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Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
rs OTHERS SEE US.
Morrison County Will be in the
Republican Column No.
venber Z.
Vember Z.

The political situation in Morrison
county is such as to encourage Re-
publicans every where. The Repub-
licnns uf the county have without
doubt the best organization Of any
;cppnty in Minnesota. They feel that
they are going to win and they are
SSine 10: :*lg,.: Headquarters have
bden establisRea in the Butler block,
Little Falls, a competent man placed
in charge and from this Office the
best campaign OF the year is being
carried out. During this week there
are to be twenty-nine meetings to be
held in different parts of
the county. Sunday a monster
meeting was held at Swan River
attended largely by Poles. Frank
Gryglea of Minneapolis, spoke three
times in Polish during the day and
many OF his people declared that
they had voted the Democratic ticket
for the last time. Everything points
to Republican victory In Morrison
county, where two years ago Cleve-
land received 45O and D. w. Lawler
600 plurality.-St. Cloudi II ournal
Press.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
.e+. Getting RICH

1t ik'easy II imafhf ttateasntA to
figure out wealth where it doesn't
exist. Figuring the back taxes as
enough to pay the floating debt is
easy-but it is false. Just to indi-
cate how easy wealth. is made it is
only necessary to read the county
financial statements. Auditor Ellen
hecker made a statement on Jan: !,
1898, showing that the court house
square and buildings were worth
sos 900, and they are figured at that
amount in the assets of the county.
On jan. 1, 1894, another statement is
made, and behold the county is
richer by $5,OO0-the court house
square and buildings are worth
S1OO. 1000. 1t was a generous act
hut what sense was there in it? Any
sane man knows that a building de-
nreciates in value with age and use,
and no property owner will claim
that real estate increased in value
during the year 1893.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
PARAGoNS Of PBRPIDY ! D
"reminiscences Of Some Famous
Rogues of Long Ago. A.:
JEFFREYs, L0vAT AND CHARTRRIs

4 Review Of tho Good Old Times In, Merry
England Which Is More Instructive
Than Edifying-Titus Oates. tho sKing
Of Perjurers."
"Twelve Bad Men" Is the odd title of o
book at once intensely sensational and
strictly historical recently put forth by
Thomas seccombe Of London, but 1t is
evident at glance that he has not &C.
lected the worst men in history, and he
explains his choice by saying that white
washing has proved as bad for biography
as the worst taipt OF bigotry." and he has
therefore taken 10 men whom nobody has
tried to "whitewash," men so thoroughly
and irredeemably bad that men of all par
ties admit their badness.
The star character Of the book is Titus
Oates-and it is very strange that no full
biography Of him had ever been published
that utterly constituencies villain who
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
SIMON LORD LOVAT.

last Jacobite rebellion, and soon after the
battle Of Culloden was captured. Hogarth
saw him in prison and sketched his por-
trait as the old rebel was counting the
clans on his fingers.
At the age Of so he was beheaded and
died with great dignity, repeating as he
laid his head on the block, "Dulce ct de-
corum est pro patria mori." He had been
traitor to both sides, and the only "pa-
tria" he cared for was his own lordship in
the highlands.
Other characters in this book are Jona-
than Wild, the most rascally of all the ras-
cal detectives in history; Wainwright, the
poisoner, and Kelly, the murderous BUSH
ranger of Australia, and Sir Edward Kel-
ley. But in pure and unrelieved business
all the others yield to Titus Oates, the
liking of perjurers. " From the cradle to
the grave this man never once exhibited
moral trait of any kind whatever. He
was born in Norfolk In 1640. He was
known at school first as a Ounce then as
sneak and informer and finally as pick
pocket. Nevertheless he obtained some
education and a poor vicarage In the
church.
He was accused of stealing the pigs and
chickens of his parishioners, and as mild
punishment was made chaplain in a war
ship of the worst class. For various Of
fenses he had to flee from England, and SO
tried to become q Jesuit In Spain. The
fathers there were too shrewd for him, SO
he got back to England and entered Jesuit
school, from which he was soon expelled.
It was then, In 1878, that he unfolded the
alleged and ever famous Roman Catholic
plot to kill King Charles II.
Tho mysterious murder Of Sir Edmund
bury Godfrey set the nation in fury
against the Catholics, and Oates was hailed
as savior. ~ BY hts abominable lies he
oou,ed the death Of many innocent men,
including Lord Stafford. He had not the
wit to perceive when the reactton came
and was caught In his last and WORSE VI
lainy-the Atsenpt 70 convict the queen of
oonspifine against her Ausband. The jury
gavS an aRful sentence, part Of which wus:
''sYot shAll upon the next Wednesday be
whipped from Aldgats TO oNewgats. Upon
Friday you shall Us whipped from New.
gate to Tyburn By the hands Of the DOM
mon haliRman.n9 Vi" = !, ~, . -, =.
{" On TIE 1rst day he received l, 800 lashes;
on tho second !, ZOO, being stretched on .
tumbrib a. he was unable 10 walk Yet
he survived, and his partisans chained 1t
for miracle. The revolution osrne, and
he was released. The remaining 16 years Of
his life were passed In all manner Of petty
villainies. He succeeded in marrying an
old woman Of some property and died In
1905, having outlived Jeffreys, the cruel
Judge who sentenced him, 1o years.
r,...s = ]. NJ L.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
Meetings Tuesday Night.

