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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11
The South on It's Dignity

"A number Of Confederate soldiers,
prisoners at Camp Douglas, died there
and were buried near by. An associa-
ton, made UP of ex-Confederates, now
residents of this city, formed the idea
of putting mp simple monument over
their old comrades. There was moth
ing in the proposition which could be
offensive TO any one, and after the
members of the association had settled
what the cost of their monument
would be, they went to work TO collect
the money for it. Without begging,
without seeking TO extort unwilling
charity, they gave notice that if any
Chicagoan not born in the South chose
to give anything toward placing a
memorial stone above those tenants of
q Chicago graveyard, they would ac-
cept it with pleasure. There was
nothing undignified or unbecoming in
this. 1t is matter of no consequence
what motives inspire the givers. One
man may give because his sympathies
were with the cause in which these
men died; another because they were
men who, though hopelessly in the
wrong, yet added laurels to American
valor.
But the Southern papers are unable
to see things in such a broad and gen
erous light. Possibly it is because the
vanquished are never quite as liberal
in their views as the victors. 1t is al
ways the latter who forget and forgive
first. The Memphis AUdidnche, which
is old enough to know better, joins the
Charleston NelCS and Courier in say
ing that lit shows lack of dignity and
decency little short of crime in Exon
federates to appeal to the charity of the
Northern people to accomplish that
which it is our sacred duty to do for
ourselves" There has been no appeal
for charity, there has been no impor-
tunity. 1t is an insult to the Chicago
association to say that there has been.
Therefore, when the AUGldnche talks
of Directing to honoring the memory of
the dead lin any such questionable
way" it talks nonsense. For an or
ganization to say that it will take
what men may be pleased to give
differs widely from marching from store
to store with a subscription book.
There is a narrowness about some of
these opponents of Southern sentiment
which is not attractive. Yankee money
put into q monument will do them no
more harm than Yankee cash invested
in Southern mills. The policy of the
dog in the manger is too closely copied
by these irreconcilables, who cannot
build monuments themselves and
sooner than have others do it for them
prefer to let the graves of their dead
go unhonored. Chicago Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11
Protection the Enemy OF Trusts.

The pretense that protectionists or
protected interests favor trusts and
similar combinations has from the first
been characterized by the Tribune as
it deserves. But lest there should be
any doubt about it, the official organ
of the American Iron and Steel Asse-
citation in its issue of Aug. IA says.
while we are firmly convinced that
most trusts and other combinations
for enhancing prices contain within
themselves the elements of their own
destruction, and are consequently des-
tined to be short-lived, il is very inn
portant that none of them should re-
ceive any encouragement from those
whom they expect to make their vic
tins. The newspaper which under
takes to make light of their evil ten
denotes or to defend their methods is
public enemy, and it falls under the
very natural suspicion of having been
paid to advance the interests of monop-
olists. More particularly is that news
paper to be suspected which advocates
protection to home industry in one
column and in another defends trusts
The protective policy is absolutely at
war with all trusts. since the very aim
and essence of protection Is the en-
enlargement of competition that prices
may be reduced; whereas, the object
of trusts Is to restrict competition and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11
Not n Man TO Be BulldOzed.

The plucky Postmaster of Atlanta,
who has made several thousand Demo
Gratis Historically unhappy, is not to
be frightened at Bourbon threats. He
was Union soldier who showed his
courage when Democratic bullets in
stead of blasphemies were the missiles
that were sent against his devoted
head.
Gen. Lewis commanded New York
regiment in the Army of the Potomac
and lost his right arm at the Wilder
ness, but served through the entire
war. He has the courage of an honest
man who knows his duty and will do it
at any cost. In 1866, he was in charge
OF the Freedman's Bureau at Atlanta,
and on one occasion rode in the same
carriage with Prof. Langston of Vir-
giuia, that bright, keen colored man
who Is one Of the most intellectual men
of his race. Atlanta was terribly
shocked, and the good citizens of the
old South raised just such a howl as
the good citizens of the new South ara
now raising over this recent occurrence.
He was socially ostracized for this
affront, and was invited to leave the
choir of an Episcopal Church in which
he sang, for its members didn't want
to be contaminated by associating with
white man who had ridden in the
same carriage with a colored man.
When Gen. Lewis acting for the best
interests of the service appointed an
intelligent and very capable young
colored man to clerkship in the post
Office the other day, it raised the same
kind of a storm around his ears that
he had experienced before. Members
of the social club to which he belonged
refused to recognize him and one at least
of his bondsmen has notified him that
he should take his name off his bond.
But ostracizing, and snubbing and in
suits, direct and indirect, will not
brighten Gen. Lewis or deter him from
his duty. A man that made the gal
liant record as Union soldier which he
has made, is too great TO be moved by
the jibes and insultsof q Democratic
mob.-Des Noines Register.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11

