Little Falls herald., 1900-09-07


sounded anote of warning against over.
confidence. OF course, this simply
means that Republicans are troubled
with apathy, not because they are COM
fdent Of McKinley's election, but be.
cause they don't care whether he isl
elected or not.
Lyman Gage, secretary Of tho treas
ury, says that if Bryan should become
president 'he could order his secretary
OF the treasury to make payable in sil-
YER all the public debt payable in coin
and all current disbursements a. well.
It this were true it would provo the
loose-jointedness Of the Republican Leg
islation for the firm establishment Of
the gold standard.
Nothing, says the Philadelphia REQ
ord, affords more convincing proof of
the plutooratic tendencies Of the Re.
public party than the frank confidence
with which Chairman Hanna goes from
city to city making his levies for cam
paiga funds upon rich men and Office
holders who have obtained wealth and
p.eferment through partisan favoritism.
He told the Philadelphia magnates who
on Saturday last were gathered to SEQ
him that Philadelphia would be drawn
upon for 100000. This is an immense
sum. If the size of the draft be any
criterion Of the real exigencies Of the
: Mckinley campaign it is an evidence
OF desperation.
Edward Scofield, governor of Wiscon-
sin, is Republican who refuses to take
his views ready-made from the head
quarters of his party. At the banquet
OF the Iron Brigade in Chicago some
days ago the governor made a speech
and raised his voice in warning against
the growing spirit of miitarism. He
used this language:
''The most highly trained army, all
the authorities to the contrary not
withstanding, can never subdue wholly
an army Of intelligent men figh ting for
their homes. This fact becomes more
true every year and our nation will do
well to head it. We have had taste
Of war recently, which unquestionably
has awakened a military spirit, and
what we have now to guard ourselves
against is too great and dangerous
growth Of this spirit. We prefer peace
and we are nation whose glory is that
when it does engage in war it is not for
conquest, but for righteousness sake"
He declared that ''our path to glory
in an honorable future does not lie
through bloody seas"
The poem entitled "America and
Liberty" by Professor Wilhelm PETER
son of Minneapol is becoming fa-
nous. 1t contains these spirited and
patriotic lines, which will appeal to
every believer in the true American
doctrine of human rights:
Who said Haul down our flag?'' No man
Whose warm blood is American.
"Thou Freedoms noblest symbol, rise
In growing splendor to the skies;
And be, whereer thou art unfurled,
The flag of hope to all the world''
But, mark ye well, our flag must wave
Ger loosened chains. to free, to save.
And If they say it waves it's folds
Der ships with slavery in their holds;
And If they cay it waves DER lands
Where men in arms as conquerer stands,
'Tis but false, pretentious rag,
'Tis not OUR flag, It's NOT our flag.
OUR flag must wave, Where'er it be,
For Justice, Right and Liberty.
The Goodhue County News pays this
deserved tribute to Governor Lind:
'There is not a department Of tho
states activity where his influence is
not felt, invariably in the peoples in
terest. The secretary Of state neglected
his duty; Governor Lind called his at-
tention to the lapse by citing facts
without comment. Other governors
never troubled themselves with the
states affairs in the attorney generals
Office. Governor Lind, without off,
ciousness, has had more consultations
with the attorney general than all his
predecessors. Other governors have
named railroad commissioners and let
it go at that. Governor Lind knows
what the railroad commission 10 do
ing and has made not few suggestions
upon which some of their most impor.
tant initiatives were based. In tho
coal rate case, the Southern Minnesota
grain rates. the Northern Minnesota
joint rate case. he has been informed
Of every step. -.
"Other governors have appointed
their boards and then gone of and left
them. Governor Lind never, fails, if he
can help it, to attend the meetings Of
the prison board, the charities and cor
rections, and SO on. There is not an
institution with whose workings he 10
not familiar. There is not a problem
he has not studied. There is not an
interest of che state upon which he is
not informed. There is not an interest
Of tho people for which he is not zeal
ously concerned.
Nobody knows how much he has
done for the state, how useful his
labors have been. He is governor every
minute aad to every purpose.
The Des Moines Weekly Globe. q Re-
publican paper, believes in imperialism
and makes no secret of it.. The paper
speaks right out in favor Of = change in
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