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Tur.iiB la a great deal of April fooling
around the democratlo floabpols.
AM. the federal officers who voted for
Boyd feel pretty sifo and comfortable.
It is Arbor D y nil the year round
with the democrats who ara trying to
plant themselves In office.
Ir there had boon no protonaa ot to-
form , the DEE vroold have had nothing
moro to siy abjut Biyd'a olootion.
It was intimated some time ago that
Dr. Miller was to bow the distribution of
federal patronage in Nebraska , bnt BO
far ho has not had anything to distribute.
Wn ahall proaontly BOO whether there
Ja nny civil nervico icform in onr city
government , or whether competent men
aro'to bo'dlsmlssod because they did not
tratn with the rotorm mayor.
AFTER deserting the 'republican stand
ard and going over to the common
enemy , the Republican aooka to rotrlovo
Its inexcusable doaortlori of the party by
turning upon Mr. Boyd and ridiculing
hia senatorial aspirations. Thla ia the
nnkindest cut of all.
Me. COLFETZKR donloa , elsowhorothat
lie had any improper motive In hauling
the ballot box away from the palls. We
have no doslro to prejudice the public
against him , and cheerfully glvo him
upaso in onr columns to sat himself
TOE warfare againat polygamy ia pro-
greasing quite favorably. The recent
grand jury at Salt L ko investigated
thirly-ono cases and found twenty aoven
IndictmentB. This IB a pretty strong
"revelation , " under the Edmanda act ,
thai polygamy muat go. _
Mu. FJTZQERALD , the democratic can
didate for mayor of Lincoln , ia contest
ing the election of Mr. Burr , the repub
lican candidate , who received a majority
of thirty votes. This goea to show that
the democrats ara not alow to assail the
rotorna when they go against them.
WKSTERN mothoda ara finding their
way eastward. The conviction of two
"fino workers" having failed to put an
end to ballot-box Bluffing and other elec
tion frauds , there la now atrong talk In
Chicago of forming a vigilance committee
for the purpose of punishing not only
ballot-box staffers and thieves , bnt mur
derers and highwaymen , in case the
courts fall to deal out justice to them
fully and promptly.
PUCKISH COZZBNS who la at'll ' at "Wash-
Ington looking after the United States
marshalflhip ot St. Louie , says oho doea
not want that or any other oflico for her
self , but that she doea not want any of
the hungry Missouri democrats to succeed
her father. Mlsi Cozzans secured the
office from President Arthur for her
father , and wo venture to assert that she
will aucceod in Influencing President
Cleveland In his behalf.
SENATOR VAN WYOK'B private secre
tary draws six dollars a day now for do
Ing nothing. Republican.
Senator Van Wyok'a private secretary
was formerly the editor of the Kepubli
can. If It Is true that ho it drawing six
dollars a day for doing nothing , ho Is
only doing what the present editor o
the Kepublican did while Valentino was
congroiaman. That paper and its editors
have always boon pensioner ? .
LEST Mr. Hitchcock ramnin in doub
a to what ciuied his defeat lost Taosdaj
wo will toll him. It was hia nomination
of Mnrphy that did it. Tuesday was an
off day for Murphy men. Herald ,
That let's the cat out of the big. I
was not municipal reform and hones
government that was wanted by Mr
Boyd and his decoy ducks. All the ;
wanted and worked for was to trade off
lopuhllcana and democrats alike ,
matter how worthy , for the benefit o
Bojd. This Is what beat Mr. Hitch
cook. .
AT each session of congress a small ap
propriatlon for the departmental llbrarlo
Is made. These libraries consist of works
of fiction , travel , history and reference
The librarian of the treasury deparlmon
llbriry recently made out a Hit of new
books to bs purchased , two-thirds o
them being novels and humorous or poet !
cal works. Secretary Manning , whe
the Hat was submitted for hia approval
ordered every book of tbis chinuier the
ho stricken from the Itat , leaving onlj
books of reference , scientific worki , an
treatises on finance and political econ
om'y. This kind of reform Is not at a
popular with the clerks , especially wit
the ladles , who no doubt will hold en In
donation meeting unless the secreter ;
modifies his order and furnishes at leu
moderate aupp'y of love stories.
