Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-23
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
On NebraskR's Senator-Elect.

nay iesA III NcbIdSkd pOiiuCSl ou
account OF tie fact that we are
neighbors, the result of the recent
contest OH the other side
OF the Missouri will attract q great
deal Of attention in this State The
successful candidate, Hon. Alvin
was In former years a ,
prominent citizen Of Iowa, having
removed to Mt. Pleasant in 1925
40 years ago. He
was frequently in public
lie during his residence
there, having been a member of the
convention framing the constitution
under which Iowa was admitted to
the Union, afterwards a State sena-
tor then a delegate to the first Re-
publican State convention eve held
in Iowa, and q delegate to the Ma
tional convention in 1850, when he
took an active part in the nOmina-
ten of Abraham ] lincoln, by whom,
q few days after Inauguration, he
vas appointed Governor of Ne
breska Territory, a position he held
fur six years, and after his retire
ment to private life he continued
his residence III Omaha, where and
IN New York he has been engaged
most of the time in the banking
business. In 1858 he was a delegate
from Nebraska to the convention
which nominated Grant and Col
fax, and in the Senatorial contest of
1901 he was a candidate for the
position which he has in this strug-
gle secured.
Glenwood (Iowa) Opinion: After
a protracted contest the legislature
of Nebraska elected, on Thursday,
Ex-GOv. ALVIN Saunders United
States Senator. Gov. Saunders is
citizen of Omaha, and at one time
lived in Dieasant = this State.
He is a man 81 great ability and in
fuenceand the Republicans of Ne
trsska are to be congratulated on
| their choice of such a man to rep
| esent them III Congress.
HIICHCoCK'S SUCCESSOR.
Chicago Post: The defeat of
Senator Hitchcock in the Legisla'
turs of Nebraska is not q netional
calamity. Six years ago he was
elected 10 the United States
senate after a sharp, bitter, aud
hotIy contested struggle, and the
then Senator Thayer was sent into
private life. He is a very respscta-
nle gentleman in private life, out
Tie Senatorial chair was rather too
big for hin. TIE opposition to his
re election began to show ITSELF &C
lively two or thee years ago, after
it appeared that the Union Pacific
railroad owned him, and bis Sen
atorial career proved 10 be unsatis
factory TO the people Of Nebraska
Hitchcock is one OF the sa~lary-grao'
bling order OF legislators, OF the ioey
Bagstoek type, "deviiish sly" and:
as a veneered politician, resembles
but is not equal to, Logan. The
people of Nebraska concluded tina
they would prefer to be honestly
represented in the eenate by a ma
who had capacity enough to ris'
above the machinery of partisan
ship, aud who would have SOM
conception OF craftsmanship. The.
wanted reform. They wer'
determined that the pledges o
the Republican party, so far e
they had the power should be re
deemed. Hitchcock, backed by tn
railroad interest and the few friend
to whom he has been faithful, Ell
tered the contest with desperate en-
ergy. Even Logan has not Tough
more eners etically. But he faIle'
to secure the coveted endorse
ment /; and on the 4th c
March must give place to a gen
tlemau who will &c a credit to th
youthfuI State OF Nebraska, 4
Iov. Alvin Saunders, who was th
last Governor OF the Territory c
Nebraska, to which office he wa
appointed by President Lincoln
He is thoroughly cOnversapt wit
the affairs of his State, is eminent
conservative. ana Is a man OF integ
rity and ability, is broader in III
views than his predecessor, and wi
add to the influence of Nebraska i
the national councils.
THE NEBRASKA SENATOR.
Burlington Hawkeye: The re
..IF ~ tha Onnntnrfot nnnfQSt 4
NEBRASKA, in the election of e2
Governor Saunders, is highly graf
=. Tying to the Republicans of low:
t where he SO long resided and is
well and ~favorably known. Go
Saunders came to Iowa (then Micf
: ;gan territory from Sangamo
county, Illinois, IN the fall OF 1888
, aud located at Mt. Pleasant. Blu
lington was the nearest pOstoffit
for nearly two years. Finally q
, office was opened at Mt. Pfeasan
t and he was appointed postmaster
, President Jackson, He held VI
rious other offices of trust durir
our territorial existence, and was
|, member of the convention whic
] framed our first State constitute
+ IN lS46. He represented Hem
county in the senate at the sessio
1876, when the Hon. James La
3 Ian was first elected to the Unite
Y States senate. The success OF Il
g latter st the time was greatly due
the earnest efforts OF the Hem
county delegation. He was a del
e gate to the first Republican Sta
o Convention in Iowa, that met
Iowa City the 22d day Of Februar
1856, and took an active part in s
: curing the adoption of the platforr
: which remains substantially u
!, changed, and under which the pa
Il ty triumphed in twenty-one su
4 cessful campaigns.
AS q delegate to the Republic;
s national convention in 1860, he W
u an original Lincoln man, 81
did excellent service in aiding
secure his incarnation, and duril
the campaign was not an idle spe
tator, put worked 10 place Iowa
the lead of Republican States.
During his nearly thirty yea
: residence here he ri always fol-
II most in everything tendil
q to advance the interests
HE county and Stot
Is and an active worker {
s. several years as director of the O
t. Burlington d Missouri River re
road. No effort was left untried
carry it forward TO successful col
pletion, and he put his shoulder
the wheel at the time it needed no
x terial aid.
In the spring of 1861, he resign
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