The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-03-20

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for Minnesota's interests.
| The Democratic party should in.
sert plank in their platform endors.
ing the tariff views of speaker Car.
Isle.
The celebrated Holstein cow Mer.
cedes, which made the greatest milk
and butter record in the world died
March 10Th. of milk fever.
The House Committee on public
lands reports in favor Of forfeiting
the land grants of fifteen railroads
amounting to 6o.00O,0Oo acres.
Railroad Commissioner Baker ran
away from the Farmers Convention.
If Governor Hubbard were not him
self identified with the Millers, it
might be possible for him to do a
clever thing by appointing good man
to look after the duties of the abscon.
| der.
The fast mail between st. Paul and
New York is exciting great deal of
| interest. The first train arrived at
st. Paul last Thursday having on
| board Postmaster General Gresham
and Asst. P. M. Gen. Hatton. The
| trip from New York to st. Paul WIS
made in 80 hours.
AIR. Hill, President of the Manitoba
| Railway company, assured Col. Bur
dick, a leading delegate to the farm
ers convention, that she (IIilD had
made strong personal efforts to induce
the legislatures to pass the very
| measures the farmers are now asking
for" For ways that are dark and
tricks that succeed, Mr.. J. J. Hill, of
st. Paul. is entitled to monumental
pillar of brass.
That the farmers of Stevens County
are in sober earnest in this wheat and
monopoly agitation was made mani
fest on Saturday, when Phoenix Hall
was comfortably filled by about two
hundred horny.handed sons of toll:
and that this is a strong movement in
the Tight direction, no one who has
the good of the farmers -aa55lleart can
ga;nsay. It is no whirlwind of loud
mouthed vituperation against the
railroads, Minneapolis Millers, or any
body else. but the strong, steady,
resistless current of a popular convic-
ton and determination that the evils
which the farmers have so long en-
dured must be redressed. Conceding
equal rights to. others, they demand
a recognition of their own. Sach a
movement must meet with success
sooner or later, and we predict that
the next Minnesota legislature will be
an independent body -one prepared
to consider all bills looking to the
amelioration of the present unhappy
condition of our best interests.
Supt. Kiehle has received from
Atty. Gen. Hahn a com nunication
transmitting a resolution of the Board
of Education of Sauk Centre, making
all applicants to attend school in Sauk
Centre school district who reside not
with their parents or guardians, non-
resident, and requiring them to pay
tuition, and also inclosing commun-
ication from the Hon. a. Barto, re-
ferring to controversy at Sank Cen
tire School respecting the claims of
certain parties, who, in winter live in
Sauk Centre with relatives and in
summer live away from Sauk Centre
on their farms, which closes with the
submission of the resolution of the
School Board to the Attorney General
with the question by Barto: "Can we
legally enforce the resolutionf' The
answer of the Attorney General is a
reference to section 80 Of laws relat-
ing to public schools second provi-
sion), which provides that "all chill
dren between 5 and 81 years old, if
actual residents of the district in
| which the school is taught, and all
other persons between the same ages
living there in good faith, may enjoy
| the privilege of such schools" He
says that the resolution referred to
| would exclude all the latter class. and
| that. therefore. in his opinion, it is
unauthorized and void.' ''Of course" "
he adds, ''it is not to be concluded
from what have said that children
| may be sent into school district for
the sole and only purpose Of attend
| ing school, for it could not be said
that such children were in good faith
living in such district"
Thus vexed question has been
passed upon legally by the highest
official authority, and it is held that
all persons between the ages of and
81 years living in Morris in good faith
have u right to all the advantages of
our public schools. Let Morris open
wide her gates.
Carlisle said the other night in
New York when asked to respond to
the toast. Our Federal Union" that
iffree trade was proper between states
why not equally so between foreign
countries. Protection is truly mon.
strous when employed to prohibit
commerce when used to foster
private interests is spoliation pure
and simple. lie advocated reform
not revolution in the tariff; the
reform should go on until taxation is
resorted to for no other purpose than
the raising of revenue sufficient for
the public service. These are tile
proper sentiments aud the correct
doctrine for every fair minded man Ia
advocate. Why should the farmers
of Minnesota be compelled to pay
tribute to the iron industries of Penn
sylvania. or help to enrich the New
England manufacturers by enabling