REFORM" CARRIED THE DAY ,
The next morning after the election o
hont of joy went [ up ftom Iho organs of
ho spontaneous candidate for major over
ila brilliant victory. "Reform carried
ha day , " ehoutod the Republican and
3orruptlon and jobbery received n
ilack oyo. Now , wo halo aharai ,
rinds , and hypocrisy. Wo despise de-
option and brazen Imposture. Where
Id reform enter into Mr. Boyd'ac m-
aign ? Ho started out on false pretenses
y declaring that ho did not want the
ffico and -would only accept It because
a largo majority of the citizens
1 Omaha wcro bogging htm to
acrifioo himself in their behalf. Ho fol-
) wed It up by organizing a raid with
ia money In the democratic primaries ,
'onning an alliance with the moat notor-
oua political bnmmora and corruption-
sts , ho set them to work in the high
ways and byways to rocrnlt a roglmont of
loodlums , guttersnipes and dead-boats
0 overwhelm the opposition and roll np
big majority. Ho organized a literary
) Uroau , and -wrote hundreds of personal
otters to citizens , who had boon decoyed
nto signing his humbug petition , asking
bom to make a personal effort
1 giving him a routing majority ,
'o ' make victory doubly sure ho wrote
otters to political workers of all parties ,
nclndlng ealoon-koopera , postal clerks ,
otters , and janitors , inviting them to
ia oflico whore they wore supplied with
ommlasary and quartermaster supplies ,
nst think of the great reform candidate
writing a letter to Frank Caapor , keeper
f the Bohemian hotel , to George Hoff
man , letter carrier , and scores of others
whom wo could not namo. Think of the
ilgh-tonod citizen inviting the colored
anltor of the cuttom house and donat-
np ; him a pair of boots for his
nfliunco and support. But the
Umax of reform -was capped when Mr.
lojd made a personal canvass on Satur-
ay , Sunday and Monday in all the dives
nd dons , rum-holes and gin-mills of
'maha ' , inviting the lunch fionda and
ar-room loafers to join him in sampling
io liquors and partake of his hospitality ,
'ho ' good church people who supported
nr great reform candidate must bavo
wept tear * of joy when they saw him
[ ding through Bohomiantown last Sun-
ay taking in the gardens and the beer-
alls , Yes , Indeed , reform carried the
ay. * How could it bo otherwise , with
laccill , who ropresonta all that is pure
and incorruptible In city politic ] , as Mr.
Boyd'a right bower and chlof organizer ,
1th Ed. Walsh , John Qulnn , Jason
jowis and other marketable labor agiU-
era and striken , battling among the beer
ogs for "Boyd and Reform. " But while
'Boyd and Reform" did carry the day ,
nd while the good and the plona on the
Ill-tops , labored as zealously hand In
and for reform with the gamblers , and
ar-tenders and keepers of low dives , it
s to bo deplored that their labors were
owardod by such a slim majority. It
was a narrow ctcipe , and whllo wo do not
rofoas to bo a religions organ wo would
uggost that prayers ba offered np by the
ministers for the miraculous escape of
teforru from defeat at the hands of the
wicked and ungodly.
BELT LINE TAX DODGERS.
It remains to bo seen whether the
) maha bolt line railway , which so far Is
a paper road , Is to have Its property ox-
mptod on the ground that It comes nnder
ho right-of-way of exemption. Wo pro-
ume that the assessors will omit from
ho assessment rolls all the valuable lots
nd lands which the belt line specula-
on have bought up. It is a question
whether our tax-payers ore obliged to
ubmlt to such outrageous discrimination
and Injustice1 There is no moro reason
or exempting property on each tide of
he bolt line than there would be to ex
empt from taxation the property on each
aide ot the street railway. Suppose the
same rule should bo applied to the street
railway , millions of property on each
side , -within ono hundred loot , wonld
; o nntaxed. Suoh on exemption
wonld not only be absurd , bnt
would bo a wholesale robbery of the
ax-payers. So It wonld bo equally ab
surd and outrageous to permit such a
robbery on the part of the belt line , yol
i believe that it will be attempted.
Hundreds and hundreds of lots have
been purchased by these speculators
along the bolt line for the pnrposo
than having them exempted from taxa-
tlon. Yet they intend to Improve those
lota with bpildlnga , or lease- them for
warehouse purposes , and otherwise de
rive a big revenue from thorn without
contributing one cent to the support oi
the city , county and state government ! .
In acquiring thesojloU they have ruthless
ly turned people out of their homes , am
in many Instances paid them loss than
the property was actually worth. They
have done this under tbo pretense o
condemnation of property fcr railroad
right of way. Bnt very little work has
been done on the belt line , and wo havi
no faith in the enterprisewhatever. . Wi
don't believe that it will bo completed In
twenty years , If ever. Meantime all this
property that the speculators have aeizei
upon la likely to be withdrawn from taxa
tion , and the burden of ( axes thus madi
much heavier upon the people , unles
immediate and determined steps an
taken to compel those audacious high
wayinen to pay takes like any otho
property holders.
PRESIDENT Fiflii , of the Marine bank
of Now York , has been weighed in the
scales of justice and found guilty o
embezzlement , During Ills trial it be
came evident to all that he had been
actuated throughout by criminal greed
He admitted that he charged from 50 t
CO per cent interest on the advances
made to Q rant & Ward , and that h
droir over $000,000 In profits from th
concern. He made no Inquiries Into the
ranwcUons of Grant & Ward , probably
iccanso ho did not want to convlnco him-
elf that great frauds were being prao *
iced in which ho was sharing. Flah was
undoubtedly Iho willing tool of thoaconn *
Irol Ward , who used the good name of
Jrant to play his gigantic confidence
game. It la to bo hoped that Ward will
ollowcd Fish to the penitentiary , which
s the only proper place for such awlnd-
ers.
