Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-10
BIsMARCK WEEKl1 TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, aug. 10 1894
me i Is hayinp : disaatrous effect 81 the

me me il is having 9 disastrous effect on the
crops.
The pardon OF Hines from the peni-
tertiary recalls again that old statute
in regard to highway robbery, which, as
understand the matter, made the pun
ishment life Imprisonment, allowing no
discretion to the court in the fixing OF q
sentence. Inasmuch as Hines stole
nothing but 81 and a p7ocketknife, I do
not think any one will deny
that life imprisonment was q little
too severe spunishment, and I think
that g year and q half OF confinement
will recompense the law for the extent
OF it's violation in this instance. This lie
the third or fourth instance Of pardon
from 9 life sentence for the same crime,
all OF the ofenses having been minor
forms OF hold-ups. OF course, it is not
pleasant to be held up, and the man
who does the holding up is generally
supposed to be ready to substantiate
his highwaymanry with, force, If neces-
.sarys Still, in Hines case, as in that Of
several others, the crime was not an ex-
traordinary act OF criminality, and the
pardons are acts Of common humanity
under the circumstances.
For genuineness OF parliamentarian.
ism and for precision in the preservation
Of decorum, give me the Texas conyen-
tion-and especially that of the demo.
cratic variety. One was held in the
Sixth congressional district the other
day, and, aside from the managerial
antics of a populist gathering in Kansas,
was the neatest exhibition in the way Of
political meeting Of which, have heard
in some time. Mr.. Bloodgore from the
Stlletto district took the chair, and as
he raped for order with the butt end Of
q pearl handled Colts, Mr.. Snatchem-
bald from Hemprope gently polished his
bowie knife with a silk handkerchief,
and Mr.. Nevermiss from Hardpan was
seen to squint along the sights Of his
45, in the direction of the speakers
chair, until he got the elevation. The
secretary then wheeled in a small brass
cannon, which he trained in the direc-
ton Of the minority delegation from
Catamount Peak, and the chairman
read the call while the secretary loaded
his cannon with beer bottle glass ard
sluRs. After 9 brief preliminary Skin
mish, during which Mr.. C%rackerJack
from Rattlesnake Pass sliced an ear from
Nj. Snatchembald for an argument in
favor Of the gold standard, the question
OF the endorsement Of President Cleve-
land: came up, and was refused by a clear
majority of three clasp knives, one Win
chester rifle, and seven ass. The mi
nority delegation from Catamount Peak
was q unit for endorsement, but the sec
Rotary, with the aid of the brass cannon,
managed to record the Catamounts as
not voting. Mr.. Lodestar from Wild
steer, who introd uced a resolution in
favor of The abolition of lynching parties,
was hanged shortly after the adjourn
ment OF the convention, and the best
Of feeling prevailed.
[SCENE-Council Chamber of the City of
Blsmarck-Temperature 273 in the shade
Time, midnight-An Alderman yawns,
gets up, takes off his shirt and hangs it
out the window to blythe custodian
enters with a kerosene can, and replen-
ishes the lamps, which have burned out,
and are Pickering for lack of uil-The
clerk reads, for the eighteenth time, a
communication from the residents of the
Steenth Ward, asking that John Doolittle
be allowed to move his woodpile to the
southeast corner of Section 1871
Mr.. B. (abstractedly): .'Bjectp
The Mayor (sleepily): '.The gentleman
will state his objection
Mr.. B. deliberately: "The question
does not state where the woodpile is
located. The taxpayers Of this city must
not be imposed upon by any such mys-
ferrous language"
The Clerk (inishing):-".a all Of which
your petitioners respectfully SUBMIT
Mr.. B. (calmly): I'D like to hear
that part Of the petition between the
third word from the beginning and the
last word read again. The taxpayers Of
this city" ian alderman from the
Twelfth Ward yawns, and swallows his
false teeth).
The Mayor (resignedly): "The clerk
will read"
The Clerk (reading)), Whereas, John
-
Mr.. B. eagerly: object! The tax
payers OF this city (three aldermen
go into commissions, and are carried
away to the hospitaD.
Mr.. B. (more slowly: II move this
council consider this petition in com
mittee of the whole
An Alderman Gust waking): Second.
the notion
Mr.. 3, (h%urriedly): g 'Bjectl! ,Bject!!!
The taxpayers Of this (Mr. B. drops
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