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not lie rendered portfolio in the Nc
Kinley cabinet; then this arch fend in
republican state politics will go back to
his oldlaspiration for seat in the Uni
ted States senate, and surely the party
would not affront the people Of Mime
sofa by electing this unrepresentative
and unscrurulous politician to the high
est position in the gift of the state.-Al-
bert Lea Times. .".s. ....
How easily you are deceived, Brother
Blackmer. Merriam will not be tend
cred a portfolio in the Mckinley Cabi-
net, but the chances are, as you say, that
he will become candidate for the SEN
ate. Then you will see how little the
Republican party of Minnesota cares for
''the people," What is the party any,
how? A grand organization that moves
this way or that at the direction of the
machine that keeps it intact. Merriam
is the head of that machine, anil in ev-
cry county in the state are agents who
promptly do his bidding.
His lieutenants are trained politicians
and their schemes seldom slip cog They
frequently tide over the wishes of the
people and force upon the party men,
who are distasteful to the majority of
citizens, bat who usually win because of
the inability of many such as you to step
without the party ties. It was this ma
chine that came within an ace Of defeat
ing the ablest man within the party
the Hon. c. X. Davis; it was this ma
chine that defeated Washbuln for the
senate, elevated Nelson and hoisted up
on the people a man like Clough; it is
this machine that will urge Merriam
for the senate, and, when finally it sue
ceeds, your hide-bound partisanshlp
will prevent you from any longer refer
ring to him as an "unrepresentative and
INSCRIPTIONS politician" You did not
relish the idea of supporting Clough, but
you did it just the same; you do not like
Merriam, but once more let the machine
get in its work and you will lose sight
of your high notions of politics, bow to
the party whip and accept him as Sena-
tor with all the show of meek submits
sion.
The Minnesota legislature has been in
session month, and judged by the work
it has accomplished, it is the most in.
competent and useless legislature the
state has had in generation. Thi, is
especially true of the house, which is
split up into factions, each having "lt
I'M for the others, and each determined
to "get even' with the rest. In the
meantime, the interests of the state are
lost sight of, and the people are com.
PEELED to pay the enormous price OF
something like $4,000 per daywhle these
factional and personal grudges are being
wreakcd. Surely, there is some one man
in the house who has the courage and
the good sense to call halt to this pet.
ty squabbling and reckless waste OF
time, and make such an appeal to the
patriotism and moral sense of the mem.
bers as would shame them into the dis.
charge of their duty. The entire work
| of the sessicn-the work that is really
necessary to be done-could have beer
finished by this time, and an adjourn.
ment taken, had there been an honest
purpose to serve the people and save ex.
pense to the state. It IS quite evident
however, that the intention is to prolone
the session to the full limit of ninety
days, and give every member and every
subordinate, from the sergeant at arms
to the cupsid"r artist, his full pound OF
flesh.-Minneapolis Times.
Evidence presented to the ways and
means committee during the recent tariff
hearings shows very clearly that Japan
csc competition is the most significant
factor in the industrial world to-day
That island empire has been opened
with vengeance. Japan's brilliant VIC
tory over the huge inert mass we know
as the Chinese empire has produced var