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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-29
new YORK & NEW ENGLAND
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-29
tn : CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
TO OWNERS AND DRIVERS
OF VEHICLES.

once OF the superintendent OF Hacks
City Hall, July Ia, 1904 I
All wagon licenses expire on the nrst Monday In
July I'm each year. Owners OF market and grocery
wagons aud ali otner kinds OF vehicles must renew
their licenses In the month OF July In year In
order 20 reta their number. owners OF such yehi-
cies falling to comply with the provisions OF the
law will not only their beIs but be liable
prosecution GEORGE H. NVkCHOSS,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22
LEONARD SWEET.

the choice of terms and weapons. He
selected muskets at twenty PAGES, for in
a quarrel growing out of a question OF
courage he was determined to leave
nothing undone to show his grit. Col.
Bissell was brim full of pluck and Davis
was no less brave. Both would proba-
bly, have been killed had the duel been
fought, but the seconds interviewed, fur
ther correspondence ensued and arbi-
tration resulted in the withdrawal of the
hostile notes in the order of their dates.
The full details of this affair of honor
We're never given to the public; the mat
ter was quiteed and soon forgotten. Now,
the Constitution of Illinois contained u
provision requiring every executive off,
cor, before assuming his duties, to take
an oath that he had never sent " ac-
ccpted a challenge to fight a duel. Some
active Democrat who had been burrow-
ing in that document had run against
of the Chicago Times, to apprise him of
the big find, but was surprised to hear
the editor already knew of it. Judge
Douglas pooh-poohed the whole matter.
He likened the case to that of Judge
Trumbull, who had been elected to Con-
gress and taken his seat the year before,
Notwithstanding by the State Constitu-
ton he was Ineligible. on recount of he
term for which he was elected Judge Of
the Circuit Court not having expired.
The Constitution said he was not eligi-
bic for any office during his term as
Judge, nor for n year thereafter, and
that any votes cast for him were null
and void. There was the case, too, of
Gen. Matteson, who had sought to be
elected to the United States Senate UNI
der substantially similar circumstances.
But behind all this were two other i'm
portant points; first. that the challenge
and acceptance having been withdrawn.
and the Ease left as though no belliger-
ent correspondence had taken place, it
was purely a matter of conscience with
Col. Bissell whether he could Take the
oath or not.
AS the day Of election approached the
excitement gained in intensity. In the
previous Presidential contest, 1852, the
vote had stood: Pierce, Democrat, 3d.
597; Scott, Wing, 81, 1874; Hale, Aboii-
ton, 1896. 1t was generally assumed
that the Abolition vote would go to Bis
sell for Governor. But the great num-
befDf V%irginians, Kentuckians and Ten
esseean who had been "old Wings"
and who had now attached themselves
to the fortunes of Douglas, made the
contest exceedingly doubtful ironi IL na-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22
O,d-r;me politicians.


The year 1856 was a most remarkable
one i'll Illinois politics. 1t was in that
year that the present Republican party
was organized, with Fremont and Day
ton at the head of its electoral ticket.
The Chairman OF the Senate Commit
toe or Torritories, Judge Douglas, and
the Chairman of tho House Committee,
Col. William A. Richardson, We're both
1%l!inoisars, both IL long time in Con-
grcss, whecl-lorscs i'll all campaigns,
and each with II great and enthusiastic
following. Fcarlcssness wa, II trait
common 10 both. They determined to
meet the issue sauarcly ami without
%tlinching. AT Cincinnati Col. Richard
sn headed ito Democratic delegation,
and viii, it worked earnestly to secure
.heP Presidential nomination for Douglas.
enough receiving IL tlatterlns support,
INN, diatciy on Mr.. BuchanAn's vote
reaching II majority the Senator telc-
g%raphcd - withdrawal OF his name and
Immediately entered tho can Ass i'll adj
vogacy OF the ticket.
BY one accord tho Democratic nom
ination for Governor fell tG Col. Rich
ardsCn. and with almost equal unanimity
the Republicans nominated WIZ. II. Bis
sell, the former II siding III Quincy, the
latter in Bclleville. Richardson was Il
powerfully built man. r%aw-boncd, with
ktcn gray eyes under shaggy eyebrows,
somewhat careless in dress. IL strong
grasp, and Il manly mans smile. Bis
sell, in his Congressional days, was as
complete IL contrast as one would or
dinnrily sec. Hc was of medium size,
ciean-sh:vcn, except Il tuft of black
beard coming down an inch or so upon
his cheek, natty in his apparel, straight.
active in movement. and of very pleas
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22
De.eent i'm . Diving suit.

