In conclusion, he invoked the muse of History and called on the House to join in the refrain:
TUNE -"The Old Oaken Bucket."
"How dear to our hearts is our Democratic Congress
As hopeless inaction presents it to view;
The bill of poor Wilson, the deep-tangled tariff,
And every mad pledge that their lunacy knew;
The widespread depression, the mills that closed by it,
The rock of free silver where great Grover fell,
They've busted our country, no use to deny it,
And darn the old party, it's busted as well.
This G. Cleveland's Congress,
This Queen Lilly Congress,
This wild free-trade Congress
We all love so well.
"Their moss-covered pledges we no longer treasure,
For often at noon when out hunting a job,
We find that instead of the corn they had promised,
They've given us nothing-not even a cob.
How ardent we've cussed 'em with lips overflowing
With sulphurous blessings as great swear words fell,
The emblems of hunger, free trade and free silver,
Are sounding in sorrow the workingman's knell.
This bank-breaking Congress,
This mill-closing Congress,
This starvation Congress
We all love so well.
"How sweet from their eloquet lips to receive it,
Cursed tariff protection no longer uphold.
We listened and voted our dinner pails empty,
The factories silent, the furnaces cold.
And now far removed from our lost situations,
The tear of regret doth intrusively swell,
We yearn for Republican administration
And sigh for the Congress that served us so well.
This Fifty-third Congress,
This Democratic Congress,
This sugar-cured Congress
We wish was in
Abbott, Birdie, 539.
Acting governor: Furnas, 118-19;
Morton, 23-4.
Adams Co., Ill., 538.
Address, J Sterling Morton, 1859, 25-
37.
Adjutant-General, 199.
Admission of Nebraska, 48, 59, 71, 72,
105-7, 192; status of inhabitants,
Adrian College, Mich., 440.
Advertising, U. S., for bids, 539.
Agricultural college, 113, 126, 227;
lands, 129, 130.
Agricultural experiment stations, 185.
Agricultural Soc., State, 120.
Agriculture, 141, 418; Congress of,
1893, 42; 1894, 207-8; fair, 1859, 24;
statistics, 359.
Agriculture, Sec. of, J. S. Morton, 39-
Agriculture, State Board, 154, 164-5.
Agriculture, U. S. Dept. of, Estab-
lishment, 418, 434; bureau of sta-
tistics, 139.
Ainsworth, L. L., 362.
Alabama, government in, 384.
Allegheny Coll., Pa., 216.
Allegheny Mts., 539.
Allen, W. V., elected to Senate, 1893,
202; sketch of, 362-85; long speech,
370; 304.
Alliance party, 177.
Amendments: to Const. of 1866, 71;
to Const. of 1875, for investment of
school fund, 198; suffrage, 145; to
U. S. Const., 71-2, 109, 388.
American character, 297, 530-31.
Anderson, Peter, 154.
Anglo-Saxon race, 34.
Animal diseases, 419.
Animal Industry, bureau, 297-8.
Ann Arbor, 538, 550.
Annexation, Texas, 191.
Anthony, Henry B., 214, 342.
Anthony, Susan B., 145.
Antietam, D. T., 123.
Antitoxine, 500.
Antrim, County, Ireland, 333.
Appointments, territorial, 21.
Appropriations: U. S. military, 438;
high, 202; for expositions, 506-8.
Arbor day, 38-42, 122.
Arid region, 526-7.
Arkansas, 545; post, 269; territory, 75.
Arlington, 274.
Army: at elections, 248-51;
ciency, 294; supplies, 455-6.
Army of the Shenandoah, 449.
Asiatic cholera, 155.
Asylum, first, 113.
Athens, Ohio, 386.
Atkinson, H. M., 123.
Attorney general, Nebr., 1855, 86.
Aurora, Nebr., 529.
Australian ballot law, 165, 184, 201.
Balance of trade, 366, 376.
Ball, first gubernatorial, 9, 10.
Ballot system, 165, 184, 201, 209-10,
307-9.