Three Republican meetings were
held in the county Tuesday evening
and all were we'll attended. In the
city of Little Falls at the tiremen's
gymnasium the meeting was ad-
dressed by Hon. Jno. E. Gagnelius,
of st. Paul and Mayor Staples. The
former spoke in both English and
Swedish. He devoted his time to
the national and state issues and
made good impression ON his audi
ence. Mr.. Staples took up the
county matters and ripped up the
last crooked statement OF the
county gang.
In Little Falls town the meeting
was addressed by NJ. NJ. Williams
and A. p. Blanchard and the issues
of the campaign were thoroughly
explained to the voters.
At Gravelville the speakers were
Hon. Warren Wakefield, J. H.
Rhodes, Henry Rasicot and George
laFond. About eighty men were
present, also number Of ladies.
The meeting was a rOuser and the
people will understand when they
see the recent ''crOOked statement"
of the court house clique that it is as
misleading and devoid OF truth as
their former one. -. =. Gee. =.
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remarkable talents and early in his ca

remarkable talents and early in bis Ca
reer noted for a certain coarse hunor.
We at once recognize the portrait Of q
scoundrel In that of Colonel Franais Char
teris. 1t represents him as he stood IN the
dock of the Old Bailey, with his thumbs
tied. The face Is powerful and intelligent.
its best feature, tho nose> being well form
ed and prominent. but the eager, protrud-
Ing eyes and thick, sensual lips are not
beautiful. The portrait suggests a human
hawk. It might stand as the'incarnation
of rapacity. Indeed this man preyed on
two classes Of his fellow creatures-on
fools with money and ON women who
pleased him.
He was Of an excellent Scotch family,
but took to cards and dice as a young
duck to water, and his first crime struck
tho keynote Of his career. Coming home
from Flanders with money intrusted to
him to raise recruits, he Qambled away ev-
erything while on shipboard.
Although frequently exposed as a cheat,
the penalty for which was the stripping
OF the culprit and making him stand for
hours in the corner of room, Charteris
waxed rich and won even the title of
''colonel." He secured the Earl Of Wemyss
for q son-in-law, having given his daugh-
ter the dowry Of princess. Meanwhile he
committed outrages that cannot be de-
scribed in a modern newspaper. Suffice it
to say that it was violence to women that
twice earned for him the sentence of death,
but he had influence and was spared.
He was old at so and grew painfully de-
vout, proposed to establish homo and
school for his unlawful children, who were
to be COLLECTED by advertisement, and ~
almshouses for poor women whom he had
injured. He recovered, however, and for
awhile was worse than ever. It was he Of
whom the story was told that he offered
$50, 600 to any one who would prove there
Is no such place as hell, but the stories Of
Scotch preachers in 1880 and thereabouts
ought not to be accepted without oonflr
nation. Besides, If there had been no
hell, such q man would have made one
for himself. He died in 1882, and the
mob despatched the hearse with the vi1est
flth and garbage as his corpse was taken
through Edinburgh. There was riot at
tho church, and at the grave the mob drove
away the sections and threw dead dogs
and cats on his coffin. Arbuthnot wrote
his epitaph, of which this is part
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swore away the lives of many innocent
men in the later years of Charles II and
survived the whippings in which he re-
ceived 5000 lashes. "The blood ran in
