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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02

The tree is not always inclined as the
twig is bent. Bob Ingersoll's father was
a Presbyterian minister and 1t IS supposed
he bent the young twig Bob into the line
OF that faith, but whan Bob grew 20 be q
large oak he sprang back SO far that he
leans as much or more the other way.
"Train up child in the way he should
go and when he is old he will not depart
from it, does not hold good in 1ngersoll's
case, or else he was not trained up in that
way. 1t is clear that the orthodox faith
didn't strike him when the sign was right
But since his defeat for the honor OF
being delegate to the Chicago con
vention from Washington City he is said
to have given evidence by strong impli-
cation of a belief IN pcrdltion of the most
extreme orthordox idea.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02

The Chicago Times of Monday morn
ing figured the republican presidential
situation as follows: Of the e20 delegates
5s5 hau been chosen up to tina; time. Of
these Arthur had 22s, Blaine 1876, Ed
munds 49, Logan Al. Sherman %. Haw-
Icy II, and 33 doubtful and scattering.
On its face this MAX es good showi'. 6
for Arthur, but an analysis of this strength
shows that l57 of his delegates are from
southern states where neither he nor any
other republican candidate can expect
to get single electoral vote. Only 25 of
them are from states that will certainly
60 republican, from Missouri which
will 60 democratic, 80 from New York
which is doubtful state and one from
the District of Columbia which has no
vote. The aggregates would show Ar
thur ahead but really he is several necks
back.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02
Wheat and Flour Figures.

MINNEAPoL1s, april 30-Northwestern
Miller in the issue of May second will say
the -four production of this city last week
showed slight falling OF, being los.37s
barrels an average Of 1929 barrels per
day against ll2,9s5 barrels the proceed
ing week, Following were receipts at
and shipments from Minneapolis the
week ending dat. given, receipts April
%, wheat, 23s, 500 bushels, April q,
sll,5oO. April 70, flour, s,l25 barrels,
April %, 1925. April 9, millstuff, ls
tons.
Shipments, April %, wheat, $500
bushels. April @, 44,e50. Flour, April
%, sass barrels, Aprll q, l07, sos. MIL
stuff, April %, 2,573 tons, April q,
1857.
Wheat IN store in Minneapolis eleva-
tors including transfer as well a. the
stock in st. Paul and Duluth shown in
the appended tables:
Minneapolis Aoiil 80, in elevators,
2 1907 1888 bushels, April Q, 2,3s3. 1893.
st. Paul April 80, in elevators, sss, 600
bushels, April q, s6s, 900.
Duluth April 9, in elevators, ., so, ,009
bushels, April q, 2.5os, 7os, April q
afloat, 242, ,603, April ., 2s2, COS.
TOTAL April ., 2,744,sl2, April q,
2,75l.3l7.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02
THE term demagogue is used in var

THE term demagogue is used in vari-
to the person to the person to whom It is
applied, but if all that is od.ous and dis
gusting in the implications and meanings
of the term was concentrated and SUBJ
llmated into one term it would still fail to
express the political character Of Malone,
of Virginia, for of all that God has made
upright and the devil has worked over to
his own liking Malone as a politician is
the most detestible, and the wonder IS
that any party with whom he seeks to
identify himself does not spew him out
After being elected by the democrats he
basely betrayed them with the expecta-
ton of controlling the federal patronage
of the state as q reward for his treachery,
and at the recent republican convention
st Richmond as readjuster he intrc-
duced resolution declaring "that from
and after this date our party shall be
known us the republican party of Vr-
ginia.' The republican party Of that
state may receive the masses of readjust-
ers and be glad of the accession but they
should read up in the history of Judas
lscariot before they admit Malone. The
Virginia delegation to Chicago headed by
this consummate demsgogue is un,nstruc-
ted, and the candidate who wants Ma
homes support should bear IN mind the
influence the pieces of silver had on j.
lscariot.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02

