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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
The HssasSin's Bullet.

With James c. Blaine, his warm per-
scnal friend. as secretary of state, the
administration Of President Garfield
was full of promise until on July .,
less than four months after his inau-
guration, the bullet Of the assassin
Guiteau snuffed out the life Of this
wonderful man. who had risen 10 the
chief magistracy Of the greatest ma
ton on earth from the humble position
of canal team driver Garfield
passed away nc Elberon. y. j., Sept.
10. Vice President Chester A. Arthur
was Immediately sworn in as presi-
dent.
The calamity howlers were loud In
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
Retubktcanism'y First Year.

In the first year OF its existence the
Republican party gained popular ma
jorities in fifteen OF the thirty lone
states, elected eleven United States
senators and obtained plurality in the
house of representatives. These sue
cesses were mainly achieved in the
west.
In December, 1855, the state commit
tees of Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsyl-
vania, Vermont and Michigan issued a
call for convention in Pittsburg Feb
%, 1856, to perfect national organiza-
ton. A national committee was select
ed and a call was issued for a national
convention TO meet in Philadelphia
June Il, 1856 When this convention
met, with Francis L. Blair in the chair,
1t was found TO be a free state body
with the exception of delegations from
Delaware, Maryland and Kentucky
The platform adopted opposed the re-
peal Of the Missouri compromise, the
extension Of slavery to free territory
and the refusal 10 admit Kansas as a
free state. 1t declared that the power
Of congress over the national territory
was sovereign and should be eXerted
TO prohibit those twin relics of barba-
rism, slavery and polygamy."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
Michigan's Claim.

During the months of July and Au-
gust, 1854, the name was also adopted
by the state conventions of Maine,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and
some of these states, as well as Wis
consin, dispute with Michigan the hon
or Of being the partys birthplace. Polit-
ich authorities however. generally rec
ugniZe the validity of Michigan's claim.
The slavery question was the father
and state rights the mother, of the Re
publican party. The latter question had
been agitated from the foundation Of
the republic, always finding its most ear
nest advocates in the Democratic ranks.
The slavery question had been as
Stunning "A commanding position as po-
litical problem since the acquisition Of
1he Louisiana territo.y. The slave
states demanded the right to cOlOnize
this territory with their institutions as
well as with their people. Then came
the annexation of Texas. an independ-
ent republic in which slavery existed,
and the consequent war with Mexico,
the result of which was a great in
crease in the area of the United States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17

The summer OF 1854 was an era OF
coalition. The Kansas Nebraska bill
had practically killed the Wing party,
the majority of which In the south
went over TO the Democrats and in the
north to the new Republican party.
The Free soilers joined the new party
almost bodily. OF the Free-soilers
prominent in the coalition were John
L. Hale OF New Hampshire, Salmon
Il. Chase, Charles Sumner, Charles
Francis Adams, David Wilmot and
Preston King. From the ruins of the
Wing party came men like Abraham
Lincoln, William Ill. Seward. Horace
Greeley, Samuel Pitt Fessenden. Thad-
deus Stevens, John Sherman, Thomas
Corwln of Ohio, William Lewis Day
ton of New Jersey, Jacob Collamer of
Vermont, Richard Yates Of Illinois and
Andrew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania.
OF the Know Nothings, former Wings
or Democrats who drifted into the new
organization, were Henry Wilson, Ma
thaniel Z. Banks, Arson Burlingame
and Schuyler Colfax. To the Repub-
lican standard from time to time also
rallied the original abolitionists-Josh-
ua II. Giddings, Elijah p. Lovejoy,
William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell
Phillips, while the Democratic party
lost to its new opponent such men as
Hannibal Hamlin, Simon Cameron, Ly-
man Trumbull, Montgomery Blair,
William Cullen Bryant, Gideon Welles,
Oliver T. Morton Of Indiana and Fran
els Preston Blair, Jr.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
Bleeding Kansas

In 1854 the Democratic ma jority in
congress itself struck the sudden blow
which crystallized its opposing ele-
ments into a single party. The Kan
sas-Nebraska bill, passed against the
vehement opposition of the northern
members and even of some Of those
from the south, declared null and void
the compromise of 1850 and provided
for the organization of the territories
of Kansas and Nebraska, leaving to
the inhabitants of each territory the
right TO determine whether or not il
should legalize slavery. The north
sent caravans Of settlers into Bleed
ing Kansas hoping thus to create an
antislavery majority there, while the
proslavery forces poured over the line
from Missouri. Armed clashes were
frequent and bloody. Each element
formed a territorial government and
adopted a constitution. The antislav-
cry men made Topeka their capital,
while the proslavery men had their
headquarters i'm Lecompton, whence
their famous constitution derived its
name. The Democratic administration
in Washington In every instance up
held the Lecompton faction, even re-
moving governors who were inimical
TO the slave interests.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
The Wflmot ProUiso.