rivulets," says an eyewitness, "and his
bellowings were frightful to hear. Several
times he swooned, but the cruel lash con-
tinued to fall and with a vigor which
showed the hangman had received special
instructions. When unbound the flesh
of his entire back was cut in strips to the
bone.
Contemporary with Oates was the
wicked judge" the infamous JeRreys.
Boutwell,, one Of the husbands of Marie
Stuart, is given prominent place in the
book, but one wonders to see so much
made of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, for he
was neither cruel nor licentious. He re-
belled against King George II, however,
and the author probably thought that the
sum Of all villainy. Another star charac-
ter is Colonel Francis Charters, the ia
nous cheat, gambler and rake, who lived
from 1876 to 1882 and died in his bed aft
er being twice condemned to death for
rape and threatened with assassination for
! 80 years.
The portraits are surprise. That of
Jeffreys is from q painting by Knellcr
when the subject first became eminent,
and one can but ask: Is this the Gorgon
which terrified malefactors, rebels and
dissenters in the days of the restoration;
the face at the sight of which men swoonod
and one young woman died; the face which
inspired Charles II to say Of its possessor
that he had "mo1e impudence than ten
carted street walkers" It Is not even
what Charles Surface would call disin-
heriting countenance emphasized with an
expletive). 1t Is face to threaten and
command, one also Of judicial openness
and serenity.
Jeffreys worked hard and drank deep.
His youthful face soon became bloated and
his eyes bloodshot, and when he had done
the cruel work of Charles II and James II
for few years his countenance acquired
an unearthly ferooity. 1t was after the
failure of the Monmouth rebellion In 1885
that he was sent on the western assize,
where he won for himself his lasting in
fanny. 1t was at Dorchester that he was
observed to laugh ominously when the
preacher referred to mercy in the assize
sermon. A violent charge to the jury fol-
lowed, $50 passionately expressed as SEEM
ed rather the Language of Spanish in
quisitor than Protestant judge" Thirty
persons were convicted of treason. They
were tried Saturday and hanged Monday.
Three hundred others were convicted
there, of whom rs were hanged and the
rest cruelty whipped or transported. Ten
der children, for merely walking in pro-
cession at the command Of their teacher
when honors were paid to Monmouth,
were condemned to slavery in the West In
dies. At Taunton 1874 prisoners were
hanged and 1913 transported. The corpses
were hanged in chains before the country
churches and left to rot. 1.-The poor peas
ants at worship could see the skulls Of
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02

their late neighbors grinning over the
church door. ," And - 1t went through
all the western counties. the progress Of
this monster everywhere attended with
scenes Of which the mere description siok-
ems the heart. = :'.'J''.' 4,
He became lord chancellor at 81. The
revolution came, and he tried to escape
from England disguised as butcher, but
was caught, and only the exertions Of po-
lice and military saved him from being
torn In pieces by the people. He lived in
fhe Tower four months, dying by inches
and suffering such agonies as cannot be
described, and when dead his corpse was
laid beside that of Monmouth, whose fol-
lowers he had used so cruelty, in the
chapel of the Tower Yet he was Q man of
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
\: THE + If, ISSUE.
what the Real lseue In the
County Campaign 10.

