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Title: History of Nebraska from the earliest explorations of the trans-Mississippi region
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Morton, J. Sterling (Julius Sterling), 1832-1902 Watkins, Albert, 1848-1923 Thomas, Augustus Orloff, 1863-1935 Beattie, James A., 1845- Wakeley, Arthur Cooper, 1855-
Subjects: Nebraska -- History
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western Publishing and Engraving Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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of both branches of the legislature, we leavefor the members of this body to conclude. Butit is but justice to Mr. Bennett to say that he-did not entertain these propositions, but has atall times advocated state organization onprinciple and not a subject to be traffickedaway. . . But the minority, in their haste to submitthis report in the very short time allowed byorder of this House, cannot undertake to re-view the testimony further. But enough isshown, we think, to convince this body thatgreat effort has been made to defeat the wishof the majority in the submission of the con-stitution to the people; and while we can dis-cern much connected with the passage of thebill that is not strictly proper, yet we havefailed to discover anything of the character ofthe direct bribe or so intended. Mr. Robertson we consider a gentleman be-yond the suspicion of accepting a bribe, or be-ing improperly influenced in his action as alegislator. The other gentlemen designed to 356 HISTORY OF NEBRASKA
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Charles H. DietrichGovernor and United States senator THE FIRST STATE CONSTITUTION 357 be affected by this inquiry are possessed oftoo much good sense and discretion to under-take to bribe Mr. Robertson. The Herald undertook to place various pol-iticians as follows: Estabrook (now a re-publican) is for nigger and against Johnson,and so is Alvin Saunders. Our amiable con-stitution-maker, Mr. William Kellogg (chiefjustice) is for Johnson, and so will be Pad-dock, Dundy, Hitchcock, Taylor, for the pres-ent, as Gen. Heath was against negro suffragewhen he spoke his first piece in Omaha infront of the postoffice. The same aggres-sive organ at this time rejoices over Johnsonsdefeat of the freedmans bureau bill; andgives account of a meeting at the court housein Omaha to indorse the veto, which was ad-dressed by Hadley D. Johnson, Charles H.Brown, Isaac S. Hascall, George W. Doane,and William A. Little. The instrument pro-vided that it should be submitted to the peo-ple for their approval or

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