The true northerner., 1892-07-20
WHOLE NUMBER i948

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friends in this place and Lawton. MIR. l..
carries a goldheaded ebony cane of
which he may be proud, as il was pre-
sented to him by the two lodges of
Odd-Fellows in Big Rapids on his list
birthday, Nov. 18th, 1S9l-a conclusive
proof that he is the same good citizen
there as he was during his long resi-
dence here.
AT our last spring township election
Barnabus Odell was elected Justice of
the peace 1t is now claimed that at
the time of the election Mr.. Odell was
not legal resident of this township,
but that his family lived in Lawrence
township and he spent most of his
nights with them. We are informed by
one of the township board that he reg
istered and voted here, and it seems to
us that he would not have done this
had he not considered himself legally
qualified TO do so. He will undoubted-
ly explain the matter to the satisfaction
of the public, for which purpose he can
have the use of these columns.
The Cassopolis Democrat is trying to
pave the way for fusion of the Demo
cratic with the Peoples party in the
approaching campaign. Referring to
Geo. l.. Yaple's speech at the Peoples
party ratification at Lansing the Demo
crdt says: "lt appears probable that
he may be declared the preference of
the Peoples party for Congress and
also receive the nomination Of the
Democratic party" In other words,
the Democratic party rs willing to be
the tail to anybody's kite-and endorse
anybody's platform-free silver, free
trade, debased currency, cOntisation by
the government of railroad telegraph
and telephone propertyvanything to
"get there" Trot out your fusion nags,
gentlemen, and the G. o. p. will put
them to sleep" in November.
Elijah Goble, one of the earliest
pioneers of Southwestern Michigan,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
l.. Freeman, in Lawrence on Wednes-
day evening of last week, aged 81
years. In 1928, when Michigan was yet
territory, MIR. Goble settled on Little
Prairie Ronde, and two years later
married the only white girl in the
county, and their marriage was the first
ever solemnized in Cass county. He
purchased from the government at 81 .25
per acre large tract of land on and
adjacent to the prairie; built large
farm house at the spot where the little
hamlet of Charlston now stands, and
when considerable travel had set in
over the lines of stages that ran from
Detroit to the lake, he added to his
buildings, opened hotel, and his place
was made stage station. Here he lived
for many years, reared large family,
became widely known and universally
children, BroOkfield Goble and Mrs. j.
ctin lixyn -, nacatnr HE
funeral occurred on Friday and his re-
mains were laid to rest in the old
Charleston cemetery, beside the wife
of his youth and their children.
ITO the pure all things are pure"
and to the naturally depraved all things
are alloyed with depravity. To divert
attention from himself, the willy pick
pocket will rush down the street shout
ing ut the top of his voice, "Stop thiefw
These reflections are prompted by an
article in last weeks Decatur RepubG-
can, criticising the attitude of this jour-
nal on the present local option law.
The article referred to would seem to
have been conceived of temperance
principles had it not been for the fact
that, after stating that "the saloonists
openly boast that they have purchased
portion of the county press" it Of
fers its centre plant" for sale to them,
inferentially, and intimates that
"change of ownership" would give to
them ''ts influence, be it more or less"
To encourage the saloonists to favor
ably consider its proposition, it says in
another editorial: THAT the law is per-
feet, no one contends; ALL concede it
TO be weak" and that ''it seems TO us
two great mistakes were made by the
trainers of it," Now, this is exactly
the attitude of this journal-that the
law is imperfect and weak-weak to
absolute helplessness so far as the mat
ter of dealing with the monster evil of
intemperance is concerned. But this
plant is not for sale, to the saloonists
nor any one else.
"The scheme WdS 'lOW dorm and dis
honest at best" This is the language APP
piled by the person who advertises HIM
self as editor of the Courier to the Re-
publicans who availed themselves of
their right to vote at the special elec-
tion for trustee last week. The tickets
for this election were printed at the ex
pense of the corporation, and every tax
payer will help pay for them; but this
renegade Republican editor, to show
his zeal for the cause OF his new-found
political associates, would disfranchise
every citizen who will not put up a
partisan candidate of his own or vote
for the mossback whom he and his ilk
place upon ticket. This is truly loco
foco doctrine, and it is surprising to
see how quickly locofoco "for reve.
nue. only" will catch on. Incapable of
comprehending and discussing political
issues on their merits, he is forced to
fill the editorial columns of his paper
with clippings from his exchanges, after
which he is content to confine his own
feeble efforts to crying Force bill,"
Ring" Dishonesty" etc. What a
prodigy this half-fledged locofoco chick
en- isl A bankrupt in morals and intel
lect, venal in instincts, he assumes to
question the motives of citizens in the
exercise of their right to vote as they
see fit. If he can succeed in calling
out the applause of the yelpers, he will
no doubt feel amply repaid for the ex-
hibition he makes of his great adapta-
bility for journalism.