Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-23
wv. H. Brown.
tAbsent.

men CT the joint convention: In the cor
ner stone of this building in which we sit,
is a block of granite. On that block OF
granite are carved the figures 1888. That
work was done with the hammer and
chisel. AS Tom Moore said-we should
write with a pen of pearl on paper of sill
yer. Like the carving on that stone, the
gentleman whose name 1 shall present to
this joint session has carved his name on
the cOrner stone of this commonwealth in
letters that wind or weather cannot obi
terate. Eleven years before that rock was
placed in the corner of this capitol build
i%ng-before this city or any of the cities of
the territory were Incorporated, the voice
of the young steamboat captain could be
heard calling in CHEEKY tones to the set
tiers words of encouragement on the Red
river. At II of those steamboat land.
ings there has grown up a magnificent
young city, and l can say without invidi-
Gus discrimination that he
has been It's chief arch
itect n builder. Do we meet here, gen.
tlemen of the joint session, to be voted by
candidate who is close to the people-nota
puppet pulled by strings, not a harlequin
that dances to wires pulled by concealed
hands. Take the history of this nation,
and you will find that the men who come
from the peOple-Jackson. Jefferson, A0ra-
ham LincOln-are the men that write their
names in words of living fire on the repub-
name to you was called by his party in
1880 as their nominee for congress. He oc-
cupied the position of secretary of state Of
this commonwealth and filled it with due
credit. BE is here to-day, the representa-
tive Of a republican county; he has served
the city of Grand Forks twice as its mayor
and filled other positions Of public trust
of a blameless name. Gentlemen, is there
WHY Whom 00i 1 al III your One as'''I gent Se N
mad. to the fact that his nominee has
served his party for years. l say the coun-
try spoke on the 4th of November last, and
shall WI pass that voice UNDECIDED? Shall
we sacrifice the interests Of the people to
any more public spirited citizen of North
Dakota than M. l.. Mccormack? Is there
a man who has done more than he has to
lay the foundation of this commonwealth
on an enduring basis? Lord Bacon said
the man who had 10 interest in posterity
had no right to be proud of his ancestry.
to the interests of those who are to follow
US, and in the election of a United States
senator this is the character of a man we
want. I have the honor of submitting to
this joint session the name of M. L. Nc
COrmack. :
sECoNDING MCCORMACK.
Mr.. BURKE: Mr.. Chairman and gentle
men Of the joint sessiop-We meet to-day
for the purpose Of choosing from the
many worthy men iii this great com.
%monwealth, n and only mi to represent
this state in the senate chambers of the
United States; no body OF men have evel
been placed in a more responsible position
Out OF all Of the inhabitants of this state
ninety-three representatives have been
delegated the authority to select one re
preventative for the entire people, That
authority is. absolute, but back of the
legislature stands the people, pleading fol
their rights and asking that the conf
dence. reposed in this Legislature be no
betrayed. 1t is an occasion for the exer
else of the purest patriotism to the state, Il
the nation and to the most unselfsh de
y0ti0n of the people.
The patriotism of the American is i'm