St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-21
The Governor and General Have a
Lengthy Conferences.

The Governor and General Have
Lengthy Conference.
OMAHA. April 2O.-Gen. Kelly came
over to Council Bluffs with the in.en-
tion of catching train for Weston. be-
ing very desirOus of getting out OF the
city before the Outpouring from Omaha,
as he said he was in no way RESPONSE
BILE for the demonstration, and did not
want to be even party to it. While
waiting for a saddle horse to be sent
around to the Council Bluffs Bee office
to take him to Weston in hurry, he
slipped into an adjacent lunch room
and tried to down hasty breakfast, but
his presence was in some way
learned, by Gov. jackson, who
sent for him for the purpose of
impartiny some Information which
he thought would be of interest. Kelly
hurried over to the governors head
quarters. where were gathered severel
citizens, besides the attorney general.
The interview was prolonged one, or
rather it was mostly dialogu for Gov.
Jackson took occasion to review at
length and in detail all the actions he
had taken, the purp0rt being that he
had taken every means possible to get
the army on its way, and that the state
authorities had not laid straw of de-
tention in its way His correspondence
with railway officials had resulted in
nothing SO far as the Northwestern,
Milwaukee & st. Paul and the Burling-
ton were concerned. they refusing to do
anything. The Rock Island at first
suggested that they might take half the
army 10 Davenport if the st. Paul would
take the other half TO the river, the rail-
ways to be paid fair rate, as might
seem
JUST TO THE GOVERNOR.
The governor agreed to recUmpense
the roads. although there was no au-
thOrity for him to put his hand in the
state treasury for that purpose. This
proposition to take the men across the
state had been recalled later. and now
that the roads would do nothing but
transport them as other passengers at
the full rates, he notified Kelly that the
citizens of Council Bluffs had arranged
to furnish boats To take the army
to Kansas City and to provide
them with shelter here and with
ample provisions while the prep
arations for this trip were belng made.
Kelly replied that he preferred to go
East. but he would take the proposition
to his camp, let the boys decide, aud he
would wire back his answer. The out
pouring from Omaha began to make it's
lungs heard as the streets choked up
with the crowd, and Kelly fairly pulled
away from the governor, eXcusing HIM
self for his haste by the extreme desire
not to be recognized and delayed by the
crowd. He expressed himself to the
go vernon as not blaming him for the de-
tention caused by tine railways, but
said he and his men came here as citi.
zens of the United States, peaceable
ard orderly, and they simply asked TO
be treated with
DECENT HOSPITALITY.
In bidding the governor goOd-by, he
shook him by the haDd ahd said: II
may never meet you again. yet hope
that 1t should be thus favored the
next time we enter the state of Iowa it
will not be as mendicants. but that we
will be welcomed as worthy citizens
anxious to further all its best Interests %
His voice trembled, and his courteous
bow and retirement made such an i'm
preston that for several molneRts there
was q dead Silence. Then the confer
ence ovef the problem continued until
it was broken up by the noisy Entrance
OF the committee from Omaha with a
crowd behind them. In the meantime
Kelly hurried out on retired stair.
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