Omaha daily bee., 1884-05-07

fHk NdRTH PLATTE LAND oFFfCF.
When the term OF DIR. Buckwurtb,
register Of the North Platte land Office,
expired about two mouths ago, Alonzo
Fl. Church was recommended for that
place by Senator Henderson and Con-
gressmen Valentine, Weaver aud Laird.
Senator Van Wyck alone refused to con-
cur, because ne knew Mr.. Church to be a
very Objectionable man. The appoint
ment was made by the president, sent
into the senate, and hung up in the COM
m-ttee on public lands, where it still
hangs. The chief hacker of AlonSo II.
Church was Congressman Valentine, and
the people in the North Platte district
very properly hold him responsible for it.
He had full knowledge of the crooked
career Of this man Church, and turned a
deaf ear to the circumstances which came
in from men of all factions and parties.
The death of the late John Taffe, about
six weeks ago, caused a vacancy in the
receivership of the North Platte land Of
fee and the selection made by the dele
cation, except Van Wyck, was equally
odious and unpopular. IL is true that
John d. Seaman, of Kearney, whom they
recommended, was highly endorsed by
numerous prominent Nebraska officials,
but at home, and particularly in the
North Platte district, where he is best
known, this mar Seaman would not be
endorsed for anything. He is oneofthose
monopoly henchmen that have disguised
honest and reputable republicans by their
subserviency to corporation influence and
their collision with jobbers and public
plunderers. But why did the state Off.
GERS and men in high position endorse
snch a mani Why do they endorse eve-
rybody that 'pretends to WELD political
influenced 1t has become a mere matter
of form in this state for governors, state
auditors, judges, treasurers, and officials
of high and low degree never to refuse
when they are asked to endore an appli.
can't for Office. Some OF the worst bar
nacles and political dead beats
that this state has ever produced
have gone to Washington with the best
endorsements. In fact, it is o good deal
easier for a notorious shyster and politi-
cal carbuncle to get recommendations
from public officials, than it is for a mod
est, well-behaved citizen. This explains
why such men as Alonz) Fl. Church and
John d. Seaman have been recommend
ed so highly to the powers that be, at
Washington. But when it became
known that Seaman was an applicant
the indignation which had been running
high over the appointment of Church
rose to its highest pitch. The result was
tho contest in the North Platte land
district, in the republican primaries and
conventions was not whether Blaine or
Arthur should be the choice of the party,
but whether Valentine and his land office
appointments should be endorsed. When
the convention met at Norfolk last week
every delegate in the North Platte land
district came down primed against VAL
entine. In North Platte Church was
showed under and his ticket was beaten
five to one. Seaman came in with a dele
CATION from Buffalo county with General
Conner as his candidate for Chicago, and
Conner, who might have been elected on
his W merits, was defeated by MacColl
Why Senator Henderson and our dele
CATION in congress did not inform them
selves concerning the standing of Church
and Seaman, we cannot comprehend.
Birds of a feather always flock together
and Valentine very naturally picks the
most disreputable barnacles he can find
for the most important positions. 1t is
to be hoped, however, that Senator Man
derson and the other members of the del
egation have discovered by this time
that the selection of Church and
Seaman WIS ill-advisei and uppopu-
lar.
The protests and remonstrances that
have reached them from responsible and
disinterested republicans, and tho action
OF the Norfolk convention ought to ad.
monish them, under the circumstances,
to have both these names withdrawn.
The North Platte land office should be
opened without much further delay, and
if the wishes of the people of that dis
trict as expressed through their chosen
representatives to the late convention
r respected as they ought to be. our
delegation will have no trouble in reach
ing a choice that will be satisfactory.
A BURE EAU OF IDL ENESS.