For the plunge you are dressed a.
though you had to endure the cold OF
Siberia. With knit wooden hose. can
and skirt, I have never felt the cold.
Then comes the ample coat, which
we get into through the neck hole.
and the casque, which resounds as ii
one had his head in a kettle. They
put on you a belt with dagger. shoes
with loaded soles and lead at youI
breast and hack. Now you are &c
loaded that you could hardly stand
straight IL the boat should tip-then
you go down into the water where all
the weight is no longer felt. Now a
different feeling begins. At the com
mand. ~Pump!" some one rapidly
screws down the glass in front of youi
casque, and you hear a noise to which.
you have to accustom yourself-pahI
pah! pah! accompanied by q kissing
of the air. Little whiffs Of al me
to you, scented with machine o4 and
caoutchouc. The beginner fails to
manage the escape, and his coat and
sleeves become inflated, so that when'
he wants to go down he floats at the
mercy Of the waves. 1t is not to he
wondered at that this first plunge
leaves anything but agreeable mem.
cries.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22

are generally infested with the most dis.
reputable wharf rats" to be found In
the country. There are chicken thieves,
drunken l~oafers, vile Women without
any respect for decency or law, and all
kinds Of tlackguards, who are q general
nuisance. These people might have been
punished II caught in some act defying
the law, but the white caps concluded
to lock the stable door before any md
horses were stolen. and drive out thSl
dangerous and disreputable without
waiting for them to offend against the
strict letter Of the law. In doing this
they did a good service to the com
munity, but Of course they did not fol.
low the properly defined methods named
in the laws of their State.
One other organization of white caps
became so notorious as to call for in.
vestigation by the State authorities.
This was in Southern Ohio. Nothing
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22
VILLAGE COURT OF LAST RESORT.

had been heard Of such IN organization
in that State until Nov. IL, 1883. Sud.
denly on the night of that date a band OF
about thirty horsemen appeared in Sar-
DINA, Brown County, and proceeded to
administer punishment to a resident ac-
cused of immoral conduct. The local
authorities taking no cognizance of the
affair, an appeal was made to the Cow
ernor. An investigation was immedi-
ately instituted, by which it vas dis.
closed that there was an oath-bound
organization of citizens, some of them
quite prominent in the county, and IL
was their purpose to regulate all such
affairs as did not appeal directly to the
courts. Their crimes were petty, but
unlawful, and prompt steps by the au.
thorities broke up the organization.
The more influential members agreed to
procure the disbanding of the organiza-
ton, and no prosecutions were made.
These were the two organizations OF
white caps" that attracted investiga.
ton by State authorities. There were
many other smaller vigilant committees
dence Of a confederated relation be.
tween them to warrant the belief that il
was one organization.
"A "AAS OoPo A0SO OOCu AIlpAC
heard of in the East in the last year,
not so much because there is a fresh i'm
pulse toward the old idea of regul1fsa
and vigilance committees as beNW
they have taken up the Western name
and adopted it. 1t has been heard of in
New Jersey, New York. and all ovel
New England. 1t is a convenient name
to use when two or three neighbora
wish to warn another that his conduct
is unbearablc. They have always done
this, but they have not used this name.
But White Caps have no terror to the
country. 1t is seldom that a lawless
organization is found in a country with
law, except in the petty affairs that cam
not be dignified in the courts.
In New Jersey the White Caps seem
to be composed in equal parts of bigoted
churchmen and rough hood1ums, for,
while the latter regarded it fun to an.
noy a dude pastor, fresh from Yale Col
lege, the former are equally prejudiced
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22

