Nebraska advertiser., 1867-02-28
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Councilman from Otoe. and making j: a
feat in OlOe, Nemaha and Richard.
son counties. To this bill little Opposi.
zion was made except BY the Otoe dele.
cation its fairness commended it TO all
unprecedented minds. To defeat this was
Of course the greatest effort Of the Otoe
delegation made. To do this a means
soon presented itself. A new bill was
introduced which proposed to take one
member from North Of The Plsue and
place il South. The first named bill was
indefinitely postponed in the Council. and
then the contest became exciting. Then
il became the "old sore" again, North
Platte against South Platte; the Otoe
delegation Ieaguing themselves with the
North Platte members, and " North
Platters voting for the bill. Here the
dead lock occurred IL to IL. with the
Speaker from South Platte. This lasted
through Saturday. The friends of the
bill at one time offering to drop it for the
time being and act upon other necessary
measures; the opposition demanding an
indefinite p-ostpouement or the immediate
admission Of Rolfe, Of Otoe, without sub
hitting bis credentials, which would give
them a majority Of one. Being unable
to agree, the opposition made a bold and
bad move, BY having it noised through
Omaha that South Platte desired this in.
crease to enable them to remOUe the capi-
tot from Omaha! This was a most con-
semptible trick, and, as was anticipated,
soon brought. a mob to the assistance of
the opposition, who backed up by this rab-
BILE, opened up in the most insulting style,
eliminating in a motion by Gus. Harvey
to oust the Speaker, which was carried
almost by The club and pistol.
After the retirement Of the Speaker
and the friends of the bill, Gov. Saun-
ders swOre in Rolfe and the new Speak
er, and a grand time was had at law
making by the eighteen law. breakers, un-
til near II o'clock Saturday night.
This statement, copied from the Omaha
Republican, is varifed by the afidavis of
The Speaker and the sixteen members
who left with him Saturday night:
"In consequence of leave of absence
granted to some, and the failure of others
to CLAIM their seats, the House Of Rep.
r~esentaiiyes consisted Of Ihirty-four mem
bers, on the 10Th inst. At that time Mr..
Rolfe appeared and claimed a seal as a
Representative from the county Of Otoe
it being his first appearance during the
session, and It being the thirty eighth day
of the same. He desired that his creden.
tials should be referred to the regular
standing Committee, rPriSaleges and
Elections" according to the established
rules of the House. This reasonable re.
quest was refused by a tie vote the op.
position insisting. in a most insulting
manner, thatthe credentials of Mr.. Rolfe
should simply be read to the House, and
Mr.. Rolfe admitted to his seat. To this
demand, we felt impelled by a sense of
duty 10 our constituents, to refuse. The
House being equally divided upon this
question, of course no further progress
could be made. Seeing that such was
the case, and determined that the blame
should not rest upon US of defeating nec-
essary legislation. Mr.. Wiles, of Cass,
offered a resolution that we would pass
by the Aportiormenl Bill and some mea-
sures for the benefit of Omaha, which had
given rise to some feeling, and take up
the general appropriation Bill" for the
current expense of the Territory. This
was refused, thereby leaving the insane
and other worthy objects without the nee.
essary appropriation for their support.
We endevoFed to adjourn, but failed by
the came vote. Such was the condition
of affairs, until about 70o'clock p. n. AT.
ter infammatory appeals frem g. w.
Frost and E. p. Child, of Omaha, and
A. F. Harvey. of Nebraska City. adyo-
eating resistance to the legally cOnstitu-
ted authorities Of the House, A. F. Har-
vey, of OtOe, rose, and after a few incen-
diary remarks moved hat the Speaker
be deposed, and moved that a person by
the name Of Abbott be called 10 the Chair,
calling upon those who favored the mo-
ton 10 gay FAYE" Many, if not all, the
opposition said ''aye," but we, promptly
said "no." But without waiting for a
division. in order that the true sense of
the House might be known, the mob
made a rush to the Speakers chair
ThereuPon, the Speaker rose and COM
handed order. This not being Needed,
and many revolvers being drawn, both
upon the floor and in the lobby, the
Speaker drew from his breast a pistol and
leveling the same upon D. S. Parmelee,
Of Omaha, who was foremost in the
crowd, told Them to stand back, which or
der they obeyed. Ia the meantime,
Howard, the SeTgent.at-Arms with a
drawn sword. crcwled upon the Speakers
stand protesting that he was the Speakers
friend, assuring Messrs Wilkes, Fuller
and Daily and Messrs Doom and Majors
(members of the Council, who happened
10 be in the House at the time who had
sprung TO the support Of the Speaker,
that he wac there to protect the Speaker,
thereby deceiving them as 70 his true In
tentions. The Speaker finding il iapOs.
sible 70 maintain order. declared the
House adjourned until 10 a. NJ. on Mon.
dav. and descended from the chair. de-