to artifcially and arbitrarily advance
prices"
This represents the deliberate opin-
ion of one, and the largest and most
important, of the eindustries directly
affected by the tariff. But abundant
evidence TO the same effect may be
found in the action of manufacturers.
Thus the steel-rail producers, who
have tested the utility of combinations
as thoroughly as anybody else, placed
on record their matured conclusion
when they decided, upon the formation
of the present association, that they
would make no attempt whatever to
restrict the price at which any pro-
Queer would sell. The Wooden Manu-
facturers' Association during all its
years of existence has wholly RETAINED
from any attempt to control prices, and
the cotton manufacturers have never
associated themselves for any such
purpose or with any such result. 1t
makes no difference whether they were
deferred by the conviction expressed
by "The Bulletin" of the Iron and
Steel Association that such combina-
tons contain within themselves the
otcNo VI tlclI ONH utStIuCllOl, VI ny
perception of the hostility between
them and the protective policy. The
practical side of the matter is that
trusts and similar combinations to en-
nance prices are not favored or coun-
tenanced by the American manufac.
turers engaged in the three most i'm,
portant industries affected by the
tariff.
The popular feeling among support
ers of the protective policy found ex.
preston, perhaps crudely, but yet for.
chilly, in the resolution of the Iowa Re-
publican State Convention, demand.
ing of Congress the protection OF
American industry when it does not
foster trusts or trade conspiracies,
and declaring it the duty of the State
and Federal Government to punish
such conspiracies. The industry which
does favor combinations of this nature
is not by Iowa Republicans believed to
merit legislative defense. That State
gave $4,000 plurality for President
Harrison. and elected ten Republicans
and only one Democrat to Congress,
and its citizens stand ready to uphold
the Republican policy in every emer-
gency, but they do not hold it consist
ent with Republican principles nor
with protective theories and aims to
encourage or defend any combination
which is designed to deprive the people
of the benefits of protection. -NelU
York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11
The Race Issue.

The State of Virginia and the Third
Congressional District of Louis lana
present the now not infrequent curl
osity of Democrats endeavoring to
elect their candidates upon platforms
which either indorse the Republican
or ignore the Democratic policy of
finance. The State platform of Vir-
ginia has not word to say in favor of
Mr.. Cleveland's policy of free trade or
radical reduction" of duties on i'm
ports, nor of his message approving
the continuance of the internal-reve-
nue. system, nor of any item in the
creed which the National Convention
at st. Louis framed for the acceptance
of the Democratic party. In the Third
Louisiana District the Democratic
candidate processes to be as good a
Republican as the Republican nominee,
so far as adherence to the Republican
creed of protection goes, at any rate.
In both States the Democrats hope
to win upon the miserable race issue"
There is something sad in the contem-
plation of these remnants of once
great party going to the country with
no other cry in their mouths than
"damn the nigger!" The system is too
irrational for long continuance.
Every Republican convention, State,
county, or Congressional district, first
of all affirms its belief in the prin-
ciples adopted by the Chicago Conven-
ton, and then dominates candidates
who will do battle for them. Every
Democratic convention in the Southern
tier kicks the st. Louis platform out of
sight, and then proceeds to nominate
candidates who are jealous only for
suppression of the colored vote, for re-
sistance to free schools, for prevention
of free elections, and for general and
promiscuous return 10 medieval meth
DDS of medieval ignorance and pow
erty. This state of affairs cannot last.
1t is at war with the temper and genius
of the age.
In Virginia there is no shadow of
excuse for pretended dread of negro
supremacy. The State has had peace
within its borders; there have been no
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11

collisions between white and colored
voters, and that because elections have
been more free and fair in Virginia
than in other Southern States, al
though there has been degree of
fraud and intimidation that would have
provoked resistance in Indiana or
Illinois. But still, the fact that in
1886 the Republicans elected six out
of total of eight Representatives to
Congress, besides having both the
Senators, without any crowding of the
white people to the wall in local af
fairs, is proof positive of the untruth-
fulness of the charge that Republican
ascendency means negro supremacy. -
Infer Ocean.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11

The Texas Convention of Coiored Men Is
sues an Address.

