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The new enterprise., 1904-12-08
TIE BEST NONE TOO GOOD.

The calamity which befell our
town and county when the High
School building was destroyed
by 6re is unreasonable, and yet
the lesson taught may, after al,
prove profitable and beneficial.
Madison county is well to the
front of the list of Florida's
most prosperous count ties and
it is due to thu youth of the
county to provide them ev-
cry facility to obtain an educa'
tion which can be done with
economy and comfort.
The day of the cheaply con!
structed ard incouvenientIy
planned school houses for popu.
lOus communities has passed.and
it is now the custom, wherever
possible, in the erection of school
buildings, to construct them Of
the best and safest material and
sufficiently commOdious to ac-
commodate the youth of future
years.
Madison is a growing town.
The increased attendance each
year upon our public school is
evidence that more and more the
youth OF the county are being
sent in from the farms and villa
ges to be educated. We are glad
that this is so. 1t denotes that
those whose homes are beyond
the confines OF the corporate
limits of the town rea lize the
growing importance of a central
school where the equipment is
more complete and the course Of
instruction more thorough than
is poss BILE in the sparsely set
tied neighborhood school. The
town school frequently is the
place where the youth obtains
his finishing education, a very
small per cent ever leaving its
doors to enter college or univer.
sity. Therefore, we contend ,
that every advantage should be
afforded for the education of the
children. Safe and commodious
buildings should be erected and
equipped with all necessary ed
ucational appliances.
Madiso county is abundantly
able to provide suitably for her
children and the times demand
that the new school house to be
built in Madison be constructed
of brick and sufficiently large to
Comfortably accommodate all
the children for years to come
Every citizen of the county is
vitality interested in this matter
and should insist ucon the erec-
tion of a school building along
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08

The lightning change artist,
Hon. c. M. Brown, has done an
other turn. Some weeks ago he
migrated from Ocala to Miami,
and in a lengthy and howery
letter to the press announced
himself as delighted with his
new home and invited his friends
10 follow him to his new-found
Eden. But he mas suddenly re-
membered that he is Senator
from Marion county and now in
another epistle to the press pro-
claims that when he mas dis
charged the duties imposed upon
him by his kind constituents of
Marion he will then take up bis
residence ia Miami. The would
have been governor doesn't seem
to know where he is at but he
does know how to hang on to a
political job.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08
NoTIck FoR PUBLICATION

Land Ofice at Gainesville, Fla, Nov. q, 1904
Nctice il hereby given that the following z-nameu
settler has 6ed nouce Of his ntenuon to make iual
proof 10 support OF hls claim, and thas said proof
viii be made before Cleik Circuit Court At Madi.
son, Florida, on December 5lsL lg0i, viz. vii.
liani }. Manning OF Madison, FLORIDA, Hid, 27gOl
for tie NWL ofsNk, and SM14 OF NNlt, Of
Sec Il To. NJ, Range K.
He names the following witnesses 70 prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of SAID
Land, viz: O. II. Grimsley, n. b. Gibson,
w. q. ROBINSON,
Ed tee paid Register.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08

Because of a reduction in Stan.
dard Oil dividends John D. Rock
efeller will receive only about
t14, 400, 900 this year. Poor fell
low! II he hasn't saved some
thing from former dividends we
fear he will have hard time to
get through the winter.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08

Living at an out Of the way place, re-
mote from civilization, family s often
driven TO desperation in case Of acci
dent, resulting in burns, cuts, wounds,
ulcers, etc. Lay in a supply OF Buck
lens ArnIcs salvei tie the best on
surth. 9Sc at b. F. Moseley's drug.
store.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08

Gen. Miles will serve as Adju
tant- General on the staff of
governor-elect Douglass of Mas
sachusetts. It's all right, gov
ernor; you can have your Miles
but we'll hang on to Foster.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08
LEcAI ADVERTISER MEMrs.
Notice.

