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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-17
Saws II VIII Last Over Friday.
Would Have n Gold standard Platform
With the Word Gold" Absent.

With the Word Gold" Absent.
There is no trouble about the platform
except on the divergent views of the east
for gold and the west for silver, while
Michigan, Indiana and even Ohio, with
other middle states, want the eastern idea
expressed In the currency plank without
the word gold" in the phraseology of the
declaration for single standard. AS
Senator-elect Foraker will be pressed for
the craftsmanship of the committee on
resolutions it is expected that he will
make the fight for a declaration for the
maintenance of the present standard,
which means "a single or gold standard
without the use Of the word ''gold" before
the word standard.
BY the use of the word gold it is
claimed that the campaign cry of gold
bugs" would be used in a prejudicial man
ner during the canvass. Not only dele
gates. but also Republican candidates for
congress and others from Ohio and Michi-
gan and other middle states, called on
Foraker and Hama TO say that as positive
a declaration as possible was wanted with
out the use of the word gold" which was
offensive To many wanting to support Re
publican state and district tickets as well
as the national ticket. Foraker, Hanna
and other leaders insist that IL Ii is the
will of the committee on resolutions and
later of the convention to insert the words
gold standard" McKinley's friends
will not oppose It.
Delegations are hourly arriving and
have been since Saturday. All the Ohio
men are here and nearly all the Indiana
men, among the latter being the Hoosier
Grand Old Man" Colonel Thompson.
Maine and Massachusetts, are here and
both booming Reed. Illinois delegates
are slow arriving. Iowa was not fully
represented last night. Among the
"shouters" arriving were 800 from New
York who will 'whoop it up for McKin-
ley. The Maine delegation Is criticising
Manley for his lack of Reed backbone.
Both Michigan and Wisconsin are fully
represented AS for the others nearly all
are here at this writing and all will be
here by tonight.
The Reed men are jubilant over the
resolutions Of colored mass meeting a.
which representatives from South Caro-
lima, Florida and Alabama declared for
Reed and practically withdrew their
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and portion of the Texas delegation
were referred 10 the convention. In many
cases both contestants and contestees were
understood to be Mckinley men, notably
in all of the Mississippi and South Caro-
lima districts, and in certain districts from
Tennessee, Virginia and elsewhere.
OF the 1876 claimants rejected by the
committee sixty-two were avowed Nc
Kinley men. The impression which pre-
vailed during the consideration of these
cases that the committee was deciding
large majority of the cases in favor of Nc
Kinley doubtless grew out of the fact that
in nearly all of the states where
there were large number of
contests both the contestants and the
contestees were avowcd Mckinley
men. and as natural result more Nc
Kinley men were necessarily given seats
than were anti Mckinley men, since in so
many of the cases contestants and con-
testees were, according to their own state
ments, Mckinley men.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-17

there before Saturday afternoon - there
was as much doubt about Mr.. Blaine's
candidacy as there had been before the local
conventions were held.
Then came the announcement that
Blaine had resigned from the cabinet In a
curt note and that this was taken TO mean
that he was n candidate for the nomina-
ton. No one could ever tell just how that
news spread over Minneapolis. But once
started man got ahead Of 1t. The first
mess. over the wires of one Of the
press L. .ons which ran into "a room In
the Yves. ..otel. AS the message came over
the wire IL was shouted at one of the CORE
spondents Of the press association--one Of
the reporters doing the convention work
and he sped down stairs faster than he had
ever moved on a news errand before. The
first people he met had not heard the news,
but after that IL seemed as though the mes
sage flashed ahead of him with the air for
conducting medium. AL through the
hotel lobby as he reached the stairway he
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-17

chairman Of the Republican national COM
mittee.
of conservatism, or the personification of
force and intellect, or for the boss" of
Pennsylvania
Apparently the question of candidate
Is less important in the eyes of the people
just now than the question of his princi-
piles. That was not the case when Grant
was the leader of his party. Hero worship
dominated the conventions which named
the great general for the presidency. Mag
uetism swayed the convention which
named Mr.. Blaine. Today the leading
candidate of the Republican party is
neither "A hero nor n man of great personal
magnetism. He Is rather the representa-
tive of a principle-the principle of protec
ton, which in so many minds is allied
with prosperity. Object lessons are great
campaign arguments
The Temporary Roll.
The preliminary work of national con-
vention begins with the assembling Of the
national committee. The Republican COM
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WORK OF DECIDING CONTESTS.

Explanation of Why So Many Cases Were
Decided for Mckinley.
An analysis of the work of the national
committee in regard TO the 1853 contests
which were originally filed with it shows
that 1876 cases were acted on, some of the
original number having been abandoned,
while several-notably those of Delaware
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-17
DECKS ARE CLEAR.
Everything Ready for the Re-
publican Convention.