having his horse painted and stabbed in
the pulpit, his buggy housed OF top Of
the church, and other Inconvenience to
himself which more or less amused some
of the people in the neighborhood. The
young pastor was college bred, had
studied baseball curves as we'll as the
ology, and had practiced in the gymna-
SUM as we'll as in the prayer-meeting.
He refused to submit to petty outrages,
hunted down the white caps" who
warned him to be long-suffcring if he
would live, and sent some of them to
the ~penitentiary. This seems to have
been the principal means Of exposing
him to q church trial where he faced
all kinds of charges. And these white
caps are in New Jersey, within an
hours ride of New York City, nearer
to that resort Of fashion, Long
Branch, and almost within hearing
of the camp-meeting hymns at Ocean
Grove. Still there are people in the
East who seem to think that white
caps" only thrive in the wild and woolly
West. They SILVER at the outrages per-
petrated by the new organization of
outlawry and wonder If the West will
the white caps made their first appea
viz ~ AAN NNcU diStC LlAuO All Nv
West is rich in nomenclature, and never
allows anything to so namcless. So the
white caps mad a name and that name
has travelled far to worry many people
about the West, and get itself in the
encyclopedias. Even learned English
mon visiting America ask who and what
are the white caps; in what condition
of society they thrive; what causes
such outbreaks in civilized Countries;
and what is the remedy. Bless the
souls of these learned philosophers, the
spirit behind the white caps is as old
as the world.
The spirit of democracy has always
had its place in mans nature, and it will
not down. 1t will not wait for red tape
and slow Justice. 1t prompts a nan to
knock down the fellow that insults him
or wrongs his family. 1t fires commu-
mites where some one in the society de-
flies the moral code that has become the
unwritten law. 1t inspires vigilance
committees and regulators to take
charge of many things which the courts
might better handle. and when courts
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22

others followed naturally. All the little
vigilant committees in that part of the
State became known as white caps, and
there became a compact organization,
all acting together along tho same line.
So notorious became their outrages upon
those Who excited their suspicion that
there was general distrust in all that
part of the State, every man being sus-
picious of his neighbor who was not a
member Of his w organization. Their
punishments were brutal and they had
an entire disre gard of the laws Of the
State. Another rival organization
known as the black caps" "a the re-
suit and it reached the point Of civil
warfare. Acting on the Attorney Cen
erals report the State authorities took
steps to destroy the organization. Evil
dence was finally procured against the
principal participants. They were tried
and punished, and that ended the white
caps as an extensive organization in
Southern Indiana.
The reports Of the outrages by the
Indiana white caps were no doubt much
exaggerated by sensational newspaper
writer's. The private secretary Of the
late Governor Hovey has been invests
eating these stories for u year past, and
lie says tnat III mOSt instances ne 1OunQ
that the white caps were reputable citi-
zens-persons of property-and not law
less in any sense, except in protecting
what was their own by methods outside
of the courts. On the other hand, he
found no ease where reputable citizens
had been molested. One report o: mis-
treatment of a woman was given wide
circulation in the most sensational man
ner, to make it appear that the white
caps were most rufflanly. The truth was
that q vile woman who had been put off
an Ohio River boat took up her quarters
in a school-house and sought to corrupt
the youth of the neighborhood. Ordered
to leave, she refused to go. A company
Of mel and women took her from the
school-house, and the women gave her
a switching. She was not injured. It
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22
f. IL. wAsnEunHE.
RICHARD

