Histoire et histoires du Nebraska . d David Butler de Pawnee comté comme forgovernor candidat. Les démocrates ont fait objection à Nebraska astate à la fois, et nommé J. Sterling Morton de l'Otoe Countyas candidat pour gouverneur. Les gens étaient presque evenlydivided et il y avait une grande excitation. Il n'y avait pas de téléphone et très peu de lignes de télégraphe inNebraska dans ces jours. Les règlements ont été scatteredand il a fallu beaucoup de temps pour découvrir comment les gens avaient voté.Lorsque le rendement est entrée dans il a été constaté qu'environ un dred hun-plus a voté pour devenir un Etat du Nebraska ont simult que avait voté contre. Un

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History and stories of Nebraska . d David Butler of Pawnee County as candidate forgovernor. The Democrats opposed making Nebraska astate at once, and named J. Sterling Morton of Otoe Countyas candidate for governor. The people were nearly evenlydivided and there was great excitement. There were no telephones and very few telegraph lines inNebraska in those days. The settlements were scatteredand it took a long time to find out how the people had voted.When the returns came in it was found that about one hun-dred more had voted to have Nebraska become a state atonce than had voted against it. A legislature also was voted for at this time, which was tochoose two United States Senators. In Rock Bluffs pre-cinct there were cast 107 votes for the Democrats and 49 forthe Republicans. With these votes counted the Democratswould elect six members of the legislature from Cass County.Without them the Republicans would elect all six members.It was found that the election officers who had charge of the 129 130 STORIES OF NEBRASKA. Rock Bluffs House where ElectionWAS Held in 1866 ballot box in Rock Bluffs precinct had gone at noori from thehouse where the election was held to a house a mile away toeat dinner and had taken the ballot box with them. The law said that the ballotbox should be in sight ofthe voters on election dayfrom nine oclock in themorning until six o clockat night. The countyclerk and the men whohelped him to canvassthe votes at Plattsmouththrew out all the votesfrom Rock Bluffs precinctbecause the ballot boxwent to dinner instead of staying at the polls. This gavethe six Republican candidates a majority in Cass County.When the legislature met to elect two United StatesSenators the two Republican candidates, John M. Thayerand T. W. Tipton, each received 29 votes and the two Demo-cratic candidates, J. Sterling Morton and A. J. Poppleton, each received 21 votes. If the Rock Bluffs vote had beencounted the two Democrats would have been elected. There was a great out

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