Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 20, 1885, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. ml&mmfltflmh. m-lommumm 1w, /bt | e Weekly Bee, Publihsed every WERMS, FORTTAIR. , with premium. . e Four, wikhous promiscn 8ix Months, withoul premium All Oomrunioations relating mabbers should be sddressed o the PUBIIRSS LATYERS. Al Bustnees Letters and Remittanoes should be dressed Posismne COMPART, ONARA. P s and Pow ofioe OFders $0 be mads AT able 0 the order of $he sompany. $HE BER PUBLISHING 0O, Props. R ROSEWATER, Eprron A. H1. Witoh, Manager Daily Olroulation, Wionm will Mr, Boyd appolnt as the amplre? NenraskA has the honor of orlginating Arbor Day and high license, both of which are now established in many other tates. ArL the talk about Manning wanting a change from his cabinet fosltion to the oollectorship of the port of New York Is all bosh. He has all the change he needs i the treasury. Tur obituary notices that have been prepared in antlolpation of General Grant’s death will probably have to be shelyed for some time to come, and it is hoped for year: Gex. Hazex has resumed business at the old stand. If he will now regulate tho weather and glve' us a sample day or two of the ethereal mildness of spring all will be forglven, Tae Sioux City Journal says that «Omaha is getting the benefit of a rall- war now belng waged by roads between that point and Chlcago.” The benefits have not yet arrived. The faot is that Omaha has not recelved any benefits from any of tha rallroad wars that have occur- red during the last ten veara. — GENERAL GRANTS phyalclans now ex- press the opinlon that he will recover. This is gratifylng news to the people of the United States. The old commander's grit has as much to do with his improved condition as the efforts of the doctors. It begins to look now as i the doctors had mlistaken a serious ulceration for a cancer. Presipest OLEVELAND has made an- other batch of appointments. We have carafully looked over the list, but could find none from Nebraska, Perhaps after all the fat and important places are filled Mr. Oleveland will throw a crumb or two among the hungry Nebraska democrats. An indignation meeting is now In order. ] Tue publishers of the Century Maga- sine are about to take a step which will be heartily approved by the reading pub- lic. Begioning with May, that perlodi- cal will hereafter be issued on the lst day of the month of which such number bears bate. There was never any good reason for the custom of issulng maga- zines ten or fifteen dsyas in advance, and 1t is to be hoped that the example of the Century will by followed by all the others. Tue Columbian government does busl- ness In a wholesale manner. On Weodnexdsy last it gave ordera that 100 of the worst rebel prisoners at Colon shoald be put on a vessel and taken out into the boy and drowned. The order was CAr- rled out. This Is a very exponsive, orig: 1nal and expeditious method of dlsposing of prisoners. The sharks in Colon bay, no doubt, enjoyed a feast. Tue Sloux Clty Journal Jowa democrats ara disposed to complaln of tho president’s neglect in not bestow- ing upon them some of the party honors. The democra's of Nebratka are in the same boat and can sympathiza with their towa brethren. The Iowans, like the Nebraskans, are dlvided into two bltter factions, and the president evidently pro- poses to let them fight it out and take his own time In awarding the honors of the party. Prommirion in Kausas has simply transferred the drlnking business from tho saloons to the drog stores. The con- sequence {s that Keanaas ls the best state in the unlon for drug shops. Alcoholio drinks are recognized medlcines In the pharmacopeis, and when & thirsty Kan- san desires his accustomed beverage, all he has to do is to go to an apothecary with a physiclan’s certificate and got it. It requires a little red tape, but that Is nothing to & man who is determined to bave his drink. Beeides, In many cazes the oertificate Is dlspensed with. —_— Ax Interesting and important case un. der the Slocumb law has just been tried at Brownville, A woman, whose son had been killed by s drunken man, brought eult against three saloon-keepers for $10,000 damages, cn the ground that inasmuch as they had sold whisky to the murderer on the day of the killlog they were llable for the consequences. The mother was dependent upon the son for her support, snd the jery awarded her $1,000 damager. The cass will be taken to the supreme court, The result In this oase shows that saloon-keepers cannot be too careful about eelllng liquor, In order to protect themselves and thelr bonds- men they must use scme judgment In thelr buslness, for they are undoubtedly Iable under the law for the consequences of thelr acts as liquor dealers, The case shows that men should be very careful about going upon the bonds of saloon- koepers, M'GILLICUDDY AND RED CLOUD. So much hag been sald agalnst Dr. MeGilllenddy, the Indian agent at Pine Ridge, by Red Clond and hia faction, snd the white frlends of the old chief, that the coming Investigation by the Interlor department is awalted with considerable intereat. Red Clond s already at Wash- Ington, and McGillicuddy is on his way there. McGilllonddy has been investi- gated two or three tlmes and has always 1] come out on top, He certainly has dcne good work at Pine Ridge, and we