Preliminaries Arranged with Unusual
Thoroughne-s and Indications of a short
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. All Settled and the
Belief General That the Credentials
Committee VIII Have Little to DO.
ST. LOUIS, June l5.-When the Repub-
lican national committee Is called to order
tomorrow IL will be found that the pre-
liminaries have been looked after with ex-
ceptional thoroughness. There will be no
obstacles in the way of Immediately be-
ginning the work for which the conven-
ton has been called, and present indica-
tons are that the meeting will not be of
long duration. The states are expected TO
have their recommendation for commit
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-17
CONVENTION HALL AT ST. LOUIS.

tee plans in readiness by tonight The ma
tional committee has entirely concluded
the consideration Of the unusually long
list of contests, and it is believed by those
who have given attention to the subject
that this work will be found TO have been
done so well that comparatively little will
be left for the committee on credentials.
Fairbanks VIII Preside Temporarily.
Selection has been made of the tenn
porary chairman &C. w. Fairbanks, of
Indiana) and other officers of the tenn
porary organization, and programme
practically agreed upon for the permanent
organization, with Senator Thurston, of
Nebraska, for presiding officer of the con-
vention. When we add TO these accom-
plishments the fact that the presidential
nominee has practically been named 1t
must be conceded that the convention has
apparently "a comparatively easy and brief
task before IL. The length of time the
convention shall sit will in all probability
be determined largely by the plan of pro-
ceeding which shall be determined by the
the committee on credentials. If this
committee should elect TO reopen all the
contests for seats in the convention and to
make an original investigation of the
various questions which these disputes
cover, the proceedings would be much de-
layed.
The Problem of the Money Plank.
The contest in the committee on resolu-
tons is expected to be sharp but not pro-
tracted. AS it now appears there will be
little or no difficulty in agreeing upon any
of the planks of the platform except that
relating to the financial policy of the party.
The financial question has almost entirely
monopolized the attention of party men
everywhere, and is still claiming the great
er share of consideration. Two problems
present themselves. The first of these is
how much TO do for silver. the second hew
little to do for gold. Around these ques-
tons range the speculation and the inter
est of all.
Three Solutions That Are Presented.
Three lines of policy will be presented
to the committee on resolutions upon
meeting the different shades Of opinion of
the delegates. These are: First-To de-
clare in explicit terms for the gold stand
ard. SecOnd-To take IA positive stand for
the free coinage of silver at the ratio of Is
10 /, independent of the course of all other
nations. Third-To practically declare
for gold and against any further recogni-
ton TO silver than the present laws give,
except upon international agreement, but
without mentioning in terms the gold
standard and with few words of encour-
agement to the friends Of silver.
Says 1t VIII Last Over Friday.
w. +. Riley of Kentucky, who has been
selected AS the first assistant secretary in
the temporary organization, said last night
that nomination could not be reached be-
fore Thursday, and that the convention
would last through Friday owing to the
fact that there will be no night sessions on
Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday, the
hall having been given up for other pur-
noses on those NIGHTS.
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names from the Mckinley column. About
oo colored delegates and alternates at
tended and there was great enthusiasm.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

Arizona has been much derided
by eastern newspapers on account
OF it's alleged sweltering heat, and
they have frequently grown face
tious at our expense. The story
of the soldier whose terrestrial
quarters when in the flesh were in
Fort Yuma and who upon passing
in his checks were relegated to hell
and sent back for his blankets,
fearing that he might freeze to
death in the neither world, has
done service for many years and
become hoary che smut, and since
the recent torrid wave throughout
the eastern states, it has ceased to
excite the rislbilities of the verlest
tyro.
In everyone of the cities east of
the Mississippi the excessive heat
of the Last two weeks has been
very destructive of human life. In
New York City alone more than
500 persons died from the effects
of heat in three days.
Contrasted with the atmos-
pheric conditions prevailing in
Arizona during the summer season
every one of the e.,f rn states AS
far north as Michigan makes a
very unfavorable showing for
saluhri5y. In Arizona the air is so
dry and evaporation rapid that ex-
treme temperatures cause but very
little discomfort, and prostraticns
are almost wholly unknown. A
physician who has travelled all
over the world to investigate the
effects of heat upon the human
hody in health and disease, gave 1T
as his experience that the climate
of Arizona was superior to any
other section of North America.
Silver Belt.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

One often hears of people dying
from over-exertion. Continuous
work nationally performed rarely
causes death. It is the pace that
kills. Laboring at high pressure
for short time, no matter how
long vacation may follow, is un-
natural, and unless the person at
tempting it IS in the first flush of
manhood he never recovers what
he has lost in his attempt to crowd
a days work into comparatively
few hours. "Wisely and slow,
they stumble that run FAST" is as
practical an adage as when Shake
speare wrote it, in times when
there was net so much hurry in
life as there is at present. More
can be accomplished in the end by
quiet, persistent endeavor than by
occasional spurts at lightning
speed.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28
A DROP OF WATER.

