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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
Not Expected to Do All ythlnr.

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It is known that the Presidentfavors
curbing the trusts and legislation
along these lines may be attempted.
but it is not thought that the effort
will be attended by success. Senator
Hanna is q power in the senate. Sen.
ators Elkins, Quay and Plat are his
allies and 1t Is known that they be-
lieve the laws as they stand are suf-
ictent to deal with bad trusts. OF
course the house may eend some
measures over to the senate to repu-
late trusts, but in . short session. it
is easy to obstruct legislation by put
ting appropriation bills in the way.
One senator can kill anysuch measure
If disposed to fight to the last ditch
and both Senators Hanna and Quay
are known to bo In that mood. The
same fate awaits any tariff revision
legislation that may be attempted. In
WORD aside from passing general
appropriation bills and lmmAterial
measures, the short session of con-
gress, is not expected to do anything.
There will be much agitation of tie
trusts and tariff questions but no
change in existing laws regarding the
same.-Wsll Street Journal, Nov. "a.
With the four leading republicans In
the senate opposed to any antitrust
Legislation It was certainly unneces-
sary for Rooseyeltrto devote to much
space to defending trusts. :. .--.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06

seems to be to let them and the name
go together. If this separation must
come AS I believe it must-the sooner
it comes the better itswill be for the
country. %.
ut can be said of the people, party
to its credit-that it has
cared more<about principles and re-
suits than about party name. Judg-
ing by the past, believe that it can
be relied upon to 40 almost anything
that will advance its cause, and that
will give reasonable hope of securing
the results it has desired.
"Some of US at least are, therefore,
looking to your party to take such &C.
tion as the situation demands as early
as possible. It is useless for US to
think about another national cam
paign under the leadership of the dem
ocratic party. The traitors cannot be
discovered and driven out OF it..
'Eaough will remain to betray it and
bring defeat. Thousands of voters
are firmly fixed in this belief that they
will not make move to prevent the
reorganization element from taking
possession of the Organization. Many
of them hope that this will occur, be
lteving that when it doess occur the
separation will take place. and that
oil true believers in the Kansas City
declarations will gladly come out OF
It."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
a New Swindle.

a new swindle is being worked
among farmers of the state. The
5sharpers carry cases containing sam
pies Of high grade fence wire, ana
claiming to represent . firm Ia Indiana
and Offering wire fencing at q low
price, the goods to be sent G. o. is.
Then It farmer buys the goods he is
shown the model OF 9 fine ornamental
gate, sto be sent free with each order,
u the farmer pays . small sum in ad.
vance on the order for the wire fence.
This generally catches the farmers for.
sums sum- Of i've dollars and up, and the
agent 1ss seen no more. Nor does the.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
Public aad Private uonopoly.

Public and Private Monopoly.
An idiosyncracy of intellect is ex-
hib1ted by the man who declares that
government ownership would block
future development of the things own
ed; by reason OF eliminating competi-
.tion, the spur to progress, and at the
same time declares that great indus
trial mouopolies are necessary to q
development that will make this g.
commercial world power. And the
man who thus contracts himself is
multitudinous in, the land. Public
monopoly, such men argue, would be
parslizer OF progress, while private
monopoly Is necessary to it. The ab-
surdity of such contention is too
easily seen to need illustration, yet It
may be we'll to note the grey headed
government monopoly of mail carry
Ing. Public monopoly in this instance
has been no barrier to progress ex-
cept In one particular. Public monop-
oily has availed itself of every known
means to improve the postal service
except the employment of electricity
Tor the transmission of communities
! Et10ns ana news. And It failed In this
only because it encountered private
monopoly more powerful than itself.
Public monopoly will not stagnate If
private monopoly invigorates, and
the man who argues to" the contrary
needs to put his think tank into dry
dock for repairs. rs.-Farm Stock &
Home.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
have THEIR own WAY.
Senator Depew Says Financial Inter-
ests May Have Anything They
Can Agree to Ask For.