All persons are hereby forbidden
10 hunt, fish or otherwise trespsss
ON any OF my lands, iuclosed or not
inclostd. 1913 Sun.
). ALEX SMITH.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08

Madison county should keep
step with the progress of the
times. Give us a brick school
house and one large enough to
accommodate the pupils without
crowding.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08

All hail to the great American
hen! She has produced this year
fruit of value sufficient to pay
the National debt with a years
interest added-but the fruit
wasn't used for that purpose.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08

Il Florida to have a Zion Cityf
''PTOphet Elijah" Dowie is nos.
ing about in the State.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08

The prohibition party polled
i've votes IN Florida. Evidently
FloridiAns don't care much for
one Swallow.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08
NOTICE.

All persons are hereby forbidden
t. hunt, fish or other~ ise trespAss
on any Of my lands, incIosed or hOt
inclOsed.
l2.1 Sun j. L. BUNTING.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08

Lake City and Jasper are each
to have a new bank, making two
in each town. Prosperity, 1t
seems, is not confined in Florida.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-08
THURSDAY, DEcEMBRR g. 1904.

II appears that Gen. Kuroki is
not near as dead zs he was re-
ported to be.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17

their predictions that the ship of state
would be wrecked, inasmuch as candi-
dates for vice president are never con-
sidered seriously as presidential posi-
bil!ties. But again the Grand Old Par
t. triumphantly breasted the storm,
President Arthur's administration be-
ing admitted even by the Democrats to
have been a particularly clean and
able one
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
The Dred Scott Case.

The bred Scott decision, one OF the
most vital ever rendered by the su-
preme court of the United States, de-
clared the act Of 1850, the Missouri
compromise, unconstitutional and prac-
tically set up the theory that a negro
was not a human being The decision
was given in the case OF a negro by
whose name the decision is known
Scott, having married in 1886, while on
free soil, a slave. also the property of
DIR. Emerson, determined to take steps
to legally establish his freedom. He
brought suit in the supreme court of
Missouri, which held that his slavery
had reattached to him upon his return
10 "A state I'm which slavery was per
mitted and that, being a slave, he could
have no standing in court. Scott took
his case TO the United States circuit
court, which decided against him on
the main questions, though holding
that he was a citizen Of Missouri and
as such had n standing i'm court. The
matter was then appealed TO the SUI
preme court Of the United States, which
declared that the circuit court had
erred i'm entertaining the suit, mas
much as Scott. not being a citizen. pos
sessed none Of the rights Of citizen
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
Egbt Again5t 1obn5on.

Then came the era of reconstruction
and the bitter war between Andrew
Johnson, the new president. and the
Republican leaders in congress. Every
expression of southern satisfaction
with Johnson's policy added TO the sus-
picion with which he was regarded by
the men who had been so recently en-
gagged in putting down armed rebellion.
There were no important state cleo
tons in 1860, and in the few elections
that were held the Republican party
was uniformly successful. The Re
publican state conventions guardedly
approved the presidents course. but
insisted on the most substantial guar
antees of the rights of negroes in the
south before the seeding states should
be admitted TO representation in con
gress. The veto of the civil rights bill
showed the presidents intention to ad-
NIT those states without such guaran-
tees. Even then the Republicans were
content with passing over the presi-
dents head the civil rights and freed
mans bureau bills and the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution. Con-
gress then adjourned and left the de-
cision between it and the president to
the votes of the people. This decision
was promptly given. Every Republic
an state convention declared that re-
construction must be effected by con
gress and not by the executive. In no
state was the presidents policy ap-
proved
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17

In 1884 the third convention, before
which MIR. Blaine was one of the prin-
cipal candidates. nominated him for
the presidency and John A. Logan OF
Illinois for the vice presidency. The
Democrats named Grover Cleveland, OF
New York and Thomas A. Hendricks
of Indiana. The ensuing campaign
was perhaps the most bitter in the his
tory of the country. Everything that
fertile imaginations could suggest was
mentioned as fact by the Democrats
against Mr.. Blaine. Treachery among
small and disgruntled leaders, coupled
with several plumbers on the part OF
men purporting to be Republicans,
brought about the defeat Of the
"Plumed Knight from Maine. New
York was the pivotal state, and so
close was the result that a matter OF
some 600 votes reversed there would
have elected Blaine.
Ii was inevitable that the Democrats
should again put forward the only man
they had succeeded In electing In more
than a quarter Of century. Cleveland
was nominated in 1888, with Allen G..
Thurman Of Ohio as his running mate.
1t was necessary that the Republican
party should nominate its strongest
men, and the national convention more
than fulfilled the expectations Of the
masses Of the party when ii selected as
its standard bearers Benjamin Harri-
son of Indiana and Ex-Governor Levi
2. Morton Of New York. The Repub-
lican party once more returned to pow
er, and the country was relieved, for
It was apparent that we had entered
upon a period Of great industrial de-
preston, and the Democrats were not
wanted at the helm of state at such
q time. Mr. Harrison's administration
was an exemplary one, and he was re-
nominated, with Whitelaw Reid OF
New York as his running mate. Again
Cleveland was the Democratic candi-
date, and, despite the fact that the Re-
pubicans gained strength in many dis
tricts in which the more intelligent
classes predomlnated, the residents OF
the congested cities, who had been suf-
fering from the effects of the Demo
cratic policy inaugurated during the
first Cleveland administration. wildly
and blndly voted for a change, with
the result that Mr.. Harrison was de-
fea tod
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
The Reconsfruction Problem.