believe that his adminlatration has proven satis- factory to the Indlans, with the exception of Red Cloud and his faction, who con- stitute but a small portion of the large body of Indlans that are located there. Red Cloud, ever since he was de- vosed from the ochleftainship, has been a dissatlsfied man and a dis- torber of the pemos, and when McGillicnddy had the mnerve to put down a revolt on the part of Red Oloud and his personal followers, the old chief- tain's hatred for the agent was (ntensely increased. McGllicuddy at affalr was sustained by all the ng chiefs among the agency Indlans, Farther- more, all the complaints concerning the agent have cyme from Red Olond. From none of the others have we heard a word agalnst McGillicuddy, who, if given a fair hearing, wlill probably convince the Interior de- partment that' the charges against him f fare for the most psrt un- founded, while thoss that have any foundation whatever have been greatly exaggerated. Under the clrcumstances, he Is probably as anxious as Red Cloud to have an Investigation. S— A THREATENED SOCIAL REVOLU- TION, Base ball has 'become the recognized natlonal game. It has been fostered and encouraged by institutions of learning where physical recreation is necessary to properly maintaln the mental equilib- rlum. The sober and sedate professors have become ardent admirers and sup- porters of the game, and even the theo- logleal students from the divinity de- partments are beglnning to follow in the popular drift. Young men, while secar- ing an education, have perfected them- selves In the art of base ball, and have adopted it as a professlon owing to the handsome compensation that I glven to crack players, There s no resson why an expert base ballist should not be oalled a “professor” as well as’ the expert roller skater who makes his llving by his fancy work. OF all]sports base-ball has been con- sidered the mcst ennobling as well as the most exciting. It Is patronized by all classes, the high, the low, the rich and the poor. It has been given an impor- tant placa In the news columus of the daily press, and has become one of the institutions of the country. It was hoped that this popular amusement would be kept froe from scsndals, and that it would not in that respect slnk to the level of the roller-skating craze. But, alas! we fear that we are doomed to disappointment. We are evidently on the eve of a social revolution, and that, too, at the very opening of the base-ball season. A case has just come to light in Pittsburg, which is bound to attract general attention. A prominent young man brings sult against his wife for dlvorce on the charge of de- sertion and neglect of household duties. He alleges that his wifo, durlng the spring and summer of last year, wasa frequent visltor at the base ball games played by the Allegheny club. When she was not able to get Into the grounds she would go to the res!dence of a family near the park and anxlously walt to hear thoe result of the innings. He remon- strated with her, but it was of no avafl She never had his supper ready for him, and the children were left unwashed and uncared for, and were contlnually crying durlog her absence. Sho made a praotice of betting on the Alleghenys, and as they rarely won this luxury depleted his purse. She be- came 80 infatuated with the sport that she actually talked of joinlog a female base-ball club, This was more than the husband could e4and, and he thereupon left her and eued for divorce, This is, Indeed, a lamentable stats cf affairs In a once happy family, and all on account of the national game. The Pittaburg woman has carrled the matter altogether too far. While we admire her for con- tinually bettlog on the home club, we think that if she had once Ina while made a wager the other way and thus evened up her loases, she might poss\bly have pacified her husband. But, never- theless, when a woman will insist on go- fog to base ball games, bett!ng away her husband s hard-earned money, and leav- {pg him at home to take care cf the chil. dren, get his own suppor and wash the dlshes, we Insist that it ia time to call ahalt, Just think for a moment how this thing will end 1f it becomes conta- glons! Half the husbands in the land will be placed in the position of the un. fortunate Pittsburger. Frivolous people may look upon base ball merely as an amusement to pass away the time, but now that it threatens to invade, demoral. fzo and dlsrupt the family circle, it be- comes & serious matter, and we urge the pulpit-pounders, who have been banging awsy st rollerakasting, to turn their attentlon to bese-ball for the next few Sundsye, and thus nlp the evil In the b, — Tae only advantsge which tke demo- orats of Iowa enjoy over the democrats of Nebrasks s that ln Iows there are some democratis congressmen, who necessarily ocoupy positions which command some attention in the matter of the] distriba- tlon of federal patrooage. Under the system of patronsge distribution con- grossmen are recognized authorlties for THE DAILY BEE-~MONDAY APRIL 20, 1885 recommending and making appointments. In Nebraska there are no demooratio ocongresamen, but those who were candl- dates for congress have becn Ignored and pushed aside by a lot of would-be leaders, thus leaving affalrs In an unsottled and chaotle condi- tlon. Notwlthstanding the advantage that the Towans possess