Senator Depew, speaking of the mes
sage, said that it's financial section
was of the utmost Importance to bank
ers and moneyed men. The country
has now reached that stage in it's evo-
luton where it is ready to accept rec
concentrations from bankers as to
changes In the financial and currency
laws A few years ago anything the
bankers advanced was sure of defeat.
Now anything they do not advocate is
sure of defeat. Had the recent n at
1onal convention of bankers at New
Orleans been able to agree on some
plan of legislative action, progress
would be possible at this session of
congress-; but the failure to so agree
vii! carry currency legislation over
unit! next winter at least.-Press Dis
patch.
The fear among The small fry bank
ers that intended legislation will more
readily enable the big fellows to swal-
low up their business, may postpone
action on the currency bill. Mean
while 1t is to be hoped that the people
will awaken to the danger of placing
the circulating medium entirely under
the control of the bankers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
Nave They Votes Enough7

The question OF whether or not the
peoples party or the prohibition party
has cast votes enough to maintain
party existence, having been raised.
the peoples party organ, the ''For-
um," says: - ., 49,,
"Old party papers are industriously
circulating the report that the peoples
party did not receive votes enough in
the state to maintain its legal stand
ipg. This *is false While we have
not received the official returns from
more than fifty counties, the number
OF votes received by the state ticket in
them will more than suffice to main
tain the rights Of the organization.
While the vote was smaller than had
been expected, the object of maintain.
Ing the legal status of the party was
accomplished.'' =. =
There seems to be q conflict of cleo
tion statutes In the state. A Hparty,"
under the general election law of this
state is cne which, under q certain
name, casts one pei. cent Of the total
vote Of, the state or county or district
for which the nomination is made.
[see section 81 Of General LAWS of
1895 9799 and 1901. - !.
But the primary election law for
the nomination of candidates requires
that the party shall have cast ten per
cent OF the total vote at the last pre-
ceding election, or that nominations
must be made by petition containing
the names of ten per cent Of the vote
cast at last election. [See section 2,
primary election law of1901. .
One per cent of the total vote Of
1900 tpresidential year) is 9,I42. The
total vote at the last state election
was not as large, 90 that it Is safe to
say that both the prohibition and the
peoples party-unless. legislated out
Of existence the coming session-will
have legal standing, 80 far 40 state
candidates are concerned. syz.
1 But how will it be IN regard to
county and district candidatesp Are
not such candidates. of these parties
and I'll other minority parties. cast
ing less than tsn per cent Of total vote,
legislated out of existence under tho
statute? 80 s.& e. mi. Il.
Il is intimsted that oil minority
parties casting less than tan ,.per cent
Of the total votewil be disfr rAnohiIed
thec coming winter, except upon peti-
tion Of ten per cent Of tho total vote
|-Waseca Herald. ar
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
pesr opialoa of rhsms elves.

The Faribault Pilot still maintaine
that twas because the state convention
endorsed the Kansas City platform
and the Norwood Times contends Il
was because the convention nominated
q gold Democrat for lieutenant gov.
ernor. Both Of them are full Of
prunes. The two things put together
did not cost tho Democratic ticket a
hundred votes, where they lacked
thousands, and It did not cost the
ticket . single democratic vote.-Red
Wing Argus. n. s r.. @...=
By the which We understand that the
Argus considers that democrat is q
man who votes the democratic ticket
no matter what the platform is or who
the candidates are. :.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
The Pest Check Currency.

