Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-11
4 SCRAP OF HISTORY.

Kew towa Obtained her last Governor
Esefores Changing from the Provincial
Relation to the Statehood Condition.
Yarksop, Dec. Ito the Pteas and
Dekotaisn: Iowa was organized as O
8 pasa.e territory IN 1883. locating its
capital in Bufliugtop. Che sect OF gov
erpment was soon removed to Iowa City.
The fist governor CT tho territory Was
Robert Lucas, q former governor of
Ohio. ae was noted Tor his military
powers, calling out the militia to fight
for the contested state boundary between
Ohio and Indiana. He was governor of
Iowa, from 1888 TO 1871 and called on.
the militia to dispute the boundary line
between Iowa and the state of Missouri.
He was also the presiding officer of the
convention in 1882, when Gen. Jackson
was nominated for president.
10 1910, came the restoration of the
whig party TO the control of the govern
ment under their enthusiastic leadership
of Gen. Harrison, Of Tippecanoe fame,
In this change OF administration Iowa
was favored With o new governor. The
story is thus told: 1n l845, when the
writer was called to Iowa Clty to give in
struetion in the embryo college, now
the Wesleyan university, located at Mt.
Pleasant. Iowa, his first acquaintance
with the new governor OF Iowa territory
was OF Iowa City i'll 1874. 1t was Fri
day afternoon and the school was to
have interesting rhetorical exercises, so
the governor and the members OF the
legislature were invited. Among the
pieces spoken was a selection from q
newFpaper-poeiry, written on che death
of Harrison, entitled the "Flight Of
the Eagle" The piece was well de-
iivered. At first there was nothing 10
the words giving the most distant allu-
sion &c the death OF the president. Gov.
Chambers had his eye fixed on the
speaker until the death OF Harrison was
mentioned. The meaning was SO plainly
| revealed then that the governor dopped
his head. leaning forward on the top OF
his eene showing no little emotion. At
the close OF the exercises we received an
invitation to walk up to his lodgings. AS
we walked We heard from the governors
own mouth as follows:
Before the president left for Wash
ington for the Inauguration service
he cent over into Kentucky to me to
Join him on his journey to Washington,
Tor We had been very intimate as friends
for q long time. I reported at the log
cabin at North Bend and became enc OF
the company to Wsshington-was among
the foremost to congratulate my friend
On being sworn into ofice-became al
inmate of the white house after his In
ausuratIon. When the diplomatic corps
was presented to the president, When
Daniel Webster, the chosen secretary OF
state OF the new president, came into
the blue room, saying: Mr.. Presi
dent, the diplomatic corps is In waiting
lake my arm.' The president, turning
TO me SAID: Chambers. sou go with
me- Mr.. Webster asked the president
if he was also to be presented to the
corps. Yes What title shall I give
him| '%Introduoe him as the presi
dents friend I knew President aar
rison had q good place fer me, but deatl
anticipated his purpose in showing il 1,
me. After HE death Mr.. Tyler, know
ing Gen. Harrison's friendship for me
gave me the goyernership of Iowa."
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