The educational bill for the distribution
of seventy. seven millions surplus i" the
United States treasury amoug the several
states and territories in proportion to pop
ulation aud illlteracy is meeting with well
touuded opposition in many localities. The
Mason CITY, ILL.,, Journal makes strong
point against the bill by taking that state
as an example, a etate which pays more
internal revenue into the federal treasury
than any other in the union, and would.
owing to the small per cent of illiteracy,
get compar atively small portion. The
fairer plan would seem to be TO refuLd to
the several states pro rata upon the basis
of the amounts paid in. In one sense
this bill may be charged with offering a
premium on ignorance as by it those
states showing the greatest per cent of ig-
norauce would get proportionately the
greater amount of this fund from the gov
ernment.
This however is a many sided question.
After the revenue Is paid into the govern
ment treasury it belongsto the govern
ment as whole regardless of the people
of one state having paid more OF it than
another, and no particular state Is sup
posed TO have any special claims upon it.
The natjousl congress who hold the purse
strings haze the power to appropriate
these funds for the benefit Of the people
as nation as may seem to them best,
being respo osible to the people for the
manner in, " bich they exercise that pow
er. The idea of refunding seems to be
inseparably associated with this bill aud
the people Of the individual states natur
ally conclude that the money should be
refunded pro rata as they paid, and with
the idea of refunding being the main one
such a conclusion IA almost irresistible
and unanswerable.
The general government has, however
for eighty years past. been making ap-
preparations for this purpose in one way
and another. As early as 1908 an appro-
priation of over 100 600 acres Of land was
made TO Ohio fer educational purposes,
aud down to ls46 twelve states had re
eeived land appropriations In every
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02
THERE is q great deal of character |,

THERE is q great deal Of character IN
the punctuality, or lack Of punctuality,
with which persons meet engagements.
Of the numerous excellent, instructive
and practical sermons the pastor of the
Methodist church in this city has preach
ed, few il any contain more practical
points for guidance in every day life than
his preliminary remarks to his congrega-
ton Sunday night on the subject of meet
ing promptly at the hour appointed for
the purpose. He did not give it to them
as gospel but there was certainly not hing
in 1t that conflicts with the gospel There
is an index to more important points of
character IN the punctuality with which
q person meets an engagement than one
may suppose 1t is the key 10 success of
the business man in nearly all pursuits Of
life. 1t was one of stephen Girsrd's in
flexible rules for the violation of which no
delinquent was ever forgiven by hlra and
re-instated in his favor. When Wash
lngton's page came to MIN five minutes
after the time he was directed to call, and
being rebuked tor his tardiness excusing
himself that his watch had lost that much
time, he was answered "You must get q
new watch or l must get new page" :"
Napoleon Bonsparte was inexorably ex :.
acting in punctuallty. If you keep doz-
en- persons waiting five minutes you have
caused an aggregate loss of an hour. The
genius aud science of the watch and clock
makers have been employed for years to
produce exact time keepers and pc eople
should keep their engagements with equal
promptness and regularity
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02

THIS is time of speculation in the
mlnos of the people as to the probable
result of the national republican conven-
ton and time that is especially trying
to the souls of those who aspire to the
nomination. To-day one mans star ls in
the ascendant and tomorrow it is totally
ecI,psed by the sudden flash of glory
which comes to another. Logan fitted
with meteoric brilliancy across the pollti-
cal sky and was making fast mail time
towards Chicago when either by blunder
of his misguided friends or surreptitious
strategy in which the Roman hand and
shady figure of Blaine was dimly seen
the swarthy senator of Illinois was side
tracked at Peoria coin cidentally with
the holding Of the state convention at
that place. Since that time the man Of
Maine has been the central sun of con
stellatlon Of delegates chosen in the CEN
trail. western and northwestern states,
but that Mecca to which all national
politicians turn with longing eyes and
palpitating hopes, New York. gave
James G. black eye and the stately
form Of the Vermont senator appears in
the midst of the political armament
with the attraction which strength gives,
and others who have heretofore been
halting between two or three opinions
will rally around his standard. The con
test IS now practically narrowed down to
10 Blame and Edmunds with Arthur and
Logan holding the balance Of power that
can make or unmake either of them.
The supposed silent manipulation of the
Illinois convention BY Blaine will for
ever d,sinherit him of political legacy
rom Logan; and the combination Of the
Arthur forces with those of Edmunds IN
New York gives no uncertain indication
as to the leaning of the president rs be-
tween the Vermont senator aud the p. lit
ical historian Of Maine. The logic of
events would now seem to point to . COM
bination of the Logan and Arthur forces,
40 far as these forces may be controlled
BY their chiefs, against Blaine, and while
thev may not be enthusiastic in support
of Edmunds or any other man their battle
CRY will be anything to beat Blaine.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02
The appointment of Ben. Butler del

