Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

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that the republicans of the Fourth ward
will never again honor mo with Il seat
in a county convention. Coupled with
this puerilc threat, the charge is made
that | betrayed the ward by antagoniz-
ing every one of my associates and intro
duCing resolutions calculated to en-
danger Mr.. Yo5t's candidacy for state
treasurer. The climax of public rebuke
is reached in the declaration that in
Wow of MIR. Yo5t5 candidacy the propo-
sition to endorse MIR. Leese fell little
short of II gross betrayal of Il sacred
party trust.
Mr.. Yost's champions have overshot
the mark. They and Mr.. Yost do not
appreciate the f~orbearauce | have
shown in the present canvass \ man
may cOndonc and forgive injuries but
he never can forget them. There has
been no t~reachcry. 1t is not true chat |
have betrayed any trust of the Fourth
ward republicans in refusing to fall in
with w. j. Connell in promoting The
candidacy Of Casper f.. Gost. My name
was placed on the ward ticket by the
Cornell caucus unsolicited, and | GER
tainly would have resented any attempt
to pledge me to the support Of lost.
| can never forget that Casper +. Iost
at the outset of my struggle against
great odds in the newspaper field, used
his position as acting postmaster Of
Omaha in an arbitrary and lawlcSs at
tempt to suppress THE BEE, and followed
up this outrage by making himself a
party to Il personal assault on me by a
bully in his employ while L VAS peaci-
bly, procuring my mail.
never can forget that Casper T..
Yost with Paul Vandervoort and others
concocted Il plot in Host's private oom
in the postofice building which
resulted in u murderous assault
upon me with a slung shot by u colored
brute who was sent to the penitentiary
for doing their bidding.
With the indelible marks of this as
sault upon my head, it certainly was
more than generous for me to nave re-
Trained from saying one word against
Mr.. Eost up to this time.
But waving all personal feeling, lam
impelled now, in duty to the party and
the state, to give Il few public reasons
why Yost is not entitled to the most lu-
crative state Office at the hands of the
republican party.
Mr.. Yost has no claim upon true re-
publicans who lay stress upon loyalty to
the party. He was an a~ble-bOdied
young man when the war broke out. but
| Chi pl-h1 hi. 1ttit- TO il. nD,rAtn,- md
nevereven hired substitute. Within six
months after he came to Nebraska he was
made deputy United States marshal.
Within two years after the assassination
Of Abraham Lincoln, when treason was
still rampant and the country was
about to be handed over to its
enemies by Andrew Johnson. Mr.. Yost
became an apostate to the party and
Johnsoni2ed with other o~fiiceholders
who were willing to wreck the repub-
lican party and the country for THEN
selfish ends. He hoped to organize the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS party and supported
j. Sterling Morton, then u pronounced
copperhead, for governor.
When u. 5. Grant became president
l u QUO iOoG Npo plpHlpllN bC1oScu as
United States marshal. From that time
until he was made postmaster of OMAHA
Yost never spoke of Grant except in
terms hat are applied to the vilest o
vile men.
In 1870, when General John NJ. Thay,
er, who had served CALAMITY through
the entire war, was recognized
us a stalwart republican, haC
voted in the senate to impeach Andrew
Johnson and was II warm supporter o
General Grants administration, vas
candidate for recollection TO the United
States senate, Casper T.. Yost made
common cause with the democrats anC
supported the democratic legislativ,
ticket in Douglas county against tn,
straight republican ticket which wa
pledged to r~e-elect Thayer.
During 'Yost's incumbency as post
master Of Omaha, he used his powe.
and influence repeatedly TO defeat re
publican candidates who were person
ally offensive to him.
In 1876 he organized his posta
employees and helped to defeat w
j.. Cornell, then republican candidate
for district attorney.
In 1855 Mr.. Yost joined hands with
the democrats again and supporte(
James L. Boyd for mayor of Omaha
against Murphy, the regular republica
candidate.
With such a political record Mr.. Yos
has certainly no claim on the party, es
pecially in view of the fact that he ha
held lucrative federal offices aurin
fully half the time OF his residence i
the state.
But even if his party record wa
without a blot, Mr.. Yost is not a ma
whom the state should plac
in charge of its treasury. The chic
claim made for him is that he is al
Omaha man and would do Omaha grea
service in the state boards of transports