Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-01-15


Banking-Oliver.
Labor-Hulte.
Immigration-Thomp
Apportionment-Bj Bjornson.
School and public lands-Loomis.
Public health-Triplett.
Military atfairs-Brown.
Warehouses, grain grading and deal
ing-Tuffts.
Federal relations-Hanson.
Mines and mining-Rolritz.
Temperance-Hill.
Highways, bridges and ferries-Erick.
son.
State affairs-Dennett.
Supplies and expenditures-Skinner.
Forestry-Satterlund
Public debt-Walton.
Counties and county boundaries
Fiske.
Taxation and tax laws-Osgood.
Womans suffrage-Lamb.
Manufactures es-havervold.
Coal lands and mining-Davis.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
Public buildings -Beardsley.
Charitable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Penal institutions-Wood.
Educational institutions-White.
State library-Osgood.
Joint rules--Loring.
PARAGRAPHIC POINTS.
The facile Colonel Dodge is AGAIN on
the legislative battle ground, drifting
hither and yon in the interest of his rail-
road company. There is no manjpulator
OF all the corporation workers, who can
ho TN
and grace with which promise IS made.
His facility in satisfying requests by
word of mouth, or obtaining things by
llre of future reward is oft remarked,
yet it carries with the slightest and frail-
est of foundations for a realization. Col
onel Lodge is the ideal railroad counsel
lor.
One of the clerks in the legislature is
Ed. Murphy of Devils Lake, man with
legs amputated SO close to his trunk that
he Is wholly ana entirely legless. His
arms are enormously slrong and he pro-
pels himself along with considerable
rapldity. He is celebrated character
in Ramsey county. In the early days he
kept the No. l Hard saloon and made
lots of money. He lost his limbs in a
railroad accident on the Grand Trunk
railway at ten years of age. He was ed
ucated by the company and IS good
telegraph operator. Now he las farm;
is married man with family. Keeps
Holstein cattle. He does good many
chores, drives team after it is hitched
up. He excltes the greatest compassion
from every stranger, yet is cheerful and
happy and seems to get along all right
under his calamity.
Denny Hannatin: From now on the
jig dancers have got to confront men.
My medicine is working minute by min
ute, hour by hour, century by century.
The feather bed warriors are no good.
Some of them now have faces on 'em
longer than child's coffin. From this
hour the opposition comes from me
from me- | consult only four men. n
railroad attorney came IN this morning
with sealskin cap. [ told him he wouId
have to wear dogskln Cap before he
elected his senator. Bill Erwin's mind
is master mind; mine is a mysterious
mind.
1t is said that several house bills have
appeared in the we'll known handwriting
OF E. A. Williams, the Legislative old-tlm-
or, now holding down the surveyor. gen.
erals office for the state.
Editor Ellis IS making the DAILY Com
monwealth bright and spicy paper. Its
advent is looked for each evening and
when it does come, it stirs the boys up
in great shape. Every issue has con-
tanned good campaign matter from a
newspaper view, even if it does not suit
all tastes.
The great mass meeting of the farmers,
citizens and public generally at the
Atheneum, Thursday night, promises to
be big occasion. Walter Muir. Col.
Plummer and Bill Erwir>will speak. 1t
was reported today that Grand Master
Powder!y would be present to speak for
the knights Of Labor. Every one will be
there-sure.
Testimony in the Swanston-M Cor
mick contest case has been taken and If
the combine had not been made up to
beat him, Mr.. Swanston would have been
seated. Attorney Cochrane is trying to
throw the case out on technical grounds.
Every one who has heard the testimony