Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-10-30


he must needs explain that the property
fer which his money had gone was located
in Washington, Iowa and Chicago. Not
q dollar in the territory he begged to rep
resent. Not a dollar among the people he
claimed as his neighbors, but every cent
disposed of in the states of Illinois and
Iowa.
1t is useless to go on with his speech.
his effort and the disgust with which it in
the feeble response to an effort to get up
cheer for him at the close.
SPENCER. a
The one good point he made was on his
brother carpetbagger, Senator Spencer.
Said Bennett:
.sAfter 1 went to the Black Hills in the
spring of 1877, I granted an injunction on
the Aurora mine. I returned in June to
Yankton to attend the supreme court.
While at Yankton Senator Spencer sent
dispatch to Gov. Pennington asking him
where Bennett was. Pennington replied,
In Yankton' Then this almighty Sena-
tor sent dispatch flashing over the wires:
Hold him until I come; 1 have impor-
tant business with him.
"a few days later Spencer arrived in
Yankton and sought an interview with
me at Gov Pennington's office. He pro-
ceeded to business at once He is a man
of business. He said: Brown & Thunn,
bankers in Deadwood, Hon. Tom Platt,
ex-member of congress-, Senator Roscoe
Conkling and myself have purchased an
interest in the Aurora mine and [ have
come down to have you dissolve that in
junction you granted in favor of the Hid
den Treasure' I said to him, let me see
your notion He replied I have none.'
"'Have you any additional testimony
to ofIer?' He replied, I have none
"'Have you given the opposite party
any notice of this application? He an
swered no.
II then told him, I do not do business
in that sort of a way
'.He then shuffled around, flushed up and
stammered out that he didn't want me to
do anything improper. replied that he
ought to know that such proceeding was
highly improper. He then changed his
tactics and came at me with this question:
4 suppose you know there is a petition
circulating the hills for your removal ??
II answered Yes, and you
HAVE GOT 1T IN YOUR POCKET
at this moment He squirmed and de-
MED the charge, but he had it all the
same. He went on to say that the peti-
ton was being signed by the whole bar,
and that strong effort for my removal
would be made and he thought it would
prove successful. 1 said l knew just
what members of the bar had signed it,
and knew it would not prove successful,
as the department of justice would take
no action without first making an investi-
cation; that no truthful charges could be
made against me that would warrant r.y
removal I asked him if that was the i'm
portant business he had with me. He re-
piled, 1t was and bid him good day.
mo man can make me believe that
Senator Spencer didn't come with that pc
tition as threat over my head. He ex-
pected me to cringe and bawl what shall
I do to avert this disgrace to myself and
family! He would cunningly reply:
dissolve that injunction and this petition
will go no farther"
Judge Bennett Favored his remarks on
Spencer with the statement that he dare
not return to the state he misrepresented;
that he was United States Senator with
out state or Il constituency and was a
stencil in the nostrils of the whole coun-
try. II beg your pardon" he said, for
his introduction into this hall even in
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