Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-10
THE HIRD HOUSE /; !.
Is Organized at the City Hall and a
Number Of Important Meas !. u 81.
n :S Is. ures introduced. j. 3#55fzy
An Attempt to Elect TOT Clerks
q Nipped in the Bud BY
S.s m Ss.s.5 Rosy oratory.@ s: ..@.. s.%

Cass County and the Valley Roundly
Scored for Glomming Tactics BY. Is. =
r; s. Axvig of Cavalier. WIT; + !;
The third house of the North Dakota
legislature was organized last night with
great eclat. =. ~..S w., .:.s s=5>
Almost all of the 101 members were in
their seats when ex Chief Clerk Hannifin
called the house to ORDER w. F. Cush-
ing Of Cass was elected speaker without
having single clerkship nor committee
assignment to give out.
The new. speaker was conducted to
the Il. chair by Messrs. Berry, Miller and
Wellman, and after the usual hand
shaking with the clerk assumed" his
seat. In response to loud and frequent
calls the speaker made the speech of his
life, saying in part that his native Cass
county modesty forbade him to imagine
for moment that the honor was per-
sonal one, but rather was fired at his
county in recognition Of the fact that it
had received i'll treatment sometime
before statehood and was entitled to a
square deal at the hands of the Slope
combine even at this late day. He
promised that no Cass county man
should get left in the deal and his re-
marks seemed to carry conviction to
every breast. III =, -. S@~ri : !
s AS usual in all such bodies there was
not the slightest rifle of discord (after
the combine had finished up) and the
balance of the candidates who had been
casually spoken of IN the ssinformarl
caucus were elected with rush. W. F,
Gaulke Of the 7th district >was made
chief clerk, Denny Hannifin of the 9th
captured the sergeant at arms job, Harry
Rumley of Cass county's 18th district
was booked for bill clerk, R. M, Tuttle
IT Mandan was made official reporter,
Col. Brown Of the G. A. r. was elected
doorkeeper, though he had to put up a
job to shut out Angus Frazer, good
and deserving and long waiting Cass
county man, to get it, Banker Berry of
the Cow country showed some diffidence
in accepting the authorship but his
attention was called to the fact that he
had his ante in and might as we'll s'stay.'''
There was some trouble in finding two
trustworthy men to take care of the
cloak rooms, such being deemed neces-
:sary because of the presence of sus7
picious characters from the first house
and senate, but finally George Hughes
of Stark and G. W. Getchell of Barnes
won out. h% 3 d s& g.. E5. .|~q j.. .:.s.
70 the astonishment of everybody the
trou blesome question of where to place
camp followers came up at the instance
of member from the COW country who
had roped a bunch Of aspirants and
wanted to brand them the first crack out
of the box. Some indignation at this
was expressed by Mr.. McGahan, the
dudish aesthetic from Devils Lake, and
the proposition to appoint l01 enrolling
and engrossing clerks Just for starter
Withered under his burning oratory.
Tom Hall the member from Cass with
the retiring manner, modestly moved The
appoin tment of ten pages. whereupon
N. Miller Of Cass arose to the point ol
order that it would be too costly, asst
generally cost 81 a page to print a divis
iiono Of the house was called for, when Mr.
Miller again interposed a point Of ordel
to the effect that the committee Or
arithmetic had not yet been named and
the point was ustained ! the chair hold
ing that there could be no division il
this house except Of spoils. Il.
The speak then appointed the fol
lowing committee chairmen which was
approved bJy the house:
COMMITTEE GHAIRMANsHIPs.
On pulling the legs of members fol
elerkships for the press gang Thos
Hall of. Cass.
VI On the prompt and freq payment
Iof members and COM tation al .'stand
ling time before ching on. 81
lington Irysh Of Cass.
on rigation frank Kuntz ef Bur.
leigh:
on banking a. q .. Berry Of stark. I8.