The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-23
AFfAIRs IN NEBRASKA.

AFFAIRS IN NEBRASKA.
brief telegaphc despatch received several days since
communicated the TACT that majority Of the territorial
legislature of Nebraska had removed from Omaha the
territorial capital TO Florence and that the minority of
the members remained at Omaha with the legislative
records An extra from the Omaha Nebraskian of the
sth inst gives Of the affair the substance of
which present to readers remarkng only that ii
does not agree altogether with another account have
seem which attributes the sudden removal 20 the otous
demonstrations of the people of Omaha in the Legislative
halls while proposition for the removal of the capital
under consideration. The Nebraskian declares that
the difficulty among the members of the Legislature
themselves alleging that the citizens of Omaha did not
interfere The annexed embraces the material portions of
its narrative OF events
The house into committee OF the whole yesterday
morning the 7th nst) joint resolution for the cleo
ton OF public printer. bill had been previously intro
duced for the relocation of the capitol and motion TO
suspend the rules and put it through without delay had
been announced the part Of its friends To consume
time when the house into committee of the whole
the printing resolution, several gentlemen, who
opposed to the removal of the capitol, spoke against
time thus preventing motion for the rising OF the com
mittee At this the speaker and his friends majority
of the house and the who voted for the del
egate resolutions became much exasporated and with
drew from the house the mnority-thrteen in mum
ber--r remaining in committee.
Speaker Decker and his friends came down to the Doug
mittee and get the chair at all hazards the speaker de
clarng that he would have it die. 1t is
ed that the speaker and several of his friends armed them
selves with revoyes Tie chief clerk of the council
found and persuaded to take message to the house
On u message from the council being announced-the
house being still in committee of the whole, Mr. Thra
in the chair and Mr.. Clayes having the foor-an in
quiry made to whether the council in
sion, and the clerk replying that that body not
in session, rule in Jctierson's Manual cited
showing that message should be received unless both
the houses in session which the chairman in
formed the clerk that his message could not be received
and Mr.. Clayes proceeded with his remarks. At this
juncture Mr. Decker who with his friends, had return
ed to the house, started for the speakers chair, and
snatchng the gav from the hand of the chairman
raised it in threatening manner at the same time order
ing Thra to leave remarking that he would take posses
sion of the chair die Mr.. Murphy, on seeing the
speaker in the act of assaung DR. Thrall ncrered and
endeavored to arrest the gavil from his hand, when
pretty general melee ensued, creating OF
fusion Several members spitched In, and it is said
that the speaker would have been pretty roughly handled
had it not been for the timely assistance of MIR. Hans
comwho happened to be within the BARN rolling him
under the table without waiting to suspend rules
DR.. Ihla still kept the chair, and succeeded in re-
storing order, Mr.. Clayes went OH with his speech
Speaker Decker and his friends left the house without get
ting possession of the chair by force and ut length the
committee rose the members present elected speaker
pro and adjourned till the usual hour this morning
The house met this morning at the usual hour the
reading Of the journal was dispensed with and motion
the majority withdrew leaving the minority who elect
ed Mr. Poppleton speaker pro tenn and adjourned until to-
morrow morning The clerk of the house refused to
the journals, minutes and other papers, but kept the
same here at the capitol
About half past ten o'clock this morning Mr. Reeves
in the council moved that that body also adjourn to
Florence The president, Dr. Miller refused to enter
tain the motion thereupon Mr.. Reeves put the motion
himself.
The reason of Dr. Mllers refusal to entertain the
ton was that the Legislature could not adjourn under the
organic law without the Joint action OF the two houses
and the official action Of the governor An appeal was
taken from the decision and sustained by the majority
The president still firmly refusing the question, Mr..
Reeves of OOe in his place and put the question,
which declared by the president to be informal and
out of order but regardless of that, the majority with
drew the council chamber Gov Cunning has issued
order for keeping the journals minutes, &c, of the
council also at the capitol.
The greatest excitement prevails and numerous the
conecures to what will be done. If the withdrawing
enthusiastically in the house and eight in the
c-assembled at Florence, the governor will not and
cannot recognise their acts In the time, those
members of each house remaining here will assemble at
their respective rooms, and not having quorum pres
| ent will adjourn from day to day.
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