The antislavery representatives in
congress fought bitterly the encroach-
ment of the slave power upon this vast
territory. The famous Wilmot proviso
a resolution introduced by David VIII
mot of Pennsylvania, declaring that no
state should be admitted from the ter
ritory acquired from Mexico unless
slavery within it's borders should be
prohibited, passed the house several
times, but always failed in the senate.
In 1850 Missouri applied for admis-
sion as a slave state. This added fuel
to the flames, and the climax of the
struggle between the slave power and
it's enemies seemed to have been reach
ed. The storm, however, was tempo
rarily averted by the Missouri COM
promise This act of congress pro-
hibited forever slavery in that portion
OF the territory coded by France, which
lay north Of Mason and Dixon's line
latitude 80 degrees 30 minutes-except
in the state Of Missouri.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17

The Marcus Island Guano Company
presented its case to the State Depart
ment in order to obtain the promised
relief through diplomatic channels. -
But the Secretary of State had a gIut
of islands and seemed to have no in
terest in protecting the American ac-
QUESTION of Marcus. 1t will be an act
of gracious clemency if he refrains from
suing Peacock on his bond given to the
United States for fifty thousand dollars
that he would open the guano deposits
on Marcus within a wear
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17
But So far from taking this course,

But so far from taking this course,
Secretary Hay surrendered Immediate
ly, without proof and without objection.
to the demands of the Mikado's gov
eminent, and he humbIy requested the
privilege of sending by the japanese
war vessel note to Captain Rosehill
directing him to get out" and leave
it to the United States to protect his
rights by diplomacy"
AAA
And the Captain got out" He might
have stood off the sixteen pot-bellied
japanese marines and their thirty un
armed bird-skinning allies, for there
were fourteen men in his party, each
armed with a Mauser rifle and a re-
volver, and inspired with the spirit Of
Peacock the Pirate. But he could not
fight Japan and the United States both.
with a japanese man-of-war liable to
return any day, SO he turned the Prov
of the Julia E. WhaIen" homeward.
AAA
We are a great nation. There is no
doubt of 1.-THE very greatest of the
great. From the icy mountains of the
Arctic to the coral strands of the ORR
ent, our flag fiutters and iutters and
turkey-cock strutting across an uncon-
tested lawn. But when another tur-
key-cock jumps over the fence and con-
tests our right Of way, we say, Why.
certainly my dear fellow, you are our
friend, we want no trouble with you,
we will give you what you propose to
seize first, and then trust to diplomacy
to determine whether you had the right
to take what you have taken
AAA
Under the administration of Franklin
Pierce, Captain Ingraham forced the
Emperor of Austria to surrender Kosta- |
Under the administration of James
Hayti was notified that her
gunboats would be shelled and sunk. |
if she ventured to interfere with Amer |
lean possession of the island of Navas- |
so-a guano island acquired exactly as
Rosehill acquired Marcus.
Andrew Johnson defied the allied |
forces of France and Austria in order
to save Mexico from European absorp- |
ton, and it is still fresh in our memo |
ries how Grover Cleveland went TO the |
verge of a war with England III order /
to protect the Monroe Doctrine.
A A
John Hay Is great StateSnan-lO |
doubt 1t is largely due to his splendid /
diplomacy that we owe the privilege
Of expanding two hundred millions per
annum in having our soldiers killed by |
Dolo men and bubonic plague with not
enough returning revenue from the
to supply the army with
Manila cigars. But Notwithstanding
his greatness otherwise his action in
he matter of Marcus island was cow
ardIy and evasive, for nation thai
Ices not protect its own citizens is a
disgrace to the map of the world
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17
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AT u NOON.

