Willmar tribune., 1900-10-20

}ICllculdGlOu OIL, ,oOUSCOpl6S# 0acH WEEK.
Many people may not think this q
large .circula alton, but they should re
member that outside Of the weekly edi-
tions of three Of Nebraska s metropoli-
tan newspapers there are not ten week
ly papers in Nebraska with +circu1a-
tion of 1,8OO. .ssa !. ]. z:#5 4ss -.. $..z
But while Mr.. Chavannes freely con-
fesses his political views, lot Of his
fellow republicans are afraid to speak
out so openly, and they fear that Cha
vannes impetuosity may be disastrous
to the 6. o. p. For this reason repub-
lican managers ara seeking to either
close Chavannes' mouth or make it ap-
pear irresponsible. Following this
line Of policy the Des Moines Capital
of Friday. August "A, contained very
bitter. attack on Mr.. Chavannes. In
the Capital article it was sought to de-
monstrate that Chavannes is not re-
publican, does not edit a republican
newspaper and is not, responsible for
his actions or utterances. In order to
show the latter the Capital refers to an
unfortunate incident in Mr.. Chavannes'
life when he was through what will ap.
pear to all fair-minded men to be
mistake, confined for a few weeks in
the asylum at Mount Pleasant. The
Capital refused to publish Mr.. Cha
vannes' reply to this attack, but the
World-Herald has been permitted to
copy it. It is here given, save some
very personal remarks directed at
Colonel Lafe Young, editor of the
Capital. In this letter Mr.. Chavannes
admits that in 1886 he was suffering
with nervous affection, from which
he recovered after an illness of three
months.
A Manly Statement
On this point Mr.. Young says:
come now, my dear sir, to a p:r-
sonal matter, concerning a part of
your article-one that you have forced
me to notice and refer to. I refer to
the charge you make of my insanity
some years back. I suppose that you
felt it your solemn duty to the great
party to which you and I belong, to
destroy what little influence or reputa-
tion I might have in the town in which
1 live. If ever was insane it was a
misfortune that every right-thinking
mana man with a heart in him
would try to help me forget, and help
me as far as possible to repair this
untoward circumstance. If 1 felt and
believed that you were man with a
speck of real manhood in you, if I
believed that you were capable of the
finer feelings that are found in refined
and right-minded people, should GER
tainly feel much grieved and hurt at
the insult financially and socially
that you have tried to bring upon my
self and family in order to help, as you
thought, our party.
Mr.. Chavannes then refers to the
fact that without solicitation on his
part he was elected republican precinct
chairman. He points out that he is
supporting Mckinley and Roosevelt,
and adds: T..
| certainly had no idea of injuring
the republican party when I wrote my
articles on Imperialism. My neighbors
have, without solicitation on my part,
elected me republican precinct chair
man. It is a a,greater surprise to me, ]
think, than to anyone else, that my
articles on imperialism should be sc
widely noticed, and it is unfair to re.
publicans to class the Globe as party
paper. I think it would be a great
misfortune if Mr.. Bryan, with his anti
imperialistic ideas, should be elected
When I wrote the articles referred to
4 I wrote them not as a republican, bu
as an editor giving his views on {
T. political question. I presume, how
i ever, that the republican party is no
a one-man party like Mr.. Bryan's s
J Some republicans still have wills o
their own, believe. The republican
: party's best argument on the none,
question in 1896 was the statement tha
we must do business with the money o
the world-gold. So now I feel snr
/ that the great leaders Of the republican
) party must see that commercial ma
tion cannot we'll hrve different forn
], of government than that of other grea
b world powers if it shall intend to con
JesI ulle, menu lur ullc business y g. I'll
. world. I do not want to see Presiden
!. Mckinley pull down the flag in China
Z China is.sa great people and the
: have made priso oners of our ministers
= have fired upon the foreigners an
!, what greater insult can they give
! our flag? And because they are
: large and strong nation and from tn
= fact that the problem will be a yer
Z serious and difficult one, it IS no reaso
a we should run away from it.. Let i
!? take our part il the settling of th
: question, and let us be felt in propol