Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-14

to acquire real estate for park purposes
and provide for the care of the same
passed-48 too.
No. 141, restraining certain male animals
from running at large, ayes 20, nays 4,
Messrs. LaMoure, Lawrence, Sandager and
Yager voting no.
No. 142, authorizing county commission
ers to purchase for the use of their re-
spective counties an artesian we'll outfit.
Report of the committee that the bill do not
pass, adopted.
Mr.. MCBRIDE moved that further con-
siderati9n be indefinitely postponed.
No. ITO, to preserve the purity of waters,
etc.; ayes q. nay l. Mr.. Appleton voted
no.
No. 1923, to amend an act regulating the
appointment of nOtaries public and extend
ing the appointing power of the governor
to unorganized counties. Passed.
No. 292. defining the boundaries of the
third judicial district, subdividing the same
and fixing the terms of the court therein.
Passed.
NO. 295, making an appropriation to pay
for the publication of the constitution Of
North Dakota in the newspapers of the
state.
The senate having passed similar bill,
on motion OF Mr.. Rowe this bill was inde-
finitely postponed.
On motion of MIR. Mccormack the senate
adjourned.
House.
The house met pursuant to adjournment
at 2 O'clock p. m., all members being pres
ent except Messrs. Buchanan, LANCER and
Wickham, excused.
On motion of Mr.. Thompson of Cass the
Speaker was authorized to appoint stem
ographer for the balance Of the session.
The conference committee on senate bill
143 the school bill, made a report recon-
mending amendment of section lS, article
l8, forbidding the employment of any
teacher who is a relative of any member of
the school board, except by concurrence Of
entire board-adopted. The bill then
passed as amended-57 to 2.
The Speaker appointed as stenographer
R. NJ. Tuttle.
RONEY's REPLY TO STEVENS.
Mr.. Roney arose to question of privi-
lege and taking up a roll of manuscript
proceeded to read as follows:
MIR. SPEAKER AND HOUSE OF REPREsEN-
TATIvEs: In answer to the charge of writ
Hope Pioneer Of March the 18th, plead
guilty to every word, jot and title con-
tanned in said communications; and how
this letter can be construed so as to cast
any reflection on any member of this house
is a mystery to me.
In looking over the senate journal of
February 9Th I see that honorable body
passed senate bill 167, and find that the fol-
lowing honorable senators voted for the
bill: Messrs. Appleton, Bell, Cowan, Del
sem, Fuller, Haggart Hartman, LaMoure,
Lawrence, Little, Mcbride, Mccormack,
Randall, Robinson, Sandager, Smith, Stew
ems, Swanston, Worst and Yager.
Now if these honorable senators all voted
for an honorable measure, would GER
tainly think it an honor to be called the
ringleader of a body of men advocating a
great question and one in which the people
of the new state are so much interested, in
stead Of rejecting for moment on the
gentleman's honor or integrity. The only
question is: Was it an honorable measure
or not? The members Of this house will
have to decide that question.
AS to who ''the old ring" will apply to,
may be construed in various ways. 1t
might apply to the democratic party which
controlled the territorial affairs during the
administration Of President Cleveland and
came near being successful at our late
election. Or it might apply to the red man
of these wild prairies that have made the
welkln ring in times past with their wild
camp fires and the pole upon which
dangled the scalps of their late unfortun
ate victims Can it possibly refer to these
In fact, cannot see how this can pos.
sibly apply t1 any member of this body
unless in some distorted and wildly imagi-
native brain that has been fired by an over
dose of alcoholic drink and is thereby in
tn tn1y
is said or done reflects upon him. In fact,
this reminds me of a story l once heard Of
a gentleman during the late unpleasant
ness with the south. 1t was customary in
those days of great excitement for the min
listers of the gospel to take sides on the
great questions OF the day, and by so doing
a minister offended one of the members Of
OLD RING and would not attend church
any longer. Finally in the course of time
there was new minister sent to look after
the welfare of the church, and so the Of
Tended member was prevailed upon to at
tend church again. After the service was
over another good brother stepped up to
him and asked him how he liked the ser
that sermon that you could be offended
at" "Yes there was. His text was: If
the righteous are scarcely saved, where
will the wicked and ungodlv appear y
And of course that meant the old ring"
defy the gentleman from Ransom
county or the gentleman from Cass Mr..
Tyler) to show me any word in that letter
that charges any member Of this house
with. corruption OF any character or of
either giving or receiving bribe of any
kind, either small or great. And if l have
not. then who is the accuser? Can 1t be
anything else than a guilty conscience
And If guilty conscience condemns a
man he is Of all men most miserable. The
Good Book says that .the wicked fee when
no man pursueth," and can it be that these
men are stung by guilty conscience and
thereby think that everything that is said
and done has direct reference to some act
of theirs or some word that they have
spoken? There is a saying that if you
kick dog he will howl. Mr.. Stevens has
done the bowling act, at any rate.
BILLS PASSED. 22&
Mr.. MCCULLOUGH moved that house
bill 24S, prohibiting the mortgaging Of real
and personal property in the same instru-