The water which is now in the
| ocean and in the river has been
many times in the sky. The his
tory of single drop taken out of
a glass of water is really roman
tic one. No traveller has ever
accomplished such distances in his
life. That particle may have re-
fected the palm trees of coral is
lands, and has caught the sun ray
in the arch that spans a cloud
clearing away from the valleys OF
Cumberland or California. It may
have been carried by the Gulf
Stream from the shores of Florida
and Cuba, to be turned into crys-
tai Of ice beside the precipices of
Spitzbergen. 1t may have hover
ed over the streets of London, and
have formed part of the murky
fog, and have glistened on the
young grass blade of April in Irish
fields L has been lifted up to
heaven and sailed in great WOOL
pack clouds across the sky. form
ing part of cloud mountain echo
ing with thunder. 1t has dropped
as feecy veil many miles above the
earth at the close of long seasons
of still weather. 1t has dropped
as feecy snow on the high Sierras,
has washed gold in Nevada Co,
furnished electricity at Sacramento,
glistened in the sunlight of San
Francisco bay, raced through the
Golden Gate, Kissed in spray on
the Farallonss, or swept over the
bow of a vessel rounding Cape
Horn. It has descended many
times over in showers to refresh
the earth, and has sparkled and
bubbled in messy fountains in ev-
cry country in Europe. And it
has returned to it's native skies
having accomplished its purpose,
to be stored once again with cleo
tricity to give it new life-producing
qualities and equip it as heavens
messenger to earth once more.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

The increased number of South
ern Arizona visitors to the north
ern summer resorts of the territory
is an indication that the people
within oar own borders are begin
ming to appreciate the advantages
of vacation in the most interest,"
ing part of the continent, from a
scenic standpoint, and>in peerless
climate. There has been host of
visitors at Flagstaff this season,
and the summer patronage will in
crease as the merit of the attrac :
tions in the vicinity becomes bet
ter known.-Williams News.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

Every report from Clifton is to
the effect that the com mpanies there
are turning out more copper than
ever before. Both the Arizona
company, at Clifton, and the De-
troit company, at Morenci, have
added new machinery during the
present year which enables them
to reduce their ore at less expense
than formerly. The mines are all
showing great quantities of ore and
of increased richness. 1t is the
opinion of all who are acquainted
with the great copper mines of the
Clifton district that there will be
no scarcity Of ore there during the
next twenty-five years, and prob
ably not for fifty years.-Solomon-
vile Bulletin.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

The Cosmopolitan for August is
a fine number. Under the head of
the Progress of Science there is an
instructive, ILLUSTRATED paper on
the st. Louis Tornado OH May q
It shows that the weather bureau
on that morning foretold severe
local storms and advised the an
nouncement Of dangerous condi-
tions" by special kilograms Ex-
amples of Recent Art and the
World OF Art and letters are of
interest to all who care to De up
to-date in these particulars Only
10 cents a number or $l.00 per
year.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28
THE AGE OF love.

Women marry later in life than
they used maidens who h,ve
passed their thirtieth year may
now claim that they represent the
most perfect and advanced type Of
maidenhood, and look down upon
girls who marry before twenty-five
as very much more akin to savages,
for it is q well-known fact that
the age of marriage advances with
civilization. Every where the mor.
mature woman is to the fore. The
young and inexperienced bud has
ceased to be the reigning queen Of
the hour. She has been forced to
yield her place to the matursr
woman, the woman of cultiva led
mind and manners, of broader ex-
perience and wider knowledge.
The tastes of men in this regard
seem to have undergone complete
revolution, and instead of futtering
about the inexperienced girl, talk
ing pretty nothings, they are
matching their experiences, broad
ening their horizon, sharpening
their wits in clever conversation
with some brilliant and beautiful
woman. And as the literature
always reflects the times, the girl
Of sixteen as adored by Shake
speare, Byron, Moliere, Voltaire
and Scott. is no more to be found.
Formerly, the woman between
thirty and forty years of age was
lost for passion, for romance, for
the drama; now she rules alone.
Madame Emile de Girardin, in de-
tending Balzac, says: Ills it Bal
zac's fault that the age Of thirty
today is the age of love2 Balzac
is compelled to depict passion
where he finds it.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

