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Our. Senior Senator, Says Joe Mitch
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Following Is what Joe Mitchell
Chapple lin the National eMagazineafo
June, 1907, has to say Of Henry G.
Hansbrough: s>%z II 71 y -, :;3.ss :s;.
zone of the busiest men in Wash
Iington. mot only during the sessions Of
Econgress, but at all timesi is Senator
H. @. Hansbrough, who, from the date
Ief the admission Of North Dakota, has
been here devoting bis talents and
energies to the young commonwealth
Of which he is enthusiastically and
Justly proud. ;5:- s =.
Senator Hansbrough has many leg.
islative victories to his credit; indeed:
Iit is doubtful If any other member Of
either branch has a greater number of,
i triumphs. I recall his very first effort:
/ In behalf Of the people of his state,
when. he was member of the house
and secured the enactment of a law
Eexcluding lotteries from the, mails
4 This was a~death blow to the .Louisi-
I ana Lottery Company. At that time,
+ fcertain parties in North Dakota were
\ Lendcayoring to transplant the Louisi-
n ana institution to North Dakota soil.
It was Mr.. Hansbrough's bill which
I became law in 1891 that prevented
+ the success Of the scheme. =. :
J, On his entrance into the senate in
: 1891, he at once took a commanding
+ iposition In the business Of legislation,
He first secured some Of the most de.
= 1sirable committee assignments and
= this has enabled him to- bring about
i. the, enactment Of many beneficial
!. laws. Among these may be mention
led the national Irrigation act of 1902
s and more recently the amendment te
the denautred alcohol law. The fgh
against The lattersrnea was center
< led in the senate committee on financ,
L Eof which the aenatpr 5isga member. HI
lr,St& W. 1Tsr,,+ =, .4t
! led theSfght On. the floor of the senate
which resulted III the passage Of th
bill: BY an oserwhetn vote. :Ss y
g Being chairman OF. the commute
!, on public lands, gives him exception
: al opportunities TO enact 1egislatie
. In the interests Of the western Sc
L tiers, AS an evidence Of this. at th
last session ( OF congress, he passe
= among other beneficial measures tw
81. joint resolutions 81 relieving settler
d from constant resid dence upon: the
y y lands during the severe winter: III
y y work shows for itself In the Congre
8 sional Record where It will be foun
q as an evidence Eof his activity tha
& during the recent three months, Be-
= sion Of the senate, he reported frol
s the several committees Of which he j
II a member, thirty. i've bills, and pas
d ed them In the senate. OF this nun
6 ber, thirty-two of them subsequent
= passed the house and were signed i
q the presid lent. This Is a record WIfc
. stands unequalled in the recent al
mails Of congress HIGH ssS;ss!3*
Mr.. Hansbroug Is conceded toll
q the leader In the senate in, all matter
) pertaining to temperance Legislation
IS IT was he who secures the adoption
Il the AMI nti-canteen law, as wen as sth
3 provision which prohi ibited the saIe#t
.s Intoxicating liquors. iii the senate an
a house cafes. The American An
81 Saloon league, the egislative superb
. tendent of hIch; is DR. Dil
III II widdie,, has for q number of years L,
,,f| lied upon the senator to manage thei
u anti1iquor measures
q 81 Senator Hansbrough is quiet an
Il unassuming. does not waste time I
3. speechify fying, but may BE found Va
s most constantly at his desk delvin
8 81 into the intrIcate questions that com
q before Legislators off Industrious ID
d clinations The senator has earned
~ and now enjoys q prestige ii the Vi
Il per house of congress the value Il
W which to his growing young state cal
# not be measured His judgment ali
II advice are Invariably sought. even 5
III bis older coIlea agues, and his clos