they are not In much better condition than the Nebraskans, ~Like the Nebraskans they are divided Into two bitter factiont. Although the entire Ioya democratic slato central committee had s meetng with thelr congressmen concerning the distribution of offices, no definite result Was arrlved at, Varlous compromises were suggested to bring about & harmo- nlous sgreoment, but they wore all re: jeoted. Finally theconference adjourned without action whatever, and without considering any recommendations to be made to the president, The whole bus- Inets was very much like the recent meeting of the Nebraska democratic cen- tral committee, and the subsequent pow- wow of the Miller-Boyd factlon. Tue outrsges that are from tlme to tlme committed upon Inoffensive and de- fonseless Chinamen in this country are only equalled by the barbaritles oceasion- ally perpetrated by the Chinese in their own country upon forefgners, but because the Chinese are given to such things that is no reason why Amerlcans should fol- low in their footsteps. On the Paclhc coaat Chinamen are frequently treated in tho most barbarous manner. At Ana- conda, in Montana, recently, a Chinese wash-house was blown up by giant powder and five Chinamen were killed. The outrage, as usual, is charged upon hoodlums, who, if discovered, stand a good chance cf being lynched by the re- spectable oltlzens, who are very Indig- nant. In Chlna the outrages upon for- oigners are in all probabllity largely per- peiratad by Chinese hoodlume. We should, therefore, be slow to denounce the Chinese people for the acts of thelr hood- lums 8> long as our own hoodlums tske delight in murdering Chinamen, and generally eucceed in escaping punish- ment. Tae indictment of contractor Budden- slck, of New York, and his stant for manslavghter in having erected a flimsy bullding which fell down and killed one man, is all well enough, but at the sams time the fault Is not alone with the con- tractor or bullder. It seems to us that in such a city as New York, which Is sup- posed to have competent building inspec- tors, the character of Buddensick's build- ing ought to have been discovered and condemned by the Inspectors in time to prevent any catastrophe. The building inspection department is as much to blame as Buddensick, as it neglected its daty. The accident, which might have been much more serlous, will, however eerve a good purpose, &s it will be a warning to builders generally that they are llable for the consequences of erecting death traps, and at the rame time it will arouse the buildiog Inepection depart- ment to a tense of lts duty. The lesson should be heeded not only in New York bat In every other clty. CoNGREss appropriated $300,000 for a postoffice bullding In Denver, and the question now ls what material shall ba used in its construction. Granlte of course has been given the preference by the supervialng architcct, Mr. Bell, but a granite bullding, even ¢f Rocky Mouu- taln granite, would cost a great deal more than £300,000. Archltect Bell, after ex- amining and testing Colorado sandstone, haa found most declded objections to it, and he has therefore recommended brick. This has raised a great deal of commo- tlon among the Denver people, who had set their hearts on having a massive stone stracture. The Denver newspapers have accordingly called upon the chamber cf commerco and city council to petition the secretary of the treasury and the preeident to withhold action In the mat- ter until congrass meets, so that they cen secure au additlonal appropriatlon for a granlte building, Tue Illinols legislature costs the tix- payers of that state §2,000 a day. It has been in sesslon one hundred days, and has virtually accomplished nothlng, al- though it had, acsording to the Chicago Tribune, but four important things to do —the election of asenator, the passage of a good election law, the passage of the appropriation bllls, and adjournment, The probabillty now s that the leglsla. ture will continue in session for the full lmit of time, which Is the 1st of July, and ‘that the expenses will foot up $500,- 000. Thisis piling it up pretty heavy, and the tax-payers will probably agltate the question of making the leglslative sesslon heraafter & short one, either forty or eixty days, In which timeall the neces- sary business ought to be performed. Tak Omaha Herald has just dlscov- ered that extensive land frauds have been committed In New Mexlco, and Burveyor-Genoral Atkinson figures prom- inently in the frauds, Th!s is vo news to the Beg, which has charged Atkinsen and bis ring assoclates with fraud time and time again durlng the last four or five years. The Herald expresses the hope that *!if it 1s not too late to undo thelr work Secrctary Lamar will proba- bly make it uncomfortably warm for the chief engineers of this stupendous plece of rascality.” Iossmuch ss Mr, Atkin- son 1s one of the ‘chlef englneers,” he very llkely will find the atmosphere of New Mexlco uncomfortably hot before the summer is over, —— Warrer Lexyox Maxwell, the au- thor of the St, Louls trunk tragedy, wrots in one cf hls letters that St, Louis was & beastly town, and that nct more than five dollars had been expended there for publlc improvements In a hun- dred years. This charge has stirred the peop'e of that city up to the highest pltch of Indignation, They are more anxlons to catch him