Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-19

contcetemps. Parmelee on gaining the
platform found himself gazing open
mouthed into the Gaping muzzle OF u
revolver, which the doughty speaker
had leveled upon him, while his lieu
tenant found himself in the grasp Of
little why Captain Wild, the member
from CaSs.
The house was now a Gene of widest
confusion, The members g~esticulating
and yelling at the top Of their lungs,
stood up in their seats, awaiting the
next move.
Governor Saunders was sitting on the
left of the speakers desk, with many
other prominent citizens; he had risen
and was in the act of expostulating with
Parmelee, when Member William
Daily from Otoe County, strobe forward
with the intention of graphing with
Big Dan, but instead, he lowered his
right hand to his pistol pocket, in
which was a red bandana handkerchief
only, and pointing with his left hand
to, n convenient chair, commanded in
those cold. metallic tones that generally
mean business:
"Sit DOWN.
Parmelee perceived the cerulean rays
flashing from the steel-blue orbs of the
man from Otoe, and concluded that the
suggested procedure would be highly
appropriate, and like an obedient
school boy he heaved q long sigh and
dropped into the chair.
+ This knocked all the wind out OF the
North Platter's sails, aud In the dis
cordant hubbub that followed n farsee-
ing South Platter made a motion to
adjourn and the speaker declared it
carried.
Surrounded by friends Speaker Cha
pin then came down from the desk
| and was escorted from the house, IL re-
curing much physical force to get him
through the crowds massed in the aisle
and lobby. The latter once reached
and the most conspicuous gentleman
found here was Jim Creighton, who
was upon his high horse, and flourish
ing a broomstick, was believing at the
top OF his dissonant voice and urging
the Omaha faction to go right in and
take possession of the house and set up
a little legislature of their own.
Jim was very wrathy,. his face
was pulled up like Il porpoise, and his
| bugle shone out from its livid surround
ings like a beacon light on IA foggy sea-
shore. He was never in a more belli-
cose humor in his life, and his wild vo-
alterations rang high above all the din.
Subtitle attention was paid to his vapor-
ings, however, and the South Platte fac.
tiOu HlONco Ou Out ~ tuc CdpibOl RFOulluo,
and across Dodge street TO the residence
of Senator p. w. Hitchcock, then occu-
pied by James Allen as a boarding
house.
The North Platte faction remained in
the house and began q session on their
own book. Gus Harvey was unami-
mously declared speaker, and they pro-
ceeded to business as if the South Platte
delegation was with McGinty at the
bottom of the sea.
Better counsel finally pre- vailed, how
ever, and the South Platters went back
into the house, the quasi-proceed-
ings of the opposition were
expunged and the legitimate bust
ness of the session tremendously
completed, when the Legislature ad-
jOurned. In March, '64, congress passed
an enabling act for the admission of
Nebraska as a state and a special ses-
sion of the Legislature convened in
June to conform with the requirements
OF this act and to take such steps, the
revision of the states' constitution and
other matters as was deemed necessary
for the accomplishment of this object.
However, 1t was not until 1867 that
Nebraska came into the union as state.
David Butler was the first elected gov
ernor aud he called the first state legis-
ture together by proclamation in May.
1t was during this session that the cap