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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
8TATB OFFICERS.
0. S Representative. F. Suuulding.
Senators, H-C. Hansbrough, w. N.Hunch.
Governor, B. F. Fanchier.
Li eat. Governor, J. M. Devlne.
Secretary of State. Fred Failey.
Slate Treasurer, D. W. Driecoll.
State Auditor, A. N. Carlblom.
Attorney General. John Cowan.
Judges Supreme Court, N. C. Young, Al
fred Wallin, J. M. Bartholomew.
Railroad Commissioners, John Simons,
Henry Erickson, I.. L. Walton.
Superintendent oi Public Instruction. J.
G. HaUand.
Commissioner of Insurance, G. W. Harri
son.
Commissioner ol Agriculture and Labor,
H. U. Thomas.
SENATORS.
First District Jud son LuMoure, Pembina.
Second District, James Fuller, St.Thomas
REPRESENTATIVES.
Hirst District, W. J. Watt, Hyde Park,
J. D. Wallace Drayton.
Second District, E. H. Restemaycr, Cava
lier. Solin Thordarson, House I.
J'tdue of the District Conn, Seventh Ju
dicial District. O. R. tauter Grafton.
Clerk of District Court. A. L. Airth.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Stateg Attorney. W. J. Burke.
Sheriff. F. .T. Furrow.
Auditor, Donald Thomson.
Treasnrer, Kobert Mt'Bride.
Register of Deeds, 3, M. Cliiebolm.
Comity Judi?e V. Qn -!ckcnb tsh
Superintendent „i (S !h»hn 0. E.Jackson.
Surveyor 8. O. Mciiuiu.
loroner. Dr. •». F. Erskine.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
First District, F. C. Myrtck. I'emblna.
second District, S. •!. Sigfus«»n, Mountain
Third District, Geo. T»yl»r. i!tnhi atu.
Fourth Disirici, J. P. icks. Neche.
Fifth District. H. P.Ottcin, St. Thomas.
COUNTY JUSTICES.
C. Murphy Neche.
.1. It. Joy. (llass-on.
E. H. Itergmu^ Gurdar.
E. L. Buck, Crystal.
COUNTY CONSTABLES.
Thos. McFtidden. Neche.
C. E. Flora. Wulhalla.
Marshall Jackeou, Neche.
A. B. Foiling. Crystal.
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The Pioneer Express.
SENATOR P. J. McCUMBER.
Last Thursday nightthe "field caucus"
decided to nominate Hon. P. J. McCum
ber of Wahpeton for senator. It has
been a hard fight. It was demonstrated
at the first ballots of the republican cau
cus that Hon. M. N. Johnson was not
the choice of the majority, but the ma
jority was not decided as to their candi
date and their vote was divided among
six candidates. Little, Marshall, Hanna,
Cooper, LaMoure and McCumber. It
was a difficult task to drive these six to
gether in one team and keep them all
pulling against Johnson. Besides this,
was another task equally difficult to
keep Johnson from coming in and select
ing one of these candidates as his choice,
and lastly, to agree on one of these can
didates as the choice of the field. All
these difficulties were successfully over
come by the generalship of Alex. Mc
Kenzie and J. LaMoure.
As we said, on Thursday night as we
were going to press, in the final wind up
Little and Marshall were strong enough
to defeat each other, and McKenzie who
favored Little was compelled to accept
Mr. LaMoure's choice ol Mr. McCumber
and the thing was done. Probably no
otiier man was "second choice" of so
many republicans as Mr. Mcuumber and
he had made his canvas on this basis.
And the almost unanimous testimony is
from all factions that if they could not
have their man, they would prefer Mc
Cumber and this is as true among the
Johnson supporters as the others. Hence
the election of Mr. McCumber has leit a
good feeling atl around and left less
sore spots than the selection of any other
candidate.
