The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-26

D made his motion of ejcctment.
and seine Chaplin and fire him bodily,
stairs, IL made little difference. which,
just so he was effectively gotten rid "f.
WORKED mhs fis I . = pi.cs @" of the . HrofrSm %a.
aud his man mounted the stand. hut right
contretemps. Parneiee on gaining the
platform Found himself gazing open
m1ushed int the sappinE mnzais ct a IN, re;
leveled upon him, while his lieutenant
found himself i'm the grasp OF little wiry
Captain Wild, the member from Cass.
The house was now N scene OF widest
confusion. The emb g~csticuiating
and yelling mt the top oS their lungs. stood
up ina 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 eNpostulating with Parmelse.
when Member William Daily from Otoc
county,. strobe forward with the intention
of graphing with Big Dan, but instead, he
lowered his right hand To his pistol pocket,
i'm which was u red bandana h~audkcrclicf
only. and pointing with his left hand tn "a
convenient chair commanded in thos"
cold, metallic tones that generally mean
business:
Sit down!"
flashing from the stecl-blue orbs of the
man from Otoc. and concluded that the
propriate, and like am obedicnt school
boy he heaved n long sigh and dropped
into his chair.
This knocked all the wind out of the
North Plattcr's sails, and i'm the discord-
ant hui,bub that followed n farseeing
South Platter made "a motion tn, adjourn
and the speaker declared IT carried.
Surrounded 10y friends Speake Chaplin
then came down from the desk and was
escorted from the house, i. requiring
much physical force to get him through
the crowds unasscd in the aisle and lobby.
The latter once reached and the most
was linn ('FtstDltDn- who MAS mo
his high horse, and fiourishing a
broomstick. was believing al the top
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
porpoise, and his bugle stonc out from its
livid surroundings like u beacon light on n
foggy se~asiiore. He was never ina more
bcllicosc huInor in his life, and his Wild
vocifcrations rang high above all the din.
But little attention was paid to- his vapor
ings however, and the South Platte fac
ton moved ON out tn the capitol grounds.
and across Dodge street To the residence
of Senator Il. w. Hitchcock, then occu-
pied 10y James Allen as n boarding house.
The North Platte faction remained in
the house aud began n session on their
own hook. Gus Harvey was unanimously
business as if the South Platte delegation
with McGinty at the bottom of the
sea.
Better counsel finally prevailed, how
ever, aud the South Piattcrs went back
into the house, the quasi-procecdings of
the opposition were :xpunged and the
moniolIsly completed, when the lcgisla-
turc adjourned. In March, ia. congress
passed an enabling act for the admission
of Nebraska as a state and a special ses-
sion of the Legislature convened in June
tai 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 accom-
p~li-hment of their object. However. il
urA Fnt mill lA- that Aln .,.A
into the union as u state. David Butler
was the first elected governor and he
jailed Ss The ,,r.; state lesi-,atnre tIee,hsr
during this session that the cap
i,al was removed tn the old Salt basin.
where the tiourishing city of Lincoln now
through without di-cord or trouble.
The abcttors of the scheme formed n
knew that il would be futile tai make light.
st. A. ID. Balcoinb was the editor of the
Republican at that time. and in his imagin-
alton. he considered himself the poten-
tate of republican politics in this neck
OF woods. But so quietly and effectively
was the work all accomplished that the
capital was "dOue gone and removed
he was even aware of il. He
came out the next morning in "a double
double loaded editorial. osten-
sibly excoriating the removers for this
comp d'etat. but really because he had
been totally ignored and not consulted.
The hill for buying the land and con-
the capitol building was drawn
under the supervision of -. u. Mason.
and several other lawyers. in the old
house OH Harvey street, Two
years later tn. Legislature me in the new
building at Lincoln, which then
consisted of but IA small number of cabins
clustered together upon what looked like
an unpruductive and barren plain. The
people of Omaha were pretty sore, but
they made no further DEMONSTRATION, sub
gracefully To the inevitable.
Tn. old capitol building which stood on
Hill. where the high school build
ing now stands, was said To have been
quite "A prepossessing structure. before
the colonade which originally surrounded
IL was torn down.
New York society Men Must Dance.
From tn. New York Commercial Advertiser.
In New York. among the so-called
set, there are a good many men
who don't dance" but they are very few.
the most blase society man finds its
to his advantage tn dance at
times, whether he likes il or not. A mat
ron. whose dinners are "a provcrb in New
York. once said she never minded chap.-
an ugly girl to IA dance provided
she could talk we'll, as ''ny young men
know they've got to dance with her once
at all events" The truth * that oar dane