WANTED A WAGON BRIDGE.
It ia becoming moro and moro evident
ivory day that Omaha and Council Bluffs
need bettor facilities for communication
with each other. What these two busy
cities want la a wsgon bridge , and the
imo has como for the parties who are in-
crested in that proposed enterprise to
ako some aotlsn. They have secured
ho charter , and now 'lot thorn go
o work and build the bridge , which can
not help being a paying institution. The
lommorcial and social relations of the
wo cities are becoming moro intimate
very day , and each will bo greatly bone *
filed by a wagon bridge. It was origin-
lly intended that the Union Pacific rail ,
oad bridge should oho bo a wagon
ridge. That was ono of the require
ments of the bridge charter , bnt it has
over been complied with. In a I oad
f a wagon bridge the Union
'aciCc has glvon us a tow-
oat on wheels , which Is generally
onsidorod a nuisance. Tbis tow-boat
rain causes a tedious delay to everybody
who has any business between the two
( ties. People go to the depot and either
mlfs the ( rain or find it already full of
cams and wagons , and then they have to
rait another hour. In the evening if a
erion misses the train , or does not starter
or homo at an early hour , ho ia com-
oiled to pass the night away from homo ,
f the Union Pacific ia so short-sighted
bbt It propoaos to continue the present
ultanco Instead of giving us proper
iccommodatlons , somebody must build
ho proposed wagon brldgo at an early
ay. Other cities , among them being
Loavonworth and Atchlson , have bridges
vor the Missouri to connect them with
owns much smaller themselves , and in
dls way they make a largo territory
ributary to themselves , the trade kof
hlch they wonld otherwise losa.
BETTER TIMES COMING.
The strike at the McCormlck reaper
works , in Chicago , has been ended by the
management offering to restore the wages
o the old rates , and to-day the sixteen
mndred employes return to work. This
oncosslon on the part of so wealthy and
xtenalvo a corporation may bo taken as
healthy indication of returning proa-
orlty. If that company had been In
traltened circumstances and therj had
icon llttlo or no demand for the products
f its factory , it wonld not have yielded.
) uring the period of depression , which
IBS continued for nine months , the aur-
ilus which bad previously accumulated
and which largely contributed to the dc-
ire&slon , has been nearly if not entirely
ixhanated , and the factories in all lines
must now begin to turn out
now supply. Factories everywhere
iavo been resuming operatioEsofter hav
ng remained Idle for months , and many
of them are running with a full sot of
lands on full time. It really does seem
hat after all wo shall have a very pros
perous year. Incidentally the foreign
wars and rumors of wars have aided
; roatly in creating a vigorous demand and
; oed prices for American products of all
kinds. Largo orders have been received
'or arms , ammunition and ether equip
monta , together with canned beef ani
ther focd snppL'es. All this begets a
demand for labor , and consequently
causes a redistribution of money with an
ncroased circulation. Certainly the ont-
ook for better times Is of the most en
couraging character.
GENTILE COLONIZATION OF
UTAH.
It really doea begin to look as if the
Mormon problem could bo solved under
the Edmunds lav , but notwithstanding
; he favorable outlook a pirty of Massa
chusetts men propose to attempt a solu
tion in an entirely different manner.
Messrs. Liwronca , Hale and Thayer , who
are all prominent and wealthy men , have
organized what they call the Utah Immi
grant Aid and Improvement Company ,
the capital of which Is to bo ono million
dollars , The object of Iho association Ia
to take up large tracts of govornmcnl
lands and assist the right class of immi
grants to settle on them and got a gooc
start In life , They maintain that the
only way to redeem Utah is to
colonize It with gentiles In such
numbers as to have a preponderance in
population. They have great faith in
their coheme , owing to the fact tha
they thirty years ago organized
the Massachusetts Emigration com
pany , whioh proved such a great success
In populating Kansas with free soil pee
pie , thus materially assisting in that commonwealth
monwoalth tobecomo an antl-slaverystate.
Theeo men are all earnest and cnthuslas
tic workers , and perhaps they will sue
ceed ia their commendable enterprise o.
redeeming Utah in a similar way. The )
propose to begin operations this season
and vigorously path the work , which ,
even if it does not accomplish the doalroc
result of solving the Mormon problem
will at leaat be the means of furnishing tea
a largo number of persona comfortable
homes upon easy terms in a productive
and attractive sectiou of the country , anc
It must be admitted that their influence
cannot bo otherwiio thanbaneficlal to the
people of the Mormon faith. The most
practical method jutt at preient to solve
the Mormon problem , It strikes us , Is to
procure that muchtalkod-of "revelation , '
abandoning the doctrine of polygamy. If
the Massachusetts reformers can by e
moans bring about the proclamation of
nch a revelation they will save them *
telves much tronblo.
