Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-03-16
RECOGNITION Of STATE
NORTH DAKOTA DELEGATION
UNITED FOR RECOGNITION
or NORTH DAKOTA.
ENTITLED TO SOME
GOOD PIECES OF FEDERAL
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Washington Correspondent Tells Of
the Work Of the North Dakota Dele.
cation at Washington-lnteresting
Personal Sketches OF the Senators
and congressman From the State Of
North Dakota.
Washington. March 16.-"North Da-
kota must be recognized by the fed
eral administration. Such recognition
must come in the form of some good
federal appointment. 1t does not
make much difference who gets the
appointment but it is of the greatest
importance that North Dakota shall
be given substantial recognition at the
hands of the president The state was
admitted to the federal union some
years ago; it must now be regarded as
an entity in the political union by the
republican party"
This is the platform and battle cry
of the republican congressional dele
CATION from North Dakota, says the
Washington correspondent of the
Pioneer Press 1t has been submitted
/ to President Roosevelt for his consid-
Grafton, and is said to have his ap-
proval His attention has been di-
rected to the fact that whenever pat
ronage has been handed out North
| Dakota has guarded the rear of the
procession and this condition of af-
fairs must end. and at once according
to the men who make up the delega-
ton from the state. Promises have
been given before that North Dako-
ta's position on the political map
would be recognized but they have
failed or realization. This. the North
Dakota members assert, has been the
fault of the presidents who made the
promises. IF it happens again." said
a member of the delegation, in dis
cussing theh subject ''it will be our
fault. We will urge our claims ag
gressively, persistently, and we are
certain of success"
The North Dakota delegation ir
congress is made up of active, intelli
gent men. One of them, Henry c
Hansbrough. United States senator is
a veteran He has been in the senate
twelve years, and has just begun an
other term He was nominated f)
congress by the first republican state
convention in North Dakota and Wa:
elected. serving in the hoVse until h,
Hansbrough has performed va!uabl,
service for his state in the upper hons,
of congress. He is not an activ,
worker on the floor, ut his fluenc'
is felt in committee. when policie
are formulated. and where the mos
important work in connection witt
legislation is done. He is a menlbe
of the committee on finance. regarde,
as one of the most important in tn
senate organization which embrace
in its personnel such men as Aldrich
Allison. Spooner, Platt.of Connecticut
Teller, of Colorado. and on which tn,
brilliant George G. Vest, of Missouri
served for so many years.
, Porter James McCumber is a new
, conner in the United States senate II,
took his seat March 4, 1899. He ha,
already impressed himself upon th'
senate as man of practical sens
, He has devoted most of his time t
( the consideration of trade questions
r and has come to be recognized as al
: authority on the possibilities of tn
! extension of our commerce with TIL
, orient He is chairman of the commit
q tee on manufactures of the senate
n and is the author of a pure food bil
which has been generally commende
by the trades affected.
North Dakota. has Just completed hi
!. first term in the house He is a bus
!. ness man of long experience and ha
e been placed upon committees whic
e have jurisdiction over questions
rectly affecting the material interest
of his state. Marshall promises I
develop into practical legislato
and during the fifty-seventh congre'
e was very active in connection vii
g measures affecting the Indians
North Dakota. He takes deep int
I! est in the Indian question from a ph
osophical point of view. and has {
4. voted himself attentively to the bu
ness Of the committee having jurisd