The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-14
NEBRASKA POLITICS.
A Lively Time in the Organization of the
House of Representatives.

LINCON, Neb., Jan. 8.-All of the
doors of the representative hall were
closely guarded this morning and none
but members of the Legislature, State
officers and persons having business in.
side were admitted. All of the mem
bers were on hand promptly although
they found great difficulty in pushing
their way through the crowds that
filled the corridor and besieged the
capitol at all points.
The Alliance had taken possession of
the house at 5 a. N. They placed the
Speaker in the chair and put Gordon
OF assistant ergeants-at-armS around
him. When Lieutenant Governor Nc
kle}ohn appeared he was not allowed to
take his seat but stood in front of the
Speakers desk ready to call the Joint
session to order.
| At9 O'Clock the Speaker issued an
order for nearest of Lieutenant Gov
ernor McKiejohn on the charge of mis-
conduct in office and a breach of the
peace. The Lieutenant Governor de-
| lied the officer and was not taken into
| custody. Both sides had force Of ser
geantS-at arms within call, and any at
tempt on either side to proceed with
canvass of the vote would have precipi:
ated row. To avoid this com
mittee from each party was sent with
a statement Of the case to the Supreme
Court.
Governor Thayer ordered out a COM
pany of the National Guards and at II
o'clock they stacked arms in the cor.
ridors of the capitol. Crowds are ar
| irving on every train to attend the in
}auguration of Governor-elect Boyd and
considerable impatience is shown over
the delay in counting the vote.
at 1915 p. m. the Supreme Court is
sued writ of mandamus ordering the
Speaker Of the House to canvass the
returns.
The Sheriff of Lancaster County,
with his deputies and the bailiff of the
Supreme Court, burst in the doors Of
the House and fought their way
through the crowd OF Alliancemen
guarding the entrance. The writ was
served on the Speaker.
| A motion to take recess until 3
o'clock was declared carried by the
Lieutenant Governor and the Demo
Gratis and Republicans filed out Of the
hall. The Speaker of the House de-
| ciared that no recess had been taken
and all the Alliance members present
remained in and others were called in
for an attempt to proceed to the busi-
ness Of the joint session.
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
James E. Boyd, Democrat, Of Omaha
| was elected last November by 1, 145 plu-
rality over James H. Powers, Alliance
candidate, the Republican man being
third in the race. Prohibition was de-
feated, and It's adherents put the Alli-
ancemen up to conteSting Boyd'S elec-
tion. It was stated that Boyd was not
eligible to Office, from the fact that his
father only took out his second papers
last November, after the election.
Boyd was born like his father, in Ire
land, and was about fifteen years old
when the family settled in Ohio
The present Governor of Nebraska,
John NJ. Thayer, at first was disposed
to yield his seat to Mr.. Boyd, but now
he has siezed upon Boyd's questioned
citizenship as pretext to hold over.
He has given it out that he will hold on
to the chair, the seal, and the Office of
Governor till the COWS come home.
This has aroused the County Tyrone
grit of Mr.. Boyd. He says he will be
inaugurated if he has to throw Mr..
Thayer out Of the window. The Dem
ocrats say Mr.. Boyd will be seated. \
duplicate State seal has been made in
Omaha for use in case the present Sec
retary of State refuses to deliver up
the one now in the State Hotse.