With Grants election practically all
ments disappeared. A new generation
of leaders and voters had arisen, which
knew only the tenets of the new party
and was not embarrassed by former
political affiliations Among these
new leaders were James A. Garfield,
James G. Blaine, Roscoe Conkling,
Carl Schurz, George F. Edmunds,
George Frisbie Hoar, Henry l.. Dawes,
Frederick Il. Frelinghuysen and Elihu
Il. Washburn.
The reconstruction problem, though
in a somewhat different FORM confront
ed the new leaders as il had the old.
The grant of suffrage to the blacks
had been completed, but federal sup
port of the state authorities seemed
necessary. Opposition to this policy
brought about the organization of the
Liberal Republican party. A national
convention held at Cincinnati, May /,
1872, nominated Horace Greeley Of
New York for president and Il. Gratz
Brown of Missouri for vice president
A couple OF months later the Demo
cratic national convention at Balti-
more Endorsed these nominations Up
on the record Of his first term Grant
was nominated unanimously by the
regular Republican convention at Phil
adelphia and was reelected. his run
ming mate being Henry Wilson of Mas
sachusetts. who died i'm office.
The Republican platform of 1872 de-
manded the maintenance of complete
liberty and equality in the enjoyment
OF civil and political rights throughout
the Union without regard to color. COM
mended the president and congress for
the suppression OF the Kuklux dis
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17

orders in the south and strongly re-
affirmed the protective tariff plank OF
the platform of 1860
Grants second term was period
OF comparative political quiet, though
the derelictions of some OF his APP
some effect on the congressional cleo
lions of 1SI4-1J.
The next great political question
which the Republican party was called
upon TO decide was that of specie re-
sumption. To disOwn the paper money
which Republican administration had
issued in the stress of civil war and
thus 10 endanger the party supremacy
required nerve, foresight and skill
Ohio was made the first battle-ground
in the tight for hard money. Success
there was followed by the nomination
date. Rutherford r. Hayes. for the
presidency.
Hayes For President.
The national convention OF 1876 met
in Cincinnati on the 14th of June
Its platform reaffirmed the platform
of 1872, adding demands for specie re-
sumption and the reform of the civil
service. James G.. Blaine. Oliver T.
Morton and Benjamin H. Bristow led
through several ballots. On the sew
enth there was break to Blaine, but
enough votes were changed to Ruther-
ford Il. Hayes. who had received sixty
votes on the first ballot and had been
steadily gaining. to give him the nomi-
nation. William A. Wheeler OF New
York was nominated for the vice presi-
dency with little opposition.
The ensuing campaign, the Demo
cratic candidates being Samuel J. TIL
den OF New York and Thomas A. Hen
bricks of Indiana, was one of the most
bitterly contested in the history OF the
republic. The states OF Oregon, Loui-
siana. Florida and South Carolina were
Justify claimed by the Democrats. The
matter seemed impossible OF amicable
adjustment until the Republican party,
secure in its knowledge that justice
was on Its side, suggested an electoral
commission TO pass upon disputed re-
turns from the various states. This
commission was to consist Of five men,
bers OF the United States senate, five
members of the ma tional house Of rep
resentatives and five associate justices
Of the supreme court, four of whom
were mentioned by districts mot by
name) in the act providing for the COM
mission These four were to select the
fifth member The senate selected
George f. Edmunds, Vermont; Oliver
Z. Morton, Indiana: Frederick L. Ere
linghuysen, New Jersey; Thomas +.
Bayard, Delaware. and Allen G.. Thur
man, Ohio Ill health compelled Mr..
sion, and Francis Herman. New York,
was substituted. The following mem
bers acted in behalf of the house: Hen
ry b. Payne. Ohio Eppa Hunton, Vlr-
gina; Josiah G.. Abbott, Massachusetts;
James A. Garfield. Ohio. and George f.
Hoar, Massachusetts. The four asso-
ciate justices of the supreme court
practically designated by the act were
Nathan Clifford. William Strong. Sam
uel f. Miller and Stephen j. Field.
These four selected Justice Joseph r.
Bradley. The justice of the Repub-
lican contentious was upheld by the
electoral commission. and thus, through
Republican tolerance, what might have
been n national crisis was averted
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17

