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Minneapolis Journal: - The Second
Amendment" q political novel by Hen,
Try Clay Hansbrough, formerly Sen.
ator from North Dakota, appeared to.
day on the shelves Of local bookstores,
and win be placed on sale Immediately
in every city of the country. AS a
novel based on scenes and plots in the
United States senate, where its author
was an active factor for eighteen years
the book will be read with interest. 1t
has special interest to Minneapolis,
because it is a Minneapolis book in
every way. Its author is now a resi-.
dent of Minneapolis. It was written in
this city, published by the Hudson Pub
fishing company, and all of the work
done in Minneapolis. It was printed
by the Colwell Press, bound by the A,
j. Dahl company, and the colored illus
tration was done by E. R. Kullberg, a
local artist.
The plot of the story centers in a
struggle on the floor Of the United
States senate, at some day in the not
distant future. 1t is told in the first
person, and the narrator is supposed
to have been abroad several years, re.
turning to find great change. The
selfish elements Of the two old par
ties have combined into the sConserva.
tive' party, and it is battling for
supremacy with new party called the
"Altrocratic,' The name is coined
from altruism, meaning regard for 9th
ers, and the party is supposed to stand
for a reign Of better things.
Love Story Woven In.
There is big issue raised in bill
before the senate, where the vote is SO
close that a senator is abducted and
hid away to prevent his vote. Around
this incident, which has love story
woven into it, Mr.. Hansbrough has
thrown the atmosphere of Washington,
and his characters are but slightly dis.
guised reproductions of the men he
knew in public life, such as Senator
Baxter, who led the senate roll call,
and showed the conservatives how to
vote, rebuking them if unruly, with
hiS ts1ouie1ofivo oyn;1o
While writing the book Mr.. Hans
brough intimated that he would "take
the lid off, in telling his story, and
persons familiar with Washington af.
fairs will find in it many reminders OF
incidents in the seamy side Of legis.
lative life. The author speaks as a
free lance, no longer bound by .tsena.
torial courtesy" and tries to give an
idea Of the sordid character of legis
lative machine.
The most undisguised hit at living
statesman is directed at Theodore
Roosevelt and his conference with
leading men in the world of finance
when he agreed to let the United States
Steel company absorb the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company without prosecu
ton. In the Hansbrough book, the
president elected by the altocratit
party deals with similar situation in
different way. After the proposition
had been laid before the president in
behalf of the "Northern Spike com
pany," which was to acquire the
"Southern SCOT company the pres
ident Informed his callers that he would
send for the United States marshal t.
arrest them for treason. The visitors
apologized and withdrew.
"The First Mortgage bank did mo-
foreclose," the novel says. "The Soc,
works did not shut down. There was nj
panic. All this is intended to explain
and emphasize the immensely of space
that exists between action and agita
tion.
The author of tsThe Second Amend
ment" represented North Dakota il
congress from the time the state wa
admitted in 1909. His book is tn.
first novel produced from the United
States senate. It's writing, Mr.. Hans
brough says, was pleasure, and tina
is easily imagined from reading it
The style is easy with good dialogue
and as a story it is only marred BY
abundant side observations, designed
to point the application Of the Incl
dents. Before going to the senate MI
Hansbrough was successful newspa
per man. Born in Illinois in 184S, h,
went to California at an early age
learned the printers trade and wen
into editorial work, becoming mana
ging editor of the San francisco Chron
icle. He went to North Dakota in 1885,
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