The appointment of Ben Butler del
egate to tie national democratic canven.
ton from the state of Massachusetts Is
history repeating itself as those who re-
member the exciting times Of 1850 will we'll
remember. This same Ben. Butler was
that year delegate from that state to
the national democratic convention at
Charleston which met on the 23d of April
and after row OF two weeks adjourned
to meet at Baltimore June the 18th. But
ler steadily voted with the fire eaters Of
the south in that convention against the
nomination of Stephen A. Douglas. The
committee on platform reported two sets
of resolutions, the one which Butler voted
for declaring it the duty of the federal
government to protect the right of proper
ty in slaves in the territories, and de-
uouncine the personal liberty bills Of the
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02
JAMESTOWN. D. T.. FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1854.

In his opposition to the bill increasing
the number of district judges in the ter
ritories to four Senator Edmunds will not
endear himself to the people of Dakota
very tenderly. He objects to it upon the
grounds of the extra expense it would
incur and because he thinks that three
can attend to all judicial business in q
territory. The first indicates very mar
row contracted economy and the latter
shows sublime and ihexcusable ignor
ance of judicial affairs 10 this territory.
The two judges in the southern part OF
the territory have all they can do, and
Judge Hudson in the northern part, en-
bracing district eight times as large as
the state which Senator Edmunds repre-
sents, inhabited by fully hundred thou
sand people, cannot possibly attend to the
business required of him even though ne
does twice as much work as any judge
of the circuit court in the states. The
people of this territory have no vote either
in congress or for presidential electors,
but they have good memories and may
sometime be in position to not forget the
past nor their friends or adversaries.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02

TnE politicians who lave taken upon
themselves the direction of the Arthur
boom have recently been very much dis.
concerted and disgusted because the pres.
ident, IN making his appointments. man
,fests The most imperturbable indifference
as to whether the appointee IS favorable
to Blaine, Edmnnds. Logan or himself
for the nomination. This is such an In
uoyation on the rule in such cases that it
may we'll be a surprise to the politicians.
such break towards honest reform in
the civil service ought to commend his
denomination and it will with the masses
Of the people, but as the politicians do
the nominating aud the masses the elect.
ing, 1t will probably not only go for
,naught but be an obstacle in the way Of
his political success.
Considering oil the circumstances Ar
thurs administration has been one OF re-
.,narkablc success. In his nomination he
was taken from the shadow of official dis
grace, having been dismissed from the
custom house IN New York by the Hayes
administration. In addition to this he
was looked upon as the reluctantly con
ceded means Of placatlng the boiling
wrath of Conkllng and his formidable
stalwart following through which was the
only hope Of success. Hardly had he be
come acquainted with this place of hon
ored obscurity when the mortal wounding
of the chief executive oy crank exposed
him to the most unfair and almost lnhu-
man charge Of being accessory TO the re-
moval of the president by assassination.
Under the burden Of this most unjust i'm
putat,on he took upon himself the re-
sponsibil,ties OF president. Conkling,
who has virtually made Arthur president.
had openly manifested his disgust for
Garfield by resigning h,s place in the
senate, thereby opening wider and deeper
the chasm between the stalwart and half
breed factions of the party, and wa. sup
posed to have Arthur completely aud
absolutely nder his control. Under the
humiliation put upon him BY the Hayes
dismissal, the cruel ins,nuaticn of COM
plicity in the assassination of president
Garfield, the weight Of prejudice against
Conkling, Chester a. Arthur assuu ed
the duties of president of the United
states Sept. 10, 1881, and has performed
them 30 impar.ially. faithfully aud hon
estly that NO charge Of corruption Is heard
from any source.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02