Baltimore & Potomac R. R., 446.
Bank clearings, 1880, 1890, 359.
Banking, territorial, 15, 20, 27.
Bankruptcies of 1857, 30-32.
Bank: N. Y., and government
finances, 327-8; U. S., 381.
Banks, 368; of 1857, 29-30; legisla-
tion, 168; Omaha, 542; So. Omaha,
Beck, James B., U. S. Sen., Ky., 350.
Bee, Omaha, 414.
Beer, foreign, in relation to corn, 45.
Beet sugar, 204, 453, 544, 551-3.
Belknap, W. W., 289-90.
Bellevue, 8, 26, 538.
Bellingham, Mass., 267.
Benfer, Katherine, 333.
Bennett, H. P., 79, 81.
Bentley, Rev. E., 440.
Benton City, Ind., 538.
Benton, T. H., Missouri, 75-6, 77-8.
Binding twine, 474-5, 553.
Bismarck, town, 306-7.
Blackburn, J. C. S., U. S. Sen., Ky.,
348, 417
Black Hills Territory, 286.
Black, Gov. S. W., 24, 90, 91, 92, 93,
94, 305; sketch, 48-55.
Black vote, South, 534.
Blackfeet, 57.
Blaine County, 158.
Blaine, J. G., Me., 101, 388, 545.
Blind, institute, 137; 1883, 143; 1885,
Bloomer, Amelia, 1856, 145.
Bloomington, Ind., 104.
Bloomington, Nebr., 217.
Board of Agriculture, 164-5, 449;
territorial, 24.
Board of Assoc. Charities, Women's,
172.
Board of Pardons, 170.
Board of Pharmacy, 170.
Board of R. R. Commis., 209.
Board of Transportation, 184.
Bonds, gold, 498; Nebraska State,
1866, 109; R. R., 399-400; relief, 203;
state, 1875, 128; U. S., 364.
Books, free text, 184.
Boundaries, Louisiana purchase, 75.
Boundary line, Nebraska-Dakota,
straightening of, 312.
Bounties, 381, 551-3; sugar, 168-9,
204, 535-6.
Bounty lands for Nebr. Volunteers,
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Boyle, Gen. N. C., 334.
Bunker Hill, 410.
Burchard, H. C., Ill., U. S. Ho., 399.
Bureau Animal Industry, 297-8.
Bureau of Labor, 169.
B. & M. R. R., 131, 148; law dept.,
387.
Burrows, Julius C., 465.
Burt Family genealogy, 1, note.
Burt, Francis, 1, 2, 4.
Bushnell, Allen R., Wisc., 477.
Business failures, 359.
Butler, Gen. B. F., 231, 235, 264, 396.
Butler, David, 22, 23, 71, 72, 177, 387,
410, note; sketch, 107-17.
Bridge lands, 129.
Bridge tax, U. P. R. R., 409.
Briggs, Clinton, 115.
Broken Bow, 206, 517.
Broker, Geo. H., 39.
Bronson's Letter, New York poli-
tics, 315.
Brooklyn Navy Yard, 86.
Brooks, Mr., of N. Y., 101.
Brown, Aaron V., 87.
Brown, James D., 333.
Brown, John, 315.
Brown, Rebecca S., 333.
Brownville, 8, 120, 538.
Brownville College, 218.
Brownville, Ft. K. & P. R. R., 131.
Brules, 57.
Bryan, William J., 553; sketch of, 462-
500.
Buchanan, James, 21, 22.
Buffalo County, 86, 87, 96, 176.
Buell, Gen. Don Carlos, 341.
Buena Vista, battle of, 17.
Buffalo, N. Y., 86.
Building of railroads:
Cadiz, Ohio, 216.
Calhoun County, 87.
Calhoun, John C., 345.
California, admission, 75.
California Pacific R. R., 269.
Cameron, Simon, 242.
Campaign of 1840, 48; 1860, 22; 1864,
100; 1866, 22; 1890, 177, 462; 1892,
23, 462-4; 1894, 464.
