The Red Cloud chief., 1875-04-21

On Reoersl principles il d hardly
appropriate OF in good taste for . eid-
zen 70 NEEDLE 10 the local s6airs of
county 10 which be hes neither resi-
6ep~ or property interest County
seat fights, the scramble Of local poll
ticiaas for o6ce, and the success Of
this or that faction 10 the Management
Of srs purely fsmily mstters.
that should Be directed and carried on
b. those directly interested in the re-
sall, and b. % o else. The e'nverse
Of tbis Il thst towns OF individuals 10
tsssaed 10 these local Trolls should
not epdeavor to drag the outside world
into their quarrels.
A. III our readers are we'll aware,
there has been . war Of long standing
between the rival towns Of Hastings
and Juuiata. A, citisens Of another
county, it VA none Ct our particular
fuuersl O. to which Of the towns anne
out ahead. though We believe that the
sympsthies eff majority ofthis county
we're with Juuista. Be this, q it may,
the fight va their own, and they
shos3d hsve conducted it without in
tsrfsring With the rights and privileges
Of other countiea It is weIl-known
thst Bastipgs vas the segresaor, and
that Juniats stood on the defensive.
The good people Of Hastings deter
mined to win 10 the fight. BY fair
means If possible, but were bound to
win 1t al hazards. The end justifes
the means. appears to have been their
motto from the beginning. The cleo
ton 90 the question Of relocating the
s~oaoty-seat c.me of on the 9th inst,
o. which day there was 40 election
thresghout the State for members Of
Tie Constitutional Convention. Web
seer county happens to be districted
with Adams and Kearney counties,
asd two members we're 10 be elected
By this Nov /. good sound
v6n0 6ouil have dictated that Adams
county, with the home fight on band.
keep ont Of this other matter. only 70
6r q it was necessary to secure COM
pctsnt aud worthy men to represent
tbs district. But Hastings was deter
mined not only to run Adams county.
bat. slso. the remainder ofthe district.
With a set Of delegates 10 Convention,
the greater part of whom we're elected
Ct hidden caucuses, they made NOM
nations, without the least regard to
the fitness Of the men or the wishes Of
the people, or the interests Of the dis
tsict. The only qualification asked or
deired. was that the candidate be in
favor o removing the county-seat from
Juuiata to Hastings. The nominations
made we're &C palpably and fea.fa!ly
unit that the people Of the district
could not be forced to swallow the
dose. A general feeling Of disgust
prevailed and the consequence was
that at the polls the convention nom
inses we're defeated. 10 Adams county
the c~anvassing board acted in the most
u%nwarranted and illegal manner. The
County Clerk broke open the scaled
packets Of ballots, contrary to the
plainest provisions Of the law. and the
cauvassers threw out the vote of Cot
tonwood precinct, upon the ground
that tho election board was not sw ern
10 by . person authorized to admins
ter oaths. This was done for the two
fold purpose Of getting the county seat
and defeating, possibly, Thorne for
the bon. con. With the first reason
vs have nothing to do. but the other
affects our interests, or would have
done. but for the fact that Thorue,
bad . majority without the vote Of
that precinct. 1t is true that tie MA
jority is . small one, but It is sufficient.
The extreme selfshness of the Hast
iugs people, and their readiness to
violate every principle Of Law, honor,
and justice to individuals has over
reached itself, and they have set up q
bowl at the result that can be only
squslled, not surpassed, by the inhab-
itsnts Of the internal nit.