Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-03-01
THE Law MAKERS REST
A Quiet Day in Legislative Circles,
and About the State
Capitol Building.
Many Of the Members Go Home Fri
day Morning to Spend the
Legislative Recess.
About the City the Day Passes Quietly,
and With No Particular
Demonstration.
A Quiet Day,

A Quiet Day.
The halls of legislation were silent
and deserted Friday, except for an
occasional visitor, who come to look
about and inspect the working abode of
the lawmakers, OF a J%anitor, who
gathered up stray papers and arranged
the assembly halls for the beginning of
work next week. The state offices, too,
were closed, and the heads of govern
ment rested from their work, put aside
the narrowing problems of state affairs,
and rested, in honor of the memory of
the immortal Washington. The hum
and hustle which has characterized the
copitol building, since the Inauguration
of the new administration, and the as
sembling of the Legislators, was con-
spicuous from it's cessation. And the
day in lawmaking and executive circles
was a holiday in every sense.
The majority of the lawmakers have
gone home. The adjournment from
Thursday to Monday gave them the
first good opportunity to visit their
homes, and rest from their work for a
day or so, with the bosoms Of their fami-
lies, and in the familiar haunts of their
several abiding places. Train No. 2 of
Friday vas about six hours late, ar
irving at about s o'clock in the morning.
and it bore away a throng of legislators,
clerks and attaches. Some of the mem.
bers went down to the Twin Cities to
take in the sights there, until the legis-
lative recess is over. But the majority
OF them were bound for home, to take
advantage OF the opportunity to look
after private affairs, and devote q few
days to the consideration of personal
business.
The end of the present recess will wind
up the forty-eighth day of the session.
So far, the legislative assembly has &C.
complished considerable work, but there
yet remains a great amount Of business
which needs attention, and it will require
the closest Of devotion to work to finish
up the business now on hand, even
should no further matters come up for
consideration. There is nothing on the
tapis now, however, to distract attention
from the regular routine work. Rasub.
mission, which was regarded as one of
the considerations which would take
considerable time and create it's full
share OF excitement and h~orse-play, has
| honn Hro1lyoI ont ~4l@,k
ing any particular delay, and laid upon
the shelf for this session at least.
Woman's suffrage, too, has been rele-
gated to the region of defeat, and the
proper obsequies have been performed
over it's corpse. These were two of the
most interesting matters to come up for
consideration, and their disposal has
closed the way for undivided attention
to the routine work of code adoption and
the consideration Of other bills, which,
while probably no less important, are
less interesting to the general public,
and their disposition is accompanied
with less discussion aud more actual
Legislative work.
While it is admitted that a steering
committee may be an excellent thing, a
little later on, it has been suggested that
one thing which might be of service now
is a bouncing committee to take charge
of any member who strays from the sub
ject, INDUCES in horse play or side issues,
or Ill any way conspires or abets to delay
the legitimate work of the session.
About the city the day was passed
with no unusual celebration or demon
stration. Banks and public offices were
closed, but aside from this the holiday
was noted by no particular observance.
From public buildings flags hoated in
token of the existence of the same spirit
of patriotism which actuated the father
OF his country, in his leadership of the
struggle for liberty. In the evening
there were several o~bservances of tide
holiday. The lodge of Workmen par
ticipated in an enjoyable entertainment,
in which addresses, Rotations and music
were prominent features. At the Athe-
neum a ball was given and enjoyed by a
number of the young people, who we're
inclined to the tripping of the light fan
tastlc as a proper means of celebration.
And thus the birthday of the father Ct
his country has again come and van
ished, to mark another year in the his
tory of the nation, in whose independ-
ence he was the leading instrument.