The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-20

nal that does nothing but paddle along
with public opinion without breasting the
current of popular errors is of no value
none whatever"
c. K. Smith, territorial secretary. whom
he blamed for delaying the pay for the
government printing he had done was re-
moved in 1851. AS he went out of St.
Paul, Goodhue gave him this character
istically parting dig. He stole into the
territory, he stole in the territory and
then stole out of the territory
The Pioneer editorial on Alexander
Mitchell and David Cooper of Jan. 16, 1851,
is an extreme sample of the editorial
slashing that Goodhue advocated Mitchell
was the United States marshal and Coop
er associate Justice Of the territory.
Cooper it is said wanted to be chief jus
tice. Goodhue did not like their repeated
absence, nor their conduct generally.
Finally he attacked them in an editorial
of near a column in length. or the
marshal he said, ''Since the organization
of the territory he has not been here
long enough by continued residence to be
entitled to vote, yet he has been long
enough here to be known as man ut
terly destitute of moral principle, manly
bearing or even physical courage"
or Judge Cooper, he said, He Is lost
to all sense Of decency and self-respect.
Off the bench he is a beast and on the
bench he is an ass stuffed with arrogance,
self -conceit and a ridiculous affectatlon
Of dignity" He closes the. editorial as
follows:
I'VE have had enough officers who are
daily liable to arrest under the vagabond
act; who never set a good example, per-
form an honest act or pay an honest debt.
We can endure much without complaint.
1t is less the need Of marshal and a
judge that we complain Of than the In
Fiction Of such encumbrances! Feeling
some resentment for the wrong our ter
ritory has SO long suffered by these men
pressing upon us like dispensation of
wrath, a judgment. curse, plague, un-
equaled since the hour when Egypt went
lousy we sat down to write this article
with some bitterness but our gall is
honey to what they Deserve
The affidavit of John F. Tehan. printed
in the Pioneer of Jan. %, 1851, states that
the fight on account Of this editorial oc-
CURED between Goodhue and Joseph Coop
er, a brother of Judge Cooper, between
II and II o'clock of Wednesday, Jan. Is.
From the affidavit 1t appears that Cooper
acted on the offensive and Goodhue on the
defensive. Goodhue was stabbed twice
and Cooper shot once. AS .Goodhue wrote
for the Pioneer OF Feb. g. nearly three
columns of editorial. hardly less venomous
than the one for which he was attacked,
he could not have been much hurt in the
ARRAY. ..
The fight occurred on Third street In
front of the lot where the Metropolitan
Hotel now stands.
I have given considerable space to Good
hue for have felt that could not bring
the frontier hustle and intensely personal
journalism Of the early fifties into clearer
light than by letting its chief exponent
speak for himself
Joseph r. Brown became editor and
proprietor of the Pioneer after the death
of Goodhue in 1852. He knew him and
the needs Of those early times as probably
no other man knew them. In his editorial
tribute published Sept. I, 1858, he says,
"Goodhue will be remembered with the
small band Of sturdy men who labored con-
stantly and with iron resolution to es-
tablish the pillars of society in our ter
ritory upon sound moral basis. His
press was always found on the side OF
law, order, temperance and virtue. Many
Of his editorials would have done no dis
credit to the New York Herald in its
palmy days. The keenness and brilliancy
with which he used his pen reminds us
Of the flashing weapon Of Fitz James in
his combat with Roderic Dhu:
Fitz James blade was sword and shield.
Hon. William p. Murray still lives
among us, hale, hearty, and one of our
best citizens. He was a forty-niner and
a personal friend of Goodhue. He says:
"Goodhue's aim and object was to make
St. Paul great city, not only in good
morals but in good government. He ad-
vocated with all his ability the passage
Of laws and ordinances for the better gov
eminent Of its citizens"
Go0dhue died Friday evening, Aug. o.
1852. He was buried in the family lot in
the old part Of Oakland cemetery. fire
and the cutting of some trees destroyed
the identity Of his grave. Finally, after
the lapse of nearly forty eight years, ex-
cavation of the lot uncovered what was
left of the perishable part of Goodhue
His brother identified the remains and
they were re-interred June s. 1900.
The Minnesota Chronicle.
The Minnesota Chronicle was the sec
Ond newspaper printed in Minnesota. II
was a four-page, seven column, whig pa
per, published weekly. It's f1rst issue was
May 81, -1s4s. James Hughes, forrne,
resident Of Ohio, Was Its editor and pro
prietor. The Minnesota Register, COMING
1in July, made two whig papers, while the
party in the state was largely in the mi
nority. Each continuing, one and perhap:
both would starve. There was nothing
to do but consolidate. Hughes sold his
plant to Mclean G. Owens Of the Reg
lister, and Aug. 25th, the first number o
the Chronicle and Register appeared
Aug. 8. 1849, being the last issue of tn.
Chronicle. 1t was printed in a,small one
story building on the northwest corne
Of Fifth and Jackson streets. Hughes
went to Hudson, Wis, and died there il
1874. " s-fis.s
I 70. The Minnesota Register.
The Minnesota Register was the thirt
paper printed in Minnesota it's date Jul,
II, 1S49. 1t was a whig, four-page, six
column sheet. Another number of tn,
Register was printed in Cincinnati, Ohio
| dated Saturday, April 81, 1s4e, though
Saturday was really April 18th, and sen
to st. Paul by steamboat for distribution
| DR.. A. Randall, the editor, did not follow
| it. He started for California by overlan,
route instead, having taken a position
under Colonel Collier, collector of the por
of San Francisco.
| Under date of Sept. 20, 1S49, the Gin
! cinnati Commercial reported that Randall
| had been killed in fight in the Rock
Mountains, over some kind of mineral
He was killed by man who went from
| near Hamilton, Ohio.
| Randall was we'll known in Minnesota
| having been connected with Professo
Owens Geological Survey Of the north
west. 1t seems he went. to Cincinnati IL
the fall of 1848 to buy "a printing pres
| and material but winter caught, him an,
| in the soring Goodhue got here first
Placing thu outfit with John P. Owens, hi
partner, Randall started for California
disposing Of his interest in it to Nathanie
Mclean while on his way. This was don
| by letter from FIT Leavenworth unde
date Of May 18th. Accordingly the issue 0
July 14th had N. Mclean and ]. P. Owen
at it's head. -
| The Register was run until Aug. Is