on account of what they deem a base slander than thoy are on acconnt of the murder. If he Is cap- tured and brought back he will never be tried for the murder, but will be imme- dlately strang up to the nearest lamp post as a punishment for his alleged libel upon that city, and his body will be dec- orated with the placard: “‘So perish all libolers cf the faly fame cf St. Louls.” ‘Waex the emperors of Germany, Rus. sla and Austrla met at Skiernovice Iast year it was gonerally asked, when they parted, when shall the three meet again? Tt I now announced that they will hold another conference on the political situ. atlon at an early day. Tho meeting wil take place at the oastle of a Galiclan no- ble, on the Russlan frontler, In Austrian territory. Owling to the complications that have recently arizen they will have something worth talking about, and the Indlcatlons are that the conference will have an lmportant bearlng upon Euro- pean affalrs generally. TuE wave of reform has struck Wheol: ing, West Virginla, with a vengeance. Sixty indictments for gambling have been returned by the grand jury. Among those indicted are am ex-governor, a member of the city council, and several leading merchants and manufacturers. At this distance 1t looks as If that grand jury had made a clean sweep, without fear or fayor, which is something rare and commendable In the conduct of such bodles. SECRETARY WHITNEY hasupon his mind a serlous naval problem. An Amerlcan war veesel In the river Min, below Foo Chow, Chins, cannot get out into the open sea because the month of the river {s full of torpedoes, and sho cannot go up the stream becaute it is too shallow. We would suggest to Mr. Whitney that he purchase two or three old Cilncse junks and float them down the rlver to explode the torpedoes, and thua clear the pasiage. Tuae punishment of Gen. Hazen for critleising the conduct of the secretary of war, Lincoln, is a reprimand, which has been given by the president, who con- oludes with: It is to be hoped that the leszon will not be forgotten.” The repri- mand really amoants to nothlng, It is the same a8 a good natured parent would give to a child: *Don’t you do that again.” JunGe Kinng, of Des Molnee, has been tendered the Austrian mlecion, He is called a prominent democrat because he was defeated for governor by & republi- can. Now that lightning has strack in Iowa, it may next. hit somebody in Nebraska—perbaps J. Sterling Morton, who occupies the same positlon in this state aeJ udge Kinne does in Towa. Joux A, LoGaN continues to hold his grip. He received 100 votes In the Illi- nois legislature on Fridsy. He s no nearer election than he was when the sestion opened, but he is considerably nearer the se natorial seat, for when the leglela ture adjourns he will in all prob- abllity be ap pointed senator by the gov- ernor, CouncriMaN Gooomax will take charge of the commlittee on vladucts. A viaduct is the highest ambition of his life. He would rather bave a viaduct than a turinel. OLD-TIME POLITICS IN NEBRASKA. [Concluded from last Monday ] ——Tho delegate to congress was elected in 1869 for the session of congress which began 1n the preceding March, but congress did not miest again until December, The democrats both wings, fearing the election of a ro- publican president, and seeing that the vote was close in the territory, concluded that if a republican should be elected, and all the patronage given to republicans, that they would have no chance to elect a democratic reprosentative two years henco, They there- fore passed an act which was approved by the governor, bringing on the elcction the next year, Accordingly in 1860 the democrats nowinated Morton, and the republicans re- nominated Daily, J. Sterling Morton had received from Craig, of St. Joe, Mistourl, » dispatch stating that the appropriation of $00,000 for the Nebraska capitol had been de- feated at Washington by Daily, and this dis- patch was shown to Col, Webster,who saw that it was intended to be used against Daily and that it would greatly injure him If something was not immediately done to counteract it, He accordinely secured a copy of it and pub: lished it the next day, sud commsnted upon it about as follows: That Daily, snticipating the election of & ropublican president and congress that yoar, and the appoitment of republican disbursing officers, ho preforeed to have the money, when appropriated, pass through the hands of honest men, and that the writer (Webstor) would have done the same thing if ho had been in congress. This explanation was satistactory to Daily’s repub: lican friends north of the Platte. When Daily returned ho was told by Webstor that he must make the explanation good by secur- iog the appropriation, and by rislng above y local jealousles and sectional feeling, which, as the old timers will remember, he did to everybody's satisfaction, o —— About this time, in April or May, 1500, the republican rational convention bad bzen called to be held on the 2d of June at Chicago and It was questionable whether or not dele- gates from tho territories would be permitted to take seats and participate in the delibera- tions of the convention, It was resolved, however, to send six delegates to represent the republicans of Nevraska. The territorial committee was called together and the dele- gateswere selected by that body without holding & convention, the territory being thinly settled and there baiog no railroads or other convenlent means of transportation. The convention was dispensed with to save expense, ‘The delegates chosen were Joh Taffe, A. S, Paddock, I', W, Hitchoock, 8, H. Elbert, William H, Taylor and E. D. Webster, All the delegates, excopt Taylor, who substituted O, H, TIrish, attended the convention at Chicago. Webster was chalr: man of the convention, and announced its vote. Paddock, Irish and W ebster voted for Seward for president, Taffe and Hitchcock voted for Lincoln,anc. Elbert voted for Chase. Irish was appointed by the cobvention asthe Nebraska member of the national committee, He afterwards became superin- tendent of engraving and printing in the treasury department. Hitchoock and Pad- dock beeame United States senators, Taffe became congressman and served three terms Elbert became chief justico of the state of Colorado, ——W hen the territorial conventions met to nominate candidates for delegate to congress, in 1860, Daily was chosen by the republicans, and the democrats selected J. Sterling Morton, who had a well established reputa- tion as a trenchant, vigorous wit, and an elo- gant and ready debater. The democratic committee immediately issued a challonee to Daily te mest Morton on the stump, and much to their surprice the challenge was ac- cepted. They began their jolnt discussions south of the Platte. When they arrived in Omaha, Webster inuired of Daily how he was getting along. “Pretty well,” replied Daily, * but Morton ridicules ' me, and this is rather annoying. He quotes my uogrammatical expressions, and mispronunciations, and in that way gots the lavgh onme.” *‘Dally, why don’t you turn the tables on him?" asked Webster. ‘‘Turn the tables,” sald he, ‘*how?” ‘‘Morton's op- portunities and yours have been very differ: ent,” smd Webster; “‘his father was a wealthy man, and lived in a large city, where churches and school houses were numerous, He had the groatest advantages that a yonna man could have, and which wealth counld give to him. He graduated from college, one of the highest universities in the country. Ho cume west with a small fortune. Your father settled with his wife and family of small children in the heavy timber of Iadiana, and was an exceedingly poor man, He had to fell the timber, cut it into logs, burn the logs into ashes, pile the ashés and maks black or pear] ash, and you have many a time taken the solitary mule or horse which he possessed, and gone a long distance to tha country store to market it, and buy tea for your mother, Your father lived 1n a cabin, 8o remote from civilization that he had to use the ground for afloor, e had no tasm, no plow, no farmn ing implements, When ho had cleared a patch of ground, whero the log hsaps had buraed, he cut holes in the ground with his axe, dropped corn intothoss holes and covered it, and pressed the ground with his feet. There was not a school house or church within reach, but you had o christian father and mother, who gave you such instruction, rude though it was, s they had received, They taught you from the bible and other religious books, such principles as made you, when you reached mavhood’s estate, to love freedom and hate oppression. Such principles have compelled you to be & republican instead of a democrat Your competitor’schildren are blessed, as their father was, with wealth—blessed as the chil- dren of your fellow citizens are not, who have taken up claims on these prairies and who are turning over the sod, and are building school houses and churches, Hisboys in a fow years will make fun of your boys’ pronurciation, as hodoes now of yours, Now, Daily, that is tho kind of a speech to make to get even with him—to turn the tables on him.” “T'll doit,” #aid Daily, who had listened with intense in- terest to Webater’s instructions, ~——Col, Webster went to Calhoun with Daily the next night, In the debate Morton indulged in his usval sarcastic criticisms of Daily, but when Daily replied, remewbering ‘Webster's instructions, he completely turned the tables on him. “His effort was one of the most effective speeches I have ever heard,” says Webster, ‘‘because it was true, While telling about his family the tears rolled down Daily's cheeks. He wiped his eyes with his handkerchief, and the sym- pathetio audience, who were all in tears, followed suit. It was a touchiog sight. That was the end of democratic fun at Daily's expense. Morton never afterwards ridiculed Daily, Morton said to me, after the meeting, 'D—n you, Webster, I am in- debted to you for this, That was not Sam. Daily.” We never let Estabrook or Morton have & debate in Omaha. During Daily’s two campuigos wo steerod cloar of Omaha.” ——The campaign between Daily and Mor- ton was one of the most vigorous that ever oc- curred in Nebraska, Daily was much better equipped, owipg to his experionce in his previous campaign with Estabrook, Ho was again elected, and the republicans also carried a majority of both houses of the legislature, Tn tho coun- cil instead of two members, the republicans now had seven, They were Taffe, Thayer, Marquette, Jtbert, Taylor, Tipton, and Dundy, while the democrats were Doane, Little, Bennett, and throe others whose names do not now occur to the writer, &Vhen the returns on delegate to congress came in, tho “Nebraskan” claimed the election