Last fall Mr. McCumber made several
campaign speeches in this county and
thus many oi our readers have been able
to see and hear, and judge of the ability
of our new senator. Mr. McCumber is
about forty years of age and one of the
leading attorneys in the state. He ex
cels as a debator, and has had many a
hard fight on the floors of the state con
ventions. He is a man of deep and
earnest convictions, and fights a losing
battle with equal vigor as a winning one.
He is independent by nature and we be
lieve will be heard of in congress to the
credit of himself and North Dakota.
Incidentally we may say Mr. LaMoure
voted for Mr. McCumber on every ballot
and in the deciding vote in the field cau
cus the Pembina delegation was on the
"band wagon," and we do not doubt
that Mr. McCumber will remember his
iriends. Locally there is a general feeling
s^7^ v'f"*
faith.
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EXPANSION va. CONTRACTION
The constitution in all its greatness, in
all its wonderiul adaptability to condi
tions, is not inspired. A constitution
of regret that Mr. LaMoure himself was1 When N. E. Nelson of Pembina,
not nominated, yet there is a general father-in-law of ud LaMoure, arrived at
satisfaction, that he with the aid of the Bismarck ten days ago, one of the first
Pembina delegation was able to name persons he hunted up was Congressman
the winner. Another thing that might Johnson. .Mr. Nelson is reported to have
astonish people outside the county is the asked the congressman whether it was
fact that these feelings of regret and true as reported that the latter had re
satislaction are shared as well by our quested President Mclvinlty to ho up
friends of the other parties with equal Mr. Nelson's appointment as coll clor
interest as among republicans. We be- at Pembina until after the senatorial fi^ht
iieve nine tenths of the democrats and was settled Mr. Johnson is reported as
fusionists of this county would have vot- saying that it was, but that he had since
ed for LaMoure for Unite, States senator become sorry for it, and convinced that
il they had had the opportunity. At his aiiviser who re unintended such ac
least we heard very many expressions of tion used poor judgment. Aiso that one
[his sort from persons of such political! of the chief difficulties under whicn he'
that permitted the existence of slavery, favor peace, but they want to force the
and that admitted a possibility of the others to say what they will do with the
voluntary withdrawal of
miv
that the wisdom of its authors though
great, was still far short of the infinite.
We do not profess to be a constitu
tional lawyer, but it is a matter of com
mon knowledge, that some of the great
est of lawyers get wandering round in
the mazes of technical phrases and red
tape diplomacy and official fog until they
forgot that constitutions and laws are
made by the people and for the people,
and not the contrary.
Senator Hoar in a masterly argument
may prove that the constitution does not
permit "expansion," but the goad com
mon sense of the people, without delving
into intricate mazes of thought,concludes
in spite of argument, that this nation has
a right to make war, and to accept the
results.
If instead of our taking away territory
from Spain the fortunes of war had gone
against us and we had been compelled
to give up, say Alaska.to Spain,we don't
believe the brightest constitutional law
yer could find a word in the constitution
that would permit of "contraction" of
our territory and yet like Spain now,
the time may come when we will be
forced to contract against our will. Ex
pansion or contraction as the results of
war are conditions not theories. No law
could possibly be made to co.ver future
and unknown conditions, but the right
to make war is constitutional and results
good or bad necessarily follow.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Initiative and referendum seems to be
a great hobby with a lot of people. The
idea is that laws should be sent to the
people for ratification or rejection. Now
in the legislature where the members
have nothing else to do for two or three
months but to study new legislation, and
the members are men selected for ability
among their fellows, it is mighty hard
work to keep run of the proposed laws
and much harder to understand them
in al! their bearings and consequences
and consequently the member is often
puzzled when it comes to voting how he
shall vote.
It is proposed that this duty of study
ing and approving of laws shall be given
to the people. Theoretically that may
be all right practically, however, they
won't study them, and if they vote on
them will do it largely by guess work
and the example of others.
Anyone who wants proof can easily
find it in the manner in which constitu
tional amendments are voted on at the
po.ls now. People don't want to study
legislation. They want their elected
representatives to do it. And if a law
turns out badly, they want somebody to
blame—beside themselves.
JORDAN'S OALL-ERS.
