Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-02-17
that proposition. Three years ago he was

hOnOred by his constituents with an elec-
ton to the lower house of congress, but
died before the expiration of his term.
Eulo2ies were delivered in both houses of
congress on the 4th inst. Senator Hans
br0"Rh spoke Of him as follows:
Mr.. presidents, my acquaintance with the
Hon. John X. Gamble, late a representative
from the state OF South Dakota, dates back
to tine time Of the territorial days in Da-
tlnue to believe, that statehood was the
greatest boon that could be conferred upon
a people who were DISTINGUISHED by being
Obliged to live under q territorial govern
ment; to the time when delegations from
DAKOTA We're making annual excursions to
this city with q view TO eniightening the
lawmakers us TO the needs of that portion
Of the growing, the boundless, the unpar.
al!eled west, more recently embraced
within the splendid sisterhOod of states:
when with US the only general contest ut
the ballot box was over the election Of a
single. v~Oteless delegate, who must repre-
sent half q million Of people, scattered over
10000 square miles Of territory; when our
political conventions, no matter at what
time they were held or however remote
they might be- from the geographical cen.
ter OF the territory, were attended by com.
plete delegations from every county, some
travelling 1000 miles, from the Black
Hills region by way of Omaha and
st. Paul and returning by the same route.
for the poor satisfaction Of assisting in
nominating n of their own number who.
il elected, would be nothing more than an
GRAND boy without q vote, having the
privileges Of the house floor and the right
to burn midnight oil sending prOsy docu-
ments and musty garden seeds, free of
postage, to All eager and anxious con-
stltuency.
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these cOnventiOns-not as a candidate for
the one and only honor to be bestowed
but invariably in the interest of a friend,
and likewise in opposition to those whom
he supposed to be his friends enemies. He
was a patriot always. His motives were
honorable and his purposes high. Nature
had endowed him with a physique that
was all endurance and an nnselfishness
that was all devotion. To those whom he
superiative attributes. His friends cause
was his cause; to him his country's glory
was greater than any personal advantage
or reward.
Burning, gnawing political ambition
found no place of abidance in him. He
was ambitious only in benalf of a great
multitude of people who yearned to be alb.
age. His aspirations were those Of a true
and loyal citizen. who entertained no
doubt of the ultimate triumph of the en-.
lightened policy of home rule. He looked
forward to the admission of the territory
as W states in earnest desire, not for
power or personal preferment, but for JUS
tee to 9 people who were politically en-
He had been an eyewitness to the effect
of the great evils which sometimes grow
out of an abuse of the territorial system of
government. He had seen in tull opera
ton an application of the un-American
plan of exercising power from a great dis
lance over defenseless communities inEab-
tied by those we'll equipped and we'll fitted
to govern themselves, aud his whole being
was in revolt against it.
MI. Gamble was a profound student.
His mind was stored with the rich fruits
of industrious research. In the law he
occupied a place among those in the front
rank and his opinions were current
statutes with the people. To him the
history of his country was an inspiration.
He loved the institutions of his native land
and believed that this must ultimately eX-
cell all other countries, commercially and
otherwise.
He was an ardent advocate of territorial
extension as a national policy. If he had
might now be heard in the halls of this
capitol proclaiming III behalf of new con.
quests for the benefit of the millions who
are TO come. From the sweat and blood of
toll and suffering he beheld an empire
rising to the view-that empire heralded
by the good Bishop Berkeley as "time's
noblest offspring" He believed with De
TOcqueville, who in 1885 wrote these pro.
phetic lines:
In the midst of the uncertainty OF the
future there is at least one event which is
certain. At an epoch which we can call
near, since it concerns the life of a people,
the Angl0.Americans alone will cover
all the immense territory comprised be.
tween the polar ice and the topics; they
ocean even to the coast of the Southern
sea. Z = There will then arrive a
time when there will be seen in North
America l50,OOO!OO Of men. equal together,
who will all belong to the same family
who will have the same point of departure
the same civilization. the same language
the same religion. the same habits. the
will circulate in the same form, and paint
| itself in the same colors. All else is doubt,
fuI, but this is certain. Here
Continues De T~ocqueville-
| is a fact entirely new in the world, OF
! which the Imagination can hardly seize
the extent.
Charles Sumner said tina. no American
| could fail to be strengthened in the future
of the republic by this testimony of De
| T~Ocqueville. And we may say of our de-
parted friend that no citizen of this great
union can emulate his example in patriot
ism or experience the feelings OF admira.
ton and love that he experienced toward
| his beloved country without being a better
| and broader American in all respects.
We of the new states have reached tina,
| ideal period which may be said to return
the poetry of frontier life, and in compari
son with which the pioneer sQuatter's time
was the period of prose. And we look
back in deep sorrow upon the unfortunate
| circumstance which brings us here to-day
to mourn the loss of II who was so near
the entrance upon a life of great useful.
ness when the cold hand of death was laid
upon him. Truly hath the poet said that
Nc frail man, however great or high.
Can be concluded blest before he die.
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