Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-29
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CAUSE OF OPPOSITION TO LITTLE.
Everybody knows that at each ses-

Everybody knows that at each ses-
sion of the legislature a few "dynami-
tiers" turn up with bills to "sinch"
railroads. Some of these measures
are usually introduced for the pur-
pose of holding up" the corporations.
No self-respecting, fair-minded men,
Der will vote for them and they are
not really intended for passage but
on the contrary are intended for
blackmail. The records will show that
Col Little and other intelligent mem
bers have voted against these meas
ures. The records do not show, how
ever, that Col. Little has ever failed to
vote right on measures that are fair
measures of benefit to all the people
of Bismarck and Burleigh county. He
has been chairman of the judiciary
committee, the most important COM
mittee in the legislature and his in
f1uence with his colleagues has been
of benefit to his home city and county
when it comes to measures in which
we are locally and selfishly interested.
Those who understand legislative pro-
cedure know that "absent and not vot-
ing" on measures that have been
recommended to pass by the commit
, tee and regarding which there is no
opposition in the body, is entirely
meaningless. Paddy Byrne put in a
whole lot of time and the fatherless
organ Of the hyphenated party wasted
a great deal of space in discovering
and advertising the fact that Col. Lit
tie was absent and not voting" when
several measures were on final pas
sage in the senate. As these measures
passed practically unanimously and had
already been favorably passed upon in
committee by the Burleigh county
senator, what a waste of effort to now
publish this fact. Even people who
do not understand legislative proceed
ure will understand that when a meas
ure passes by vote of 30 to 0, say,
there was no particular use of it being
81 to 0, or 80 to 0, as it would have
been had some of the forty members
of the senate not been absent and
not voting"
Now what is the real opposition of
P. E. Byrne. one of the aggregation of
star reporters for the Independent
campaign sheet-printed in Mandan
In the first place Byrne is a demo.
crat and couldn't be anything else if
he tried.
This is sufficient reason for oppos.
ing Col. Little, republican, from a
party standpoint, but it is not the real
reason for the unusual vigor and evi
dent malice of the opposition.
Col. Little owns an interest in the
local insurance agency of s. M. Pye
& Co., one Of the strongest and oldest
agencies in the state
Little is a republican,.
The state administration is republi
can.
Little's agency writes the greater
part Of the insurance carried on the
capitol and local public institutions.
Paddy Byrne is a democrat.
Byrne also has an insurance agency
with few good companies.
He has a small portion of state in
surance.
Every year he goes to the capito
and beseeches the governor and othe
members Of the administration 70
more. III
& The board is composed Of republ
cans -....
All things being equal they vii
patronfze an agency owned by reput
licans. = E Fun
Isn't that natural? 5z, ~
Is that wrong?
The rates are the same in a
agencies. .=o Il. s$$.
Surprising the administration wa
democratic. FIR .s5 Z ss.55 ;5iss
That would be Byrne's turn; b
would be favored as far as possibl.
and very properly.
70 the victor belongs the spoils.
Byrne wants the business from
republican administration.
He cant have it--is not entitled I
III.
Thus tha excuse fof the vilihcatior
I the unfair and unjust criticisms .
COL Little, TIE tine republican, II
liberai snterpr isins and loyal citize