The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-04-19

tion as now constituted-with its rec
ord of things accomplished Of a sub
stantial and enduring nature both in
the interest of the state and the ma
tion--the probable purpose in certain
quarters, by the process of agitation
and criticism under the lead of ambi-
tious or hostile individuals. to bring
about changes In the personnel of the
delegation is a matter of serious con-
cern to all the people of our young
and growing commonwealth
have reached this conclusion after
an examination of the index of the
Congressional Record, which furnishes
a reliable and complete resume of the
work of each of our senators and
members, and as this resume, even in
its briefest form, covering the full
term of service of each of the mem
bers of the delegation is too lengthy
for perusal in these days of short
stories, | will, in the interest of
brevity, confine myself to a statement
of the things they accomplished dur
ing the recent short session Of the
Fifty ninth congress. BY compari-
sons with the work done by delega-
tions of other states, as shown by an
examination of the entire index the
record made by Senators Hansbrough
and McCumber and Representatives
Marshall and Gronna easily takes first
place and must fill the breast of every
fair minded North Dakotan with feel
ings of pride and admiration.
1t should be remembered that this
congressional index does not and can
not show all the work accomplished
by senator's and members. The un-
where measures are revised and re-
written, where multitudinous laws are
examined and important statutes on
great variety of subjects are framed,
where real and practical statesman
ship is exhibited, are not portrayed in
index form, for obvious reasons. The
index carries only notation of bills
and resolutions introduced, the action
of the committees and of the house
and the president thereon.
During the three months. session
Senator Hansbrough introduced twen-
ty-one bills. two joint resolutions, of
fered nine amendments to bills, made
thirty-five reports from committees,
and remarks by him in the senate on
various subjects are reported on forty
seven pages Of the Record Bills and
resolutions passed in the senate on
his motion, S5; including the free al
cohol law and the joint resolutions in
troduced by him for the relief of set
tiers. OF the thirty-five measures
passed on his motion, thirty two of
them became laws, In addition he
secured the adoption of three import
ant amendments-the national grain
Inspection amendment, the amend
ment for survey of the Red river an
amendment for the survey of state
coal lands--and resolution directing
an investigation of the harvester
trust.
During the three months session
Senator McCumber introduced fifty
two bills (forty-six Of them being
private pension bills), proposed eleven
amendments to pending bills. made
601 reports from committees (594 be-
ing private pension bills), and his re-
marks on various subjects occur on
1886 pages of the Record Bills passed
by him in the senate, 569 private pen
sion bills, the pension appropriation
bill and the service pension bill
During the three months session
Representative Marshall Of the house
introduced eleven bills, made one re-
port from committee, and his remarks
occur on seven pages Of the Record.
During the session he passed four
private pension bills.
During the three months session in
the house Representative Gronna In
troduced three bills, made six reports
from committees, and his remarks on
various subjects occur on nineteen
pages of the Record. Bills and joint
resolutions passed by him, s, as fol-
lows: Two senate joint resolutions
for relief of settlers, Fort Berthold
land bill, the bin for exchange Of state
lands, and the bill granting lands to
the North Dakota Historical society,
these bills having previously passed
the senate.
A study of the committee assign
ments OF our delegation is OF interest.
Places on important committees, es-
pecially In the senate, are secured
only as d result of years OF service.
In the house Mr. Gronna, who has
served but one term. is a member OF
the influential committee on public
lands, from which committee last.
winter he reported and passed several
very important bills In the interest OF
western settlers Mr.. Marshall. with
three terms to his credit, is a member
or the committee on irrigation, the
committee on private land claims and
the committee on Indian affairs He
now ranks second in membership on.
the latter COMMITTEES. which has charge
OF the Indian appropriation bill, and
IS now in line for q place as conferee
on that bill.
Senator McCumber Is chairman Of.
the committee on pensions. a member
or the committee on Indian affairs,
which handles the Indian appropria-
fion bin. q member OF the COMMITTEES
on public buildings and grounds. from.
which come the public building bills.
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