TUB ooal operators of Pennsylvania
iavo continued their robbing system of
paying their employes in orders on tholr
own stores , notwithstanding the law
igalnatsuch practice ) which was passed
; wo years ago. Not long ago a resolute
minor , In behalf of hlmsolf and others ,
ofasod to receive such orders in payment
for his services , and brought suit for his
vages , which ho demanded in mouoy.
3o won the suit , and iho court declared
the law against "atoro orders" to bo con
stitutional. Other minors now propose
to take similar steps , and claims of this
character amounting to over 575,000
iavo boon placed in the hands of ono
attorney , and it IB expected that at least
ialf a million dollars In thcso'claima will
JO Buod for. The mine owners are con-
ildorably stirred np over the matter , but
i is time that they should bo taught a
otson and bo made to respect and obey
the laws. If forced to pay the minors in
cash they will lose the exorbitant profits
which their stores yield them and at the
same time tholr trade will drop off , bo-
canto the minors when they have money
will bo inclined to trade at anti-monopoly
[ tores. The Pennsylvania law was do-
ilgnodto doawaywithan | | outrageous mon-
> polylandif ; enforced , as it can bo , it will
accomplish this much desired result. The
minors certainly are poorly enough paid
without being compelled to take their
wages In store-orders and submit to the
ystomatlo robbery for which those cstab-
lahmonta arc maintained , The same
evil exiats in Illinois to a largo extent ,
and wo are glad to sro that a bill , similar
to the Pennsjlvanla law , has boon intro
duced in the legislature and will very
Ikoly bo passed.
Miss SWEET , the Chicago pension
agent , whom Commissioner Black at-
empted to remove for no reason except
.0 make loom for another , will very
ikoly hold her place until her commis
sion expires. Her canto ia being enthu
siastically championed by all the ropub-
icon papers , aa well as by the independ
ent press and oven some democrtio jour
nals. General Black has no doubt dis
covered by this time that ho raado a seri
ous mistake. It now transpires that ho
did not submit the matter io the prcsi-
lent , but acted entirely upon his own ro.
sponsibiltty. The removal of Miss Sweat ,
whoso management of the pension oflico
at Chicago has been acknowledged to bo
satisfactory , would bo contrary to the
civil service principles OB laid down by
President Cleveland.
TIIEUE certainly must bo something
radically and morally wrong in thp man
agement of skating rinks in Now York
, tate when it becomes necessary to pass a
aw regulating those resorts. There has
loon Introduced in the legislature of that
state a bill prohibiting school-children
From attending links during ichool hours
or at night without being accompanied
by guardians , and also prohibiting the
sale of liquor in rinks. This bill has
been passed by the senate and la likely to
become a law. The bill ia imperfect , in
that it does not prevent ovcr-exerciao ,
which in Now York city baa caused nu
merous deaths within the last throe
montlia.
So far there have been no rascals
turned out of cflico in Nebraska by
Grover Cleveland , and the democrats in
this part of the country are beginning to
bellovo that the president has not been
able to find 'any rascals In c ffico In this
state. This speaks well for the Integrity
of the republican office-holders of this
commonwealth , but it is gall and worm
wood for these democrats who have
labored under the false impression that
every federal office-holder was a rascal.
Tm : attempt of the Lincoln democrats
to express by a vote tholr choice for a
pottmastor to succeed General McBrldo
proved a dismal failure. There were
nearly as many factions developed as
there were votes , The lamentable lack
of harmony amongl the democrats of
Lincoln is as wide-spread as it is among
those of Omaba , and the probability la
that when the time comoa Poatmaator
McBr.'do's successor will bo sheeted oc
cording to the old method.
TUB Chicago citizens' association his
another big job on hand in ferreting out
and punishing the ' 'fine workers" in the
recent election. It lias begun Its work
with a detormlnaalon to let ao guilty
man escape. Already it has caused war
rants to bo sworn out for the arrest ol
eight election judges on the charge ol
fraud , and moro arrests ore to follow.
TUB Saturday night meeting of tbo
democratic spoilsmen was not very har
monloua. No definite plan of dividing
up the plunder has yet been agreed upon ,
and it begins to look noir as If it wore
going to bo a rase In which every man
will have to look out for himself.
WHILI : the British lion and the RUB
slan boar are making faces at each other ,
the Norfolk Bear Is toasting his toes
before Dr. Miller's fireplace , ready to
spring upon any piece of political plan-
dor that may bo thrown to him.
Now comes tbo democratic editor ol
the Plattsmouth Journal with a card
alter the style of Bets Miller. He re
fuses to sign any moro petitions for office
seekers , bnt advises them to get the party
manigers to help them out.
Ir the railroads wonld cancel the passoa
of the democratlo patriots who pome to
Omaha every llttlo whllo to parcel tut
tbu.patronage , there wonld bo an end to
.heir pow-wows.