Jud actu dly chuckled... Quay is (Juay
kingjust now Jud appears to have
left the island—and forgot to take Aleck
along The "nncrowned king" of
Pembina seems to be wearing a sky
piece now LaMoure prac
tically said to McKenzie: "You go to
McCumber or I'll go to Johnson"—and
Aleck meandered... .CongressmanJohn
son accepts his defeat very gracefully,and
expresses admiration for his successor.
That's the handsome thing to do The
man who thinks Aleck McKenzie will
control Senator McCumber don't know
the Richland county gentleman. Be
sides being a Scotchman, himself, his
hair is a little sandier than Aleck's.
The New York Tribune seems to
strike the popular idea when it says
while we intend to give the Philippines
a free government as possible, yet we do
not expect or intend to make them states.
And that it is probable that no territory
outside of this continent will ever be ad
mitted into the union as a state.
state, w.i Phi'ipp ties al -e
in itself a glaring contradiction. And Uiere is nobody willing at lli.s time to
the numerous amendments that have say what policy will iie punned other
been tacked on since its adoption proves than that we propose to perform our
whole duty to the people who have come
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VOL. XX. PEMBINA, 1ST. D., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 18P9. NTLTMl
was laboring in the sen torial (i,. ht was
that he had no advisor upon which he
could rely with confidence.—Forum.
The anti-expansionists oppose the
peace treaty, not because they do not
O l'ie 1 er
into our charge by the fortunes of war.!i
It may be that the treaty will not be voted
on at .ill by this congress, but March is
not far away and anew senate with a 11'
larger republican majority will be ready
to vote favorab'y.
To the Heralds, etc. that were asking
Crippled by
Rheumatism.
Those who have Rheumatism lind
themselves growing steadily worse all
while. One reason of this in that
t.:lvi-nedies prescribed by the dicl.ora
W.uai 1 TiHM-cury and potash, which ul
t::n i':e!y intensify the disease by ejius
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about caucuses six or eignt weeks ago: the very cause of the disease and a per
Don'tyou really think that "those ring manent cure always results. It is the
masters and bosses" carried the caucus
system a little farther than you wanted
them to? And what is your opinion of
caucus rule as exemplified during the
last ten days or so anyhow? Sort of "a
bigger fleas have lesser fleas to bite 'em
and so 011 ad infinitum, or (perhaps ad
nauseum) business isn't it? Ought we
not to have a law abolishing "field cau
cuses?" Or wouldn't it be a good idea
to have law ru.ing everybody out of a
caucus except the "chosen ones?"
It is stated that the divorce bill intro
duced by Mr. LaMoure and passed in
the Senate will be opposed in the House.
We do not believe that much opposition
can be had there. Mr. LaMoure doubt
less surprised the opponents of the bill
by getting it through the Senate so
quickly. Some of the papers fear it may
be smothered in committee. But we
never heard of one of Mr. LaMoure's
bills being forgotten or mislaid by
committee yet.
The defeat of Mr. Johnson is also a de
feat for Mr. Robinson. Mr. Robinson
had not been figured as a very ardent
Johnson man previous to the meeting of
the legislature. But when Mr. Johnson
asked him to manage his campaign, he
evidently thought that with Mr. Johnson's
strength and his own influence and man
agement iie could land his man, and
thus be the biggest of them all—and that
was one potent factor in Mr. Johnson's
defeat.
There are quite a lot of editors and
their wives, cousins, aunts, etc. going on
an excursion to Florida next week.
There isn't a harder worked lot of peo
ple when at hone and when away no
body has a better time or more enjoy
ment. We believe nobody will grudge
the editor his vacation, and all will hope
lie has a good time, and will assist him
by paying the little sum you owe during
the coming week.
W. E. Davis the versatile paragrapher
of the Plaindealer goes out of the news
paper business and into merchandise
next week. And lie will be greatly miss
ed by his editorial brethren. Davis was
like a box of red pepper shaken over the
whole lot of newspapers, made 'em
cough and sneeze sometimes, but added
piquancy and helped digestion.