peculiarly appropriate since IT was
at the state convention held there,
Under the Oaks" July 6, 1854, that
the name Republican is believed tohave
been first officially used to designate
the party which was to exercise such
q dominating influence upon the at
fairs Of the country for the ensuing
half century. The Republican party
did not spring full panoplied into the
arena OF national politics as the result
of carefully laid plans for the exalta-
ton Of any individual or set of indi-
viduals. II came into being in re-
Spouse to the long growing impression
that the old parties were unable to
deal with the momentous questions
which most of the progressively
thoughtful public men realized were
clamoring for immediate settlement.
The name Republican had been de-
cided upon at a meeting of some thirty
members of the national house of rep
resentatives on May q. 1854, the day
after the passage of the Kansas-Ne-
braska bill, and the chairman of that
meeting. Israel Washburn of Maine,
Immediately began to use ii as a party
name. A contemporaneous movement
was that at Ripon, Wis, where had
been effected early in April local
organization, the outcome of a mass
meeting of Wings Free-soilers and
Democrats. This organization suggest
ed "ReDublican" as good party name
and in July it was formally adopted at
TIE Wisconsin state convention of the
new party.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
Death of Mckinley.

The tragic death of President Nc
Kinley at the hands of an assassin at
the Pan-American exposition at Buff
falo and the succeeding adminstra-
ton Of President Roosevelt are mat
ters Of too recent occurrence to require
attention here. Suffice IL TO say that
down to the present moment the tradl-
tons Of the Republican party have al
ways found safe conservators in the
White House as well as in both
branches Of congress. Today it stands
for living issues. just as it stood for
them in 1860 and In 1896 1t is a party
Of ideas, not a party of negation: of
helpfulness, not of resistance; of broad
Views, not Of narrow prejudces.
This is the sort of political organiza-
ton into the care OF which. with the
exception of two terms, the people OF
the United States have seen fit to i'm.
trust their interests for the last forty
three years. 1t is the party which
they are certain 10 Continue to trust
for many years to come. for IT stands
for no trust betrayed, no promise bro
ken. And of how many political par
ties can the same statement be truth
fully made?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
McKmley's Election.

The country, however, soon saw its
mistake. Long before the end of the
second Cleveland administration it was
to have good times there must be Re-
publican at the head of affairs. a Re-
publican who would not temporize
when Republican principles were in
volved. In 1896 William Mckinley OF
Ohio was nominated for president,
with Garrett A Hobart of New Jersey
for vice president. The Democratic
candidates were William J. Bryan OF
Nebraska and Arthur Sewall Of Maine.
The Democratic platform declared for
the unlimited coinage of silver. After
a whirlwind campaign Mckinley was
elected. The Republican party had
saved the country from unsafe money
and impaired national credit
The good times long promised by the
Republicans and ridiculed by the Dem
ocrats as impossible under then exist
ing conditions soon materialiZed. and
the country enjoyed an era of prosper
ity such as IT had not known for dec
AIDES. The campaign four years later
1900, in which Mckinley was again
opposed by Bryan, demonstrated that
the people appreciated what the party
had done for them for Mckinley was
reelected by enormously increased ma
jorities. and several states which in the
campaign of 1896 had wandered from
the Republican fold returned to their
a IIaOianco
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
HE celebration OF

celebration or
the semi = cen
tennial OF the
birth of the
X ep u b lican
party will oc-
cur at Jack son,
Mich. July 4.
The selection
of Jackson is
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
Specie Payment Re5umed.

