The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-14

arrangements will doubtless bt
made for the entertainment of the
editors of the state during theil
stay here the latter part of the
month. The pencil pushers are as
sured delightful time while here,
and Washington will be looking
her best.
The subcommittee of the United
States committee on territories will
meet in Indianapolis June first, and
several members will start from
there to Alaska to investigate and
report as to the best method Of
electing a delegate to congress from
the territory. Senator knute Mel
son is a member of the committee,
but | am not advised that he will
take this long journey.
Honorable w. r. Merriam,
whose resignation as director of the
census will become effective shortly
after the return of the president
from the west, has been unjustly
criticised on account of his recent
remarks on the trust question.
The fact that Governor Merriam
has practically retired to private
life and is therefore entitled to ex-
press his views on this, as we'll as
all other questions, seems to have
been overlooked. 1t is quite evil
dent from the criticisms that
the critics failed to read the
governors speech. Certainly
there was nothing in it to indi-
cate that the views he now holds
would be inimical for person oc-
cupying a position in the presi
dents cabinet, such as Governor
Merriam sought.
The climate here just now is alto
gether too delightful to permit of
much political discussion, and the
little that is INDUCED in seems to be
confined to the democratic cam
paign. Cleveland's western trip
has been provocative of good deal
of gossip, and some of the opinions
expressed regarding his availability
are not wholly fattering. The
most scatbing comment l have yet
listened to, came from Anew York-
er, former supporter of Mr.. Cleve-
land. He said last night:
"There are few painful facts of
the past III connection with
Governor Cleveland to which we
must not permit forgetfulness and
emmotions to blind our eyes, and
there are some serious considera-
lions we cannot afford to overlook.
would like to enumerate few of
them for my erstwhile democratic
friends to chew over before they get
to throwing up their hats and shout
ing for -four more years of Grover
s'He would stand for low tariff
and free raw material, and take
away the farmers good prices and
the livelihood of the workers in
lumber, ore and coal, He would
stand for more radical tariff reform
than the Wilson bill provided, and
that would kill American labor.
He still believes in the necessity of
free raw material as the foundation
of logical and sensible tariff reform.
Ny objections to Cleveland's can
didacy is the menace it will presen.
to the prosperity of the country :,
If he is nominated he may be elect.
ed. He will come nearer to it than
any other democrat. If he is elect
ed he will try to wreck this country
again with his free trade ideas. He
is too obstinate, too set in his opin-
ions to be placed at the head of a
wavering undisciplined and easily
Influenced host"
Representative J. J. jenkins of
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, who
poses as the only Simon pure trust
buster, is in the city. Last night
he told your correspondent that he
did not take any serious stock in
the merger decision, as he could not
find in it any new principles of law.
While it forbids men to make
contracts in regulation of commerce
and restraint of trade" he said,
"there is nothing in it to prevent
parties from combining their inter-
ests."
Judge Jenkins is of the opinion
still that the only effective way to
restrict mergers and combines is by
amending the federal constitution.
Commissioner of the general land
Office, Richards, has gone to Mime
sofa on important business connect
ed with his bureau.
Representative G. B. Buchanan
of the sixth Minnesota district, who
is serving his first term in the
House as a member of the fifty
eighth congress-, spent the day in
Washington yesterday looking
after land and other matters. Mr..
Buchanan has succeeded in having a
new land office established in his
district.
N. n. B.