Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-01-18

4 But, It will not help them much. Had
he republicans been honest, there
would have been no occasion for in
designations; there would have been
40 pIundering OF the prod ucers on
wine Or wheat grading or weighing.
This move Of the ublicans- this in
vestigation, of themselves-is self &C
,usation, and proves to the people of !
the state that they are conscious Of
wrong-doing. But they fear conviction
at the hands Of honest Investigators,
and therefore they want to investigate
in order that they may
exonorate-white wash-themselves.
Xxx S.r>z<.-.. i.
An exchange says Hobson "hugged
the shores'' at Honolulu, and became
Jealous of the waves for kissing the
native maiden's bare feet. Bah, hope
the cable is cut when he arrives at
Manila.
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The Mankato Review, commenting
upon the seating of Congressman
Roberts, says, ''let him who is with
out sin cast the first stOne.'' The de-
plorable moral rottenness at the ma
tional capital is such as to cause a.
blush of shame to mantle the cheeks
even ola Mormon. We say down
the Mormon Congressman, but do not
let the agitation for purer public men
stop before you expel these other Con-
gressmen who make the seat of gov
eminent a stink-pot of immoral pu-
trldness. OF what significance are the
prayers of Christian people for wise
legislation when the representatives of
these people draw their inspiration
during leisure hours in the gilded
halls of iniquity and vice? This in
tuence is so potent, we are informed
we would like to believe, misinform-
ed, that the laws of the District of
Columbia do not provide pen a!ties for
adultery or kindred crimes.
Xxx
FOOD FOR REFLECTION.
From Hutchinson Leader:
Gov. Lind 'sSmessage to the legisla-
ture is one of the ablest state papers
prepared by a Minnesota governor.
1t will be we'll worth the time of anv
citizen of the state to read it. Mauv
recommendations are made therin
which give food for reflection to tax
payers.
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THE ''FARMERs' ALLIANCE.
From The Tocsin; (socialist-Labor) Minne-
apolis:
The Farmers Alliance of Minnesota
mas once more made a spectacle of it.
self. At the Tuesday afternoon ses-
sion OF It's State convention, in St.
Paul. Mr.. James j.: Hill, upon special
Invitation, made long and character
lstlcally willy address on the interests
OF Minnesota wheat growers-partic-
ularly on the wisdom of devoting the
Ell orts OF the alliance to opening an
Aslatlc market for wheat. This is to
be done by getting the legislature or,
oetter, the national government, to
give bounty on every bushel of
wheat exported to the Far East. This
is repetition of the performance of
last years convention, and the Zine
Italian hand' of Ignatius Donnelly is
not even concealed.
How long will it take the farmers of
this state to learn that their boosted
alliance is, as the Socialist Labor
Party has told them, purely reac-
tionary body, and that I natius Don
nelly is as servile, and perhaps as
useful, a tool in the hands of Hill as
are Cushman K. Davis and John Ire
land?
The Farmers Alliance might, if the
great mass of Woodworking small
farmers would learn to see an inch
beyond their noses, become a great
factor In abolishing the system by
which they are systematically robbed
OF the products OF their labor-a sys-
tenn OF which Hill is one of the great
est beneticiaries. But so long as the
farmers continue to trust such men as
Donne1ly and Rahilly, so long their
organization will be used for the ben
eht OF 1illl's railroad and steamship
systems. 1t looks as though more
hard experience would be necessary
W t6dClI GlleSe SIuall farmers TN at their
Interests are, in the long run, ident-
lcal with those of the wage-workers..
The real Farmers Alliance has been
dead for several years. The old shell
was picked up for corrupt political
use year or so ago, and the present
effort at revival has mainly Teen
made by man who rides on Great
Northern pass.
I VII ~
The village of Princeton, Mimi.
owns a hearse and other equipments
for burying the citizens Of the place
IN proper style when they pass away.
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Judge Powers has issued. an iniunc-
ton restraining the County Commis-
sioners of Lac Qui Parle county from
lneurring any debtedness or paying
any money for the building Ola new
court house at Madison. Evidently
there IS county seat war on.