The administration of President
Hayes was marked by the resumption
of specie payment, as promised by the
platform upon which he was elected.
The Bland silver purchase bill was
promptly disapproved by President
Hayes, but, despite that, became law,
the Democratic congress passing 1t
again over his veto.
The national convention OF 1880 met
at Chicago June 10. Grant, despite the
prejudice against third term, went
to the convention with more delegates
pledged to him than any other candi-
date. Blaine was his strongest Oppo-
nent John Sherman, secretary of the
treasury. was next On the first bal
lot Grant had 304 votes, Blaine 2S4 and
Sherman % For thirty-four ballots
there was little change One delegate
had been steadily voting for James A.
Garfield OF Ohio since the second bal
lot. On the thirty-ffth his vote rose
to fifty, and on the next ballot the anti
Grant factions stampeded to him, and
he was nominated. Chester 4. Arthur
of New York was nominated for vice
president. The Democrats nominated
General w. :. Hancock and William
III. English. Garfield and Arthur re-
ceived pa electoral votes to 155 for the
Democratic ticket
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
Fremont THE First Nominee.

On the first ballot for president John
G.. Fremont received 800 votes, John
Mclean OF Ohio 1876, Charles Sumner
and William H. Seward /. William
l.. Dayton Of Ohio was nominated for
vice president on the second ballot.
Fremont was nominated in the hope
that the party, in presenting a candi-
date free from antagonisms on the
slavery question, might attract votes
from all sides. The nomination of
Dayton was recognition of the Wing
element. The Democrats nominated
James Buchanan and John G. Breck-
inridge, while Willard Fillmore made
the campaign as a Know Nothing can
didate. Buchanan and Breckenridge
were elected by a narrow margin; the
votes of Pennsylvania and Illinois
would have elected Fremont and Day
ton. III the following congressional
elections the new party lost ground. In
the congress of 1879 there were but
81 Republicans out OF 237 members,
but In the development of the organiza-
ton the doubtful members of the coali-
ton had been shaken off and the
party was becoming fairly compact.
Before the next elections the Know
Nothing party had gone. to pieces, most
Of its members becoming Republicans.
Besides these re-enforcements, the
bred Scott decision and the Lecompton
bill brought the Republicans many re-
cruits from the ranks OF the Democ-
racy
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17

with the Republican party in the full
tide OF success, triumphant and united.
But the party was soon TO undergo
another severe test of its sanity and
solidity. The assassination of Lincoln
made upon the popular feeling de-
mand for revenge which. ii was feared,
the administration would be unable to
withstand. The party stood the test,
however. the excitement subsidized. and
business resumed its wonted course.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
Grant For President.

The elections of 1866 left every state
in the north with Republican govern
or and strong Republican majority in
the legislature. The party in congress
had an overwhelming majority i'm each
branch-42 to IL in the senate and 143
TO - in the house. Johnson made no
effort to conciliate congress but both
In public and private aired his griev-
ances against il with extreme viru-
lence. This and his use of the civil
service to reward his friends and pun
his impeachment.
On Feb ~, 1868. the house adopted
a resolution of impeachment by vote
Of 1876 10 A. and on the following day
a committee impeached the president
before the bar of the senate. The
articles Of impeachment numbered
eleven. most of them alleging viola
tons of the tenure Of Office act i'm the
presidents efforts TO force Secretary
of War Stanton out Of the cabinet.
The trial lasted three weeks, the SEN
ate sitting as a high court OF justice,
with the chief justice in the chair. A
vote was taken on three OF the articles.
each vote lacking one of the two-thirds
necessary to convict.
The national convention at Chicago,
May 20, 1868, fully approved the recon
struction policy OF congress. declared
that the public faith should be kept as
to the national debt and condemned the
acts OF President Johnson in detail.
General U. S. Grant was unanimously
nominated for president on the first
ballot. Schuyler ColfaX of Indiana
was nominated for vice president. The
Democrats nominated Horatio Sey-
mour and Francis =. Blair, Jr. Grant
and Colfax received 214 electoral votes
to so for their opponents.