Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-02-04
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Joe Miller, Formerly a Scribe on the
Tribune, Sends on a Few
Notes Of News.
Bismarckers Seen in and Around the
National Capital, with and
Without Missions.
An Interesting Encounter with DR..
Mary Walker, and Some Re-
sultant CONSERVATION.
Some Washington Gossip.

SN AVs 4 - 6S W
ber.of North Dakotans have gravitated
toward the nations capital during the
past week or 80. I meet them in the
corridors of the capitol, on the broad
avenues, and in fact most anywhere
and everywhere: Some are trying to
get acclimated and some don't want to
be acclimated-Mayor Patterson, for in
stance, whom I met the other day.
Seldom have l renewed acquaintance
with more genuine pleasure than when
l suddenly bumped into Bismarck's ag-
gressive mayor, and I believe the regard
is mutual. We've had several long
talks about old times in Bismarck when
the writer used to chase the elusive
locals for the TRIBUNE, ard the conclu.
sion reached was that there is no place
like Bismarck after all. Of course there
are the dissatisfied ones, who can be
found in other cities as we'll as Bis
marck, but we agreed that those who
attended to business, made efforts to
succeed, tried to keep sober, and had
the good sense to advertise occasionally
are the one today successful in their
various pursuits and satisfied with
their lot.
There have been so many North Da.
kotans here lately that I cannot just
now call to mind the names of them all.
1 infer that most of them came with
axes to grind, irons to put in the fire,
etc. Among the Bismarckers are E. A.
Williams, R. N. Stevens and E. H.
Wilson. The last named gentleman 1
have been unable to locate. 1t is said
Rastus is after the surveyor general
ship, but Rastus as usual is mum.
Stevens is assisting Editor Jewell at the
present writing, and if he is after office,
he has not devulged the information.
The Washington Office of the Bis
marck TRIBUNE, in the Inventive Age
building, corner of Eighth and H streets
northwest, is a favorite stopping point
for the wandering North Dakotans, and
they are always sure of a hearty wei
come there. Another no less popular
place is the luxuriously appointed rooms
OF the committee on public lands, OF
which Senator Hansbrough is chairman,
located on the ground floor of the sen
ate wing of the capitol, where Secretary
bennett holds forth and extends the
glad hand to the boys. By the way,
bennett had a caller the other day that
nearly floored him. Opening the door
in response to a faint, timid knock, he
beheld a weakened individual with silk
tile and baggy broadcloth and voice
that corresponded with all. benefits
first impulse was to roar, as he never
before saw such a comical looking per-
sonage off the stage, but he controlled
his risibilities sufficiently to ask the ma
ture of the business of his caller, whom
he shortly afterward discovered to be-
none other than DR.. Mary Walker, who,
by a special act of congress is permitted
to roam at large in male attire. Fred,
who likes to do the right thing at all
times, feels somewhat perturbed be-
III he has a distinct recollection of
addressing her as "sir." Although none
of is had heretofore met the distin-
guished doctor, we speedily recognized
her from the numerous newspaper de-
scriptions we had read about her. Pat
%terson, who was also there, was for the
first time in his life unable to cope with
a situation that demanded instant and
decisive action, and acknowledged his
utter rout. After recovering his equi-
librium, he remarked that ifDr. Walker
ever came west she would certainly
stop at Bismarck. The impression of
the first meeting with DR.. Walker is a
lasting one, and the doctor should be
seen to be appreciated.
Senator Hansbrough has succeeded in
getting through the senate the bill to
pension Connie O'Leary's mother, but
it has found Judgment in the house
maelstrom for the present.
JOE MILLER.