of Mor- ton by a small majority, but as in the preced- ing campaign, it failed to show wherein the republican figurer, which gave Daily the election, wera erroneous. A considerable time intervened betwesn the election in October and the meoting of the returning board, the “Nebraekan" all the while claiming tho elec- tion of Morton, although the ‘Republican” printed complete roturns from every known votiog precinct in the territory, which * a fair ma jority. the ‘“‘Nebraskan' persisted in claimiog the election of Morton, and when called upon by the **Republicen” to state wherein its figures were erroceous it would content itself by saying, “‘Walt until tho returns are in, and the correction is made of those already in,” Meantime a gentleman pamed Henry, who was » democrat, and per- fectly cogoizant of all the facts connected with the mazufacture of the fraudulent and forged returns at Fort Kearney the previous r, gave all tho details to the editor of the “Republican,” withouy giving names, The history of that fraud wuflu\)lhhod with such minuteness as to render the article offensive %o John McConihe, who was the private see: rotary of the gavernor, and to point to him as who had more knowledge of the transaction than was consistent with offi- cial Integrity, and to intimate that porhaps the democrats wxpected to perpetrato » tlilar fraud at this time, Jditor Webster was frequently warned to be on his guard as MeConibe proposed to cowhide him on sight. McConihe's threats bacame so numerous that fuslly one day Webster requested Mr. Wat tles, of Sarpy county. who was in his office at the tume, to accompsny bim on the strect o meet McConihe, They had not gone far be: fore tbey met McConibe with Tom Riley,who v 8city marshal. Both parties were armed. They exchuoged salutations and pastsed on. one I don't think®fcConihe will assault you,” snid Wattles to,Wobster, The two men then entered Lacy & MoCormick's store and sat down, Webster having his back to the door, While they were engaged in conversation McConibe came in, and to the surprise of everybody he dealt Webster a powerful blow on the back of the head, sending him sprawling upon the floor. Waebster quickly picked himself up, and a tusele en- sued. McOonihe wna getting the best ot Webster, when finally tho latter grabbed three bars of lead from the eouater, and in turn sent McConiho sprawling upon the floor, Webster instantly mounted his opponent ae & cowboy mounts his broncho and belabored him until he shouted, *‘T'wke him off.” The bystanders pulled Webster off. Both men then retired to the back room and washed off the blood in the same basin, ‘‘You have treated me very badly,” said McConihe, “I have not treated you as badly as you deserve,” roplied Webster, “‘you struck me in the back of the head like an assassin, Tiuckily for yon that T forgot T had this (showing a revolver), for T would have killed yon.” “‘That is not what I referred to,” said McConihe, ‘it is thearticlein the newspaper.” ''You know that that article Is true; if yon deny it, Tl prove it, and publish the evi dence,"replied Webster. Both roturned to the main room of the store, where a large crowd had gathered. Among those present was United States Marshal Moore, who icdulged in severo criticisme of the newspapers, and said that if any one of them attacked him as they had cthers, he would slice off the ears of the sditors and cut out their tongues, Webstor flushed with vietory over a small man, in- quired if the United States marshal was seek- ing a personal controverdy with him, and if it was not time enough for him to make_ such threats when he wasassaulted, Webster in- formed him that such threats would not pre- vent him, if the occasion required, from mak- such criticisms s were just. Prosently Morton, the democratic candidate for congrees came in, and Webster sald to him, “—— ——you, I am indebted to you for this assault. T ought to whip you, I think T can whip the whole democratic party for this,” Morton laughed the matter off, treating it as & joke, and Indulging in fa- cetious romarks, as was his custom, Ile then went away, and was soon after followed by Moore, Webster then repeated what had been said by Jonas Seeley that *‘Moore was only brave when furthest from danger. When he first came hore ho exhibited an arm full of scars, which he said he received in a bowie- knife duel, but the fact was that he got them while running & cotton-gin.” At the hotel where they were both staying, Mooro said to Morton, *“Why didn't you whip Webster?” “"You ought to whip him yourself if anybody ought to,” replied Morton; ‘he has been making fun of you, a3 I am told, about those #cars on your arm, which he says you got in n cotton-gin instesd of in'a duel.” “Did he say that?” “Yes.” “I'll make him take it back or T'll cut his ears off,” said the blood thirsty Moore. James G. Chapman was present and heard this conversation, and at once went to Woebster, who was still at the store, and cautioned him, Seeloy and Hanscom were both there. The latter said to Webster, “You better get out on the sidewalk and stand up, for I guets ho means business.” The whole party accordingly weut out on the walk, and presently Morton and Moore werc seen coming through the mud, regardless of sidewalks, Morton looked a3 if there was goivg to be some fun, Moore looked serious, and with o koife was whittling