The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-03-25
WHOLE NUMBER 214O.

There will be IA public base ball meet
ing at the council rooms Friday even
ing at 1880, TO talk over the prospects
for the coming season. There is no
reason why Paw Paw should not have
a winning club in the field this year,
and il is desirable to start organization
now, that we may have II club rs soon
as the season opens. 1t is hoped all
who are interested in the great national
game will be present Friday evening.
There will be "union" caucus at
the council rooms next Saturday at 2:30
To nominate candidates for township
officers; at three o'clock, "democrats'
will assemble at the same place To select
delegates To the county convention. 1t
is strange what remarkable unanimity
there is between the action of the
trump" committee and the simOn-pure
democrats. 1t is said that at the town
ship "union" caucus, as in the village,
no popullsts need apply.
Section of article " of the village
charter reads as follows: The presi
dent shall be a conservator of the
peace, and may exercise within the vii
lage the powers conferred upon sheriffs
TO suppress disorder, and shall have au-
thority to command the assistance of
| all dDlt DOultu ClllLtHS W diu III IuC
enforcement Of the ordinances of the
council and to suppress riot and disor-
derly conduct" This is an authority it
is not generally understood the presi-
dent possesses; should this official at
any time attempt to quell disorder, it
would be well to remember that he has
ample authority.
Last week Wednesday was one of the
M IN ha foronttnn do We xyh hioh
| but semi occasionally to brighten our
lives. At about half past ten, three
companies of Free Will Baptists APP
preached the home of Mrs. Barton,
coming from the south, east and west
parts of town and consolidating as they
reached the door. Admittance was
neither asked for nor granted. The
crowd poured themselves in upon their
beloved pastor, who for once failed in
the attempt to say something fitting to
the occasion; however, her face eX-
pressed more strongly than words
could have done, that all were wei
come. From among SO many, a few
could well be spared, and they were the
ones who worked SO wonderful trans
formation in the house next door, Mrs.
Wilson's. There three long tables soon
took on an appearance most pleasing
to the eye and tempting to the appetite.
The seventy-tive people who partook of
the bOuntiful dinner can testify to its
completeness in every detail. A sum
of money was presented to Mrs. Bar
ton as slight token of her peoples APP
probation of her services, rs well as a
tribute to that divine principle she has
always made her own-"lt is more
blessed to give than to receive" A
year ago Mrs. Barton gave up the pas
torate of the Free Will Baptist church,
but during time of need was ever
ready To occupy the pulpit and has done
so for some months, gratutously. Well
does she deserve the gratitude and
honor manifested by all who were
present, apd very feelingly expressed
by Mr.. Charles Hoskins Every heart
was stirred by the words of response
and it was only natural for the words
of the hymn, "Blest be the tie that
binds" to find expression from many
lips. Such fellowship is above human
love-it is divine. Was it strange that
some seemed SO reluctant TO go when
the breaking up came?
A good crowd greeted Hon. James
O'Donnell of jackson at the opera
house Monday evening, the occasion
being the first rally of the season under
the auspices of the Paw Paw Repub-
lican Club. The speaker was escorted
to the hall by the band and was intro
duced by Mr.. G.. w. Young, president
of the club. He spoke for an hour on
the political issues of the day. interspers-
ing his arguments with funny stories
and anecdotes that kept his auditors IN
rollcking good humor. He commenced
his talk by entering into state taxation.
| Ho in, with nitizanc and
taxpayers, thinks taxes too high, and
so far as state affairs are concerned, he
planted himself squarely on the plat
form of retrenchment, saying IL am
slated for reduced taxation;" and again,
'the best government is that which
spends the least. the best system OF
taxation that which is least expensive;"
and again, "The republican party must
heed the demands and protests of the
people for lower taxation" He then
went into national affairs, comparing
the prosperity of the country under II
protective system with our present con-
dition, just as the voters all over the
land are making such comparisons.
He made, among others, the remarka-
| BILE but true statement that the bonds
issued by the present democratic ad-
ministration, in times of peace, amount
i UO LWlcc as DluC0 us luOSt lSsuti W iutct
the expenses of the three first wars of
the United States. He touched on the
silver and currency question, and ex-
ploded the pretended friendship of the
democracy to silver, as follows: "Jef
ferson ordered the suspension of silver
coinage; Jackson changed the ratio and
suspended coinage; Pierce stripped sill
yer of its monetary functions by making
it legal tender for only five dollars,
and Cleveland is so pronounced a mon
ometallist that he would 90 into hys-
terics should a silver bass strike his
hook while he was on one of his fire.
auent fishing excursions" He reviewed
briefly his own congressional record of
| friendliness to silver, and committed
himself to advanced silver legislation
as follows: II am anxious TO see silver
rehabilitated throughout the world, and
want To see the coinage of silver dol
lars resumed;" and again, 81 would be
glad to have coinage of American sill
yer, if no more" He clearly stated that
he also thought every dollar, whether
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