OLD-TIME POLITICS | IN NEBRASKA ,
A great deal ban been written about
iho early history of Omaha and Nebraska
rom lime to time by different persons , who
iavo handled every subject except our early
xditical campaigns , As these campstgns
wcro of an Intensely interesting and exciting
nature , and ware participated In by men who
attained to political prominence , many of
whom are yet ranked among Nebraska's' most
irominont and influential citizens , the UKR'S
listoiian presents to the readers of this paper
* political chapter of tha early days. The
acts have been obtained from various sources
md have been compiled in what might bo
.ermod a connected narrative.
*
In 1853-5J the Kansas-Nebraska
bill was introduced by Stephen A. Douglas to
uiabllsh a new doctrine , as a compromise be
tween the extremists of the north and the
south. On ono side were the propagandists of
slavery , who took tbo ground that
the constitution carried slavery
everywhere. The anti-slavery men of
, ho north , except the abolitionists , held that
.ho constitution carried slavery nowhere , but
that it had a right to exist in a state where it
was established by legal constitutional law ,
[ rat could not lawfully go into any free terri
tory , and that it w the duty of congress to
restrain it if it attempted to go thero. The
Douglas compromise wan to leave all terrlto-
ies open to popular sovereignty , which meant
the right of the people of the territories
vote slavery up or down , as they chose.
After the passage of that bill , Kansas and
S'ebraska were opened for settlement. A fierce
struggle occurred m Kansas over the slavery
question , resulting in war and bloodshed.
ilow few people of to-day know or bo-
love that Nebraska was once a slave territo
ry. Bnt such waa the fact. The first census
of the territory , taken in 1854 , gave a popula
tion of 2,710 whites and 13 slaves. "When I
came to Nebraska in 1859 , " said Col. E. D.
Webster to the writer , "thoro were seven or
eight slaves owned near Nebraska City by
some emigrants from Missouri , under the Bu
chanan idea that the constitution of
the United States gave them the
right to Ihold thorn hero. During
.he fall of 1S59 a colored servant girl from
Missouri passed through OnAlia way-billed
as an express package , and consigned to a
United States military officsr at Fort Kear
ney. Very few people saw anythlqg wrong
about it , and no ono raised any fuss. Some
'ew anti-slavery people merely remarked that
t waa a curious express package. "
* * * ,
There was no republican party organ
ization In Nebraska in those days , and there
never had been , A few men here and there ,
and some scattering mombara of the legisla
ture called themselves republicans. Tbo
democrats usually nominated thair regular
candidates , and then two or three other men
would start In as independent candidates. Up
to the fall of 1859 the regular dem
ocratic candidates , however , had always
t > eeu elected. In tbo fall
they nominated General Estarbook for delegate -
gate to congress , and Immediately there ap
peared half a dozen mon who wanted to run
independent democratic candidate ] , but
none as republicans. How to organize a re
publican convention and consolidate the vari
ous factions Into a movement against the reg
ular democrats had for some little time pre
vious been the question with a few earnest
republicans. It was In August of that year
that a few known leading republicans wore
invited to a conferenc3haing in view such an
object. Such men as John TafTe , Dnvid L.
Collier , of Burt county , A. S. Paddock , John
3. Bowen , Elatn Clark , E H Kogarn , also of
Dodge , S. II. Wattles , Henry T. CJark , of
Sarny , T. M. Marqnette , S. H. Elbert ,
Dan H.QWheeler , Sam Maxwell , Jamas
Sweet , Judge Bradford , of Otoe , T. W.
Tipton , Sam Dally , of Nemaha county ,
Elmer S. Dundy , of Richardson county , and
others were invited. Sonic came and some
didn't. The result of that conference was
the calling of a convention at Bellevue to
nominate a republican oandidate for delegate
to congress. The call was signed by a com
mittee appointed by that conference , The
wisdom of calling a republican convention at
that time was disputed by savoral influential
men , who subsequently joined the republican
party. Among them were John M. Thayer ,
Hiram J ? . Bennett , O. II. Irish , K. W. Fur-
nar , and some others in Nomaha county ,
who soon afterward became republicans.
Most of these men believed that papular sov
ereignty was too popular In the territory to
bs defeated. The men who mot in that con
ference wore like a band of broth
ers. "A braver and moro honorable
set of men , " Bays Colonel Webster ,
'I ' never mot anywhere , and it was gratifying
upon my return to Nebraska to find nearly all
of th'm in the front rank of their various pur
suits. "
On the democratic side at that time wore
arrayed all the federal office holders in the
territory , Among the leading democrats
were Governor Black , Judge Wakely , Hall ,
J. Sterling Morton , John A , Parker , Wm. E.
Moore , Dr. Miller , Georsro B. Lake , G. W.
Doane , A. J. Popploton , A. J , Ilantcom ,
Jonaa Seoley , J. M. Woolwortb , J , E. Boyd ,
J. Y. Finney , William Uttln and others ,
all of whom were men of character and
ability , and exceedingly bright and active.
