Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-24
But in the Multitude Of Recommend
atiOns it is Difficult to Find
Out Who is Who.
The Presidents Policy is to Let the
''RaScals" Remain Until Their
Time is Out.
r Representative r. N. Stevens Said tC
Have had a Supply of Red
Paint in Washington.
A Breezy Letter.

WASHINGTON, Jan. A.-[Special] lit
was after o'clock last evening when your
scribe was ushered into the sanctum sane
forum of Congressman lIansbrOugh. In
response to an interrOgatively-intlec
observation, "You are working late to-
night" North Dak0ta,s representative re-
marked that it was the usual daily grist.
He said: 'In no previous period of my
life have been so busy and have always
been busy man, both in private and polit-
ical affairs" 1t was not spoken complain
ingly, but as though business is the en-
vironment of content.
LAGR1PPE's HOLD.
Yesterday was the first day in seven
that lagrippe, that foreign intruder of
Parisian extraction which detes our immi-
gratisn exclusion laws, released its grip
upon our representative. The epidemic
has been appropriately called influenza
since it numbers among its victims a
formidable list of congressman. OF the
five congressman from the new states,
Judge Clifford alone has escaped Mr..
Wilson of Washington was housed two
weeks, Mr.. Carter of Montana and Major
Pickler OF South Dokota each one week.
Senator Casey has been feeling indisposed
and yesterday when the senate adjourned
he started grip in hand for his suburban
home with the intention to officially quar-
antine himself and come to close quarters
with the zymotic alien.
There is a local 1Esculapius who predicts
that cholera will surely follow In the wake
of lagrippe and that those who had the
latter will be exempt from the ravages of
the former. 1t looks to man up a tree as
though the cholera will have a small field
for its operations.
HANsBROUGH AND SMALL pOsToFFICEs.
Mr.. Hansbrough, alluding to the state
inert in The Argus of the 11th instant that
he is ''credited with desiring the little post
offices in Cass county," remarked that such
an impression was conceived in error. He
said that while the duty of making recon-
mendations for office devolves to certain
degree upon him by virtue of his office, he
is actuated by no selfish motives in the per-
formance of that duty. He claims that his
personal interest is subOrdinated to the de
sire to secure such appointments as will
satisfy the greatest number of patrons of
the particular office, and that he will not
hesitate to endorse political opponent-be
he republican-who is backed for the posi-
ton by the sentiment OF a cOmmunity-in
fact he has done so. To ascertain the lean
ing OF community often involves labori-
GUS investigation and considerable CORES
pUndence, but it invariably ends in the
innate satisfaction of having tried to secure
the best man. Usually there are several
applications for the same office-there are
always more applicants than offices-but
an examination OF their papers generally
reducessthe eligibles by elimination of the
less pGpElar ones, to about two. Then is
the tug Of war, and he regretted to say
that the iweapOns selected do not always
manifest nigh respect for manly warfare
To illustra q: In the fight over the Ellen
dale posto ce, Mr.. Sturzenacker, who will
be appOln d. was charged with the mis-
appropriation of 5000, funds of Mrs. Glass,a
widow. who formulated her allegations IN
an affidavit. Mr.. SturZenacker furnished
q counter aft davit denying the charges. 1t
happened tt It during the heat Of this con-
test the Era' jury was in session and on
the last ds II its deliberations found an
indictmen tgainst Sturzanaker on the
basis Of the said devastavit. His counsel
demanded an immediate trial, which was
granted, and resulted In complete vindi-
cation Of the future postmaster.
There Is a moral in the above which will
serve to adorn this tale if it DO not have
beneficial effect upon aspirants whose am
bition may befog their judgment. Where
charges are specified against an applicant
the congressional delegation is bound to
consider them and to afford every opportu-
nifty to the accused to exculpate himself.
ShouldlthD imputatiOn be groundless there
IS alwayssa reaction in favor of the person
whose character has been assailed, and he
usual Mseceives the appointment as sort
Of compeNsating justice.
The Estlt over the LaMoure postoffice is
almostS as hot and one of the contestants
has been charged with robbery OF the
cOunty's Golfers.
MIR. Hansbrough says that "fully half OF
the trouble. over postoffice appointments
comes from the location" Every change
Of postmaster operates as volcanic erup-
tlon in business circles and changes the
center of gravity in the town. 1t is related
that man was appointed postmaster for