Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-11-02

his delivery than by what he actually
said. There wa no fusion in any senti-
ment he uttered, but it was pure, una.
dulterated, Cleveland democracy. We
were somewhat amused at what one of
his hearers said at the close of the speak
ing: "John Burke" said he, "has shown
you what the country may expect. The
thirty years of republican rule has left
the fields in such a foul condition that
the most of the time of democracy in the
past two years has been taken up in
summer-fallowing, getting the ground in
condition where they can raise a full
crop. Democracy, SO far in it's admins
t%ration, has only been farming a few
patches here and there. The next ses-
sion of congress will put in a whole
crop, and robber tariffs, misnamed by
republicans, protection for the country's
interests will be wiped from the
statute books; that the democrats had
made a good start this year, by repeal
ing the obnoxious federal election laws,
which permitted the negroes of the
south to vote, and that next year they
hoped to put a few spokes in the wheel
of populism, which would split up the
north, SO the south would be more per-
fectly in control;" and we thought: Oh,
! lord, if they have only been garden farm.
ing, what will we do when they raise a
full crop?
Wethink MIR. Burke went beyond what
he had a right to do as a public speaker
and a candidate for an important posi-
ton, when he made the statement: IL
am a candidate for the Office of attorney
general; 1 think it would be we'll for the
voters in this election to look us over,
size us all up, and then take your choice"
1t seems to me this is taking a mean,
underhanded advantage of Standish;
don't you think so? 1t is but fair, now
ever, to say that not only this remark
but many others made by the gentleman
met with hearty applause from his hear
ers.
Following Mr.. Burke's address, came
that of United States Senator w. N.
Roach, who needs no introduction to the
people of Bismarck. In 1885. Mr.. Roach
came to Bismarck, then the capital of
the territory Of Dakota, as the only
democratic member of the territorial
house of representatives. The ses-
sion of 1885 was indeed a very
stormy one, and the contest was
squarely and fairly between Bismarck
and South Dakota. The capital had
been located at Bismarck, the building
built and furnished. Frank Pettigrew,
John Gamble, and other strong men of
South Dakota, stung at the defeat they
had met at the hands of Mckenzie, Will
Jams and others in the location of the
territorial capitol at Bismarck, they had
determined that no acts of the territorial
legislature should in any manner recog-
nlze Bismarck as the capital city. They
repeatedly refused to make any appro.
priatlon for the payment of the furniture
OF the new capitol, to provide steam
heating apparatus, so that it might be
used; to make appropriations for the
maintenance of the ~penitentiary, or do
anything that would, directly or indi-
rectly, show either justice or favor to
Bismarck. To make it more difficult for
Bismarck to obtain justice, and with the
hope of defeating proper appropriations
for the capitol and penitentiary they had
made large and liberal appropriations to
the insane asylum at jamestown, for
which Nickeus-then a member Of the
council-had asked, and which practi-
cally took him out Of the fighting column
in favor of Bismarck, and had also made
liberal appropriations to the university
at Grand Forks, hoping thus to nullify
the influence Of the member from Grand
Forks county in supporting the interest
of Bismarck. The session had continued
up to the last night, and two conference
committees had failed to agree on a
proper appropriation to be made for the
capital building and the state penlten-
tiary. They had sought to turn the state
penitentlary into a reform school and of
making it an appropriation of only $751;
600. E. A. Williams, then a member of
the house, had rendered herculean SER
vices IN battling for the interests of Bis
marck. Alex Mckenzie, then a member
of the capital commission, had stood in
the fore front as q champion of the in
terests Of the city of which he was then,
and is still, a proud resident. The last
conference committee was to be appoint
ed, and on the part of the house as one
of the conferees w. N. Roach was named
by the speaker, believing, as South Da-
kota then did, that because of large ap-
preparations made to an institution in
his county he could be induced to agree
on a report which would be a great in
justice to Bismarck. In this they we're
mistaken. The pleasant, quiet, agree
able gentleman from Grand Forks