sues an Atufess.
The State convention of colored men,
in session at Waco, Texas, has issued
an address to the people of the United
States. After describing the circum-
stances under which citizenship was
thrust upon them, they say:
In some counties we are denied the
free exercise of the elective franchise,
which is the dearest OF all human
rights. We believe that the whites
are responsible for our election troubles
because they are the result of bossism
and race antagonism. AS a general
thing, in counties where election
troubles have occurred certain rings
and cliques have established a sort of
local monarchy against which we APP
peal to the State authorities for pro-
lection. We advise our people in local
elections to vote for the best men in
their communities. We cannot afford
to practice venality. We do not ask
for any special legislation, but we do
insist upon being accorded equal bene-
fits and protection of the laws. We
condemn mob violence in all its forms,
and we remind our white fellow-citi-
zens that there is a point at which
forbearance ceases to be virtue, and,
while we do not advise retaliation, we
feel that the continuation of lynch-law
will eventually lead to this.
The progress of the Texas negroes is
shown by statistics, and the address
winds mp with american slavery was
tried before the bar of public opinion
of the civilized world, was condemned
and had to die, and similar fate
awaits race prejudices. "-UacO (Ter.
tele0T1m.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11
Protect the Farmer.

Home demand is gradually consum-
ing our farm products. But for the
rapid extension of our railways into the
territories we would have no wheat TO
sell. We sell only a small per cent. of
our corn. A little more development
of our corn-consuming features and we
will sell more. The American people
pay as much or more money for cattle
products than they receive.as nation,
They buy fibers from Russia, India
and Oceanica, while they waste home
fibers that might supply home demand.
The United States can, and we will
furnish all the wool the country needs,
if the protective policy is steadily
maintained. Iowa needs a mutton
sheep that will incidentally grow wool,
and will and must have it, as diversified
agriculture requires it. The policy of
the free-trader has been to tell the
farmer that protection does him no
good, and then to tell him next that
everybody is cared for but him. The
true policy is to protect all alike and
develop every farm industry. The
United States exports good beef and
buys poor stuff from Canada and Mex
leo that they cannot make good because
they have not corn to feed them. These
thin cattle come into competition with
grass-fed heifers and take away the
profits of breeding them. When for
eign markets are demoralized they I'M
load here. Ours is the best market in
the world, even for many farm prod
ucts. Sound policy requires that the
nation keep its markets first for its
own workers, whether in shop or field.
-IoUd State Register.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11

THE power to hate truly what is evil
must involve the power to love truly
what is good, aud must, indeed, usu-
ally precede the growth of the highest
Kind of love.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11

A vIRTUoUs man who has passed
through the temptations of the world
may be compared to the fish who lives
all the time in salt water, yet is still
Trash
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11

So LONG as the crow pulls up young
corn he may look out for farmer with
a shotgun. Men who violate civilized
laws and prey on the public must be
on their guard.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11

THE ups and down of life are better
than being down all the time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-25
A Through Rate necisinn

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Interstate
commerce commission in an opinion by
Chairman Cooley has decided the case of
Major j. H. Sanger against the Southern
Pacific company, lessee of the Central Pa
citic railroad and Union Pacific railroad
company, complainant.
The inspector-general of the United
States army having been ordered from
San Francisco to Fort Leavenworth and
New York city, he misapprehended tho
statements made to him by the agent at
San Francisco ,and understood that he
must buy tickets to Ogden and there obtain
OF the Union Pacific agent the other tickets
Tor the balance of the journey; also that
through tickets would not be sold to him.
The commission finds that the agent of
the railroad company acted with entire
good faith and without any intention to
defraud or mislead; and that the complain
ant would have purchased the tickets had
he known that he could have obtained
them or had he known that a greater price
would be paid.
The commission holds that the misappre-
hension under which party has paid for
tickets in two sections, whereby the cost
has been more than had through tickets
been obtained, may lawfully be corrected
by the return of the excess, though the
carriers We're without fault and only
charged for each portion of the journey the
regular rates; and it recommends that the
carriers restore to the complainant the SUM
in excess of the through fare
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-25

broke out in the First ward at 10 80 this af
ternoon. e The flames spread rapidly and il
half an hour twenty houses were burning.
All the engines in the place were called out
the most intense excitement prevailed.
Nearly all the houses burning were de-
stroyed, as there was more or less wind.
The fire IS spreading rapidly towards Kern
vile, and has got beyond the control of the
fire department, and now covers five
acres.
The fire in the First ward consumed all
but three of the buildings in the district
bounded by Market and Walnut streets,
and by Main street and the river and
twenty-five houses are totally destroyed
Many buildings that were destroyed have
been washed away from their foundations.
Though many of them contained household
goods which were saved from the flood,
but few of these goods were saved. The
hire Is supposed to have been caused by
sparks flying from the debris burning near
by.
A remarkable showing was made in the
way Of cleaning up the wreckage to-day,
one heavy blast following another in the
debris above the railroad bridge and the
place will probably be cleared up by
Thursday. This afternoon about three
o'clock a charge of dynamite exploded near
the second arch from the east end of the
bridge, and from the great body of wreck
age and remnants afterwards gathered
together, showed at least six bodies dis
covered Much driftwood was blown up
and has lodged in various places extending
far below as Delldale. These obstruc-
tions have rendered useless a great part of
the work at the bridge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-25

