Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
FOURTH WARD CIRCUS.
Vaughn's Mass Convention In the
Court House.
Oratory, Profanity, Vulgarity,
Rampant Rowdyism and
Clemor.

entered the county temple Of justice,
agreeable to Invitation In hand bills
distributed by Justice W. r. Vaughan
during the two preceding days. The
last notes of the Juvenile brass band
had died away and the boys were hie-
Ing homeward. In the court room
above, the seats were comfortably
filled, and in places little knots of
men were standing. When we en-
tered Vaughan was already well
along in the frat chapter Of bis his
tory of municipal government In Coun.
oil Bluffs. At intervals the
speaker launched forth adver-
tjsements of his 100 lots for
sale In the lower part Of the
city, his capacity as a and
his knowledge of political economy.
He charged that at the last spring
election the votes which defeated him
for mayor were bought BY democrats
at $25 apiece. do then pronounced q
eulogy on the last council and made a
most bitter and scathing attack on the
present one, using oaths for emphasis.
On the license question he gave his
| views In the following language: "a
high license can't be paid now, but
with plenty of dirt.hauling the saloon
| business will take care of ITSELF" The
work done when 81 and my council
were In power was then stated in
glowing words. As an object Lesson
In putrldity he held up the Globe
to his audience, and stated that Nor
gan was an object Of pity and con.
tempt. s58,625 had been paid by the
present council, and where the money
had gone to was past finding out, as
all grading, sidewalk and street i'm.
provements were taxed against the
AUDITING lots. "They had" he said,
collected S21, 0C0 In blackmail from
Saloons" while he (Vsughan) had
during his administration received but
81, 600 from them In license. "Five
men," continued the orator, ''run thi.
town, and no one has the nerve to
stand up and resist but me; and l am
only a poor, weak little fellow, weigh
Ing but 90 pounds. Continuing, he
charged that scores of poor men's
homes would be confiscated by the
ordinance making abutting lots re.
sponslble for the cost Of paving. He
favored general taxation for such work
ss all would be benefited by improv.
ing the leading thoroughfares. He
fixed the paternity for the ''ordinance
of oonfsoation" upon Judge James,
the democratic candidate for alder
man from the Fourth ward. He also
traced the "'cow edict" to the same
source. He then gave a personal de-
scrlption of James that our modest
type would blush torepeat, winding up
by saying that the aldermanic
paunch Of the judge was about
all there was of him, and that was
serlously decayed. James political
history was related; ho was shown to
be q bolter In supporting John Chap
man and opposing Perry Reel. Nor.
gan, he said, WAS James hired man;
that Morgan run the newspaper
owned by James and that Nor.
gan had bolted the democratic
ticket repeatedly aud without cause.
He named John Chapman, Il. l..
Shugart and Col. Daily, as men who
had been supported by Morgan
although they were candidates on the
republican ticket and their opponents
were honest able democrats. He
proved by recent Issues Of The Globe
that Morgan had within . month
changed three times on the license
question and twice on the COW ques.
ton.
At this point a citizen from over the
Rhine, who couldn't speak good En-.
glish when sober and who was &C
drunk he couldn't speak German
advanced from the crowd up to the
raiaed platform Of the circuit Judge
and began In maudlin manner to throw
his arms and shout.
Another individual on q back scat
about equally drunk screamed
"shame," the bibulous Teuton voolfer.
ated the mor and louder while
Vaughan was trying at the tip end OF
his voice to drown out both. Vaughan
and the Teuton finally gave up, bu,
the man of "shame" on the back sea,
continued to pump forth his favorite
yell for the next ten minutes. The
burly form Of Judge James was seen
at this juncture advancing up the
aisle; bis face was livid, and his right
hand grsaped q sturdy cane. He
branded the preceding speaker as q
liar. No Don said than the adhe.
rents of Vaughan crowded up to the
front as II about to demolish James;
the James men came to the rescue;
there was tist.shaking, exchange OF
resounding names and a promlscuoua
shedding of blood seemed impending,
Judge James strobe UP and down,
swinging his cane and shouting
but little could be heard Of what he
spoke and he to returned to his seat.
Vaughan then resumed the broken
thread OF his discourse and sale
that the records of the city
OF Council Bluffs and curren,
history was all that he had used; thai
he would not say all he could say IL
regard to judge Jamer, but the RECORD
said enough. He charged that Judg,
James owned a block OF lots will
three magnificent residences worth a
least $4,000, but the records showed
their assessed valuation to be 50, 500
That wss Judge Jamea' way of paying
taxes. Another drunken diaturbanc,
took place at this point, at least a doz
en- men shouting at once. JudQ,
James came forward again, thi