Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-14

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our victorious arms and the might Of
our nation easily lead to exnltations.
But the moment it IS elmembered that
the Fjlipinos are fighting for country as
they desire and understand it, we come.
to our sober senses. There's ever our
Declaration Of Independence; eve
hold these truths self-evident. That all
men are created equal; that they are en-
edowed with certain inalienable rights,
among which are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" Imperialism re-
quires new Declaration Of Indepen-
dence. Out upon it. "3,. #
OF the many addresses touched with
the true fire none is more highly praised
than that Of Hon.. T.. r. Kane; ssecre-
tary of the Democratic; state central
committee, delivered in the st. Paul
Auditorium to a magnificent audience.
Of Memorial Sunday addresses one of
great power and ability was that fdeliv-
cred by Rev. DIR. Helwith, First Pres
byterian> church, Minneapolis, before
Rawlins post, G.. "A. R. The post OBJ
tanned the address for publication and
for the post archives. l..' =.
A fiamboyant Republican orator be-
gan an address at one of the Twin City
schools, on Memorial day, GAS I look
into the smiling faces sitting before me-"
and the children commenced to giggle.
They hadn't gotten over their amuse-
ment at the idea of sitting on their faces
when he commenced to speak of the
glorious war on the Filipinos, and that
orator actually went away believing
Superintendent Jordan's pupils tainted
with "copperheadism." ....%.
It has remained for the Republican
school board of Minneapolis to take the
first ''crack' at the free text book law,
its rule requiring children to purchase
their own pencils and paper. That's
right. Restore the burdens to the poor
that big salaries and expensive admins
tration may be maintained.
Among excuses for defeating the
gross earnings bill made by Republican
senators none is more inventive than
that given by Senator Shellbach of
Granite Falls. Assuming the change
from the present to the direct method
of taxation, the senator says that nearly
all the assessable railroad property
would be found in the Twin City coun-
ties, and as for the country the asses
sors would be able to find only a ''nar-
row strip of turnpike, two rails and
couple of muddy bitches" ''The fast
mail and even the crawling freight
would be too swift for the assessor"
Let the senator have the credit that
here is reason not laid down in the
''tract" of Solicitor Grover.
The hunt for some one ''to beat Lind"
goes on. Eddy is the latest considera-
ton. But wait till next year and Hanna
and Goodnow will come up and settle it.
Minnesota's Republican congressional
delegation, having had pointers from
Hanna that either Henderson or Sher-
man would be acceptable to Mckinley
and me-" our patriot ''Seven" have been
together and endorsed Henderson. If
influence counts the other fellow should
win.
Speaking of the influence" of our
''seven," probably Minnesota never had
delegation of so aggregate slight
weight" and that is saying much.
Think of the. comparison of ''Tricky"
Tawney with William Window, Mort
Wilkinson. Mark H., Dunnell, Judge
Thomas Wilson or Captain w. H. .Har-
ries; or McC leary with John Lind, II.
B. Strait or Ignatius Donnelly; Heat
wole and his "good looks" with Eugene
Wilson, Bill King, w. D. Washburn.
Colonel Strait, Judge j. L. Mcdonald
and o. M. Hall; Stevens with S. R. J.
Mcmillan and Edmund Rice; Your
Uncle Loren himself and Frank Eddy
with those who have given Minnesota
standing in the nation, and been more
than mere clerks and wirepullers to
worm places for the importunate out Of
the overworked departments. And
finally Morris, with Hon. Charles A.
Towne. But comparisons are odious.
Peace to the "seveen." They will
dwindle to less than pair if the people
are wise IN 19OO.
While the Minnesota "seven" were
declaring for Henderson, five tornadoes
were on deck in Iowa celebrating the
Henderson boom. Was this Your Uncle
Loren's work?
Of course everybody will be glad if
the "seven" get committee promotions
from Henderson, but how short lived it
will be anyhow.
And they do say that the "seven''
turned deaf ear to Chairman Steele's
appeal to the congressman to ''loosen
up" up for the state campaign. How
the Eustis chairman does get it in the
neck.
And they do say that Your Uncle
Loren Fletcher has taken to the sleep
walking habit, and talks as he walks,
and is heard to say, "Canty, CAVITY.
Will they run Canty agin me? I can
beat any one but CAVITY
On Thursday last the Minnesota Old
Settlers association met with "o1d set.
tier" Colonel Allen, at the Merchants
hotel, St. Paul.. Said one member to
another: bill, do you know that for
the Al years that we have been attend.
ing these meetings, we never before had
one under a Democratic. GOVERNOR
''You bet / do know it, John, answered
the venerable William, land I never
felt SO good at a meeting before" Then
they went and had an old fashioned
.'smile,,"' for William is a Democrat.
He had been up to call on Governor