The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-02
North Dakota Political Gossip

the legislature, his large physique. or
atory and manly beauty attracted much
attention and caused much comment.
! Honorable Henry T. Bessessen, be-
sides being a man OF large physique
and possessed OF great oratorical pow
err, 10 also the possessor or the gift of
beauty. His large physique Is about
six feet in height.
His shoulders are broad and always
exquisitely shaped. His features are
cast In classic mold, his sweet lips
are ever and anon parted In a lovely
smile. displaying his pearly teeth. Al
faraway look turks In the depths Of his
soulful eyes, and his high flung head
Is crowned with a wealth of near
golden hair. Nor does he attempt to
conceal his graces and gifts from his
adoring constituents, but allows his
beauty, his pearly. teeth and his ora
tory to shine resplendcnt on all oc-
casions.
Like all truly great men, Honorable
Henry j. Bessessen has excited the
envy of inferior minds, and has been
cruelty slandered and maligned by UNI
principled and envious individuals who
torical gifts. They have grossly in-
simulated that his oratory is not of a
class and quality that have made Dam
lei Webster and Billy Bryan famous,
but more like unto the oratory OF the
parrot and the photograph, that he
discharges vast quantities Of airly or
atory without really saying anything,
or expressing any ideas.
They have shamelessly stated that
his large physique and lily white COM
plexion are more or less artificial. That
his broad shoulders are not as nature
made them, and that he spends weary
hours before looking glass each day
improving his beauty, perfecting his
smile, and enhancing his charms. But,
on the other hand, his ardent admirers
: declare that those assertions are with
out foundation and they also insist that
those senators, who, while the senate
was in session, asked to be excused
and allowed to leave the senate cham
Der when Honorable Henry J. Besses-
sen was about to flood the place with
oratory, were only envious of his beau
ty, his large physique and his orator
ical genius; and their inferior minds
were incapable Of comprehending or
approaching the wealth and wisdom of
his oratory.
| Honorable Henry ]. Bessessen is a
brave as he Is beautiful. Like knight
of old. he fears no foe, but he lacks
weakness and failings of the old
| knights, who used to welt each other
with swords and lances in most un-
refined manner For 1t Is said that
when a political opponent who pos
sessed neither a large physique nor
| oratorical ability, invited the Honor
able Henry j. Bessessen to engage in
a fstic encounter, the Honorable Henry
J. Bessessen scorned to do so, and here
by showed and proved that, despite his
large physique and oratory, he possess
ed great christian fortitude and for
bearance.
But although the Honorable Henry J.
Bessessen is less warlike than the
knights of the round table, and far SUI
perior to them in beauty and gentle
manly department, yet none the less
does he confound his enemies He
stands before them In the senate
proudly erect and beautiful as Greek
goddess. His lily white complexion
CLOVIS with the fire of his feelings. Hi
|. ruby lips are parted In sad swee
smile which displays his pearly teeth
his fair bosom heaves with emotion
and while they are dazed and dazzlet
by his beauty and grace, he demolishes
them with a volley of his oratory.
May his beauty never fade and hii
large physique and oratory never grow
less. May his fame forever staggei
down the slippery centuries and the
memory of his large physique, hif
oratory and his unpadded beauty en-.
dure until time shall be no more.
May he become governor of Nortl
Dakota!