Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-01-09
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THE IL REGISTER.
CoLE County, D. T., Jan. 4, 1864

COAE COUNT1, y. =, Jan. 4, ICOt
DEAR REGISTER IL am reminded this
moment that another letter is due. AS !
sit in my "old ricke,y chair and beside
rude cottonwood table, cozi!y within my
long cabin--all the result of my own in.
genuily-dur;ng this cold, stormy day,
think can truly say | am grateful for
even these humble fa7ors. hops all your
readers are equally so. Bat IF the subject
of this letter What shall it be? | have
given yoa hasty sketch Of what | SAW
while at Yankton, and the result Of my
meditation on the road to Nermi!!ion, and
now as am back in my little home just
completed, and comfortable for the winteJ,
perhaps l had better give you tie his
tory of what have seen and heard dur
ing my short residence here, in order that
it may be the better understood how it is
that our county is so unjnst'y and illegally
represented duriog this term Of the leg
islature. l-could not write upon subject
that occupies my mind more than this,
while | am myself smarting under the
wrongs which l shall in this letter try to
deliniate. la the Summer canpai gn Of
1861 the members Of the first Legislature
were to be chosen. DR.. Phillips and Mr..
Frisby were candidates. An invitation
was given the Brule Creek people to held
a caucus at Elk Point to agree upon can
didates in opposition to Sioux Point
Before attending the Mass Convention,
which was to take place on the following
day at Michael Ryans Brue Creek WAS
opposed to this action, and no one attend
ed except Mr.. Watson. The result of that
caucus was that John Il. Wood for thu
Council, and L B. WILSON for the House,
were selected, both of Elk Point.
At the meeting on the next day, when
all parts of the county were represented,
DR.. Phillips being called to the Chair, OBJ
iected, on the ground tha, be did not hnow
the object Of the meeting Mr.. Cole re-
MARKED If the gentleman has walked
the Council or House OF Representatives
of the Territory Q: Dakota, what under
heavens does he know - The Doctor did
take the Chair, after masy excuses, and
then they proceeded with business. Austin
Cole was the first man nominated. Pre-
y;ons to this Hon. w. W. Brookings
attempted to make speech. Mr. Cote
interrupted, by saying that the meeting
could no. listen to him, bu, must now act
At this meeting nothing of Importance
was effected, owing to the large amount
of whiskey drank it soon broke up in
confusion. After this Mr. Frisby started
through the county ~ith paper represen-
ting " That we. the undersigne pledge
ourselves to support DR.. Phillips About
80 signatures were obtained. Afterwards,
w. W.. Brookings circulated the same
paper, although he had previously said at
Elk Point, he did not think him fit for the
position-using strong language against
him, but stated, in order to secure his
: own election. his programme was to talk
friendship and thereby secure his support
and that of his friends. Talking one way
~ onc u,au atiu ot.0.,.~. -,
characteristic Of Mr.. Brookings through
out this campaign. On the Delegate
question he stood frs, Bell, then Todd,
then Booge' and then Todd again.
Z The tickets when made mp, consisted Of
the names of Phillips, Wood, Matthews,
Brookings and Mcbride Oh what is known
as the Bell Ticket; opposition, Wilson,
Wood, Cole, Brookings and MalIoney-
Brookipgs aud Cole were elected to the
Council; Mcbride and Maloney to the
House. John Plnckney and I. Andrews
who voted at that election. were by the
Laws OF that Territory, illegal voters.
"a In the second campaign Of 1862, the
Brule Creek men generally were in favor
Of Jayne, while the Elk Point we're in
favor Of Todd. During the Summer DR..
Jayne and John p. Glaze came down to
Brule Creek and visited nearly every
house in the settlement, Mt which time
Mr.. Glaze made out naturalization papers
for C. B. LaMoure, representing that be
had authority by virtue of the position Of
Deputy Clerk Of The Court. II is suppos-
ed that he did the same for other persons,