and
they have not struggled 80 hard to win
records" a. TO ret An overdose OF that
dangerous and oftentimes disastrous med,
icine. They may be heard from again
their constituencies may give them an
greatness, and in the course OF events they
may reappsar in the forum which has been
their battle ground for 10 days. TO these.
con gratulatiGns are extended, and to their
lessf 0ftunass associates who will meet
some unexpected clubs in the hands Of their
Compliments, sympathy and warning
to hold his head above the political tide
and who will be taken to McGinty by the
milestone Of their "records," Let the men
Judge for themselves. And we will wager
our hat and linen buster that every man
VIII feel perfectly satisfied that he IL the
particular member who will be returned
the quickest ~ the man across the aisle,
VINO has been voting on the opposite
SIDE OF al questions that have
come before the Legislature.
YEsrEEDAY's SENSATIONS
were not many, the greatest interest in the
senate centering In the executive SESSION,
over the appointments sent In by Governor
Miller, while Steve1's Hibernian Grafton,
in WHICH he demanded a proper respect for
the land Of the shamrock, furnished the
most striking event in the house. 1t was
noticed that as the observing Stevens ap-
preached the capitol, his eyes were kept OF,
the cupola. He Razed h~eavenward, n look
Of disappointing mt stole over bis counte-
nance and with fUfnTtn.i anIpn.. snJ 49,
ger he marched directly TO his place where
he remained standing until he caught the
eye Of the speaker and was recognized.
Then lid he turn loose upon the house
the ~hoodRates Of his eloquence. He wanted
To know why, on this glorious st. Patrfck's
day, the flag Of the United States did not
float from the capitol. Why. after the leg
,slature a e%ndeayored To pass laws plac-
ROADS school house on every y'y it.
tie holiday, the governor should fall
to have the stars and stripes fOated from
the flag staff Of the capitol on st. Patrick's
daytime day whose history and memories
are dear to the hearts of over one-tenth Of
the patriotic citizens OF the union. 1t was
a rousing Kilkenny speech-flled with
shamrOcks and shillalies and called atten-
ton In tho most fOrcible manner to the
n~akedness Of the flag staff on the glorious
day of Erin's celebration. His name is
O'Steyens and he's solid with the celts.
THE INVESTIGATION.
The report of the investigating commit
tee was submitted yesterday and
will be printed as an appendix to
the journal. The fact that it contains over
$50 pages and every page is interesting
reading matter Is sufficient to insure for it
a prominent place in the history of legis-
latiye proceedings. To be sure, no bribery
Is proven, but a number of men who were
ubsy circulating reports Of bribery and
corruption were examined and the way
that they failed to prove their assertions
furnishes a genuine literary circus from
the time the first witness began to testify
until the last n left the stand. NJ. N.
johnson, the well-knoWn senatorial candi.
date wa a particularly, engaging witness.
or evasion. but in a frank and straight
forward manner admitted that he had cir.
culated reports of bribery and corruption,
gave figures and definite statements. and
crowned 1t all by informing the committee
that Acknowledgement Goodwin was his
scented by Goodwin. viii the revelations
of his systematic efforts to blaoken the
Legislature never ceaseP There arc other
witnesses whose testimony Is spicy, The
report shows who was called and who
answered; u gives the names of those who
were summoned and refused to respond,
apd legislators. supreme court reporters,
and officers Of the legislature, present an
The eomMjttee, Tile utter failure to prove
e%orr4ption furnishes, IN almost startling
A9ysli, ag1 HE mblnshmg, indifference
Glh Whle4 laea aaH,ltsa fhaL thfy nag