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17
Anti-0rippe
TAB LET s

There is no guess work about them.
They are a specific for colds, grippe
and dengue. Nip the cold at the first
symptom. Then it's easy. Don't allow
1t to run its course" because there
isn't any reason for It,
Anti-Grippe Tablets are the most
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You will find bottle the best 25c. in
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17
RecoIIections and Reflections
OF Thomas Fitch.
Copyright BY Thomas ithI
MY WAR WITH JAPAN

Copyright 1903 by Thomas Fitch

Peacock, thou game bird of Waikiki,
thou reincarnation of Captain Kidd!
Commercialism had made thee the
urbane proprietor of the ''Moana," the
gem of Honolulu, the most charming
hotel that ever nestled in the arms Of
a Summer Sea, and there amid panyan
trees and fronded palms, fruited with
colored electric lights, and with the
soft tones of Hawaiian singers voic-
ing their alohas and hula-hulas, thou
welcomest the tourist But at heart
thou art a pirate, bloody, bold and
desperate, yearning to f1aunt the black
flag and eradicate the Japanese ma
ton.
Unto me, one morning in 1901, came
Peacock, bringing with him Captain
Rosehill,'' an Ancient Mariner with
name borrowed from the Vale of Cash
mere and a lineage drawn from the
vikings of the Baltic. This sailor man
told how years before, while trading in
the South Seas he had discovered an
uninhabited island which was the home
of millions of what he called 'tguano
birds" He told how he had nailed the
American flag to tai cocoanut palm,
in a forked branch of which he de-
posted glass bottle containing a no
tice of claim to the island in behalf
of the United States signed by himself
and crew. He told how he had built u
shack and deposited therein a years
supply of provisions, and left one of
his crew with his common-iaw wife,
a woman of the Caroline Islands-and
how, returning to Honolulu, he had
vainly endeavored to enlist capitalists
in eQuipping a vessel to exploit the
guano deposits on Marcus Island"
His claim had been sent to Secretary
Blaine where it was duly re6-taped and
deposited in the archives of the state
and there it slept await
ing the trump of some resurrecting an
gel.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17
Have You aCold /?

A great many people are down with
them. Perhaps you don't know what
to take to cure quickly and pleasantly
Why not try the well known
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17

New Years Advertiser ready for mail.
ing at Sc each to be had at the office.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17
HONOLULU IRON WORKS
COMPANY.
STEAM ENGINES

STEAM ENGIN ES
BOILERS, SUGAR MILLS. COOL
z e, BRASS AND LEAD CASTINGS
AID machinery Of every descriptions
made to order. Particular attention
said to ships blacksmithing. Job work
'sxseuteA on eAorsegt notice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17
The bird that no tongue can inveigle,
Or put salt on his beautiful tall

l
| that he was conglomerate combina-
| ton, dod-gasted measly, Anglo Saxon
Ornithoryncthus, an English beast
| with an American bill-a bill for two
| thousand dollars presented by his I'm
Gle Samuel. And then he would softly
| sing to himself, to the tune of Little
Maud"
Two thousand dollars out, two thou
sand dollars out,
Was the game that my uncle played
on me-
When Captain Rosehill-master mar
iner-in 1889 went upon this uninhabit-
ed island in unexplored seas, and at
his own cost claimed it in the name of
and for the United States of America
and sailed away leaving his Stars and
Stripes flying frdm the summit of a
cocoa palm, and when the United
States afterwards accepted the acqui-
sitfon by recording the claim in the
archives of the Department of State
just then under the law of nations the
right of sovereignty of the United
States over Marcus Island became as
vested and as perfect as it is over the
keys of Florida or the Aleutian Archi-
pelago. Rosehill by subsequent neg
lect to comply with the Act of Congress
might have forfeited his own right to
the guano deposits, but he could not
forfeit the right of his government to
the island. When the United States
accepted Rosehilrs excuses, condoned
his neglect, exacted from him bond OF
fifty thousand dollars that in remov-
ing the guano deposits he would COM
ply with the Act of Congress, and is
sued to him papers under the seal of
the Department of State defining his
rights, it assumed an obligation to
protect him against all the world in
the exercise Of his rights.
A A a
What did it do? After Rosehill sail
ed from Honolulu, the Japanese Gov
eminent asserted that it claimed Mar
Gus by right OF occupancy only three
years old, Some wandering Japanese
went ashore there ten years after Rose
hills visit, destroyed the evidences of
his claim, occupied the shack he built,
and engaged in killing and skinning
the birds. Upon the basis of these
acts Japan annexed Marcus to the
BONN group. eight hundred miles dis
tant, and with frigid complacency in |
formed the United States that it was
about to dispatch a war vessel to Mar |
Gus to prevent Captain Rosehill from
landing.
Obviously the course of our govern |
ment should have been to cable this |
strutting turkey-cock of the Asiatic |
Walk that it would order two war yes
sells to Marcus with orders to blow the |
navy out of the water if it |
attempted to interfere with Captain |
Rosehill in the peaceable enjoyment Of
the rights it had granted him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23

now. You rarely or never hear such
talk. The people have not lost inter
est in public affairs, you may be sure,
but there is nothing that stirs them up;
nothing that starts them arguing What
is there in the political campaign that a
group of men in the smoking compart-
ment could get up discussion about?
Occasionally you hear men offering their
individual opinions as to the character
of the candidates for president, but there
is not enough in that to produce much
excitement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
YOUNG MANS VOTE.
Interesting Point Raised by Judges of
Election in Mankato Township.
From TUESDAYS Daily

