The Wahpeton times., 1891-01-29
Wednesday, January 81.


After prayer and roll call in the
house a committee OF three was ap.
pointed to wait upon the senate and
escort them to the floor of the house.
At ESQ O'Clock the sergeant-at-arms
announced the arrival of the senate,
and soon after the members of that
body filed into the room.
Each senator took a seat between
two members. and at 12 o'clock ex.
actly the rapring of Lieuten ant Gov.
ernor Aims gavel brought the house
to order and the buzz OF conversation
ceased.
At this time a view of the room
showed every seat and every foot OF
standing room occupied. Many la.
dies We're in attendance, and promin.
ent officials, both federal and state,
were present in large numbers. While
on the floor of the house several friends
Of members had been seated by mo.
tion, in the gallery and in the lobby
men occupying high positions in the
commonwealth were standing among
the crowd. The utmost quiet pre-.
vailed, except when some eloauent
speaker, in reciting the virtues OF his
candidate, awakened responsive
chord in the breasts of other friends
on the floor or among the audience,
and then there was applause proper.
toned to the popularity of candidate.
After the roll call of the Joint con.
vention, nominating speeches being in
order, Mr.. Pinkham placed in
nomination Hon. Smith Stimmel of
Cass county. He said he represented
the farming element and that was par.
amount to all other interests. Hebe-
lieved the farmers of this state should
have a true representative of their in
terests in the United States senate.
Mr.. Brooks then arose and address
ed the assembly as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen OF the
joint convention: In the corner stone
of this building in which we sit, is a
block of granite. On that block of
granite are carved the figures 1883.
That work was done with the ham
mer and chisei. AS Tom Moore said
we should write with a pen of pearl on
paper of silver. Like the carving on
that stone, the gentleman whose name
| shall present to this Joint session
has carved his name on the corner
stone OF this commonwealth in letters
that wind or weather cannot obliter-
ate. Eleven years before that rock
was placed in the corner of this capi.
tol building-before this city or any
of the cities of the territory were in
corporated, the voice of the young
steamboat captain could be heard in
CHEEKY tones calling to the settlers
words of encouragement on the Red
river. At one ofthose steamboat land
ings there has grown up magnificent
young city, and can say without in
vidious discrimination that he has
been chief architect and builder. Do
we meet here, gentlemen OF the Joint
session, to be voted by any candidate,
or do we meet to vote for q candidate
who is close to the people7not a pup
pet pulled by strings, not a harlequin
that dances to wires pulled by con-
cealed hands. Take the history of
this nation, and you will find that the
men who come from thepeople-Jack-
son, Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln-are
the men who write their names in
words of living fire on the republics
history. The gentleman whom Ishall
name to you was called by his party
in 1880 as their nominee for congress
He occupied the position of secretary
of state OF this commonwealth and
filled it with due credit. He is here
to-day, therepresentative. of q repub-
lican county; he has served the city of
Grand Forks twice as it's mayor and
filled other positions of public trust
and honor, and he bears the white
flower of a blameless name. Gentle
men, is there any doubt in your minds
as to whom allude? One gentleman
has alluded in speech that he has
made to the fact that his nominee has
served his party for years. say the
country spoke on the 4th of Novem-
Der last, and shall we pass that voice
unheeded? Shall we sacrifice the in
terests of the people to mere partisan
purposes? Is there any more public
spirited citizen of North Dakota than
NJ. L. Mccormack? Is there man
who has done more than he has to
lay the foundation of this common
wealth on an enduring basis?
Lord Beacon said the man who had
no interest in posterity had no right
to be proud of his ancestry. The
work he has accomplished has looked
to the interests of those who are to
follow US, and in the election of q
United States senator this is the char
acter of a man we want. have the
honor OF submitting to this joint ses-
sion the name Of NJ. L. Mccormack.
Mr.. Burke, in secondingthe nomina-
ton of Mr.. Mccormack said:
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen Of the
joint session-We meet to-day for the
purpose of choosing from the many
worthy men in this great common.
wealth, one and only one to represent
this state IN the senate chambers Of