Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-29

buy q carload of white paper, and he
stopped off In Chicago merely to get hiI
hair trimmed.
George l. Miller Not an omce-Ped,
der.
Chicago Daily NewA
CHICAGO, ILL.,, December 26.-To TIKI
EDITOR In the interview with me
which appeared In the Daily News thia
morning, your accomplished and also
speculative reporter says that sit is un
derstood" as follows:
1t Is understood that DR.. Miller is on
q political mission to President.elect
Cleveland, the object being to secure as.
suranceS from Sovernor Cleveland con-
corning the latter's treatment of the
rival factions In Nebraska, headed re-
spectively by DR.. Miller and j. Sterling
Morton, the late democratic nominee for
governor of Nebraska. DIR. Miller ex-
poets to secure eS Governor Tilden's in.
~fluence in behalf of the Miller faction,
and on this basis hopes to WELD the pub.
lie patronage In Nebraska for the next
four years.
As Mr.. Morton and other Nebraska
contributors to the Chicago press In my
etate are responsible for this mistaken TN.
Outstanding, l crave your courtesy that I
am not going east to secure assurances
from Governor Cleveland concerning the
~latter's treatment of rival factions" or
any other factions, in my state. Mr..
Morton will do the p~ostotice peddling in
Nebraska, 30 far as | am concerned, but
ha u,I1 ,o1 r,.,, 1,a, A. c..a.l. E o..
ernor Cleveland whom he bitterly OPP
posed in the national convention. [ am
not In the ofice-hunting business. Hun
dreds of the leading men of my party In
Nebraska know, through the Omaha
Herald and otherwise, that l have openly
and constantly refused to have anything
to do with federal appointments there
when, in the far future, they shall come,
except to follow the lead of some men in
securing good appointments and in pre-
venting bad ones. l have urged In
my own paper and by personal appeal,
everywhere and at all times since the
election of Gov. Cleveland was conceded,
that all o~fice-hunting should be held in
allegiance, and that appointments should
come as a mere Incident OF the return Of
euo aoIaoSioeo parry " poWcI. i du
neither the head nor the tail of any fac
ton in Nebraska. I do not desire nor
shall l undertake "to WELD the public
patronage in Nebraska for the next four
years." Mr.. Morton is the gentleman
who conviots himself of being the only
one OF the two men mentioned by your.
reporter who is anxious to perform the
functions of postofice peddler for Ne
braska. 10 secure the position against
the real or imaginary influence and assur-
ed desire o fmyself he recently ''convok.
ed" a meeting of the state committee
under q call whose language was 80 vague
that 1t led to all sorts of speculation
As to the real object of such
3 needless proceeding. Mr.. Morton is
chairman Of the committee. He person
ally supervised Its construction at the last
state convention. BE denied In a Lin
coin telegram to the Times q day or two
g that il was not called In order to en-
able him to peddle postofioes, and that
all talk Of this kind emanated In the
Omaha Herald Office and from DR.. Miller
and ''his assistant" the Hon. James E;
Boyd, member of the national committee,
late Cleveland delegate to the national
convention. and one OF the loudest and
strongest nenin the state. The commit.
tee met Tuesday night in its capital city.
Promises OF postofices were used indus.
triously TO pack a majority-to do what2
l. will state Whot after saying that Mr.!
Boyd did not 60 neal that meeting, and
the undersigned was absent from the
state. Mr. Morton had full swing with
what he calls his own committee. The
following telegram from Mr.. Boyd will
tell the result, and the whole story, of 1t:
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. "a, 1884-To Or.
George L. Miller, Chicago: Committee
ad iourned to meet 10 Omaha March 18y
Resolution sustaining Morton's action
calling committee, and ordering all appli-
cations for office referred to him, tabled
by adhesive vote. j. q. Bonn.
Lhave had nothing to do with, an ap-
parent fight over 1.-The spoils" In my W
state, or in any other state. Isdetest
those two words and much that they I'm,
ply. Mr.. Morton's movement In, Me-
braslga was all his own. 1t was made In
the face of q sound opinion among lead
Ing democrats, and against all that L
could say and print in the Omaha HbnGhd
to prevent even the semblancs of an ex-
louse for such a proceeding. The action
of the committee shows that, in spite of
Mr.. Morton's morbid ambition to control
liza their affairs beyond the legitimate
voice of the Nebraska democracy, who
have followed Tilden and Cleveland TO
two national victories In spite of'his some
times tilent and sometimes rancopous OPP
position, for their great party. are think.
ing of something higher and better than
thsn premature and damaging hunt for
office month";, In advance of tho inangura.
tion of the preside nt and before a single
name of G. member of his cabinet ID
known even to himself. Very respect.
fnllv vorrs GRoRGE T.. MIIRR