Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
issued by the Travelling Mems Leagrs
of which Henry L. Chaffee is secretary.
Address, 400 N. w. Building, Mime
aDOlis

OF the "Price Question Up to Date, :"
Hon. George H. SHIRLEY, director of do
partment Of money and banking, bu.
reau OF economic research, has demon.
strations which are going to our daily
press, with full diagrams, that conclu-
sively apply the increased gold supply
to what hiss really happened to prices
outside of the raises by com bines and
trusts. It is the increase in the volume
OF metallic money, on the same theory
OF the free coinage advocates in 1896
His charts show how prices have fol-
lowed the rising flood of gold, the real
thing" being that the supply Of gold in.
creas1ng. the purchasing power Of gold
dlmlnishes, the other way of saying
that prices rise.
Mr.. SHIRLEY discusses the subject
most thoroughly in all its bearings, and
Is conducting work of the most vital
Importance. Let us suggest that all
interested avail themselves of the issues
MS bureau is making, especially our
daily press which honestly desires to
know the light, his ADDRESS being 81
Lafayette Place, New York City.
| 1t should make the American stop
and think to read in the English dis
catches that the Ladysmith disaster is
like that that befell Burgoyne and
Corvallis! "It is safe to say" said
the Eng fish report, that the empire is
face to face with a repulse compared
only to the surrender of Burgoyne to
the embattled farmers of our American
| colonies"
Says Olive Schreiner, writing from
the Boer standpoint:
| Ihe intellect and conscience of Eng
land are with us in our struggle for JUS
tlce. From Herbert Spencer and John
| Morley to Frederick Harrison the loftiest
! voices OF the English nation are raised to
recall their people to the path of justice
| ana wisdom and in denunciation of the
| policy which would murder a nation to
| I'LL a few pockets"
ITO fill a few pockets" How well
that tits the case of America in the Nc
Klnley-Hanna regime.
The purpose Of the anti-imperialists
to subordinate all questions to the one
OF preservation of the republic, was
we'll expressed by Professor A. H. Toll
man of the University of Chicago, at
the recent anti perialist conference
| when he said:
1.-The gold of our coinage is not SO pre-
| cious to me as the fine gold of our his
| tory"
We commend this sentiment to GER
tain mem bers Of the faculty of Mime
sofa university. Thank God there are
some OF them who stand on this, as on
other issues, with the masses. But far
too many and too prominent of them
are "chained to their idols" at the state
expensel
National Committeeman T.. D,
O'Brien:- 1.-THE constitution of the
United States has produced the best
class of citizens in the world. Let us
! guard it as we would guard our own
homes"
| The state situation continues to
trouble the goppite press. "Be not too
confident" says the Preston Times. IA
royal battle is in store for US year
from now" 1.-THE fact that Governor
Lind is avoiding blunders, and making
good administration, is enough to
make us pause and consider" says the
Mortified News. And the uppermost
thought of the one is that its editor is
the man for secretary of state, and the
other the man for governor. And the
fact that neither will be "chosen'
makes us all sad.
Jan. 10, 1900, has been fixed for date
of the great Jackson Day banquet at
Minneapolis, under auspices of the
State League Of Democratic Clubs. The
whole Northwest is to be invited, and
Mr.. Bryan will be the great character
present. Hon. William Baldwin will
be at the head OF arrangements. Full
particulars later.
It seems that Admiral Schley is a
great favorite with the Peoples party
national leaders, who would like tc
see the ticket made Bryan and Schley.'
At this outlook such a ticket would be
so much expansion that more territory
would be needed for it to run on.
The cat is now clear out Of the bag as
to the purpose of the state Republican
machine" made clear by the capture
of the documents in the case" to-wit
the confidential circular issued by the
Republican state magnates. It is
jointly the action of the so-called
League of Republican clubs of odori
ferrous John Goodnow memory, and the
Republican state central committee
the Goppite chief thus officiating being
Hon. F. B. Wright for the former and
Hon. John H. Steele for the latter, bet.
ter known as tbs Eustis manager of '98
The scheme has been fully laid bare
by The Globe and other of our state
press, but is not in fact so stupendous
as to call for all the secrecy and mys
ticism that has attended the incuba
ton. In word, it is but the selection
of the Minneapolis Tribune's country
issue, the Farmers Tribune as the or
gan of the bodies mentioned, and as thu
medium of conducting a sort of burea,
work. The object OF this special ma
chine favor, is the paper long edited b,
one, Captain G. L. Smith, who piece
out his meager Tribune salary" b,
the fat one paid him by the state, in tn,
dairy department, the loss of which, a
the hands of Major Bowler, who ap
pointed better man in his place, wa
made the occasion of 80 loud ''squeal
by the military gentleman mentioned