Candidate, congress, 1859, 89; 1860,
89; election, 1882, 149.
Cannon, Geo. Q., 402.
Canton, O., 333, 336; Zouaves, 333.
Canvass of votes: terr. delegates.
1860, 91; election, 1890, 177.
Capital, territorial, 7, 8, 112.
Capital of U. S., 539.
Capital, state, 112, 154-5.
Capitol, territorial, 5, 13, 102, 113.
Casey, Gen. Silas, 339.
Casper, Charles D., 439.
Cass County, 97, 386.
Cattle, 421-2; industry, 349, 437, 542;
Texas fever, 166-7.
Caucus rule, U. S. Senate, 222-4.
Cavalry, 1st Nebr., 268.
Cavalry, 2nd Nebr., 57, 122, 123.
Cigarettes, 157.
Cincinnati, 539.
Citizenship, 532-5; case of Thayer
vs. Boyd, 174-5, 188-97.
Civil service, 322-3.
Civil War, 61, 100-1; Nebraska, 62-5;
U. S. Senate during, 213-4. BAT-
TLES: Atlanta campaign, 335;
Bowling Green, 341; Donelson, 341;
Glover's Gap, 334; Lee's surrender,
215; Lovejoy's Station, 334; Mill
Springs, 341; Mannington, 334;
Nashville, 341; New Hope Church,
335; Pittsburgh Landing, 341;
Rich Mountain, 334; Shiloh, 334,
341; Stone River, 334, 335. REGI-
MENTS: 79 Indiana Inf., 335-6; 7
Ia. Cav., 415; 27 Ia. Inf., 135; 32
Ia. Inf., 362; 11 Ill. Cav., 501; 9 Ky.,
335-6; 16 Mich. Inf., 427-8; 3 Mo.,
135; 1 Nebr. Inf., 414; 19 Ohio Inf.,
334-5; 6 West Va. Inf., 449; 5 Wis.
Vol., 439.
Cedar Mountain, civ. war, 395.
Cemeteries, national, 276.
Census, 1854, 8.
Centennial Exposition, 1876, 124-5, 139.
Certificate of election: terr. dele-
gate, 1860, 91.
Chambersburg, 86.
Chandler, Wm. E., U. S. Sen., 382.
Chapin, E. H., 462.
Chapman, B. B. sketch, 79-81; 82.
Charities, board of, 155.
Chase, Kate (Mrs. Anthony), 214.
Chase, Salmon P., 231.
Chicago, 540; convention, 1860, 56,
61; fair, 1865, 67.
Chickasaw Bayou, 269.
Chief Justice, terr., 91.
Clark, S. H. H., Supt. U. P. R. R., 409.
Clarke County, Ohio, 386.
Clayton County, Ia., 135.
Clearing houses, Omaha, 359, 542.
Clerks of committees, U. S. Senate,
325.
Cleveland democrats, 207.
Cleveland, Grover, 39, 362, 535, 554.
Cleveland Land Company, 83, 84.
Cleveland precinct, 83, 85.
Coal, 108.
Cobb, Howell, 87.
Cochran, Bourke, 513.
Code of Iowa, in Nebraska, 12.
Codification of laws: 1855, 13; 1871,86.
Coinage, 365, 367, 368, 370-79, 422-3, 476,
479, 491-515.
Colby, Gen. L. W., 166.
"Collective Naturalization," 175, 190-7.
Collector, port of New Orleans, 89.
Colorado, admission, 280-2.
Colored people in congress, 308.
Columbia, Mo., 529.
Columbian Exposition, 173-4, 185, 201,
506-8.
Commerce, interstate, 312.
Commission, Mo. Riv., 536.
Commissioner of labor, 169.
Commission, 1891, 199.
Committees, U. S. Senate, 337.
"Condition precedent," 71, 72.
Conger, Omar D., Mich., 412.
Congressional districts for presiden-
tial electors, 201.
Congregational church, 149.
