Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-10
Signs, Echoes and Rumors as They
Are Caught in Hall and
Lobby.
The Work of the Law Makers as
Seen Under the Changing
Lights.
Here They Are.
From Wednesdays Daily.1

cry OF the economists who are demanding
blood. 1t is pleasing to see these happy,
holiday-stuffed statesmen pack in Bis
marck, after their season OF rest,recreation,
frolic and frivolity. They come refreshed
and rejuvenated and have every symptom
of endurance necessary to indicate a long,
hard and desperate struggle with time and
the badly %dlsjointed statutes which they
are expected to repair.
Among those who arrived yesterday was
Senator Haggart, the stalwart champion
of Fargo's interests, who though some
what bowed by the veto of the agricultural
college bill, is still the picture of health
and hope. He is far from exhausted and
will come up smiling for the next round.
Then there's Senator Mccormack, the
democratic capitalist of the upper Red
River valley. He must have improved his
time during the vacation, for he came back
loaded for b'ar and when the order of
Introduction of bills was reached yester-
day, fired in more bills thar all the other
senators combined.
Senator Roger Allin, the frisky law
maker from Walsh, returns younger and
more frOlicsOme than ever, and if Judged
by the laugh of contentment that plays
about his eyes, he Jared we'll at the hands
of Santa Claus.
Nor was Senator Bell overlooked. No
boy ever mounted a rocking horse or bleS.
his Christmas trumpet with greater glee
Bismarck i friends De and HTS It IS safe alFs
to predict that he will be found
in excellent spirits when the time comes
for him to give a highland whoop.
F. 7. THOMPSON.
And here is Flicker-Tail Thompson,
the blue-eyed blonde whose name will go
down to fame inseparably connected with
the immortalized gopher whose name is
indicative Of the activity Of his caudal
appendage. Since MIR. Thompson intro
auced his resolution giving the name of
tlicker-tail to the state Of North Dokota, he
has been flooded with congratulatory tele-
grams and an eastern paper whose knOWl-
edge OF the question has been gained from
scattering reports, remarks that "a resO-
luton has been introduced in the North
Dakota legislature declaring that all
children hereafter born in the state shall
be known as 't1icker-tails' in honor of a
man uamed Flicker-Tail Thompson, who
is said to be extremely popular with the
ooiCo II CdSGclLl paper Has SOIn6 OIL
the facts a little mixed but in the main is
correct II Flicker-Tail Thompson goes.
All, MR.. McGINTY.
Good morning, Mr.. Haugerud-a happy
New Year to you and yours. BY the way
they tell a thrilling story of Mr.. Hanger
ud's trip home from Bismarck. 1t appears
that the fates were slightly against him
and he suffered a succession of losses. The
first loss was that of his satchel. which dis
appeared mysteriously before jamestown
was reached. This was accounted for
from the fact that Mr.. Haugerud's extreme
~tenlanlstlc face led to the suspicion that
he was a dynamiter and the satchel was
removed for examination. But soon it
was discovered that his Overcoat was gone;
then his overshoes evaporated. BY this
time the terrified Haugerud chung desper-
ate!y to his watch and cap anG what other
articles of clothing he could get his hands
on, and at last when his Journeys end was
reached. he darted frantically from the
train and made his escape from the "hoo-
doc" that had been following him like an
avenging spirit for over 200 miles. 1t is
rumored that the spirit retained the stolen
articles to Mr.. Haugerud, but this matters
little. He still has his whiskers and his
tine McGlnty cOuntenance-an ineXhaust-
IDLE fortune in themselves.
BARON o WILLIAMS.
Coal Baron Williams, who though a few
weeks ago was simply "Hon. E. A. Will
liams of Bismarck" is now, through the
discovery of a Grand Forks news
paper which discussed his ma.
tive coal" bill, the millionaire
coal baron of the Missouri slope,
was in his seat in the house yesterday,
having returned from an eastern visit.
during which he held several private con-
1erences with his chum, Jay Gould and his
confidential friend Vanderbilt. 1t is
authoratively reported that Mr.. Williams
has offered $780, 900 to the Grand Forks edi-
tor who discovered his great wealth. pro-
Vlded ne will keep quiet until the pur-
chase OF the state at a nominal cost of, say
SlOO ,OOO,OOO, is cOnSumated. It is known
that Mr.. Williams has confidence in the
future OF North Dakota and he could we'll
afford to give $780, 900, 900 cash for it, pro-
in. Mr.. Williams is endeavoring to look
poor and humble, but the people are now
Informed Of the game he has been playing
and are anXlously awaiting details from
Grand Forks: Unless the discoverer
furnishes proof of his accusation it will
De taken for granted that he has accepted
the $25O,0O0.
ShhENELI
Senator Bailey Fuller, having devoted
the holidays to jamestown, returns to his
legislative labors as gay and vigorous as a
boy at the end of vacation, and although
he wears the same old air of maidenly in
nocence and happy Indifference that has
characterized his demeanor during the
tights OF the past, his eyes are as watchfuI
and his ears as alert aS ever. He plays a
square game, but makes a good guess at
the other fellows hand:
Representative Reed, with the men,
DRY. of loaded cigars still throwing a
serious shade over life, is here and says he
has started on the new year with a solemn
VOW never to attempt to blow up a commit
tee room again.
Senator Hartman and Representative
Mcintyre OF Cass county. have turned over
new leaves for the year-the old one hay
ing been filled with dire plots against each
others peace of mind, happiness and for
tunes. Each has started in with the SOL
emn VOW that he will get the best Of the
other before 1891.
Representative Eastabrook, as jocularly
dIgnlfied and as pleasantly serious as q
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