" Business men and others who are
interested In the improvement of faci-
littes for the sending of money through
the mails should request their repres-
entatives in Congress to promote the
early passage of the bill to establish
the Post Check currency. The bill
now before both branches Of Congress
provides that all o., q and IS be here
after printed with blank space on
them which anyone can fill out IN =
moment, making, it payable only to
the person or firm to whom it IL sent.
a postage stamp is stuck on another
blank space, and the bill can then be
sent BY mail. Fractional currency in
determinations of 10, Is and 50 cents Ii
also provided for IN the same way 80
that any one, anywhere in the United
States, can send any sum from 10
cents up, without the trouble Of getting
and filing out . money order, reg
istering 8 letter, ETC., and at about
halt the expense. :s.z=s -. ,.:z.. : :
Trouble IL now experienced in send
ing fractional parts Of : dollar through
the mails. Publications whose sub
scription price is below . dollar, and
those whose price isesa fraction Of :
dollar in addition to that amount, are
compelled to 60 to the expense Of send
Ing remittance cards with slots provid-
Eed aor the reception Of .quartersn and
halves. = Merchants Who have estab-
lished business on the mail orde plan
also experience difficulty IN the hand
ling Of fractional parts Of . dollar in
the aEils.ss
\ The Post Check currency wouldmake
It easier to do business Of all kinds BY
mai and it ought to be provided.
|Postm master- General Payne has report
Led TO the committees of the Senate and
House Ii whose hands the btll' Lies
that in his opinion the Post Check
plan lis very simple and easily un.
derstoo cd, and would prove Of incal-
Ecpable convenience to the public 3
As. Mr.. Payne is q man Of experience
ii postal aff airs, his opinion ought TO
have weight sufficient to carry the bill
throu gh. But his hands should be
strenRt Rthened By requests from mer-
chants and others directed % their rep
|resenta tatives "a congress. The Even
ing w isconsin:.<' &
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
-,
losson ct The Glsetloa ,

The total number of votes cast, 40
shown by the canvass of the returns
In each county, WAS 273,112,, or shout
1900 less than the vote two years
ago. The vote for governor was as
follows; ..><s - =: :. :@.,. o.: =. :, :
Samuel r. Van ssnt, Rep. .l57 1892
Leonard A. Rosing, Dem. -. 80, ,375
Thomas J. Meighea, Peoples. 5:347
Charles Scanlon, Prohibition. 5,635
Jay E. Nash (no party designs
Thonas Van Lear, Socialist.
4oDOr. .............. z,4zo
Van SAINTS majority over Rosing il
So, 457. Most Of those who neglected
to vote were Populists who reasoned
that Mr.. Meigben could not be elected,
% they were told BY Mr.. Rosing's
canvassers, and. in his circulars. The
daily papers published statements
purporttng to be those Of Mr.. Meighen
himself, that he did not expect to be
elected, which accounts for his hav-
ing received only 6,347 votes in the
entire state. That many Populists
voted for Rosing 10 we'll established
fact. a few supported Van SAINT to
prevent the election Of James ). Hills
choice as Mr.. Rosing undoubtedly
was. Mr.. Hills personal canvass in
the northern and western counties ac-
counts for the election Of several Re-
publican members Of the lower house
ard at least three Of the Republican
senators. Democrats and Republi-
cans made special efforts to defeat
every Peoples party candidate 10 the
field. Considering the fact that Pop
sulists had previously accepted the
overtures Of the Democrat party and
secured an Important victory, It's hos
tility to them IN the; recent election
was conclusive as to the unreliability
sof the democrat management as coop
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06

you call country the thought Of which
the soul of each of citizens the soul be dead the fond
emotions. ><-S@e. - sIzs. ES7.#@I :. 49,.
Though those Purtan been stern and preju
diced in their Christianity grant they budd we Today
that old zeal and seadfastness needed in public % duty
each citizen lies plainly before The the
aid minded him to give
: CHRISTIAN MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD GET TOGETH-
Err AND SHOULD. ORGANIZE FOR THE FURTHERING OF
RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT In zach Community, if there abored
band OF workers bent on the conscientious of just
national eventually would recognized In each
community such ct workers needed and will be long
there fight long drink exists so long as
immortality Aaun ITSELF long reigns in mems
hearts. -.o, 4&Sl@#=
So long devastates sod take your place the
OF those that stand So drunkenness
streets hides behind saloon door ad be dead
the world So long gambler coupts youth
with the habit ALMOST hard to
must not be dead t the world So long woman purity assa,
you cannot be cowady to be to the wor long
dishonesty and ncompetency hold the administration public
affairs YOU MUST AWAKE ANDIDO YOUR DUTY AS CIT
IZEN.> - >.:. .I.@%I#1
Pny the younger writing emperor concerning the early
Christians described them people hymns about Iesu and
paid the That There are people that pay
their taxes but neglect the hymns do
then there singers Of hymns neglect taxes and these
also fail examples This is happy combnaton-TO SING
HYMNS AND D. Il *4Sx&$ =:.. -: >*
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
The Christian Citizen
BY REV. &. cAkfPBELL MORGAN.
, Leader III NorthfIe1d Este.,sior Work