Congress, duty as to slavery, 89; in
civil war, 401; 53rd, 537; 54th, 539.
Conklin, Roscoe, 101, 213, 247, 258,
271-3.
Connell, W. J., 426; sketch, 443-8; 462.
Contest: Bennett vs. Chapman, 79-
81; Boyd-Thayer, 177; Chapman
vs. Ferguson, 82-5; Daily vs. Esta-
brook, 86.
Contraction of currency, 369.
Constitution of U. S., 109, 532-5.
Constitution of 1866, 71, 211.
Constitutional Convention, call for,
1860, 211; 1871, 86, 336, 421; 1875,
149, 194, 314, 336; C. C., Colorado, 283.
Convention, National: 1st republi-
can, 89; national repub., 1880, 149;
"Pittsburgh Soldiers," 1865, 314;
presidential, 1860, 100.
Convicts, insane, 200.
Cooley, Thomas M., 538.
Classes of senators, ascertaining, 212. | Corn, 1854, 26; exports, 34, 45; sta-
Clay, Henry, 213, 216, 470.
"Corn is King," quoted, 120-21.
Corporations, 179, 328, 330, 331.
Corruption, National government,
243, 245, 246.
Cottonwood Springs, 97.
Council Bluffs, 547.
Court house, U. S., Omaha, 394.
Court, U. S. supreme, 533.
Cowansville, Canada, 443.
Cox, Nicholas N., Tenn., 479.
Creamery industry, 529.
Crete, 148.
Criminal code, repeal of, 16, 17, 18.
Crittenden, Gen. Thos. L., 334, 341.
Crook, Fort, 538.
Crop failures: grasshoppers, 132-4;
1894, 207-8.
Crounse, Lorenzo: As
Demonetization of silver, 327-8.
Denver, 541.
Dept. of agriculture, U. S., 43, 416.
Desert region, 526-7.
Des Moines, 541.
Detroit Free Press, 21.
Dickinson College, 86.
Dillon, Sidney, 409.
Dingley Nelson, Jr., Me., 465.
Distillery, 542.
Distribution of seeds, U. S., 44.
District Attorney, terr., 91.
District of Columbia Reform School,
285.
District of Louisiana, 74-5.
Divorce, 1855, 13, 14.
Doane College, Crete, 149.
Doane, G. W., 538.
Dockery, A. M., Mo., 453.
Dodge County, 97.
Dodge, J. R., U. S. dept. ag., 450.
Doon, J. E., 115.
Dorsey, G. W. E., 444, 449-54, 517.
Douglas County, 63, 194, 543, 546.
Douglas democrats, 22.
Douglas, S. A., 17, 235.
Dragoons, 2nd U. S. A., 24.
Drouth sufferers, 172-3, 184-5, 207-8;
measures by counties, 202.
Dry region, U. S., 526-7.
Dudley, E. S., 268.
Duncan, W. A., U. S. Congress, Pa., 342.
Dundy, E. S., 54.
Edgerton, J. W., 443.
Education: 158, 162, 198-9, 548-9;
1873-75, 130; 1875-76, 137; 1880, 296;
1881, 142; 1883, 143; 1885, 153; al-
cohol, 147; school books, 184; uni-
versity, 113, 120, 130, 137, 143, 154,
162, 199, 538; normal school, 138,
143, 153-4, 162.
Eight hour law, 447.
Elder, S. M., 177, 186, 187-8.
Eldridge, Charles A., 406.
Election: 1855, 77, 79; 1856, 21; 1857,
82; 1858, 89; 1860, 22, 91; 1862, 89;
1864, 100; 1866, 23, 114-15, 386; 1868,
115; 1870, 115; 1882, 23, 149; 1884,
23, 149; 1886, 455; 1888, 443; 1890,
177; 1892, 529, 550; 1894, 529, 539;
laws, 307-9, 532, 533; presidential,
14, 15-16, 185, 521, 534; senatorial,
110, 185, 202, 330-2; U. S. troops at,
248-9.
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