a stick, “I understand you have been ridiculing me, and denouncirg me as & coward,” eaid Moote, as he advanced towards Webstor. Quick as a flash Wobater covered him with his revolver, and replied: “You have talked a great deal too much about cutting people’s oars off and taking their tongues out, to come at me with a drawn knife and ask explanations, Stop where you are, or I'll kill you.” Moore stopped. “Put up your knife,” said Webater. *‘Put up your pistol,” replied Moore. “I'll put up my pistol, but you must not pull your knife, If you do T'll kill you,” said Webster. The weapons were final'y put out of sight, and then Moore said: "I understand that you have been ridiculing me, denouncivg me as & coward, and saying that T exhibited scars on my arm, representing that I got them in a knife duel, bat that I really got themin a cotton gin, Did you say that?’ “I re- peated to the gentlemen here,” said Webster, “'a conversation between you and me, and said that T did not think you were very anxious for a personal controversy. Jonas Seeley, to whom you had exhibited those scars, and represented that you had got them in knife duel, told me that you got them in a cotton-gin.” The words had hardly left Webster's mouth before Seeley spravg forward, and with elevated hand, said to Moore, '“Yes, I told Webater that, and you - — coward, you know that it is true!” That endad the difficulty, as Mooro had noth- ing more tosay, It also ended democratic bull-dozing in Nebraska, ~ Hanscom and his brother-inlaw, Seeley, were both Douglas democrats, and were brave and true men in those days. Seeloy is dead, having died in Califcrnia, Within a week after the above episode, Moore left Omaha and joined the rebel forces. He became a commlissary in the confedorate army. ——Finally when the returning board met, to the amazsment of the republicans, they had returns from L'esu-qui-court county of 292 votes, all cast for Morton for congress, and for Bates for the council against Taffo, By counting these 292 votes Morton would have had & majority, By throwiug them out Daily would have had a majority, Everybody knew it was a frand, L'eau-qui-court county was 50 remote, however, that it was a diffi. cult matter to immediately asoertain the facta and secure the proof, The roturn was counted and the certificate of election was given to Morton. The republicans, however, sent messengers to L'eau-qui-osurt county to obtain the evidence of fraud, They induced some of tho parties, who were engaged in the transaction, to appear before George H, Arm- strovg, who was then probate judge, of Douglas county, and testify. ~Armstrong was then a democrat, but is pow and has been for many year publican, Complete evidenco was secured’ It was cortified to by . B, Chandler, who was clerk of ths United Stites courts, sand presented to Governor Black, who zevoked Morton's certificate and another to Daily, The evidence impli- 4 Capt. J. B, Todd, who was the sutler at rt Randall, He was o cousin of Mis, Lincoln, whose husband was then a candidste upon the ropublican ticket for the presidency, This evidence showed shat Captaio Todd, with three or four em- ployes of his store, crosssd the Missouri river, and opening s pretended voting place, veted upon fictitious names which they recorded, until they had cast 202 votes. The return was made up and sent b2 Governor Black's private seoretary, and upon this retur, as alrosdy itated, the buard 1ssued a cartificate to Morton, Morton knew nothing of the is vusuce of the aveond oertificate by Goversor | Black until the meeting of congress, when to his surprise thoolerk, inreading tho roll, called the name of Daily as the delerate from Nobraska, This placad Morton in the atti- tude of a conteatant, but congress awarded the seat to Daily, g ——Col. Webster, who t .ok such an active part in the early campaigns of Nebrasks, came to this state from New York in 18 and bought the Omaha *'Republican,” which had been started by & young man named K. B, Snyder and a printer named Brown, Sny- der was & republican; Brown, who was a per sonal friond of Thayer, was not a repub'ioan, but was the head of an independent faction, among whom wore many republicans, Monell and Meredith wore at the hoad of another taction, whoso mombers were real abolition- ists, not republicans, The paper from some cause ran into debt, and vame under the con- trol of Monell, who drove Snyder ont, and who, whenever poor Brown was pinched for money, advancod the needful and beoame editor instesc of Brown, for the time being. In this way jealousies grew wp betweon the Thayer and Monell factions, Ono week Monell, while acting editor, would ridicule and pitoh into Thayer, and the next week, if Brown had money enough to run the paper independontly of Monall, Thayer would do the editing, Thus the pa- per became utterly worthless and without consideration or respect ms a republican journal, Finally somo republioans, who were independent of both tactions, wroto east for some one to come and take charge of the paper. Thurlow Weod recommended Webster, who finally consented to come to Omaha and straiehten out affaies, Webster bought and ran the paper for six months, whon both factions united to make war upon Piim, but ho GAmb. oub on top, Wabater latt Cobrasks in Auguat, 1861, having 8old the Republican” to Ool. 1. B. Taylor. *He in- herited my