Whatever Of Christian energy man may pos
sess, the world still Stands in need Of To the man
that says: Il take no interest in civic life, am
dead to the world, I my reply is: IF you are dead
to the world then you would better be buried"
We want no dsad-to7the-world Christians We
want real live, earnest active believers in and fol-
lowers of the principles Of Christianity. Those old
Puritans, who saved England and made you, carried
their religion into their daily lives, and they estab
lished on 4 firm foundation the state that to-dau
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
II the Coal Beds are LARGE,

1t will certainly be q great thing for
Northern Minnesota If the coal fields
discovered in Clay county prove to be
extensive. And Why should they not?
Stranger things have. happened.
Great oaks from little scorns grow.
OIL wells in Texas were unknown
few years ago while now they have 50
much oil down there that they took to
burning it few weeks ago. The In
dtcations for big supply Of coal
where the fuel has been discovered are
good. Money, too, 10 being spent
ite@lavishly by Incorporated. conn
panies in buying up land not merely
oonti9 9uous to the farm whsre the coal
was struck, but at dista1ee 81 sev.
eralmiles. These: cspftatf5ts, 1t may
b depended upon, have had the field
looked over by specialists, -, they
always do In: such cases, ssad their IN
vestment shows that the: pFuspeots for
s big deposit Of this black.fuel are ex.
.ceedingly bright. This wsuld mean
not only oheaper coal but slso vastly
improved facilities for nssnufacturing.
II the bed Of coal should prove suf-
hciently large 1t would undo ubtedly
result IN much Of the iron ore foundin
such quantities II the northeasterni
part Of the state, being suaslted at :
II IA Eal.AS.~~ e.os.n 4. Z.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06

J. w. Olson, State Superintendent
of Schools, has just submitted his an
nual report. When compared with
any other commonwealth in the Union
population taken into consideration,
the North Star State has reason for
flush of pride. -, T.. -
The value of all school olhouees and
sites, IL 8f'i ,oo4, 43s66., SO no fesks and
furniture amount to-. 1898, AT. The
laboratories and apparatus, represent
1892, ,290. The public school libraries
represent q value. of 1858, 3,679. The
total amount invested in buildings,
furniture, libraries, etc, for the school
children of the state, aggregates $19,-
333, 1852. And the state paid 81, 81, ,354
for teachers, during the year.
!, And while we have this handsome
record as to the amount of money we
spend to educate our youth, we also
have q record of s38, 900, 7l3 spent in
the support of saloons, to undo the
work the schools have done. The cur.
rent cost of the saloons of the state,
for the year is over nine times as
great as the current cost for teachers
in the public schools, and is twice the
value of the land, buildings, furniture,
apparatus, and libraries of the pub
lie schools. The public schools and
the saloon are rival institutions.
Prohibition Bulletin. =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06

0o8 y0S pOD0 ~ ~ - s,ssAAA
p.iRns and Will not sppear agsin, but
your orr anizaaion ought tozbe kept up,
= I have no doubt It will Be, until
lsomethiug arises that may make II
necessary o. possible sto bring into
.existence an organization that will
rally III those. who sre believers "a
the principles Of the K4nsas City plat
form, il II shalt be, that the peoples
party cannot do II.
.1 ssThis election has demo onstr ated,
what ought toshave been clear from
tie first, that the two elements Il the
democratic party cannot operate to-
laether. IS house divided against
itseh. That there must, Il the end,
Is 8 separation seems no clearer to
ne now than II did i before the Kansas
sCity oonventio sN othing holds them
together now but The nan1e. There
- would IS some a,dvanta e the Bryan
elemsnt could keep tlhe ame, but
there would also bs some yd1isadVsnt-
,ces hers n groNing conVi iction
fhat the disad dyahta ages Tar outweigh
q po,ssibl e advanfa Just sosl long
:ssI thA old name atns, the pol olttical
" heinse1 IN IN.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06

s The Wall Street papers strongly
endorse President Is seyelt's mes
sage, especially the part that refers to
the strustsqqestion
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06
Some Interesting Figures.

