Willmar tribune., 1900-10-17

Only two weeks ago the Gazette pub
lished q statement which it openly
states was inspired by Dr. johnson
to the effect that I had candidate for
chairman of the county committee in
1896 in opposition to one proposed by
the doctor. That Is afalsehood, q and if
the doctor has any regard for his
reputation for veracity he will re-
pudiate the statement. But enough of
this personal matter.
The doctor says the present fuan-
cial cond tiOn of the farmers has i'm
proved SO much that they have no
cause for complaint. We deny this.
Conditions may have been temporarily
relieved by the Letter boom in wheat
in 1897, by the army demand for beef,
and the effort Of the Standard Oil
magnates to freeze out Independent oil
mills by raising the price OF flax seed.
But have the underlying conditions
changed? We ask the doctor to as
certain how much the total amount
of farm mortgages in KandiyOhi
county has been reduced during
The past four years, after deducting
foreclosures. Prove your case by
20 doing, doctor, if YOU can. You
say you are more concerned for the
welfare of one American home than
for the Filipino republic. Good. I
am with You there. The cost of the
military establishment made neces-
sary by the war against the Filipino
republic amounts to four dollars per
capita per annum, which is levied on
all nearly equally by taxing the ne
cessities of life. Now, doctor, let the
Filipino republic work out its own des-
tiny, call off your dogs of war and let
the military establishment resume it's
old normal figure and you will save
the people Of Kandiyohi county over
$45, ,OoO per annum. Speaking of
your high regard for the welfare of a
IAANA lSbu AOAAO3 AOSO yOu V0he
en- into consideration the welfare of
5000 American homes which have lost
boys in the Philippines, of the welfare
of 700 American homes which have
loved ones who have lost their reason
by their exposure in the, army? Have
you figured the cost? How about these
homes, doctor? Have you a boy to
offer up in foreign wars in order to
support the delnsion that you are
creating prosperity at home by so do
ing? Don't say that you have, doctor.
Forgive me for quoting from an edi-
torial you wrote for our Fourth of July
edition in 1885, You said in the same:
To-day the question at issue is in
dustrial independence. The parties in
the contest are the same. European
Lords and their American admirers
and adherents on one side-the COM
mon American people dn the other.
The form er asserting that we must
have god mOnOmetaltsm because, for
soOth, European mOnarchies have
adopted it, eh? Whenever we hear this
argument repeated our old revolution
ary blood boils in our veins. For al
though we were not born in this
country our ancestors have fought on
battlefield after battlefield in No, thern
Europe FIR human liberty from the
National Guard Of France hundred
years ago to this day. And the last
parting advice from q tender parent
was this: my son, liberty and JUS
tice 10 the common people is impOs-
sible here. Go tO the great republic
beyond the Atlantic where you may
hope to enjoy what we have in vain
tried to establish here" But alas.
we are now told that European sys
TENS and policies must be introduced
and perp-tuated here! Where are
you Sons Of the American revolution
AIRY fathers that we have so much
spoken about? Are you going to ape
the European Systems that your
fathers bled and died to root out Of
this country a hundred years ago? II
so, disown If you dare, the Declara-
tion of Independence Admit to the
world that you are the degenerate sons
Of noble fathers! Confess that your
fathers did set up republican form
OF government il spite 0f Old England
and the world and you dare not set up
Il money system of your own. Nay!
we will not entertain such an idea. 1t
cannot he prssib;e.'
All, Doctor, have you forgotten
your fathers voice? Are you not now
voting to Europeanize this country?
You may be able to reconcile your
position with that you took in 1895. I
confess that [ cannot.
VICTOR LAWSON