friends and my enemies,” saya Col. Webster, “and ho was one of the ablest editors Nebratka has ever had,” SBTATE JOTTINGS, Potatoes are ono dollar a bushel at Blair, The are 303 scholara in the schools of Ponca. Beatrico claims a population of over 6,000, ; Stromsburg's school has an enrollment of 280, A new railroad depot is promised Papil- lion, Emerson has voted for a $2,500 school house. The new school houss at Aloxandria will cost $3,150, Red Cloud is organizing a building and loan association. The population of Dixon county has in- creasad 75 per cent in five years. The Wakefiold Presbyterian church will be dedicated tho first Sunday in May. Two churches to cort $10,000 each, and one to cost 000, are going up in Beatrice, Mock Turtle, ex-chief of the Winnebagos, is ishing up medical soup to the natives of Axtell. The Plum Creck flouring mill, just ocom- pleted, is 35x85, four stories bigh, and cost $20,000. The farmers of Webater county havo organ- izod n society for tho purposs of banqueting horsethieves. _The stock yards of Oash & Tddings, at North Platte, wero singed to tho amount’ of 5,000 Inst week, Wallace Walton tried to “‘catch on” a mov- g tram at Beatrico, The verdict was accidental death. A reward of $100 is offored for the capturo of D. O, Quinn, a sowing machine embezzler of Nebraska City. Dawes county is said to ba filling up_ with sottlers faster than any county ever before wottlod in the stato, The school population of Plattsmouth is 1,638, From this 1t is figured that the popu Jation of the town is 6,002, There will be a tuslo for the county seat of Koya Paha on tho 28th. Burton and Spring- view have put on the glovef. . George Tracy is the first democratic victim of postoftice lightning in tho state, Hy will lick postage stamps at Willard, d Two confidency operators, while bucking the innocents of McC ok, wera captured and bound over to the district court. Hastiogs is_talking up a Fourth of July celebration, There is stock of republican firoworks there to be disposed of. Forty acres of lsnd on Bear creek, on the east side of Beatrice, have been select:d as the site for the feeble-minded institute, Miss Rena Parish, s young lady from Indi- ana, died suddenly at the reridence of her brother George, in Lincoln, last week, An ndustrious organ grinder, and the struggle among democrats for the postotlice, were the leading features of Lincoln life last week., Stromsberg is confident that the Natioual Swedish Baptist college will b located there, "The cost of the proposed building is limited to 810,000, The town of North Bend seems to have got herselfinto a fix, She built a fine new school house and now finda she cannot vote honds to pay for it, Among the improvements under way in Kearney are two echool buildings to cost $10,- 000 ench, and the reform school building to cost 330,000, Tt is expected that the work of ditching the Dakota county swamp_ will begin about July first. The ditch will drain aw immense tract of icrtile land. The Otoe connty grand jury has inaugural ted a much-nseded reform by indicting a sa- loon keepor for selling liquor on election day in Nebraska City. Dixon county voted the 14th on a proposi- tion to issue §20,000 in bonds, with which to take up the outstanding indebtedness against the county, Spunglield, Sarpy county, boasts of a jus- tice of & poace who has clung with all the vigor of a resurrectod bourbon to the offica for nine straight years. Tmmense numbers of stravgers continue to pour into Creighton, every train bringiog in new faces, and the town presents a very mot- ropolitan appearance. Farmer Joues, of Valley, tripped on tha track near the station and” collided forcibly with the rail. He loet his front teeth and some lip in the meloo, The total bonded debt of Otos county with interest due thereon up to April 1, 1886, 18 £402,012,60. This doss not include registered or outstanding warrants . Gangs of awindling sharps are working the farmers in different parts of the state with varlous schemes to enrich the granger and make a fortune for themselvee, A destructive prairie fire swept through a large strip of the Republican vallley in Philps connty last wook, destroying a num- ber of outhouses aud haystacks, Oliff C. Claue, one of the mashing bloods of Salem, in under 83.000 to support s father Josw child, besides payiug $500 to the mother, "Tar is scarcs in the neighborhood, Michael Murpby, a Richardsgn county farmer, was kilied by a runaway team near Rulo last week, Ho was 03 years of age and leaves & W A prominent citizen of Falls City. findivg his wife too free with her affcc s, broke up housekeeping, divided tho property and left bis fickle spouse free to coutinue her down. ward oareer, Harvey 'J'h..m-..lh..r:. wed 8 ‘o:l;-:.hm, buggy from W. H. Lamb, a Liea n:fixg) At lust sccounts b bad failed to 19 tien the rig aud Lawmb ls aluost convinced he hiss been shorn, 5 ‘A man named Willlame, of Fremont, re cei ved 80 from the railroad company for sct. lement of claims for dainage by belag struck o the head by a piece of coal falling from & locomotive tender. The Omaba Repablican quotesa few short paragraphs from tbe state prews justilying 1ts Jim Boyd for mayor.” Butgettiog comfort from that source s like oxtracting blocd from a turnip.—| Fremont Tribuve, The Johnson County Journsl nomina Hon, B, ¥. Perkios, of Tecumeb, tor the p2 support of