That campaign brought out on each side all
tho'/.representative ' men. It wai
the first earnest contest v held
In Nebraska. The democrats held
their first menttng on the stem of the Ex
change building , now occupied by the United
States National bank. The republicans ad
vertised their meeting ; to take place at the
same place. Judge Alfred Conkllng , father
of Ilosooe Conkling , Sam. Dally , E. D.
Webster , and A. S. I'addook were announced
to speak on this occasion. The United States
marshal , William H. Moore , soon after the
handbills wore distributed , advised the re
publican leaders to change the place of meet' '
Img , as " ( he democrats would not permit ab-
olitlunlsts to hold meeting In the streets' "
Word wa * pissed around among the repub
licans , who armed themselves and aesem
bled at the appointed place , prepared
to defend the right ef free speech.
Judge Conkllng presided and made ths first
speech , and was foIloweJ by E , D. Webster ,
who wai rudely interrupted three times by a
fellow named Luce , who three times said ,
"That's a Ha. " Immediately after the third
time , young man named Na h pitched Into
Luce and gave him terrible pounding and
drove him away , Nash came from Spring
field , N , Y , , and was raised near Mr. Web
ster's old home. When the war broke cutjhe
went back to New York , and enlisted as a
prhate in ths lllith volunteers. He was
wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks , and re
tired from the army with the rank of major ,
He li now police justice of Buffalo. After he
bad whipped Luce , ha shouted ,
"Go on , Mr. WebsUr , that will not
interrupt you wain. " The meeting then
proceeded without any further trouble , and
piored eminently luccewfnl.
tt k
Sam. G. Daily was thenomlnia of the
republican convention for delegate to con
? TMS. The next night otter the nomina
tion he went to Plattsmouth , and , much to' '
the surprise of his republican friends , made A
squatter sovereignty speech. This so dis
gusted Dave Wonttvorth , a bright yonnpman
who came out lo Nebraska with Mr. Web
ster , that ho got drunk and resigned Irom the
tdltorshpoftho"lepublican"whichw ! { sthon
being conducted by Mr. Webster.
Wcntwotth said there WAS no
use trying to organize a republican
party in Nebraska , and ho 'i coordl gly re
turned to Now York. Webster , liuwavor ,
proved himself equal to the emergency , Ho
wrote ft stiff republican speech , such as Daily
ought to have made , and published It In tbo
"Jtopnblican , " representing it as tha opoech
filtered by Daily at riattsmouth. When tbo
paper reached the South Platte country , the
DougUs democrats called Daily' * attention
tlon to it , and oxprosicd surprise that ho
should make ono speech and the paper report
another-that the speech that ho made for
local effect was a squatter sovereignty speech ,
and that the ono for foreign circulation was di
rectly opposite. This annoyed and purzlod
Daily , who came to Omaha to Investigate tbo
matter. "Who rcpo ted my apoeoh at riatts
mouth ! " aakod ho of Mr. Webster. ' 'No
body reported it , " replied Webster. "I
wrote such a speech as you ought to
bavo made and which you will have to roako if
yon are going to run as a candidate. You
made a d d locofoco speech. "
"I can bo elected on squatter sovereignty , "
said Dally.
"But you must educate the psoplo , and the
sooner they learn the bettor It will bs for the
territory , " replied Webster.
After a long conference , Dally invited Web
ster to go with.him to Nebraska City to hoar
bin next Bpaecb..but . Mr. Webster could not
go. However , Daily made a good strong republican >
publican speech at Nebraska City , and from
that time ho continued to grow strong us a
campaign speaker. Although ho was an illit
erate farmer , ho waa by no means an Igno
rant man. Uii grammar and pronunciation
wore Imperfect. Ho pronounced
'schism" ' as if spelled "skism , "
chair cheer ; scare ekeer , to , and the dem
ocrats dubbed him "Sklsms" Daily , They
continued to call him by this nick-name un
til ho taught them to roapeot him by his ofB-
cioncy in debate and his subsoiuont election ,
They challenged him to joint dobito.i with
his opponent , General Eitabrook , an educated
man and an eloquent and logical talker.
Daily's friends hesitated to allow him to ac >
cspt the challenge , but they finally accepted
and several debates were held , Dally alwnjs
maintaining his position creditably , notwltb
standing the fun that was made at bis bad
pronunciation and grammar. Meetings were
held all over ths territory , and tha contest
brought out the strongest men on each
side. Among those who Bpoke for
Daily were Paddock , Collier , Thayer ,
Bennett , Tipton , Duudy , Hitchcock and
Lockwood. Among thoia who addressed
meetings for Eitabrook were Governor Black.
Morton , Miller , Daano , Rankin , Poppleton ,
Lake , Rcdlck and Strickland.