The cards tackled up In various
parts of this county on which IS
printed the second "crooked' state
ment of the court house crowd ana
headed "Morrison County All Right
are causing considerable comment.
There is no discussion, for the work
is So coarse that any man who can
read the English language sees at
once that it is but Il ruse to dacelve
the voters. The takes for previous
wears unpaid" item amounting to
$17, ,9GO. sc is too much for the 1ntelll-
gent voter to swallow. When the
Transcript made the statement that
it was not worth 80 cents on the dol
lar it placed it high, and men VINO
are we'll posted say that those taxes
will not pay the county 20 cents on
the dollar. According to the state
mert on the card this all goes into
the county revenue fund when intact
about one-eighth of it would go for
that purpose. You can readily see
what long ways this amount o1
less than 81, 1000 would go in paying
off even the $1O,376 which they spent
last wear, over and above the receipts
of $15,O11.25. Everyone can see the
fallacy of their rstatenent. bnt In any
event it has slittle to do with the issue
this campaign, more than to show
the people that the men who nave
been running county affairs are trying
to deceive them as to the true state
of the county's finances. The issue
before the people is this: In 1873
Morrison county was in the hands OF
the Democrats, who are now candi-
dates for reelection, and in that
wear. according to their financial
statement, the county revenue ex-
penses were $25,3S7 25. while the
revenue receipts were but $15,0ll.23,
thus running the county in debt
S1O.376.. The valuation OF this
county is $3,236,6 6,666, and 5 mills
Of each dollar goes to the county
revenue fund, and had every one in
the county paid MISTAKES $l6,lS3.33
would have been paid into the
county revenue fund, and the county
revenue expenses would have still
exceeded the receipts 80, ,2O392.
In their first crooked statement
they showed that they were worse
in 1893 than they were'in 1892. Ger
tainly they were, and no one will
deny it. Now they want to he re-
elected Just to see how bad they can
get before the people will become
aroused to the true situation.
The issue of this campaign is the
record made by the county officers
in 1893, and there is no getting away
from it. They have tried to evade it
in every manner even to publishing
crooked statements. Their county
organ dare not discuss the affair and
it's only reply to the true statement
OF county matters was to fling vile
epithets and vualgar language at
the editor OF the Transcript.
Your second crooked statement is
worse than the first. Make another.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02

Simon Fraser really ought not to be in
this collection. He was born In 1867 and
bcheaded in 1747 He seized by fraud and
violence the headship of the Clan Fraser,
but used his authority SO we'll that
his people loved him. His authority was
recognized by the crown, and he be-
came Lord Lovat, but in his many in
trgues made the mistake of thinking the
Stuarts could be restored, Joined in the
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02

Here continueth to rot the body Of
Colonel Don Francisco,
Who, with an infexible constancy
!: And inimitable uniformity Of life,
!: Persisted in spite Of age and inf1rmity
In the practice Of every human vice.
!: Think not, indignant reader, his life
!: useless to mankind. Providence fa-
!: vored his execrable designs that he
: might remain to this and future ages
: conspicuous proof and example Of how
!: small estimation exorbitant wealth Is
held in the sight Of the Almighty by his
!: bcstowing it on the most unworthy Of
the descendants Of Adam.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-20
LORD SALISBURY


DeGcs the Government to Submit til
Home iiulc Question to the Country.
LONDON, april 10.-An enormous
audience, which included very many
members OF the aristocrucy, greotad
Lord Salisbury, the Conservative leader,
when he addressed the Primrose League
this afternoon at Covent Garden theatre.
During tho course Of his remarks Lord
Salisbury said that they were in q
position which was critical for the en-
DURANGO OF the institutions which it was
the special mission OF the league to sus-
tain. If the government believes that
the rejection Of homo rule by the house
OF lords unjustly intcrprcts the wishes
OF tho people it is then their duty 10
make tho earliest appeal to the country.
He did not say that the government was
bound to dissolve upon every occasion
OF difference between tho two houses;
but when the event which caused the
difference OF opinion was OF n moment
out character and affecting the relations
between the islands which had sub.
sisted for seven centuries, they had no
right to decide not to appeal to tho
country.
Lord Salisbury then denounced tho
register bill. which he said would dis
franchise thousands and enfranchise
many who were mere Migrants.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-20
FARNHAaI POST G. A. II.

Recommended For Reinstatement by tho
Now York Department Council.
ALBANY, n. Y, April l9.-The state
G. A. R. department, through ito coun-
Gil OF administration, has practically de.
cided to reinstate Farnham Post G. A.
r, Of New York city, which was ex.
pellcd from. the order last winter, all
that is necessary to effect the reinstate.
meut being the sanction and confrma.
ton Of the determination OF the state
council by the national G. A. r. council
| OF administration.
At the meeting at which action was
taken there appeared O, largo delegation
representing the post. John ]. Finn
and Captain Brogan made appeals for
the reinstatement. They showed that
tho poat had been porpotuated since its
expulsion and since that time has given
away Sl,6S0in charity and done other
works OF mercy.
The post wns expelled last winter for
passing resolutions on the pension
| question condcmning tho position taken
by the National G. A. r. Encampment
and circulating the resolutions through.
out tho United States.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-20
WHITES POSITION.
Tho California Senator States Why lie
FtyOrs the CILIuCso Treaty,

