Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10


Spsctsd friend /, b 4. n. I u olweli ana
General SOLICITOR M III Grover 81 the
Great Northern railway, to b. making
addresses upon the ubject Of .Trusts,'' =
when onf great and good political au-.
thOrlty. Marcus Aureliua Hanna, de.
clares that there areSno such things e
trustsl
The Chicago American has taken
another poll to verify its former one
which showed that Bryan was way
ahead Of Mckinley in the Windy
City. According to the figures now
proved up. Bryan will carry Cook
county by u, ,00O, which would give
him the state with whoop.
Speaking Of Authority Hanna, here
comes Republican Governor Mount Of
Indiana calling Hanna down in the fol-
lowing fashion: '.u Hanna made that
statement (that there are no trusts) he
either did not know what he was talk
ing about or wanted to fool the people
of the country. There ARE trusts in
this country and: they are fast grinding
the life out of the American. l-ople and
I hope the people will rise ia their
might and crush them" @.'s.* -.--~ Z
A year ago, for tho fall elections, tho
Republicans everywhere app ,aled to
the country to stand by the administra-
tion in order to close the Philippine
war: Now the same old claim is made
that if the administration is sustained
and Mckinley reelected the war will
speedily close. How 3, long is this old
thing going on anyhow
It ID very. very sad that th~ Univer.
|,sity. Bryan club refused to turn out for
the Beveridge G. o. p. affair. The
big change which has occurred among
the University students since four
years ago, is typical of the sentiment
OF the whole country.
In the latest Of the Republican ma
tional press documents three savage
sheets were devoted to showing the
prosperity Of the campaign as gauged
by bank deposits, absolutely ignoring
the fact that money piled up in banks
is no evidence of prosperity. It is when
money is out doing tswork of stimu-
lating business that the country pros.
pers. The enormous accumulation of
money in banks 10 one of the ills that
the people have to complain of. 1t
does nobody any good there, neither
helping business that needs it, nor
bringing returns to the people who
own it.
Last week witnessed the birth of q
new Democratic daily, the Minneapolis
Star. In appearance it is beauty.
Attractive in looks, interesting in con.
tents. it certainly has bright future
before it. It is Democratic from the
word 60, hits hard and draws blood
every time. Here is to you
1--WE will give you the flag but not
the constitution, is what the Repub-
lican administration says to the Phil
ippines.. The flag is merely an en-
blem.. It has been held in the hands
of traitors like Burr, and martyrs like
Lincoln. It has doated over the
slaughter of striking miners in Mon.
tana, and over the heroic fields of '76.
1t is merely an emblem. In the hands
of patriot, it stands for all that is
good and holy. In the hands of the
carpet-bagger. the .demagogue, the
thief and the knave, it is meaning.
less rag, or possibly even q cloak and
pretext for his villany.,H .
! The Constitution isa guarantee of
equal rights and privileges to all. It is
the thing itself of which the flag is the
emblem. Without the Constitution the
| flag is nothing. Wherever the Consti-
tuition is extended, it becomes at once
the paramount influence in the life Of
oil that live under it. It is the same to
all men at all times everywhere. It is
an incalculable power for the uplifting
of men, for justice and liberty. 1t may
be abused at times, but it carries within
itself the power to remedy all such
abuses. ;. -
But this is the thing which the ad.
ministration will not extend to the
Philippines. Mckinley will not give
them the Constitution, but he does offer
to them an emblem which may stand
for much or nothing, accordingly as it
is in the hands of patriot or of a
knave.
Says Mac to the Philippines on
see we can't let you have the Constitu.
tion, but we will bring the flag, which
represents the Constitution and wave
it over you, and in our hands, that will
be just as good as the Constitution, for
You know we are all patriots and you
can surely take my word for it, for you
know I am good and holy man and
am actuated only by the deepest sense
OF duty and I 60 to church every Sun.
day and contribute liberally to the mis-.
sionary fund, but if you won't take
my word for it and refuse to submit. !
shall come over there and shoot down
every mothers son of you, and wade in
gore up to my neck. -.
But the untutoreds Filipino thought
he smelled q rat and would not submit.
and Mac started in to carry out his
threat. and the Filipino wouldn't stand
and take it meekly, but tried to get in
q lick edgewise occasionally, and 50
they are at it ever since and Justice sits
on her eternal throne with blindfolded
eyes and the man who calls the slaugh-
| ter in the Philippines inhuman murder
and criminal aggression, is denounced
as 9 traitor by Republican demagoguea
and mountebanks. +.