Usher F. Under, James w. Singleton,
Allen, John II. Eden, VIM. f. Thornton,
John Doughcrty, David NJ. Woodson,
Silas L. Bryan, Chauncey l.. Higbee,
VIM. r. Morrison, Stephen A. Hurlbut,
Don Morrison, James c. Robinson, VIM.
ID. Anderson, Zadoc Casey-all of whom
has a State reputation, and some of
whom became known to the country ut
large.
Conspicuous among the Republican
speakers We're Abraham Lincoln, Lyman
Trumbull, Leonard SWEET, Isaac n.
Arnold, Joseph Gillespie, Richard j.
Oslcsby, Norman Il. Judd, Shelby NJ.
Cullom, Gustavas koerner, E. NJ.
HainCs, Casper Butt, VIM. B. Plato,
Thos. j. Henderson, Cyrus Eplcr and
John Woods.
1t is enough to say of the standing of
the gentlemen whose names arc given
above that more than forty are en- the
roll of membership in Congress-, and
many distinguished themselves in the
great civil war, whilst others have been
governors. judges and representatives
of the government abroad.
OF course the press took a Jealous
part in the great campaign. Long
John" Wentworth of the Chicago Dem
ocrat, "Dcacon" Bross of the Tribune,
Andrews and Shuman of the Journal,
Baker and Phillips of the SPRING
field journal, Bailachc of the Alton
Telegraph, Niles of the Bcllevillc Advo-
cate, Morrison Of the Quincy Journal,
Foote of the Bloomington Paragraph,
We're am 5ng the principal editors, while
the Democracy was represented by such
Journalists as Shcahan OF the Chicago
Times MIR. Douglas home organ>
LaEphier and Walker of the Springfield
Register, Bond OF The Carlyle Democrat,
Brooks of the Quincy Herald, Geo. T..
Brown of the Alton Courier, and many
others.
Soon after his return to Congress,
after the Mexican war;, Col. Bisscll, in
Senator Jefferson Davis, who construed
Bissell's remarks tn apply sarcastically
to the troops from Mississippi. Davis
commanded the First Mississippi Rcyi-
mcnt and Bisscll the Second Illinois at
Buenn Vista. Davis regiment fought
with unqucsticned bravery in the en-
gagement and was severely cut up, Dn-
Wis himself being somewhat seriously
wounded, but Bissell with. as was sup
posed, the Mississippians in his mind,
made reference to the comparative valor
of the Northern and Southern volun-
tccrs in IL way, to say the least, that did
no injustice to the Illinoisans. Davis
promptly challenged Bisscll and Bissell
as promptly accepted. The correspon-
dence was short, sharp and decisive.
Being the challenged party Bissell had
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22

t..soal poine OF view. Besiaes, .hn growth
Of Illinois In population, AID TIE u.cs-
sions to the polling strength by young
men coming to theic .Laiority, were ex-
Pected to make m increase OF from Sa..
100 to lO0,OOO in the vote. One thing.
entered into the calculations of both
sides: that every person throughout the
State with the right OF suffrage who
could go OF be taken to the polls would
surely vote.
In those days communication between
the capital and other parts OF tho sta.c
was much slower than it is now. and it
was several weeks before the result
could be fully known. Eag raess to
know how the election had gone seems
faint term as applied to the interest of
the people, but at length it was ascer-
timed that Buchanan had carried the
electoral vote and Bissell had been
elected Governor. The Presidential
vote stood: Buchanan 105,3lS; FREE
mont, 96, ls9; Fillmore, 37,44I. Eu.h-
Tor Governor is no. accessible whore
this is written, but Bisseil's majority
az j, 100 or whereabouts.
1t has been stated above tina. Bliss. II
was almost IL helpless invalid. He had
come home from the Mexican way Win ::
chronic disease which carried away on
seriously impaired the health of the VOL
Nnteers. His condition was much worse
shan a generally thought, but III -
was carefully concealed from the public.
~ the time of the election Col. Bissel
ssquired the attention of a nurse !
'auch as an infant would. He had b.
come, under his sufferings, moose al! |
:eevish. The rcmosa' OF the invalid TO
the capital was accomplished l%aboriou:-
!y, but quietly, and in a sitting pos;u g
ct the mansion, the G~overnor-elcct toul
the oath OF Office and assumed his d,:-
ties. During his residence there he Was
Perhaps as many as half a dozen tines
outside the Governors house for Il ride,
fut all knew Bisscll wa a dying ma,
Gle survived till March, 1850, and died
ia the mansion, being succeeded TO. h.
remainder OF his term, ten months, b:y
j.ieut. Gov. John Wool, OF Quincy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22