At the Congress mine the shaft
is now down 1900 feet and $50
men are employed under ground.
In addition to a cyanide plant with
a capacity Of 100 tons, there is a
40-stamp midi whieh runs night
and day and forty more stamps are
to be added. About four miles of
tunnels shafts and Slopes have
been run, Besides the l800-foot
shaft, two others have been sunk
to depths of 700 and HOO feet re-
spectively. Gross cutting to the
second vein has been commenced.
The present output of the mine is
$4,000 per month.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

Earnest efforts are being made
to induce Governor Franklin to
commute the sentence of Geath
imposed on Oscar Rogers. now,
confined in the Pinal county jail
for train robbery. He has been
an exemplary prisoner; this was
his first offense; human life was
not taken or attempted in the COM
mission of the crime, and life
sentence, it is generally believe d,
would fully meet the demands OF
Justice. The Tribune voices the
sentiments of the entire commu-
nifty in asking for the commuta-
tion.-Florence Tribune.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.

The importance of supporting
the local newspaper is not felt as
keenly as it should be by the dwell
ers in the smaller cities and towns.
he n ewspaperman, a paper Gle
Voted to the profession of letters
believes that the newspaper is in
realty as important factor in To-
cal prosperity as the church, It's
influence is brought to bear for the
benefit of its locality in many ways
that the church does not compass.
The intelligence and relative
position of one towu as compared
with others is to be accurately
gauged by the quality of it's news
paper and the amount of confidence
they inspire. The newspaper of a
town usually present good evidence
of the moral standing which gov
erns it; for the newspaper which
gives its constituency what that
constituency demands is of the
only kind which has stability.
A town which can show well
supported newspaper. means one
whose people are quick witted, of
keen, active interest in what con-
Germs them and their neighbors,
while one in which a newspaper
drags out wearily generally argues
itself thu abode Of people with
sluggish livers or torpid tempera-
ments, to whom the world presents
little interest beyond the limited
range of experience Immediately
bounded by their own senses.
The excuse which is sometimes
offered that the local paper is not
of sufficient interest to warrant the
expenditure of the small price of
is su description, should avail these
short-sighted moles nothing. Such
people should be told to patronize
the home industry and foster its
growth into more pretentious
affair by their encouragement. A
newspaper man is not slow to re-
spond to encouragement; in ninety
nine cases out of a hundred their
hearts are in their work and they
need but the sign of a disposition
towards it to call forth their best
efforts.
The newspapers status In town
is an index to moet of those quill
ties by which one judges of its de-
STABILITY as a pla.e of residence
and it's commercial prosperity.
1t is the positive duty of every
man to help make his town known,
increase it's prestige and add to its
reputation of being live, wide
awake place, W subscribing to the
local newspaper.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

Frank Ives, the billiardist, claim )
to have the power in his right arm
to drive billiard ball with the
cue harder than any other living
man. With one blow he can drive
the ball around the table until it
has struck eleven cushions. Fitz-
simmons can barely touch nine
cushions, while Corbett can touch
one less. Ives thinks that his pc
culiar ability is due to some unus-
ual construction of his arm.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

Australia has found it impos-.
sible to abate the rabbit plague.
In New South Wales alone, 7,000,.
900, acres of land have been aban-
doned- -Gl, 100000 has been spent
and the only plan that has any
good effect is wire netting, and OF
this $4,000 miles have heen used,
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

William J. Benning of Boone
Ia., has patented a contrivance by
which he says the current of streams
can be utilized without damming.
He uses series of undershot wheels
and develops the full force of the
str"am, which power he can turn
power.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

The San Diego World says;
The people of San Diego are ever
sleepless and tireless. They pro-
pose to see the railroad to Yuma
built as soon as possible. They
regret the many delays of the past,
but now propose to have no more
of them. Their determination now
is tixed. The decision to do q
certain work is half the work done. B
And with the people of San Iiego
to see the direct-east
line of railroad to Yuma built, we
expect to see it built before long
God speed the day.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

Mabel-Aand so he had the as
surance 10 demand that you marry
him. What did you say?
Ethel told him the supply was
not equal to the demand.
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

An Oklahoma editor made the
following announcement in the
columns of his paper: Yesterday
we were married. 1t will be re-
membered that both our former
wives eloped with the foreman Of
our otfic~. TO avoid any further
Inconvenience of this kind we have
this time married lady who is
herself compositor aud she will
set ty pc while we hustle for the
ducks who are keeping their goo1s
OH the shelf because they do not
Mesa free press., 1896-08-28

Many boy has turned ont bad,
because his father bore down too
hard on the grindstcns.
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