AS a rule people spend more gold in the
search for it than they find. This would
not probaly hold good as an average, bu,
we think 1t safe TO say that cut Of every
hundred who seek the precious metal by
delving into the earth and blasting rock
seventy-f five make a losing enterprise of
it. 1t is true that few make fortunes
in digging gold which brings up the aver
age without any profit to three four his of
those engaged in such search. 4 few
months ago it was reported that the town
of Lisbon had been 'staked out as mining
.laims and people were picking miniature
nuggets of gold from the walls of the
brick buildings with toothplcks and many
rushed to tue place with the expectation
of gathering mp gold in baskets. Hun
dreds of people have left good positions
and profitable occupations to seek for
tunes in the gold fields OF the Occur de
Alene 10 find themselves destitute aud
begging for bread. No doubt gold is there
but it can only be prodtably obtained by
means of. machinery operated by capital
lists, except in rare cases where the seeker
may accidentally find it lying around
loose. That delusion il now pretty well
ventilated and the press OF the country
will come short of its duty to the public if
1t does not discourage this craze for the
gold digg,nss. We have perhaps in the
Black Hills district of our own territory
az good gold field as any, not excepting
those of Leadville and the recently re-
ported find near Pixies Peak IN Colorado.
AS we have before said the specially for
tuuate gold hunter is heralded all over the
country while the thousand deluded vic
Tins who have lost their all are never
heard of. But few count the cost until
they have graduated in the school Of ex-
perlence,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02
northern states as designed to defeat the
execution of the fugitive slave Law.

northern states as designed to defeat the
execution Of the fugitive slave law.
On the 18th OF June the convention met
at Baltimore where the same conflict -
at Charleston was resumed and from
which on tie 22i Butler bolted and left
the convention followed by the president,
Cushing, and several others who had uni
tormly voted with the southern fire eaters
to slaughter Douglas, who was soon after
nominated. These boilers with the slave
o"rats of the south convened the next
day and nominated John c. Brecken.
ridge. 1t will now be humlliating 10 the
Douglas democrats of 1860 to sit in con-
vention with the Ben. Butler of that
memorable year WHEN the party went TO
pieces, one of the principal dlsrupting
elements of whicn was this same Butler,
to SIT with him in democratic love feast
almost in the shadow of the monument
OF the illuatrious Douglas. He is the same
Ben. Butler whom the democrats re-
cbristened Beast Butler and charged with
being kleptomaniac on silver spoons
few years ago. He Is about the toughest
piece of crow the democrats have ever
huen called upon to ma a>tlcate,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02
THAT obsolete relic of soft shell south

THAT obsolete relic of soft shell south
ern Dakota democracy, Judge Brookings,
of Sioux Falls, has CO ne out of the shades
of retirement to which the election two
years ago relegated him long enough to
inform the people of this territory
through the public press that the election
OIL. B. Raymond as delegate to congress
was mistake He attempted to con-
vince the people couple OF years ago
that such would be the case but 'ailed by
about 10000 majority. The fact OF
Brookings being at the time candidate
on the other side was thought to influ-
ence his opinion on the subject, and the
further fact of the judges overwhelming
defeat and the time being near at hand
now for choosing successor to MIR.
Raymond may be suspected Of moving
Brookings at this particular time to call
TO mind the mistake. Mr.. Raymond II ay
have made some mistakes-can Judge
Brookiugs truthfully say that he himself
has nots-but we hardly think the people
are ready to admit that they made
mistake in his election over Brookings
the self. assumed democratic statesman
Of the pickerel district. There may be
reasons good and sufficient for succeed
ing Mr.. Raymond with some other man
at the election this fall but not one of
them is found in his election over Mr..
Br,,okings in 1882. The judge will live
and die in that belief no doubt but he
will find the republicans Of the territory
~ stiff necked people TO convince to his
way OF thinking upon the subject.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02
If congress had any sincere doubt as t.

