Willmar tribune., 1900-10-20
of 1900 copies each week.

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Many people may not think this a
large circulation, 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 a circula-
tion of 1900.
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 g. O. p. For this reason repub-
lican managers are 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 a 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 a
mistake, confined for few weeks in
the asylum at Mount Pleasant. The
Capital refused to publish Mr.. Cha
vannes' reply to this attack, but the
w orld-Herald has been permitted to
copy it. 1t is here given. save some
very personal remarks directed at
Colonel LATE Young, editor of the
Capital. In this letter Mr.. Chavannes
admits that in 1856 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 pr
sonal matter, concerning 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. | 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
| live. If [ ever was insane it was a
misfortune that every ght-thinking
| L
would try to help me forget, and help
me as far as possible to repair this
untOward circumstance. If | felt and
believed that you were a man with a
speck of real manhood in you, if l
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:
I certainly had no idea of iniurine
the republican party when I wrote my
articles on Imperialism My neighbors
have, without solicitation on my part
elected me republican precinct chair.
man. 1t is 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 a party
paper. I think it would be a grea
misfortune if Mr.. Bryan, with his anti
imperialistic ideas, should be elected
When I wrote the articles referred to
| wrote them not as a republican, bu
as an editor giving his views on :
political question. I presume, how
ever, that the republican party is no
} a one-man party like Mr.. Bryan s
! Some republicans still have wills O
their own, l believe. The republican
party's best argument on the none,
question in 1896 was the statement tina
we must do business with the money O
the world-gold. SO now I feel snr
| that the great leaders of the republica
? party must see that a commercial ma
tion cannot we'll hrve a different forr
, of government than that of other grea
world powers if it shall intend to con
Lesu Jlle utIu lUr Tile uus1ueoo v ull
world. [ do not want to see Presiden
/ Mckinley pull down the flag in China
7 China is great people and the
: have made prisoners Of our ministers
= have fired upon the foreigners an
: what greater insult can they give t
/ our flag? And because they are
: large and strong nation and from tn
fact that the problem will be d yer
= serious and difficult one, it is no reaso
1 we should run away from it. Let u
? take our part in the settling of tn
: question, and let us be felt in propol