Willmar tribune., 1900-08-08

Hanna has only lent him . few thou.
sand "plunks" which have to be re-.
turned before Minnesota gets any more.
In very truth Tams gives it ont cold
that the goppite state campaign has got
to run itself. ~
Aud speaking also of tho goppite
campaign, they do say that every day
is State Printer Whitney's busiest, as
the artist depicts. T.
''Might makes right" in the Eoose.
velt, G. O. P. doctrine, whether it ;bs
in conquering unwilling peoples, as in
the Philippines, by bloody war, by
overturning state government by
hired murderers, as in kentucky, or by
striking neighbor down to death, in
political discussion, by a blow Of tho
fist, as in the Minneapolis case.
''Might makes Right"
Speaking of prosperity, all the great
railway companies of the Twin Cities
have made greater or less reductions in
the forces of their shops-especially the
transcontinental lines, which have laid
off thousands of mechanics.
It is said that no class Of business has
suffered more in Mckinley prosperity"
than insurance, the shrinkage in all
lines being enormous, and especially in
the fire companies. big fire losses being
always an indication Of poor general
business The Insurance Budget of the
Twin Cities gives the totals of such
losses for the first six months of the
year as $lO3, 29s, 900, as against $50, $685..
$50 for 1899. This corresponds with
the big losses from commercial failures,
recently shown to have been the largest
in number and amounts of any six
months of which there is a record.
There have been, including the great
st. Paul fire Of last week, close to 20
fires in the country in six months,
where losses exceeded $500,000.
Closing the first full fiscal year Of the
reform administration of Governor
Lind, the Minnesota cash box has q
clean balance of $15.000,000! Will
some one please call this to the atten-
ton Of our good friend Colonel Tom
Lowry, who predicted that ''grass
would grow in streets of Minnesota
cities" as well as financial ruin follow
the election of Lndl
OF course the gentlemen who have
had SO much to say about never pulling
down the flag, will make it perfectly
clear what they would do in the China
case. Or, have our brave boys been
fighting al Ten Tsin without any flag?
The State Republican league is be.
hind the uniforming of G. O. P. clubs
in the khaki or Roosevelt suits and hat.
Let the goppites have the foreign uni.
forms; the military feature is entirely
appropriate. Plain old Uncle Sam in
sigma and sentiments are good enough
for the Democracy.
Signs that old soldiers of the Twin
Cities will be found in the Liberty party
this year are too plain to be mistaken.
It is SO all over the country. In the
recent Peoples Party-Democratic con-
vention of South Dakota. $50 old SOL
diers were delegates, and celebrated
approval Of Bryan and the state action
by seizing flags and marching around
for minutes, singing the old patriotic
songs of the Constitution and the flag,
and Of their battles for liberty genera
tion ago. The incident, however, has
been very carefully suppressed by the
goppite press. ..+ -'.*
The Globe tells still new story on
William Hennery Eustis in the cam,
paign Of two years, that over in Will,
mar. when Eustis was addressing a
large audience of farmers, he laid it
down strong that it was not the cheat
ing Of the farmers by the elevator rings,
through the state grain department.,
that was their trouble, but the trouble
was that farmers did not use good judg.
ment in marketing the grain. In fact,
he said, the matter with them was ''up
here" pointing to his forehead. Pretty
soon this spread around and when q
Kandiyohi farmer was asked if he was
going to vote for Eustis he simply re.
marked that Eustis was all right. lex.
cept up here, " pointing to his forehead.
Eustis will soon be out making speeches
for Van SAINT, and the farmers, remem-
bering his remarks two years ago, will
not take any more stock in them now.
The red, white and blue will every.
where be the Democratic campaign in
sigma this year. The goppites are vel.
come to foreign uniform (khaki) and
somebody's old / at. The red, white
and blue cap, and perhaps the red,
white and blue umbrella, may be quite
generally introduced as the marching
emblem for Bryan and Stevenson.
Pouring through the cities and towns
in parades, or under streams of red fire.
the solid phalanxes under the national
colors will recall the days of the Lin.
coin Wideawakes, as well they may.
Is the fact that Hon. M. ]. Dowling
abruptly refused to act as secretary
Of the late Republican league conven.
ton due to light" he has seen on
imperialism" One might think so
to read the series Of letters he is. writ.
ing Of what he saw in the Philippines
and of'the brave little people struggling
there for liberty against American i'm
perial soldiers.
McKinley's acceptance speech con.
sisted Of above 5000 words. one-half 0;
which was devoted to the money ques.
ton. To Imperialism he devoted 300
words, to protection but 126, while the
great Chinese disaster and danger re.