ing address. In speaking he was pro-
else, narrowly escaping affectation, all
WAYS Rhetorical, and sometimes oratori-
cal. At the lscllcvillc bar, where he
practiced with sucl, legal l,iminaries as
John Reynolds, Lyman and George
Trumhuii, Gustavus Kocrner, Jchu
Baker. w. II. Underwood, HI. X. S.
OMclycmy. Joseph Gillespie, Murray
Morrison, James shields, W. II. Snyder,
Philip u. iouke, and others of like dis
tiEsu shed character, he was held in the
highest respect and admiration. At tho
time OF his nomination., however, and,
indeed, through the remainder of his
career. he WAS an almost helpless in
valid. But IL speech was delivered by
him in the canvass, and that was from
his chair mt IL meeting i'm Bcllevillc.
Richardson was IL kentuckian, about
II years of age. He was eight OF ten
years Il member of the Legislature, and
III 1914 was Speaker of the House. When
the Mexican war broke out he raised Il
company, served as Captain, and OIL the
field OF Buena Vista was promoted by
the unanimous vote of his regiment.
Returning, he was, in 1S47, elected to
Congress. where he served until nomin-
ated Tor Governor. when he resigned.
Col. Bisscll was u New Yorker, born
III 1871, and therefore about the same
age as his competitor. He was educated
for the medical profession, graduating
in Philadelphia in 1884, and practiced in
Illinois till 1870, when he was admitted
to the bar. Like Richardson, he went
to the Mexican war as IL Captain, was
promoted on tho field of Bucnn Vista,
and returning was II member of Con-
gress from ls49 to 1855.
These, then, were the generals: For
President and Governor, Fremont and
BiSsell on ono side and Buchanan and
Richardson OH tho other. Tho lines
were closely drawn, and the campaign
opened. From Galcna to Cairo, from
the Wabash to the Mississippi, resound-
cd the dreadful note of preparation"
Soon the State was Il contlagra-
ton OF enthusiasm and excitement.
Dinna ye hear the slogan? 'Tis
the Douglas and his mcn!" was in
scrihed on tho banners of the Democ-
racy. Free States, free speech, free
dom and Fremont" rang out from
amidst the clangor of the Republican
brass bands. Clubs were organized;
public documents were in demand. The
exploits of the great Pathfinder, I"
his hardships in exploring the
Western country, were printed in
pamphlets and scattered broadcast. The
life and services of James Buchanan, the
old public f%unctionary. found equal cir
culation among the pc plc. State COM
mittce rooms of both parties exhibited
thc greatest activity, and ut frequent
sessions the details of tho were
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22

will continue to argue that tho end JUS
titles the means, and try to make the
punishment fit the crime. As the old
world has had the pillory and the stocks
for men, and the ducking stool and the
bride for shrewish women, all Of which
were barbarous, so has America had
~barbarities less sever to ft the petty
offenses that could not be carried into
the courts. And as the parish priest Of
ten gave the order to use the ducking
stool in England, 80 the circuit rider has
often figured in the band of regulators
in small American communities.
AS the seriousness of the offenses or
supposed offenses against a community
increased the severity of the regulators
has been more marked. The white caps
were an advanced order of the village
regulators. They stepped short of the
Ku Klux Khan and vigilance committee
OF the ranchmen and the miners where
Judge Lynch presides.
The first appearance of the white caps
under that name was in the southern
part of Indiana. 1t was an organizn-
tion of vigilantes and its first idea was
to band against the negroes coming into
that region from Kentucky.
In this it resemb!ed tho old Ku klux
organization, but did rot go to the on
tremes of the Ku klux, in that it stopped
short of murder. 1t gave waning to
ngroes that they could not live in that
community. These warnings were fol-
lowed by whippinys and other outrages,
until the negroes gave the section q
wide berth. Then the white caps as
sumed to themselves the enforcement of
the unwritten law which exists in every
community, They We're q band of reg.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22
Giant squids Arc Good Eating.

Giant sauids or calamaries are
eaten. They are ferocious creatures
and it is of them that so manystories
are told as to their attacking boats
and ven ships. They weigh some.
times many thousands of pounds,
having two enormously long tentacles
with which to seize prey and eight
shorter ones to hold it, all armed with
enormously powerful suckers. These
animals possess an approach. to a
brain, inclosed in a cartilaginous
skull. One of them would furnish
food for Il fripate.