Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-09-14

~24x INSTRUMENTATION
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shis, shsy nov sstesnps ID defeat sbs So
|aioa of tha coassnt t5y representing b
a. q faisare. The only accounts sank
fron Des Holmes b lhcFg ssspesisian was
lhss shs Gsaxsnzson braks ~ mA raw.
assa by tba seeding Of a iargs number gs
asssxa&zs mas aem0saisxe3s Thsss ae~
ssslnix are ns<arty false. Cav. Skons was
Ill sgInserses tbs aay hasors the massiag
Oh hc Conreatior arsI there foand trails
LIN kbe pcrsaas sf Mefherson. Ruby. Mar
rav. sad cone fear or Rvs oshess, % eaY@
RI nat scheme which BIZ. had spasDeteis
10 break ap the SolsisarSs Gee sestian nj
Dss Maines on The I'D. he fssrssishsa
them maaey to % to Des Moiags, appfy
for seats in the eoSYention, and when they
should fail 10 controlling ne eouventIan
10 the interest of stnae and bis asgrn
suffrage platform, then ssceda from toe
coaEeniion.
The GomInittes On credcntisIs reported
| iha presence Of the Madison county dele
rati0m wish areds5siala whieh showed thaa
they had Iooms Instructed to endorse the
nominations Of Stone by tha Republican
negro suffrage Geuyealioa Of Jnne datb-
The committee said:
ss0n sxamining their credentials. ws
fina that the convention that nominated
shese gssElsmen adopted tue felleEiag
resolutions:
Rssolred, ID. That ne depreeate the
| action of the Uaian State Cauxeusioa
which assembled aG Des Moines, Jana
Ia. 1865, Ia agitatina the negvs ssHrags
question, gss w@ heartily enlorsa the nom
| inatiens Of said coaventien.
"IIswiIt be pfreeived that these gentle
| maa are not entitled to seats, al they 9o
not bring themselves within the caTl oil
| the conveksan. aSsi weHld recommend the
adop4isn Of the following resoiasiou:
Resolcsd, That .hr delegates of Maai-
son county he allowed seats ia tlis eon-
yention provided thsy pledge themselves
| TO abide the action thereof. anil gige .
hearty support 90 the candidates nszmisap
ted by this epgysu4ion."
The report was adopted, and as Stones
delegates would not pledge themselves to
abide By the aeti N OF the convention they
were properly refused sssts In tie eoaSe6-
ton. There were but aerea who left, and
theee imm8diatfly joined party OF
| Stones admirers in Dea Moines and held
s onsshorse side show as Sbwnian haH,
where they earriedout ia q feehls way the
instructions which Stone had given fhem
BY endorsing hizn asd hia negro suffrage
platRorms The SoIdiers' Csnvsntiaa
meantime proceeded With iss business.
sa8 accomplished its object 80 we'll thas
the niggsrheads mar wish propsiety be
creased Tor feeling sors over their signal
| failure. 9
This Mcpherson. who beaded the Ssops
deiegatioa fsnn HaafsnF csunty, end who
run the Sherman iFsii meeting of Des
afoines abolitionists as its chairman, be-
longs to shat class Of patriots who we're
Known among the Eofjiers ia the srraY as
Of Ecials in the sH'Thief " Depaysncnt.
His service conslssed In stealing saldiersa
ratiohs, and swindiing the government In
SonmissaFy contracts, end be was Kicked
out Of the army for the very bungling
manner in which be performed bis laboys.
He never wasa soldier, and tbougA his
Eproelivities far petty larceay may gntitls
Ihia 'eonstdrrasiun among sha adssrem&s
Of Stone be has 40 quality a. sosdier sg
citizen ahieh recommends him 10 she re
Espeek, or sYeH liberation, of respectable
white men. The worS which be assesaps-
ed. hat failed 10 accomplish as Dss
hoiers. in the pay Of Stone, 10 In perfect
keeping with bis character. A rhes9 ana
coward in the arnay, be is ne Iess .
thief aAd coward IN the employmsut os
hEs Master, t6s shirt bare Of Sbalob----
The soldiers Of lews waaId iess their
4c8f -respcct by being associates wiak ths
Iaa bred scouHdrel, MePherson, and ahey
did we'll to refuse part in theirprassea-
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