Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-31
TRAIroRs IN TIVE cAHp.

seen a more Disgusting exhibition of j.,
than was manifested by the Cass county
delegation in the House. on the question
Of The location Of the Capitol on Friday
last.
The question had been brought mp in
the Council, a bill had been introduced
and passed the second reading, locating
the Capitol at Plattsmouth, and there was
every prospect that it would pass the
Council aud become IA law. The samr
question C me mp in Tire II9u G, and upon
The motion 20 insert P~ialtsmouih, y were
Tor Il, and l3 against it. The second
vote resulted ia a lie, and according To the
rules OF the House, lost. Atthis stage of
The proceedings the Cas- county delegates
wheeled intoihe Omaha ranks. and voted
to insert Omaha in place Of Platismouth.
y few remarks upon the conduct of
these gentlemen will bring this article TO
close for the present.
On the motion to insert Plattsmouth,
Mr.. Latham, the nrLL-wrArHEa of that
shomclss delegation, lead of in q nimsy,
pointless harangue in favor Of that place
asserting that it was the most central. the
most widely known, and more likely to
have the Great Pacific Railway run
through II, than any 0 her place he
knew of-thc most intelligent inhabitants
and The best represented Of any place in
the Territory. in fact, Nature itself had
designed that place expressly for the Cap
itol Of Nebraska, and common sense and
common justice dictated the proprieJy Of
locating the Capitol at that p I'M. There
was the center Of population, the focus Of
intelligence, the center Of everything cal
culated TO draw the Capitol, and make its
location permanent.
The question 10 insert Omaha being up.
all the great reasons why the Capitol
should be located at Plattsmouth, vanished
into "thin air" and Omaha was the place
for the Capitol--Par sreelenL.
Like priest ike people" II the peO-
pie Of that place arc like, or anywhere
near 1.-THE representatives which they
have sent To The Legislature, they don't
deserve the Capitol.
We respect the people Of Omaha for
voting for their own pet place-lhis is
jus! what we expected Of them-it is in
accordance with their W interest, and
tho interest Of their constituents, and
their conduct has the merit of consisten-
cy. They are doing Just what any un-
scrupulous individual would in their sit
uation-they are trying to get all thoy
C ITO work for themselves and for
nobody else. The question of ri ght or
wrong is nothing TO them. Interest and
nothing else is the rule by which they in
tend 10 be guided when they legislale for
''he whole Territory"
But what interest have the people Of
Cass county in locating the Capitol al
Omaha City? What good can it do them ?
Is their interest promoted by putting the
Capitol at a goodly distance from them?
Would their interest be promoted by put
ting the Capitol at a distance from the
superior advantages which her mlgnani-
mousIy little representatives say their place
presents.
We say that the representatives Of Cass
county are either traitors to their c%onstit-
uenls, or the people Of that place are too
besotted in ignorance 10 comprehend their
own interests. We say the representa-
lives did MOI do all they might do TO carry
the vote for their "irst choice place.
but abandoned ii without a struggle. No
resistance was offered that would do cred
it 10 a school boy fifteen years old.