Willmar tribune., 1900-10-20

I Special Dispatch to the Omaha World-Herald.
Des Moines, Ia, Aug 29.-Solomon,
or some other one of the wise men, re-
marked once upon a time: "Behold
what a great matter little fire kind
leth.n The truth of the old assertion
is proved by the remarkable leap into
prominence of the Des Moines Weekly
Globe. A few short weeks ago the
Globe was local weekly newspaper
of fair circulation but comparatively
unknown outside of Polk county. To-
day the Globe must be reckoned with
the most quoted papers OF the coun-
try, whii,e Us e1ii;.or has schieved an
editorial prominence in the short
space of few weeks that other and
older editors have not achieved in a
generation of toll.
.M Honored by His Party.
E. Chavannes, editor of the Des
Moines Weekly Globe, is a republi-
can, is the republican committeeman
of his precinct, and his paper is the
official organ of the Polk county
board of supervisors, body so over
whelmingly republican that a demo-
crat who happens to be elected thereto
is in danger of dying of nostalgia.
Mr.. Chavannes is today striving to
catch up with a correspondence that
has piled in on him in the most sur
prising manner. A glance at his desk
would lead one to believe that he is
either candidate for some high Of
fee or pie distributor for. a new ad-
ministration. And each and every one
/, of those stacks of letters asks con-
cerning some remarkable editorials
that have recently appeared in the
Globe and been copied therefrom into
certain democratic organs.
Stacks Of Letters.
Mr.. Chavannes had just returned
from visit to DEVILS Lake when the
World Herald correspondent intro
duced himself. Mr.. Chavannes had
not, therefore, had time to go through
his mail. But as soon as the World
Herald was mentioned to him he
showed back a pile of letters, swung
around in his revolving chair and
exclaimed: a., ~:-.-- -..... g.. ...'
''The World-Herald! Well, you
people have been giving me some
great advertising lately"
"That is another testimonial to the
World-Herald's wide circulation and
great infuence,'' admitted the World
Herald man.
"Well, the size of my mail con-
vinces me that the World-Herald is
read closely by my republican breth-
rem, anyhow. Why, I have in that
desk hundreds and hundreds of letters
and most of them are from men who
claim to be republicans and ask me if
the Globe is really republican pa
per. Many of them are from repub-
lican committeeman, who seem bent
upon securing an admission from me
that the Globe is a new campaign
sheet ostensibly run in the interests OF
republicanism, but really working foI
democracy. The chairman of your
:. state republican committee wrote me
the other day. I have had no time tc
answer these letters, but expect to as
soon as opportunity Affords '-*'
d 5 An Earnest Republican. +s...
Mr.. Chavannes was shown an ed
itorial appe airing in the Lincoln Jour
! nal Of Sunday, August q, in which
the Journal said, referring to MIR
Chavannes and the Giobe: ~-"S-s. 49,.
=."The joke of it all is that the Des
Moines Globe is not in harmony will
the republican party on expansion
but is training with the other fellows >
Good Lord! Not in sympath,
with the republican party on expan
j. sion!'' exclaimed Mr.. Chavannes
/ 5ssThat's very rich. OF course 1 IN il
harmony with the republican party o.
expansion. The only thing about j
is that I have dared to express Wha
the leaders Of the republican part
# believe but are afraid to admit. III Il
ADVOCATES MONARCHY. ...
s % you really favor : con stitutiona
35 monarchy as the government for thi
81 y country, Mr.. chsvannes7''s 8. .s
ssss2 ~ most assuredly do. Why, what
tho difference between ; constitutions
monarch md the kind Of a govern
!, 5Insrt ~ have now7 Who IS paying an
sttsntion TO the constitution We 81
III goysrning Porto Rico outside sofI I'll
i cons titution. governing the Philippine
Il outs lds 81 the con stitution. and what
ths matter, With governing the whol
Il thing the sams ~ MT Is, outsid
E5 90 . written cons stitutIon e
no you think the tend dsncy 3of Sth
adminIs traitor policy Is II tho sdirsc
81, 81 jonsof ths governns snt YOU adsocats7
d bS surSs sitt have hoped IN
III n, ~ l~h&S ka#.