- Tdul ". Gllbert, OF the Duluth Y.
NJ. G. A., submits very unique and
interesting discussion of the liquor
traffic in his city. He calculates that
the average receipts of the 100 saloons
OF his city amount to $50 daily. Pre-
suming them to be closed on Sunday,
which he says they are not, they will
take In, during the year, the neat sum
OF $2,5N, coo. He suggests that were
the money diverted from this channel,
into the avenues of legitimate industry,
it would employ q thousand men, for
year, at 81 per day; pay for 100
teams for a year, at $3.50 q day; give
the widows OF 200 drunkards $1OO each;
distribute 1000 barrels of -four at SIS
per barrel; distribute Is bushels of
coal to each of 120 needy families,
who have used fire water instead of
fuel; give out 1000 pairs of 50 shoes;
1000 go dresses for women; 1000 IS
dresses for girls; 1000 s15 suits for
men; 1000 go suits for boys; 1000
hats at 81; 100, 900 losves of bread at
SC 1.-TWO loaves for every family rich or
poor in the city): 3,20o hams, at s1.25;
100. 600 pounds of beef steak, at 15c;
10 tons of 15c coffee; 10000 yards of
10c calico; $1,000 worth Of canton fan.
mel; Sl0. 0C0 worth of school books and
supplies; build free kindergarteps,
900; build 9 new fire department.,
$50, 600; and new Y. M. G. A. with
elegant equipments, 800, 900; and build
and equip an orphanage at cost OF
$5o,0 600; and donate $4,000 for park
improvements, and free band concerts;
and IS 600 for steam boat excursions
for poor children; and finally having
provided for all the needs, and may
of the luxuries which the city could
wish for, he puts one million dollars
OF the remaining funds aside to pay
the taxes of the city, and put the bal
ance of e405, 600 in the bank for emer.
gencies. That is an economic pro-
blem worth considering,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-01
CLEWS WEEKLY LETTER

New York. July liking Edwards
death, should it occur can have no
lasting injurious effect upon the busi-
ness world. Profoundly as England's
sorrow would be shared by other ma
tions, and especially by the United
States, the event would cause but a
ripple in financial circles. His death
would involve no change i'm national
or international politics. In actual
political effect the sad event would be
of less Importance than a change in
the British cabinet or parliamentary
election. It would be of far less con-
sequence in such respects than the
sudden death of President Mckinley,
who had much greater influence and
responsibility in party leadership and
national policy than the ruler of the
British empire. Great Britain is
practically as much of a republic as
the United States; and, exalted as the
position of the king may be, a change
does not affect the commercial or f.
nancial stability of a nation governed
SO completely by the will of SOW
ereign people. The death of Queen
Victoria, in spite of her long reign
and great influence, had no real ef-
feet upon business affairs; and the
death of King Edward. sad a disap-
pointment as 1t would be to the whole
empire. would have still less effect.
British credit has been through so
many trials lately that its general
soundness is well demonstrated. and
it would recover as readily from this
blow as it has from its predecessors.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-01
EAVISHLY FITTED UP.
Yacht Mayfower to Be the Ocean
Home of the President.

New York, July 1.-The yacht
Mayf1ower, the official ocean home of
President Roosevelt. dainty and trim,
lies in Brooklyn ns$yyard.
In her new function, after undergo
ing alterations that cost $4,000, she
is ready for sea as one of the most
luxuriously appointed vessels afoat.
She was commissioned Saturday but
the date of her sailing from the navy
yard has not yet been settled.
Of the new Mayf1ower all the officers
at the navyyard are proud, as they feel
she will be a fitting residence for the
chief executive of the nation. In de-
signing such palace for use by the
president the United States departs
somewhat from the old lines of JEFF
fersonian simplicity and takes her
place with the other world powers in
the matter of naval luxury. Neither
the Hohenzollern nor any of the other
royal yachts has staterooms and sa-
looms more beautiful or costly than
those of the presidents yacht.
In the four weeks just passed the
Mayflower has been reftted from stem
to stern. The presidents quarters are
situated aft, on the main deck. and in
clude six staterooms for the exclusive
use of himself, Mrs. Roosevelt and
their children. The two larger of
these staterooms have been very law
ishly furnished