Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-23

today they had no rightful cause to
object to being done by as they had
done by others.
A fellow correspondent who is pos
sessed of some ancient records insists
that the same things happens over
and over again in congress" Then he
has gone on to say: The filibusters
of today which are of frequent oc-
currence have their counterparts in
the history of legislation ever since
congress began" Thomas Burke OF
North Carolina 1873 years ago conduct
ed filibuster in congress. For time
he had one follower, Edward Lang
worthy of Georgia. but only for short
time.
AT about ten o'clock on the evening
of April 10. 177S. the continental con-
gress took into consideration the drait
of letter in answer to General WASH
ington's letter of the 4th. and some
progress being made thereon, mo-
ton was made to adjourn, 1t being ten
o'clock"
Censured For His Fillbuster.
AS the story goes on. 1t is discov'
cred that MIR. Burke. after voting TOT
adjournment. declared that the others
might vote as they pleased. ne wouiu
upon his honor adjourn himself; ana
thereupon he Immediately withdrew,
"by which means congress could not
proceed to business" Mr. Lang
worthy. the delegate representing
Georgia, also withdrew.
Congress sent messenger to find the
absent members and to request them
to return to attend congress. When
the messenger came back he reported
that Mr.. Langworthy had said that he
would return presently, but that Mr'
Burke had replied that the devil might
take him If he would come, 1t was too
late and too unreasonable.
The upshot of the whole business
was the adoption of the following reso'
luton:
Resolved, That the manner In
which Mr.. Burke withdrew on the
evening of the said 10th instant was
disorderly and contemptuous; and thai
the answer then returned by him was
indecent. That the principle upon
which he has attempted to Justify his
Withdrawing from the house is dan
gerous. because 1t strikes at the very
existence Of the house, and, as in the
present case actually happened. would
enable a single member to put an In
slant stop to the most important pro
ceedings OF congress"
In these colonial days Delegate
Burke was a true states Fighter. H'
declared to the house that while i
might be criminal in members of con
gress to withhold their attendance
when the public safety required ii
they are to be Judged and punished
by the laws of the state they repre-
sent and by no other power"
The continental congress declares
that its resolution touching the case
Mr.. Burke should be transmitted t
the assembly OF North Carolina, an
there SO far as the present historian
knows. the case ended.
Conserving the Bison.
In the agricultural appropriate
bill reported recently from I'd
4 proper committee to the hous
there Is an item OF $4,000 whic
/ will be used to care for and PR
: tect the bird refugees where will
> birds may be unmolested. and whic
4 have been set aside by executive o.
3 der. and the bison or. as most peopl
e say, the buffalo, reservation in Mol
Q tana.
4 There Is a good deal of interest
8 congress attaching to the bison. an
this means all through the country. b
d cause 1t has been appeals from th
r people which have stirred interest
i the congressman. In Montana re
r ervation a government herd Of biso
ranges in virtually wild state. Co
l. gress was led to take action to bu
y and preserve these wild animals
appeals from the American Bison a
d sociation, of which William T. Horn
:. day of the Bronx Geological park
g the moving spirit. Senator Dixon
IF Montana Introduced bill to 8
o aside a tract of land containing
q square miles. 1t is locaied on the o
Flathead indian reservation, and Il
1t land. while making a fine bison rang
lie is almost totally unfit for agricultur
n purposes In other words it is pra
10 tically waste land.
"a Wood Buffalo In Saskatchewan.
re Most people do not know that the
III ia still in existence a herd Ut actui
10 " wild bison Little Is known CO
u corning 1t. save the fact OF its ext
enee. How many animals there a
" and whai their chances of continu
y existence, may be put down. at be-
ps az a mere matter OF guessing.
y somewhere In the northern part OF t
province OF Saskatchewan there are
few left, possibly more than q fe
animals known TO the people as wo
Be buffalo
a The layman's belief is thar the wo
ell buffalo and the buffalo Of the plat
at are different species. but they are n
az They are identical. except for the t,
w. that the wood buffalo are a lutte la
nd er than their southern family me
lr- bers. How long lease oil life /
of wood buffalo may have no one kno,
= ko,a,,aa tH,a .