caused Dy Palnueu W Omdn.
| Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch
New YORK, June 23.-Robert E. Garden
shot John E. Ryan June 2, after quarrel
about young painted faced woman. Ryan
was believed to be dying and Garden was
accordingly arrested and held to await re-
suits. Then Ryan got well and Thursday
his assailant was brought into court and
put under $1,000 bail. Yesterday among
the tOughs and sporting men who went to
court was George Law, the millionaire. He
had $40, 900 with him and was prepared to
furnish twice that amount in cash if re
quested, for Gardens bail. He left with the
gang, but was unable to go bail, as he and
The gang looked so ragged in spirits and
generally tired that the court officials ad-
vised them to get out. They did, and didn't
show up afterwards.
George Law is the president of the
Eighth and Ninth avenue surface carline
and worth S4,0O0,000, and has long been
noted for his eccentricities and the peculiar
character of his associations when in his
cups. AT such times he gathers about him
the toughest class of sporting men, gam
blers and sloggers, whom he treats with
royal iberality, and the finest of wines,
viands and cigars are furnished them at
his expense. He usually winds up by pre-
senting them with costly tokens of princely
favors. Upon one occasion, a few months
ago at Saratoga, he gave away over SIS, COO
worth Of diamonds and watches
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-25
WAR TO THE BELT.
Kilrain and Sullivan in Tip-TOp Condition. ALI
Parties are Confident.

Kilrain and Sullivan in Tip-TOp Condition. All
Parties are Confident
Especial to THE HERALD--Exam Dispatch
New YORK, June 24.-Two weeks from
to-day John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain
are to meet for their long promised battle.
The Kilrain party having won the toss for
choice for grounds, they had to assume the
initiative, so Frank Stevenson, Mike Dono-
van and William E. Harding started for
New Orleans this morning. They were
met at Baltimore by Kilrain and Mitchell.
Dispatches received by Stevenson's friends
in this city this evening state that they
found Jake in fine condition and quite con-
| fident as to the result, while Mitchell ex-
pressed himself as entirely satisfied with
his man. After long chat Stevenson,
Harding and Donovan left Baltimore late
this evening for Crescent city, where Kill
rain and Mitchell will Join them in time for
Donovan's exhibition Saturday.
The Sullivan party are also getting
ready for their long journey. Jimmy
Wakely said to-day that he expected to
hear from Stevenson about Thursday,
naming the place for the fight which must
be within one hundred miles of New
Orleans.
Wakley will start Sunday next ac-
companied by Charles Johnston, and they
will be met at Rochester by Sullivan and
his seconds, who are as yet unnamed. A
special has been engaged by the Sullivan
party to be attached to the regular express
train. 1t is decided that under no circum-
stances shall any one gain access to Sulli-
vans car.
Judging from what was said this after
noon, the men who are behind Sullivan are
perfectly satisfied that their man is in tip
top condition, and one bet of 81, 900 to $500
was offered by well-known sport that
Sullivan would win in less than thirty
rounds.
Fully fifty or sixty men will leave this
city to witness the fight From Boston
there will go nearly thirty: while Albany,
Rochester, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, st. Louis and Louisville will
also be represented, and the New Orleans
contingent will probably swell the total
number of spectators'to about one thousand.
1t is understood that the right tip will be
given out to those entitled to it at the St.
Charles hotel Sunday, July Z.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-25
Observation-Disclosures,

PINE RIDGE Agency, Oak, June "a
There has been a conference this afternoon
at which few Indians except those whe
favor the bill were present. All efforts to
secure report of Young Man-Afraid-o
His-Horse have thus far failed. Little
Wound also remains obstinate. Tonight
there is little in the situation encouraging
to the friends of the bill. General Crook
acknowledges that he is unable to account
for the change in Young Man Afraid-of-
His-H Horse. His disposition towards it was
secured the same day as the letter of Good
Eye, who is said to be secretary of the In
dian defense association, was received by
the commissioners, asking a postponement
of negotiations until the arrival of Indian
Inspector Pollock. The work of the com
missioners goes on and there is no evil
dence of any weakening Of the effort on
their part. At o'clock tonight 500 had
signed.