Bismarck Weekly Tribune

Politics and Politicians.

While strolling around town the other day the writer dropped into the rehearsal rooms of the Bismarck troupe of Kidder Minstrels, and found them busily preparing their parts for the coming season. Doorkeeper Raymond guarded the entrance, assisted by Doc. Jennings. Postmaster Lounsberry the song and dance man was there in a corner in close confab with Land Office Brown. Williams was vainly trying to play a Democratic tune on a Republican tambourine. Delamater and Flannery jig dancers, were bruising the floor in a series of awkward movements. Setting apart, however, on a bench was to be seen the melancholy visage of the
BEWILDERED STOYELL
end man of the troupe-so near the end that he has since slipped entirely off. He was making discordant sounds on a Blaine fiddle, with no bridge and half the strings broken. His eyes were listlessly resting upon a copy of a late Yankton paper containing the report of the squabble concerning who should be mourners at the Cincinnati burial bee. The late convert will probably be a delegate to Charles Francis Adams' Philadelphia convention.

Leaving Pandemonium hall and its ill-starred outfit we sauntered down the street and entered another hall where a goodly number of gentlemen were present busy discussing Territorial affairs. The good manners and true politeness of the gentlemen present soon enabled us to discover that we were in a convention of Democrats. In discussing the Delegate question it was the unanimous opinion of all present that
DR. JOHN P. DUNN
was the choice of the Democracy of Northern Dakota for their representative at Washington, and the man who can poll two votes to Kidder's one throughout this section of the Territory. Dr. Dunn is a wholesale druggist of this city--the pioneer of his line here--and who has served the county of Burleigh for three years as its worthy commissioner. An Indianian by birth and early training, when the war broke out he followed the fortunes of the gallant Sixth regiment of that State throughout the war. A sterling Democrat of the old school he believes in the success of true Democratic principles. Two years ago, when, through Mr. Armstrong's failure to come before the people for his third re-election in time, some parties here claiming to be Democrats sought an excuse to sell the lay-out to Judge Kidder. Dr. Dunn was one of the first to protest, and though Armstrong's candidacy was hardly known until the morning of the election, he procured tickets and, with the assistance of such Democrats as Hackett, Jimmy Emmons and others, good and true, saved nearly 200 votes for Armstrong out of the five hundred votes polled in the city. No better man or one who will be truer to the best interests of Dakota can be found than Dr. Dunn, or one more active as our representative at Washington.

Bismarck correspondence Dakota Herald.