Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-14

General Thsyer bold. daring and
chivalrous answered:
Senator. / can recall that. when a
boy, l read about a bowling mob chas-
ing William Lloyd Garrison through the
streets OF your own Boston with rope
In their hands with which to hang him
because he had dared to denounce south
ern slavery as crime. and he was only
saved from the fury OF the mob by the
mayor and police, who hurried him to
jail But the people OF Boston have ad-
vanced; they win not repeat that bar
barous deed again So. in the west we
are making progress and shall yet rem
der the word white q nudity. our
motto is Equality before the law '
This answer was master stroke In
political sasacity Both Charles sumner
and General Grant came to the assist
snce OF General Thayer. and he succeeded
in having Nebraskas star grouped
among the nations cluster"
Pleads for n Building.
With y wish that Nebraska might have
an appropriate building. MIR. Webster
concluded
The semi-centennial OF Nebraska
comes In 1917 II is time now 20 begin
the preparation for the celebration OF
that interesting event OF Nebraska's
statehood When that year comes. now
SO near at hand, let us be prepared to
erect monuments to the memory OF Ne
braskas early representative men, and
let us have a historic building that shall
be a credit to the state Of which these
men were the pioneers, and OF the his.
torical society OF which they were the
founders. The glory OF It will be the
richest Inheritance the state can leave
to the future"
PtoBesrs In session.
). G. Bassett OF Gibbon. elected presi-
dent of the Nebraska Territorial Plo-
neers association, has refused to accept
the place on account OF III health and
today l.. A. Bates OF Springfield was
selected to fill the place. r. b. Wiudham
OF Plattsmouth was elected vice president.
]. c. F. McEisson OF Lincoln second vice
president and c. s. Paine, Lincoln, sec
retary-treasurer.
Speakers during the day. with the date
OF their coming TO the state. were.
Frank Carson OF Nebraska Csty. pio-
neer OF 1854, Rev. Jacob AdTiance, FREE
mont, 1857; Byron Beal, Lincoln, 1860. A.
J. Ayres. Douglas, Wyo.. pioneer of
Gage county, 1850; l.. A. Bates, Spring
field, Neb.. 1889 A. N. Yost. Omaha. the
retiring president. 1854; s. u. Williamson,
Albion. Neb., 1871; John l.. Webster.
Omaha. 1865. William Maupin. Lincoln,
1885.
The meeting OF the Historical society
was opened with the address by General
John J.. Webster Of Omaha. Mrs. A. ].
Sawyer played a piano solo on a plano
of the Bacon & Raven make, made in
tSl7. The instrument was brought by boat
from St Louis.
Address by Pioneers.
This evening the session az the Temple
theater was presided over by the presi-
dent, John l.. Webster, and addresses
were made by John T. Sutton on the
Eighteenth Infantry" A. A. Reed, THE
Nebraska National Guard during
strike;" Mrs Cora A. Beals OF Norfolk,
Early Days"
Tomorrow the different societies will
hold conference and in the evening the
annual banquet will be held at the Lin
coin hotel
Officers of the historical society were
all reelected except Frank Halter OF
Blair, G. w. Wattles of Omaha being So
lected In his place as trustee
Other officers are John Lee Webster ofd
Omaha, president; Robert Harvey, I'm
coin, vice president; S. C. Bassett OF
Gibbon. second vice president; c. s.
Paine Of Lincoln secretary; p. l.. Hall
of Lincoln. treasurer.