If congress had any sincere doubt as to
whether the people of tLis territory desir-
ed division on the 46th parallel or not
that doubt must have been dispelled by
the unanim,ty with which the resolution
in favor of such division was adopted by
the Huron convention last week, and if
South Dakota believed North Dakota was
opposed to their statehood their minds
must have heen relieved of that burden
as WELL
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02
THE weekly ALERT.
j. &. WARNQCK, EDITOR.

The soldiers bounty land bill giving
those honorably discharged after fourteen
days service 80 acres of public lands; those
whe served not less than Que year l2O
acres. and those VINO served not less than
two years l6O acres has been reported ia
vorably by the sub. committee.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-05-02

THE bushwhacking warfare being waged
against JuGge Hudson of this district 10
both unfair and unjust. 1t is unfair be-
cause the prime movers keep themselves
in the background and unjust because the
attack has the moral force of charges yet
only the responsibility of inuendo, and
1t is believed that the movement origi-
mated with some who style themselves at-
torneys but in education and ability are
unable to attain higher position IN the
profession than that of the shyster. The
members of the profession who have
character as such speak well anc highly
of Judge Hudson both as man and as
judicial officer, and the people have the
most implicit confidence In his integrity.
The best of lawyers disagree upon points
of law sometimes, supreme courts presl-
ded over by the most eminent Judges very
often accompany their decisions with
dissenting opinion by some member or
members Of the court. This Is the case
in many instances IN the supreme court
of the United States. It is not therefore
surprising that attorneys may differ IN
opinion with Judge Hudson, and We ven
ture 10 say that M one is more consider.
ate of these dissenting opinions when
they come from respectable pi professional
source than Judge Hudson himself. The
fact of his failing to decide intricate
points of law which often ''spri"g unbid-
den" during the progress of case is no
argument against his competency %
judge, but 1t rather shows commenda-
BILE care on his part to base his decision
upon substantial grounds. A litigant who
has important interests at stake does not
want the fine and intricate points Of law
guessed of on the spur of the moment by
the court as these klckers seem to insist
upon. Judge Hudson may have made
some erroneous decisions. but where 10
the judge from chief justice Of the United
States down to police magistrate who has
nots Judge Taney who for twenty-eight
years eminently presided NJ chief justice
of the supreme court of the United states
was thought by many to have made
grlevous error ia his decision in the bred
Scott case, aud IN later years he possibly
thought so himself. His decision was se.
verely criticised by thousands Of pettifog.
gers who had not read the preface to
Blackstone's commentaries, and the de-
cs,on was sustained BY many of the most
eminent lawyers in the country. Judge
Hudson IS recognized IS good judge of
law and eminently fair and impartial in
his rulings, incorrultible IN integrity and
dignified but not autocratic in his de-
meanor. The rich and the poor, the high
and the low, stand alike before him in
the administration of the law. In his Of
fetal p. sition he knows no friend, no foe,
no distinctions except those which the
law makes. He has overtaxed his physi-
cal strength to accommodate the wants of
the people as far ss possible, and it is
little short Of base ineratltude to cast
these reflections upon him come from
what source they may.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
A Frenchman on his deathbed til;

A Frenchman on his deathbed tia
other day gave the result OF his sew
enty years. account keeping Of his
kisses with his wife. During the
first year the kisses exchanged
reached the colossal figure Of sc, 500,
or 100 day on the average. In the
next year there was 4 notable de-
crease, there being only 10000 regis
tered, while the third showed a still
greater, there being only about 10 a
day. After five yeaes the account
WAS simplided, for only two kisses
we're exchanged during the twenty
four hours-"one ON rising, one on
retiring to rest" Later on, during
the last ten years OF married life,
they only kissed each other on leav-
ing for or returning from a journey
and he had very little trouble in max.
ing up his annual domestic statistics.
IL.