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

said that when the rights Of the people
are being trampled upon by harsh and I'M
just laws there Is no party line strong
enough to hold you, and you pull out and
away from that party in the interests Of
as you Guido did in 1885, Sol' When hen sHS hs Of dark.
ness hung like a pail over this land. Then
it was that men forgot their parties, left
their homes, their wives, their children
and their s~weethearts, and in one solid
phalanx moved like an overwhelming sea
down upon the swamps OF the south.
arrived in the history of this nation when
its patriotic citizens should forget their
politics and come into this legislature de-
termlned to elect a man in the interest of
the people, determined to use every honest
endeayor to elect some man who has iden-
tilted himself with the interests of the
people Pee j.! am proud, gentlemen, to nave
mar who has ever identified himself with
the interests of the people of this state
from its earliest infancy. One of the
pioneers Of the state-one of the earliest
pioneers in the state-and ] sometimes
t Wo J es WSH has tb had a the man son or
age to leave luxurious eastern homes
and come alone and unaided to settle
among our bleak, barren prairies, with no
friends but their families, no capital but
their labor, who have transferred the
deserts into habitattOns and the wilderness
into wheat fields, have conferred a greater
blessing upon mankind than was ever
rendered in the senate chambers Of any
nation. Gentlemen, | have the honor to
second the nomination OF Hon. Nj. L. Nc
Cormack of Grand Forks.
HON. H. c. HANsBRoUGH.
Mr.. BURTON: Mr.. Chairman and
gentlemen of the joint session: The
greatest republic of ancient times flourish
ed and extended her arms Of conquest to
every land and every cline so long as her
people were equal. When the few became
possessed of the wealth of the land and
her people shaved, strong Rome weakened
and her power waned. The great
est republic of ancient or modern times
has a dark cloud across her sky. Comb
nations of capital, Of increase of wealth,
of great trusts that are gathering up the
riches OF the land, are the force that are
welding sledge hammers which are forg-
ing the chain for the dark clouds that are
arising, and unless they are checked they
will cover our land and bind our freemen
in chains stronger than chains of silver.
we meet here to-day, gentlemen, to elect
some man who shall represent Jul state
in the senate OF the United States; this is
the greatest favor, the highest honor that
we can confer upon any mar within our
border. Our fOrefathers thought it best
that we should remove this from the ex-
element of political strife, but 1t seems to
me, gentlemen, that instead of that it is
now in the seething cauldron, surrounded
fathers never dreamed. l could
not mention a man to you to-day,
gentlemen, upon whom you would all
agree. but l believe, Mr.. President ana
gentlemen Of the joint session, that | can
name a man that will be acceptable to a
large majority of this body and to the peo-
pie OF our commonwealth. Gentlemen, I
have the honor OF naming Hon. Fl. c.
Hansbrough of Ramsey county.
HON.. W. F. BALL.
MR.. GILL: Mr.. Chairman and Gentle
men Of the Joint Session-UnfOrtunately
for me and perhaps fortunate for you and
for the gentleman whose name l shall pre-
sent to YOU as a candidate, l am not a man
OF many words or Of silvery-tongued elo-
quence; l appear upon this floor and in
this legislative assembly as a humble rep
resentative of the farming classes. My en-
tire interests and those l have the honor to
represent are agricultural, and l desire as
much as any man can in this state to see
those interests advanced and fostered and
cared for, both in the legislature and in the
congress of the United States. 1t is not
my purpose nor my desire to admonish the
members of this joint session OF the grave
question that now confronts us. l desire
to say that it is pre-eminently important
That the candidate selected for United
States senator shall be a man of honor and
dignity and a man who will do
credit to the state both in
legislative hall and in the social circles of
the city OF. Washington. The man whom
He is a man of the people. For twenty
three years he has been in the fore of
progress as a pioneer in this country, and
for thirteen years a resident OF the state
of North Dakota. He has been true to the
interests of the entire people, ever pushing
forward IN the front rank of progress in
the development of our young state and
mindful Of its best interests. In early
manhood he went forward to battle for
our country and is 10Y what we are
pleased to call ian old soldier" and is my
fellow-citizen, in every sense what is
termed "the nOblest work of God"-an
honest man. Hon. W. F. Ball of Fargo l
nominate for United States senator.
Mr.. LOOMS: l take pleasure in second
ing the nomination of Hon. W. F. Ball.
HON. GILBERT A. PIERCE.
Mr.. WORST: MI. Chairman and gen.
tlemen of the joint SESSION. have sat
here and have listened with interest to the
pyrotechnics to which we have been
treated for the past half hour. I stand
here, too, as a farmer, and, standing in the
midst Of these representative men, sur.
rounded with these symbols of liberty, OF
law and of order, 1 am reminded of the
grave responsibility that confronts US.
The representatives of a free state consti
tute a solemn pledge of honor, fidelity
justice and power before whom our com.
mon superior, the state OF North Dakota
must humbly bow. The scenes of other
days arise up before us. 1 am reminded
by these scenes of a scene that transpireC
in this same legislative hall a little more
than n year ago. The inspiring theme
then was the election of our first Unitec
States senator. Many were with us ther
who are absent now, it is true, but thu
vacant places have been filled from thu
ranks Of North Dakota's most splendid
men. Before that other assembly was
nrpSantp6 tho mama Of a dictipOu;cho