The California Senator States Why 10
rItyora tho Chinese Treaty.
WAsmSdroH, D. c., April lO.-Com.
mont hua boon caused by tho announce.
iucnt that Senator white, Of Califor.
MIA, iNvora tho now Chincoc treaty. To
tho Associated Press tho senator has
given for tho first time tho reasons for
his attitude on this subject "The
treaty Recognizes" no says, "shC valid.
lily Of tho Gcnry and McCrcnry acts aud
explicitly declares that tho Chinese
government will object to their enforce
moEt. There !s u substantial gain, be.
causO tho supreme court sustained the
validity Of the Geary law by a Q ma
jori,y. aud tho justices whoaO votes de-
terninnd the case have decided that all
recognize tho uncertainty OF a second
presentation oil that tribunal.
Tho provision whereby tho United
States agrees TO furnish annually to
China tho names OF our citizens, includ.
Ing missionaries who reside there, Is in
effect n guarantee by tho Chinese om.
piro that tho Americans will not bO dis.
turbcd. Missionaries ncad not have my
solicitudo hereafter. While tho Chi.
nGse government Is not friendly TO
American residents, tho effect OF the
provision Is to make II liable peculiarly
and otherwise for injuries to our people
there. Tho Chinese do not enjoy pay.
ing damages.
As to tho criticism against the privi.
lego 10 Chinese loborors having wife,
child or parent in the United States,
property or debts, no said: "Tho provi.
sion only applies to lAborers who arc
registered. II We agree as in the Gcary
aud McCrcTry acts that thoy may re-
main permanently II thoy register, l
SEQ no objection to their temporary alb.
scncc. | admit that n Chinaman will
swear to anything. but in this case his
voracity is passed upon byan American
official"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-20
A LIBIlRrY TREE
Planted In Soil. Gathered In Historic Spots
Throughout the Country.

Planted In Soil Gathered In Historic Spots
Throughout the Country.
san Francisco, April l0.-Unuaual
ceremonies we're performed in Golden
Gate pack this afternoon whom sequoia
chapter OF tho California lodge Of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
planted n "liber.y tree" in historic soil
that the women have been gathering
for ak months past. To-day being tho
anniversary OF the battle OF Lexington,
it was chosen for the planting, and the
first trowel iull Of earth used was from
the memorable battle ground, Tho
second installment OF dirt is from tho
tomb.at Mt. Vernon, where George and
Martha Washington we're first buried.
The third trowel full Of earth is from
the grave OF Marquis dc Lafayette,
IRON tho Pichus, Paris. and wa dis
posed OF BY NJ, L. DeLalnnd, consul
general OF france, who represented the
French nation By m address,
For six month"; tho daughters OF
tho local branch OF the society have
been In correspondence with the poo
pie living near the great battle
fields Of the revolution and the
colonial church yards asking for soil.
Package after package has been received
iron the New England and Middle
states. ind at one time the entira cellar
floor of Mrs. Hubbard on Pierce street,
was covered with boxes and packages Of
earth from historic spots. The liberty
tree to be planted to-day will grow in
earth from the graves OF ex.Presidents,
statesmen, warriors, patriots, and from
battle. folds and spots OF historic re.
nowa throughout Tho land.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-20
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Thosouth Carolina supreme Court Decides
Against Tie TiilmanL Liquor Law.
COLUMBIA, S, G., April lo.-The Till
man state dlapensary liquor law has
been declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court of South Carolina, two
justices concurripg and one (Tillmanite)
member of the supreme bench dissent.
ing from the oninion.
The decision was rendered by Chief
Justice McIver, Justice McGowu assent.
ing. Justice Pope (the Tillman justice)
dissents. The decision was rendered in
n composite case composed OF q case
originating in Darlington and appealed
to tho supreme court by the state au.
thorities, and OF several minor cases
likewise appealed By the state. Tho
ground on which the law is declared
unconstitutional is that it creates u
monopoly for the state. Jua,ice Nc.
lver's decision declared tho law uncou.
stitutional in nearly every respect and
practically holds that 1t cannot be up
held on any vital point.
The profit to the state for the future
Is declared vicious.
Gov. Tillman says he is not talking;
that it is time only for action.