The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-10-06

when this was defeated by one vote.
getting through the senate an amend
ment reducing the duty to 81, which
was finally defeated in the conference
committee. Mr.. Towne's sole object
in this underhand, attack on the indus
trial interests. of the Sixth district was
evidently to cause the failure OF
Judge Morris efforts in their behalf
and thus discredit him with his con-
stituents.
Judge Morris does not enter into
any controversial discussion of the
currency question, because he regards
the battle on that issue as having been
fought and won in the last campaign.
The fundamental principles at stake
were at least settled, and it only re.
mains for republican congress to
carry them out in specific measures OF
currency reform which are now being
matured for final action.
From these topics he passes to the
grand part played by the republican
party in congress and the republican
administration in the war with Spain
and to the great new questions OF
national policy growing out OF the
magnificent triumphs of our army and
navy. Judge Morris is frankly for
keeping what we have won so dearly
for keeping the possessions we have
rescued from the blight and barbarism
of Spanish rule-as a sacred trust i'm
posed upon us by Providence in the
interests of humanity and civilization.
And in this respect he voices the as
yet unformulated but understood will
of the American people and of the re-
publican party as the depository OF
the constitutional powers which are to
control the direction of the new ma
tional policy and lift the government
to the full height of it's responsible
ties.
On all these and other national is
sues the attitude of Judge Norris is in
harmony with the views and aspira-
tions of his constituents. He is in
every respect faithful and efficient
representative and exponent in con-
gress of the substantial business and
industrial interests of the Sixth dis
trict, which his glib-tongued but er
ratio and visionary adversary has
rendered himself incapable Of etfectu-
ally serving in republican congress.
Judge Morris will undoubtedly be
elected by largely increased ma
jority.
Minneapolis Tribune: A new cam
paign orator has arisen in Minnesota.
The speech with which Page Morris.
representative in congress of the
Sixth Minnesota district, opened his
campaign in Duluth last evening,
stamps him as one of the most etfec-
tive political speakers now on the
stump. From start to finish it is d
great speech. His opponent, Charles
A. T0wne, the former representative
from that district, whom Mr., Morris
defeated in 1896, plumes himself upon
his Columbian oratory and does not
hesitate to belittle Mr. Morris. Towne
is as conceited as he is verbose, and
regards his own platitudes as the
greatest declamations since the day of
Dcmosthenes or Edmund Burke.
'rowne's speeches do sound we'll. AS
exercises in rhetoric they ;re worthy
of commendation: but for cogency and
sound logic, for strength of statement
and pregnancy of meaning, they must
rank far below this Duluth speech of
his opponent.
Mr.. Morris review of the record OF
the republican party is mastery. 1t
is we'll to take the minds of the voters
back over the history of legislation
and the policy of the rival parties and
show them the wonderful TRANSFORMED
ton wrought by the return of the re-
publican party to power. Mr.. Morris
does this in q striking manner.