It you have an opinion or desire in re
ference to any matter before the legis
lature it is perfectly proper for you to sit
down and write to any one of your rep
resentatives about it, and they will be
pleased to get it. They may or they
may not agree with you, but they always
like to hear lrom their constituents.
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STATE or NOHTH DAKOTA, 1
County of Pembina,
In Justice Court, before R. Ayleu, Justice of
tlye Peace.
W.C Short, Plaintiff vs. Louis I.aRocque
Defendant.
The State of North Dakota to said defendant:
By this second summons herein you are
directed to appear before me nt my office in the
City of Pembina at 11 o'clock a. m. of the 18th
day of March A. D. 1899, there to answer the
romplalnt of W C. Short against you, alleging
that yon are indebted to him in the sum of six
teen dollars and fifty-nine cents (116.50) and
Interest at 'even per cent from October 1st. 1896.
for tfundry merchandise furnished to yon at
your special instance and request, and you are
nouflea that unless you so appear and answer
the^lainUffwili take judgmentali?t you ,c:
Given this 24rd day of January, 18DB.
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Incorrigible.
A poor little street Arab was broim
Into a hospital by the police. Ks bail
been run over by an omnibus and was
badly injured. The chaplain was sent
for, as it was thought improbable that
the boy would live many hours. With
little tact the chaplain began the inter
view thus: "My boy, the doctors think
you are veiy much hurt. Have you been
a good little boy:"
Boy (much bored)—You git aout!
Chaplain (shocked)—But I am afraid
you are not a good little boy, and yon
know you may perhaps be going to die.
Boy (anxions to end the interview)—
Well, tain't none o' your business any
ow. Wot's me death got to do with
you? Ave you got a pal iu the coriSn
line?
It is pleasant to be able to relate that
the boy finally recovered.
Now and then the doctor is believed
to be almost omniscient. A patient in a
military hospital was constantly getting
into hot water because he smuggled
food into the wards. One morning his
medical officer was about to examine
his throat with a laryngoscope. Seeing
the little mirror all ready for use the
man's chum whispered an anxious
warning from the adjoining bed. "I
say, Bill, you'd best 'ave a care. 'Ee
moight 'appen to see wot yer 'ad for
supper lawstnoight."—Oornhill Maga
zine.
Conld Sleep at Will.
A friend of the late Dr. William Pep
per of Philadelphia tells how he could
go to sleep at will. "Will you excuse
me, Mrs. he wonld say some
times. "I could talk with yon much
more satisfactorily if I had a few min
utes' nap. Jane, make Mrs. com
fortable and wake me in ten minutes."
Outside the office would be crowded
with people waiting to see him—about
the Philadelphia museums, the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, the publio libra
ries, or about their health, but he
would go into his own room behind the
office, wruld stretch out on the lounge,
throw a Lig over his knees and closing
his eyes would be asleep at once. Ten
minutes later he would be roused by his
servant and would at once resume his
conversation with the patient at the
point at which it had been dropped. He
would sleep in his carriage as he was
driven from one appointment to anoth
er He would sleep in a train, in a
strange parlor or library, in private or
in public, absolutely indifferent to corn
men^
School Holiday* In France.
Two hundred and six holidays in the
year, as against 159 schooldays! That's
the record of public instruction in
France. To begin with, there is She
regular midsummer holiday, which cov
ers a period of 64 days. That's pretty
good for a starter. Then there are the
Sundays. They are holidays of course
everywhere, but they count an addi
tional 62 days. Then ten days are al
lowed for the proper celebration of
Christmas and New Year's. To be thor
oughly observant of the great feast of
Eastertide 15 days are given. Thurs
days are holidays, and that means 62
more days of no labor. All Saints'
comes in for three days' holiday, St
Charlemagne two days, Shrove Tuesday
and Aeh Wednesday two days, Whit
suntide three days, and three days to
make merry when the national fete in
July rolls round. The rest of the year
the children are supposed to study.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
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