The republican ! ) everywhere nominated a
full legislative ticket , as did also the demo
crats. When the election was over and after
tbo returns were in , the republicans found
that Daily had received a majority of from
150 to 175 votes , but the democratic nowspa
paper , tha "Nebroskan. " claimed the election
ofEatabrook. It did not state , however ,
whera the discrepancy in the republican fig
ures existed , or where the democrats expect'
cd majorities from. Finally , when the re
turning board , consisting of Governor Black ,
Chief Justice Hall and United States District
Attorney Bowen , met and the returns were
opened and counted it waa discovered , to the
great amusement of all republicans , that Buf
falo county , in which Fort Kearney was located -
cated , 150 miles beyond the frontier Grand
Island being thn frontier at that time had a
return of 202 votes. A thorough investiga
tion revealed the fact that the return waa
manufactured in Omaha , that no election had
been held in Buffalo county , and that the re
turn had been filed with the tcovernor'n secre
tary with this knowledge. The certificate of
election was given to Eitabrook , bat Dally
contested the election and waa awarded his
seat in congress.
_ _
When the legislature met It was dis
covered that of the thirty-nine members of the
house , tbo republicans had thirteen nni the
.democrat * twenty-air , the latter being about
equally divided between the Douglas aud the
Buchanan wings of the party. In the coun
cil , which hold over , the republicans had only
two members , and the democrats eleven , of
whom six were Douglas men aud five were
Buchanan men. The republicans redolved to
put the democrats to a test on the question of
slavery , and a committee , consisting of TnlTo ,
Marquette and Bowen , selected by a republi
can caucus , was appointed to draft a bill pro
hibiting and abolishing slavery in Nebraska ,
That bill was introduced either by Taffo or
Marquetto. The breach between the Doug'
las and Buchanan democrats had greatly
widened , and the feeling was very bitter ,
The governor was a Buchanan man , and the
fecretary , Morton , waa a disciple of Douglas ,
Nearly all the southern federal ollico-holders
were Buchanan men , while the northern office
holders were either followers ol Douglas or
squatter sovereignty oien. The Douglas men
generally supported the blllto nballahond pro
hlbltnliivery , and after a fierce struggle , It
parsud both branches of the legislature , and
went to the governor for signature. How
many people are there In this sUto who wculd
think that the la t democratic governor Nefl
braska ever had w uld have vetoed this bill
on the ground that It wan unconstitutional ,
end that the owners of slaves had a right to
hold them nntil the state framed a atate con
stitution and was admitted to the union ?
Yet the governor did it. During the debate
Strickland , who was speaker of the bouse ,
made a very etfoctlve speech In favor ot tha
of the bill. Tha bill passed the
house by a bare majority , and then went to *
the council , where It was thoroughly debated
by Dundy , on the republican side , aiaUted
by the Douglas democrat * and opposed by the
Buchanan men. "Governor Black vetoed it in
as able a itato paper us I have
ever teen from any source , " gays
Col , Webster , "It wan statesmanlike
and courteous. Meeting tbo Hon , Alfred
Conkliog , who was than redding here , I
asked him to write a review o ! Oor. Black's
mesxsga , and although unnecessary , I ad-
monlthedhiin that , as I bad great respect for
Black personally , not to bo nevere urattash to
the veto message any other reasons than those
arising from a sense of official duty. Conkllng
cheerfully made tbo ravlew , which was pub
lished , and which all republicans and all
Douglas men felt was completa and satisfac
tory refutation of tha eophittriea of the
slavery propagandists aa predated in the
governor's message. According to the Buch
anan idea slavery waa ntlll lawful In the ter
ritory.
During the progress of the debate on
this bill in the council U , W , Doanu , who was
a member from Washington county , and who
was at heart an anti-slavery man , but whi
hod morn regard for the harmony of the party ,
than ho had love for freedom , Introduced a
serlra of resolutions M a substitute for the
bill , Thoio resolution * recited that the legis
lature WAS democratic , that harmony WM o
great consequence , that there waa no danger
of slavery ever being firmly established In
Nebraska , that the bill was Intended by the
abolitionists as a fire-brand to divide and
distract the democratlo party } therefore it was
Inexpedient at thli time to give any further
consideration to the bill , and it should bo ! n-
difinitely postponed. Without criticising this
proposition tho"Republican"dubbod the aulho
George Washington Resolution Doano ,
which name he bore for a long time , and eron
unto this day bo enjoys the joke when ie-
minded of It
[ To be concluded next Monday. ]
NtiUIlASKA'S ADMISSION.
Kx-Sonntor Thayer Contributed an In
teresting OUnptor to the Karly
History or i ho Stnto.
WASHINGTON , April 7 , In March ,
1800 , tbo question of forming A state gov
ernment WAS agitated to some extent , and
the proposition was submitted to the
people for a convention to fraino a con
stitution. The measure was defeated ,
,
the vote being 1877 for and 1087 against.
Looking back after so r&any years the
movement to organize n stnto government
at that time with so tow people scorns
almost preposterous , for by the census of
that year Nebraska had only 28,000 In
habitants.
An enabling not was passed by con
gress on the 17th of April 18C4 , provid
ing for the formation of a constitution ,
and the admission aa a state Into the
Union , but the people neglected to take
requisite action ut the Ume , and the
matter dropped for a whllo. The prac
tice generally , has boon for congress first
to pass an enabling not ; and the terri
tory is then admitted as a state. lint
Nebraska did not follow that course.
