Omaha daily bee., 1894-04-16
Presence OF the Militia Due to Tie North
MCstCrm Attorney.

Presence OF the Militia Due to tile North.
western Attorney.
1t is alleged that some Of the militia
could have taken lessons in sobriety from
the Commonwealers yesterday and some Of
the state troops are alleged to have looked
on mulcted liquor when 1t was a dark, deer
red color. But few of the state troops ex.
pressed JOY at being called out and many
of the militiamen expressed disgust at the
warltke preparations made by the state of
Iowa to receive such a harmless and peacea-
PIE crowd OF men as General Kelly's army
seems to be. The Commonwealth only
laughed when they saw the troops drawn I'm
10 receive them on the Iowa side. WHY
the militia was called out was asked many
times yesterday and a good many citizens
or Council Bluffs we're heard to EXPRESS
themselves in indignant terms because the
troops were called out, apparently without a
Justihable cause. Sheriff Hazen of Pot
tawattamie county was seen by a Bee re-
porter last night and he threw considerable
ilsht on the subject. He said that when he
learned that the army was coming this way
he knew it would have to cross Iowa and
telegraphed Governor Jackson saving that if
the army wanted to land in Iowa he could
not secure a posse large enough to stop it
and asked for instructions. The governor
answered in person Saturday afternoon and
told the sheriff that it had been repre-
sented to him by n. NJ. Hubbard, sr., a rail-
road attorney from Cedar Rapids, who is
employed by the Northwestern, that these
men were coming into the state and would
seize trains, intimidate railway employees,
destroy property and do other dreadful
things. On the strength of this the
governor said that he thought 1t would be
a safe move to order out six companies of
the state troops. Yesterday, after seeing
the Kelly brigade, he changed his mind
and assured the mayor and council that he
telt mat the Commonwealers were not there
to violate any of the laws or destroy any
property, and he would have the expense of
calling out and feeding the militia charged
to the state and not to Pottawattamie
county. He said that he could see no use
for the militia and was somewhat vexed to
think he had been imposed upon in the
matter.
There was a meeting held in the Bluffs
Saturday night to discuss the situation and
representatives of the railways were present.
this meeting" said Sheriff Hazen. Nat
Hubbard suggested that | place the bridge
between here and Omaha under a blockade.
and stop the army there. l told him that the
men would walk over men if they felt dis
posed to and he said that | should have force
enough with me to shoot them down. |
told him | would not do this and the
governor said that no such harsh measures
as that could be adopted, as public opinion
would be too strong against any such a
move. | think Hubbard is responsible for
the calling out of the militia in misrepre-
oChlIllS llc Il u lulI u lle governor,
He is certainly bitter against the Common
wealers and at a meeting held here today
his son urged that we place the whole army
under arrest and declare it an unlawful
assemblage. He wanted to get the men
scattered out in small parties and dis
tribute them over the country so that they
would never get together again. During this
conference young Hubbard, who is said to be
in the service of the Northwestern, said
that If the men captured one of their trains
he wnnl1 he in favor. nf having thn tpopl,g
pulled up rather than carry the men for
nothing. Other railway men were present,
but they made no such suggestions, but all
OF them agreed to not carry or offer to
carry the army eastward, and that they
would not tacitly countenance any such
plan. l do not look for any trouble with the
army here and in the morning the city and
county will feed it and expect them to move
on as soon as possible. | had hoped that
some of the railways would see their way
clear to take the men away from here to-
night, for we cannot keep them here long
1t was rumored yesterday that some of the
men, opposed to the army going any further,
or through the state Of Iowa, tried to get
Commander Kelly to make some statement
which would bring him within the law and
then cause his arrest, thus leaving the army
without a leader and causing the men to dis
band. but If that was the intention these
people were unsuccessful. Neither of the
Hubbards could be seen last night, so their
side Of the question could not be learned.
If little birds in the nest can't agree they
fall out. Uptown shoe dealers of Council
Bluffs are having some difficulty in agree
ing, but the people of the city all agree
that T.. b. Hughes is making little noise
while making the prices and giving the
values in shoes that justify long pilgrimages
to S19 South Main street.
Evans Laundry company. Shirts, collars.