, 1860-03-15

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- oxAuA, March s,h; 1870.
The irat grand and general contest between
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""o 1>ePuo''e""s' ~ 'a'0 Ae'4'
tory' came on On MondaJ last. The contest last
fall on Delegate to Congress was mostly on a
purity lest, but ,till there we're elements simu,y
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oPp's''ou !" p'o@s'a's'y on.c'a's' "n'ea '"tus'eo
With it, The Republican Delegate was elected by
at least 200 minority Of the legal voters and yet
Goy. Black. 1ndoe Nan md n. s district A..
s~ A' r-
toFney bowen VINO were Inc bo2ro o1 canvas-
sers, received ess candlc.box yotcs from Fort
Eearney. where tbere are not 10 within one
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uuoafeo miles; = were 'ece .'eo aoo a'lo"eo
from Calhoun County, where there was no eli C.
ton noticed or held, and only voters live in
III. x~ho,a ,,,,ntx, 1oa ~o.au ,-a,a ,atrnad and
'A' "ao,o e'uA9 40 'ose9 1e'a4"ea ''Do
accepted from AEau-qu'-Court county, where
but 40 men lise. These fraudulent yotes were
a11 for 1fe Democratic eand;dnte, and we're tu]ly
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proven .fououlens peloFe .nc noaso o' ean.as'
sers. Thus did Zen. +. 4. Esterh1ook, Ex' US.
District Attorney, rot his certificate as Delegate
to concres.. s. q. Dai]y contests. and has ali
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the proofs no" os1o1e toe Aouse IL "&sone-
gross frauds perpetrnted at that election were
almost self.ey,dent to the people OF the Terri"
tori, and did much ia incense them against a
partr nh'ch prolcllrd Squa'ter Sovereignty,
butpractised Squatscr Tyranny. Notwlthstand-
ing the election Of DAILY to Congress-, the ma
jority Of our Territorial Legislature were Demo-
Gratis. 4 few Of these be,ug Douglas IN stripe.
aud believing the Legislature could and should
exclude Slavery, aided the kePnbllcaus III pass
ing law to that effect. Gov BLACK, however,
retoed the law, and thus proved beyond per-
adventure that squatter Sovereignty meant
neither more nor less s. tuan ddmsnas1rdtaon
OSc5at Sovereignty. The people, OF course,
ir4ud and defeated the popu uar Will 0y ro'ssus-
cry vetoes-
The election on Monday was to take the sense
Of the people on the question OF holding Con
ventlon to frame Constitution tor atate
Government, and ulso to choose Dele :ates 10
that Convention in case the people voted lea
The whole msusnr: was devised and hastened
aspirants to Senater'nl honoEs under Tue anticl'
pared new Tfgtme. The result oi Tue popular
vote was b majority Of ab.ut 400 FOR hold,og
the Convention. aud tue result Of tue KePntli-
can vote was to el.ct about fouE-ti Of their
Delegates to manage the Convention Douglas
County, where tie Republ can party OF tue
Territory vas first organized IN 1S,S, elected
erery Republican -candldate by nearly nun
dred average minority. This has ulxaJs been
the stronghold ot the Government officials. and
was supposed to be lmpreguable. The Repub-
ltcaus organized here without = prospect OF ric-
tory in Omaha City or Douglas County, for
years to come, but 10 on tue second lille they
hare gained a victory in both city and county,
whichestablishes Repubcanism on permanent
basis.
An election held the same day for city Off,
GERS. with each marty io full strength, resulted
in electiug Republican Mayor, Council, As
SCISSOR and Treasurer, by lnrge mejor.tics. The
Constitutional Convention MI els at Omaha in
in April. aud wil! represent the ubitity and tal-
cpt Of Nebraska. Judge Conk'ing is on. Of the
members from this CITY. aud is well known East