During the tcision of the territorial leg
islature in the winter of 18CG , a constitu
tion was drawn up by that body and
submitted to a vote of the people , at an
election hold on the 21st of Juno follow
ing. The result was a small majority
In favor of the adoption of the consti
tution , I think about 125 votes. Provis
ion was also made tor the election of
members of as'ato ' legbhturoat the eamo
time which met in Omaha , the then capi
tal , July 4th , 18GG. At this session ,
Hon. Thomas W. Tipton and the under
signed , were ohoaon United States
senators in expectancyto ba admitted to
the ecnato when the state should bo
admitted. The procleo vote on the adop
tion of the constitution is not at this mo
ment accessible , bnt my recollection in
that the vote , botn for and against , waa
considerably less than 4 000 on each side.
Provision was also made for the election ,
on tbo same day with the vote upon the
constitution , of state oflicors , and for the
election of a congressman in October.
The republican convention for the selec
tion'of atato officern was held in Platta-
inouth , and Hon. David Butler , of Paw
nee county , waa placed in nomination for
governor ; Hon. T. P. Konnard , then of
Washington county , for secretary of
eta'e ; 0. P. Mtaon , then of Otoe , for
chief justice ; George B. Luke , of Doug
las , aud Lorenzo Crounso , then of Rich
ardson county , for associate justice
of the Duprcmo and district courts.
These wore ol'ctod , except Mr. Mason ,
who was defeated by Hon. W. H. Little ,
the democratic candidate for chief justice ,
who was an exceptionally popular man ,
tnd who ran ahead of his ticket. Ho , ffl
however : , died not long after , never tak
ing his seat on tha bench , according to
my recollection. The next year Gov.
Butler appointed O. P. Mason chlof jus
tice to fill tbo vacancy.
Directly after the election of eonatrrs
ia July , the writer proceeded to Wash
ington with a copy of the constitution , to
ask for the admission of Nobraaka as ono
of the stB'caof the Union , congress being
then still in soeslon. There was very llt
tlo ground to hope for the success of the
measure , though there waa hardly a doubt
of the favorable ao'im ' uf congress in
regard ti it , bnt the trouble WOK with
Andrew Johnson , then crestdont. It was
anticipated that ho wonld decline to give
his assent t } It. The time waa not aus
picious ; It waa right in the
midst of that fiorcoly-con'cstcd ' struggle
between President Johnson on ono sldo ,
sustained by the democratic party , who
had bnt just cmo > to hia support , attract
ed by the proa joct ol tbo spoils aud patronage -
ronago of oflico , for democrats were aa
hungry and thirsty then as now , and tbo
republican party on the other , the senti
ments and feelings of its members
throughout the country being IntonslGod
and embittered by the conscioutnosa of
the betrayal by Johns jn , of thoao who
had elevated him to the second of-
co In the gift of the nation , and
flora which , by means uf au asaissin'a
murderous bullet , ho had stepped into
the presidency. Why the repub
lican 1 national convention of
18G4 , in Philadelphia , which
1a ro-ncminatod President Lincoln , laid
aside Hannibal Hamlln for Andrew John
son , the writer could net understand , for
Hamlln J had always proved hlmsolf a well
tried t and f.ithful public servant. The
result proved the exchange to have been
worse than a crime , it was a blunder.
Very \ coon after Johnson bucamo prusi
oont , ho began to coquet with the oppo
site party , and to evinou a determination
to Inaugurate what he called "my policy , "
in opposition to tha policy of the party
which had elected him , and to make hlm
self the head of the democracy trusting
that pirly wonld ro-eloct him president
in 1808 , bat ho miserably failed , for that
party was willing enough to ueoolrn ,
but was not ullng to make him
president. . Ho did not take warning
from the fate of John Tyler who , twenty
five years before , and pluyod the oamo role
on which ho was now ab ut to enter , and
whicli resulted in a most dlsiml failure ,
The contest between Johnsui and the
republican parly becsmo so virulent and
bitter , that social intercourse between
them elmost entirely ceased. Very few
republican senators or members entered
the White lioueoagdn while ho remained
president.
It was in this condition of things that
Nebraska first knocked at the doera of
congress , and said , "let me in. "
Arriving in Washington tbo writer
called upon Senator Wudo , chairman of
the committee on territories in the eon-
ate , aud ono cf the noblctt , truest patri
ots of this ago , or of any other age , and
made known the object of the call. He
replied ; Well , I have been expecting
somebody from Nebraska on this busi
ness , and am glad yon have
come , for wo want Nebraska
hero. Have you gnr sometlilng that will
pass for a conttitatlon ? " 1 answered that
thought wo h&U , handing the document
to him. After glancing through it , ho
said there was to bu au evening session
that night , It bilng nu r the adjournment
of cjngrcBi , and requested me tj como to
the senate , Whtn It convened he imino-
