Omaha daily bee., 1893-01-10
NUMBER 204.
THEY ARE AFTER BABCOCK
Jaoksonians Set About Disciplining Wan
dering Democrat
NOT SENT TO REPRESENT STOCK YARDS
Personal Opinions of Minrd Members Very
Freely Vented Resolved to show
the RecnIcitrnnt How 90
Vote ucrcaftcr.


was ncld last evening for the purpose of con-
sidcriug the recent action of the democratic
senators in Joining the republican
members in the election of president
pro tenn of the state senate. The dis
play of pyrutCchnics was not hardly what
might have been expected, but had the gen
tlcmen whose conduct was under criticism
been present he would have found much
food for reelection in the structures that wero
cast upon his loyalty to the principles OF
their chosen party.
1t seemed that the majority of the mcm-
bers We're in favor of moral suusion as u
means of bringing the crring Legislators To
see the Crooledness of their ways but as
the discussion waxcd warm, as
discussions are apt to do when
the faithful are gathered together,
in council, more radical declarations were
given birth and some of the speakers did
not hesitate to say that the rocalcitrant sem
ators in general and Senator Babcock in par
ticuar had sold themselves body and soul
tc the domination of their hated enemy
The meeting was called to order by j. B.
| Shehan, the president of the club, who an
nounced the object of the gathering,
Il. V. Montague moved that committee
of three be appointed to draw up proper
| resolutions, but majority of the members
wanted to do u little talking first and tho
| resolutions were deferred.
what They Thought.
c. j. Smith opened the ball by remarking
that the simple act of joining with the re-
! publicanS in the selection of Il president pro
| TEN was not enough in itself To condemn the
! senator's but if they had entered into com
| bination that would compel them to vote
| with the republicans on future legislation
the club would speak ut once and in Il man
ner not to be mistaken.
| In the opinion of Peter BirIhauser the
| action was not in inself rcprehensibe. He
| had done the same thing himself, but he
had not combined with the whole republi-
| can party, but with part of it for the
! sake of beating the other part But when
| democrats had assisted the solid republican
phalanX to organize the senate, the least the
club could do would be to pass resolutions
warning them not to enter into any further
| combination.
w. f. Wappich was disposed 10 be more
| critical He held that the senators could
have accomplished the same purpose by vot-
ing with the Independents. 1t looked very
much as though they were going to
,r9 vote with the republicans clear through
| There was no reason why Senator
Babcock should be flirting with the repub-
lican party. He was not in favor of passing
/ any iniiammatory resolutions at the present
time, but the attention of the senators
should be called to what was expected of
them by those who had elected them S
s. II. Rush knew good many things that
he was not at liberty to tell but he would
say that republican who had just returned
from Lincoln had told him that the repubi-
cans had written pledge from the demo
cratic senator that they would shelve the
contests in the house The republicans
knew that the seating of the six members
from Douglas county would give the
republicans greater strength in the
senatorial contest and might result in the
election of a republican United States sena-
tor. 1T was also said that democratic sena-
tor had gone to the democratic members of
the house and told them that they must
stand by them and quaSh the contests The
combination would also have the effect of
making the independent members of tho
house suspicious of the democrats and some
of them might return to the party of their
first love and vote for II republican senator.
This Was Very Serious.
The charge that Senator BabcoclS had
entered into an agreement to seat the re-
publican members in the lower house was
like Il red rag thrown into the camp. G. j.
Smyth said that he had come to
the meeting with disposition to be
very careful in censurng the conduct
of their representatives but ii what Mr..
Rush had said was true nothing that the
club could say would be too severe. Any
man claiming to be a democrat who would
combine with the republicans and commit
any act which could tend in any degree
towards electng a republican United
States senator should be doubly damned.
There was nothing in common between the
| democrats ana tne rcpuDncnnS WDlle tNefe
was much in common between the lem
ocrats and the independents There was no
republican legislation in which the dem
ocrats could conscientiously Join, but there
was much that the Independents We're after
which the democrats could support,
Another gentleman rose to say shat the
action of Senators Babcock, North and
Mates showed evidence of being the first
step of traitors. They had begun to betray
the interests of those who had elected them,
and the club should utter its condemnation
Tn words that could not be mistaken.
Defended Mr.. i;abcock.
At this stage in the proceedings Ed f.
Smith and +. Tuttlc took up the cudges
in Mr.. Babcock'S favor. The latter de-
clared that when Mr. Babcock was nomi-
mated it was with the understanding that
he was going 10 Lincoln in the inter-
ests of the stock yards and packing
houses 1t WAS well known that the
independents proposed 10 introduce n bill
that would seriously cripple the stockyards
and the railroads and this was time when
a combination with the republicans was
! not the act of traitor. When IL
a came TO the election of q United States
!. Senator Babcock would he IA democrat
every time, but in legislatng TO the stock
: yards he must be with the republicans be-
! cause he could not be with the independents.
1t WAS going too far To suggest to Il man OF
!, Mr. Blbcock-s Character and ability what
he should do
Don't support tho stock Yards.
This statement brought a dozen men To
their feet, and for u few minutes the fur
D flew IN truly democratic fashion James
! Murphy said that he had voted for BabcoclS
as Il democrat and not as a representative OF
= the stock yards
r John ID, Murphy vehcmenJly declared that
this was not the first time that Babcock had
tied up with the republicans, He had sold
the democrats out TO the school board and il
: was time to.cal halt
Wappich gained the floor To remark TINT
they had elected "A senator 10 represent the
: democratic plrty and not South Omaha hogs
! and H. V, Montague ended the discussion
o with an inpassioncd speech dcnouncing the
+ action of Mr. Bah ock. He said that he had
nothing in common with Il democrat, elected
on democratic PLATFORM who would 90 tC
Lincoln and sacrifice democratic principles
4 TO further his personal and private interests
: No true democrat would help elect "A repub
lican whose interests we're Numerically op
J. posed TO democracy rs president pro TEN Of
: the senate
, Mr. Shehan here gave vent To the rumol
which had been hnted az several tunes be
fore during the debate and said that IL had
+ been reported ON good authority that Sen
ator Babcock had approached Mr.. Withnel