A question arose at the primaries in
Mankato township this morning as to
whether a young man could vote who is
not yet of age, but who will be of age
before the general election day. One of
the judges, Ira Romack, came to the city
to obtain legal advice on the matter
Some diversion of opinion resulted City
Attorney Daily was of the opinion that
the young man could vote today, under
ruling by the attorney general, while
Judge Plymat thought that he could not
Walter Plymat was of the same opinion,
and the matter was then referred to
Judge Cray, who also thought that the
young man could not vote at the pri-
mary election.
Judge Plymat is of the opinion that
a young men who is not of age can
register if he will be old enough to vote
at the general election.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
Most Men Have Their Minds
Made Up Now.
SpeIlbinders Are Not Wanted in
Many Localities.
No Interest Displayed by Mass,
es, WeIIman Says.

Chicago, Sept. 2O.-Walter Welman in
New York special to The Record Her
aid says:
This is the most extraordinary polit-
zeal campaign we ever have had. Such
is the story one gets at both the repub-
lican and democratic national headquar-
tiers. The managers at the rival camps
agree in few things. But there is no
difference of opinion among them as to
the predominant feature of the cam
paign, and this predominant feature is
lack of interest on the part of the peo-
pie as whole. Some call it apathy,
but it does not appear to be exactly that.
The people are not Indifferent, but they
are not serious. There is nothing they
seem to be in doubt about. Apparently
they have made up their minds, and
need neither spellbinders nor documents
to enlighten them.
One of the republican managers, man
of long experience, explained the situa-
ton from his viewpoint. In 1896, he
said, the country was suddenly con-
fronted with a question about which it
knew nothing and about which it wanted
TO know everything. That was the money
question. The result was the greatest
educational campaign ever seen in this
or any other country. The people were
earger to listen and to read. On both
sides the speakers had big audiences. The
printing presses of the country were
busy turning out documents and this
studied by millions upon millions of .vot
ers. sFI'E 4 e ft-# 5#E.tR
In 1900 there was another new ques-
ton. The Spanish American war had
caused our country to drift into over
sea expansion and colonialism. Colonial
ism was. new thing and the people
wanted to know about it. They were
only to degree less eager than they
had been in 1896.
But in 1904 there is no new question
before the people. 1t can hardly be
said with truth there is any real issue
between the parties. There is nothing to
be studied, nothing to be inquired into,
nothing the people care to discuss. -Four
years ago and eight years ago if you
travelled on the cars or fingered about
a hotel or went into store or cafe, you
were sure to hear people arguing about
the questions of the day, often with
heat, always with interest 1t is not so
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
Sept. 16-23.3O.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth.-ss. In Probate Court
In the matter of the estate of Evan Jones,
deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of said
deceased being this day granted unto John g.
Evans, of said county.
1t is ordered, that all claims and demands of
all persons against said estate be presented to
this court for examination and allowance
at the probate office in the city of Mankato in
said Blue Earth county, on the following day,
viz: Monday, the 10th day OF March. A. D..
1905, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said
day.
It is further ordered, that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-.
sent their claims against said es tate. at the ex
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court, or not proven to its satisfaction
shall be forever barred unless for cause shown
further time be allowed.
Ordered further, that notice OF the time and
claims and demands shall be given by publica.
tion of this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such examina.
ton, in the Maukato Free Press, weekly
newspaper, printed and published at Mankato
in said county.
Dated at Mankato, the 9th day of September
A. ID. 1904.
By the Court
Probate Court Seal.l WIN. +. HUGHES.
Judge of Probate.
5. B. Wilson. Attorney.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
Hurt in Runaway.
From Fridays Daily.

Mrs. Gilbert Husgaard of Glenwood
avenue was wheeling her three year old
daughter in bay carriage at Warren
and Fifth streets yesterday afternoon,
when she was run into by a runaway
horse. The animal belonged to Reinold
Neubert, who had unhitched it at his
home on the Mapleton road, when the
animal dashed away, and made it's way
to the city. Mrs. Husgaard and the
baby were somewhat bruised but neither
was seriously hurt. They were taken to
their home in carriage by Louis Janda