New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-22

more interesting as the real motives Of the two parties
though clearly understood were not nncia and
eeonomic The campaign was bitterly fought that ,
it resulted only in two hundred majority Ior an,
carried the election and secured maIortng ,,,be
certificates OF membership in each House aocrn,s
Prominent among tho participants in tins sruS Sied
we're Mr. Paddock. Of Douglas, now In the a,nte
con Thayer j. sterling Norton Dr. Miller and Others
whose names well known tGr1ughout n se tie
prerocatiye Of choosing site for the Capitol or III
other words OF locating his own residence. brantS
Omaha Florence. iIalisrnontl and Nebraska cry "
all presented their claims and laid their Visited
only on paper and a few Of which boosted OF 10y
cabin two, or possibly group 1 qTS w,s made
the capital and the first Legislature was held II Ina s
hamlet in l754 An enumeration OF n ,he we're
enrolled b. tho four counties above the l,la,te a rn
eo44 in the four southern counties Um ON a,nusl
sessions Of the legislature, but in ls3. DD," III tS
passed bin locating the seat OF G9vernnept III When
Lincoln came INTO public life three years later i h
name Of the prosctlve capital was shH Ws vetoed
nv The Governor on ground that the nlleged aIw
Of Douglas" existed only in the minis Of the the
trnie came to climax. Florence. aggrieyed, by
her former slight demanded sort Of recos ncr
Of nSF il' IN n %a that nf %o ssaares and two
capitals coneslng for supremacy; ore MI md
the lcg< latIrc adjourned after their forty aaf' "
leaving the businCtS Of the session unouchsn' ,o,
The Civil War put damper upon mes ~ ~ ,,hnn
trouhlcs which were not taken up uTui ino' ~. ~,
Tho Inst territorial legislature met. bill 1or y ny"
.nn,ronmcut was introduced and passed tnc ochn,i
rour vote. from Otto County being agal'sr u, " ,
T., ms tho House Ton days later the fr'S'uoi'.
vrocIurnoiion was issued declaring Nebraska d H'9e
and Tho Governor prepared call FOR specla ss,.
no mnitnr of rs pportiOnmcnt OF members OF wy
nd siaturc again bccamc the bone OF contention a,u
~ nctition was sent To the Executive 10 uiaM u,e
ocn,,on of the seat Of Government one oi VI" opcos
~ tho special session. The new icgSiature nv. v"
Tho 18Th of May and after con-ideIHDo chci' NJ,
hii v,,s .troducrd both Houses on the an Oh JIM.
I, was entitled An act to provdc for the r'a,yr
80 H. cc,, of Government Of the STATE OF Ncprish.,
and for the erection u public buldihpS ."rri t,i,
commissioners were named VINO Snohlu -ctO' Win
M ,rosIriiad limits n site Of not less thai O4o acfrS
wing i'm one body. which was io bear ihc ha nc,cd
imam Tho town Of lancaster. the place sel' -
t"r ,hn coptal and declared by Omaha 10 De IN
nils from, nowhere" decided 10 Inc olitc ~" III,
lots had Leeu .old la the amount OF S55ooo ny
hamlet consisted then Of five dMclnhgS' p'"t VI
ON. being usod as store. and the stone Wills ~
scminorv building In process Of erection. IN NoV,er
mo rycavaiipn was commenced for TN" St:i'e uo,S
and I'm nccnnlbcr 1sCS. the Governor issudl n Po.a
nafIrr fr hc removal Z the state officers ana aIcmNs
tn mo new building ard Lincoln was pr"c"l"'o" '"'
capital. , ,, ,r nhonor,cnal II
,c,rv.s mo cn,nc; Of The Magic city or IN" Rams
uhich has bc,n arpcd 10 il. In the first year III
Grey IN be- "A village of about 500 lhIab'anl1, ~
I--i II was the secO.d city Of the Htal" hunuct,ms
300 In i-sO IT had $4,000 Inhabitants anu 'o'''
l.a A ~