Willmar tribune., 1900-10-24

aIe making great mistake In setting
Cuba free. as well as Mark Hanna g
bumptious assertion, ''There are no
trusts.'' ~ ~. ...,.. g :.
These utterances furnish, O. glaring
commentary on the character Of their
leaders. the futility Of their logic, the
utter hopelessness Of their cause in a
fair and open campaign. They can not
win out on fair means, so they take to
foul, and right here they show the
worst kind of Judgment in making
their selections, and the mistakes they
have made in this respect will prove
their ruin. -
OF those who had signed the call for
this meeting, some Of the most prom
inent were interviewed by represen.
tative OF the Press Bureau; and while
they disclaimed any responsibility for
the speeches made there, they endorsed
the call and the resolutions adopted.
However. when any society allows such
utteranoes to be made and to pass with
ont srebuke,or protest. the public can
not do otherwise than to see in such
utterances an expression of the senti.
ments OF that society and to hold the
society and its individual members re.
sponsible for them. ~
The insolent arrogance of such a
course can not be but condemned in the
strongest and most emphatic terms.
Is it any wonder that the blood Of lib
erty loving American citizens should
boil with indignation at such brutal
methods of coercion and intimidation
1t the money powers dare to come out
with such shameless, barefaced brutal
lty. to force men to vote against their
convictions, it certainly forbodes i'll for
the laboring man and the middle
classes, and everyone realizes that if
such an afront can be offered and pass
unheeded, our boasted American lib.
erty will soon be thing of the past
and will be swallowed up by the money
power in a rule so rapacious in its
greed, so absolute in it's disregard of
human rights, that the rule of the Rus
sian czar will seem paternal blessing
in comparison.
The Republicans at this meeting de-
cided to wear as their emblem a yellow
bow. This is the national color of
Spain and China. and therefore AVA
kens memories of rapacious greed,
cruel injustice, bigotry and oppression.
The Democrats have chosen for their
emblem miniature United States flag.
The yellow bow fittingly stands for
dictation, coercion and intimidation.
The flag stands for the sentiment, IA
free man and free vote" Let us all
wear and display the badge of freedom.
! AS sample of the work done in the
Democratic campaign, and the enthu.
siasm aroused, we give the following
extract from letter received at the
Democratic headquarters from St.
Cloud:
"Beginning Monday, we put up the
greatest campaign that the Democratic
party has ever had in this county.
Truelson and Calhoun will speak all
week, making three or four speeches
day. All the candidates on our county
ticket will accompany the speakers.
1--WE have organized clubs in all the
towns, and the meetings have been ad.
vertised thoroughly for the past two
weeks. This is on old line Democratic
county, and the fact that there is more
interest here than ever before, argues
we'll for the Democratic cause in gen.
eral."
The Republicans of st. Paul decided
to hold grand mass meeting for the
benefit of the German voters, and so
they imported speaker by the name
of Donald from Iowa, who was to ad.
dress them in German and do tho Dera.
ocrats up brown. And 10 and beho)di
After all the blowing of horns and beat
ing of drums, there were of all the co.
600 Germans in St. Paul just 1877 that
felt enough interest in German Re-
publican mass meeting, to take the
trouble to be present.
1t is great thing to talk with sane.
timonious JUNCTION about the Filipino
and tell Of all the blessings we are CO.
ing to bestow upon him, but just put
yourself in his place and consider how
you would like it to have the constitu-
tion with its guarantee Of rights and
privileges withdrawn from the state of
Minnesota, and the government Of the
state put into the hands Of a military,
governor sent out here from Washing.
ton who would be responsible to no one
but the president and have such laws
proclaimed as the military governor
with big army at his back might see
fit and have them carried out by force
of arms
With all the confidence in the gov.
ernment at Washington, and with all
due respect for Mckinley, there is yet
not q single Democrat or Popuist in
the state of Minnesota that would sub
nit to such proposition, but would
fight to the last ditch and to the last
kopje, and there are mighty few Re.
publicans in the state that wouldn't do
the same. s. ss ,.ssszs
Will the Republican papers kindly
explain why the Republican legislature
prevented the passage 81. the bill ia
raise the gross earnings tax Of the rail.
roads from 3 per cent to 4 Per cent
Governor Lind and the Fusion mem.
bers Of the legislature did their utmost
to secure the passage Of this bill, but
the Republicans, being in the majority,
opposed and defeated it. and by taking
such stand they deprived the state
.of upwards Of. 1900, 900, even II d
new legislature can be elected to net on
this measure as soon as possible
|. If the railroads had bsen obliged tc
tpay IN these 81, ,0O0, 900, the people 81
the state would have had SO much less
70 pay. Now if the Republicans are
really such great friends Of the people,