Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-11-18


1.-THE trust question presents the
most acute point of contest between
plutocracy and democracy go far as
economies are concerned. The presi-
dent admits virtually that the trusts
contributed to his campaign fund, but
he denied that they received any pro-
misses of aid or immunity. No well
informed person doubts that the large
corporations have furnished the repub-
lfcan campaign fund during the cam
paigns of 1896. 1900 and 1904. and no
one can answer the logic of Judge
Parker'e arraignment Of the trusts
contribution. The trusts are run on 8
business principle. They do not SUBJ
scribe millions of dollars to a cam,
pa1gn uuless they are paying for fav-
ors already granted or purchasing
favors for future delivery.
president Roosevelt has four years
in which to make good his declaration
that no OBLIGATIONS were incurred by
the acceptance Of trust funds. He will
| disappoint either the contributors or
the voters. Ii he disappoints the con-
tributors, the trust question may be
put in the process of settlement. If he
disappoints the people, they will have
chance to settle Y ith his party four
years hence. Death to every private
monopoly must be the slogan of the
patty in this question. Any other
position is a surrender. The platforms
Of 1900 and 1904 declare that private
monopoly is indefersible anG intoler-
able, and this declaration presents the
issue upon the trust question.
1.-The party must continue it's de-
Tense Of the interests Of the wage
earners. 1t must protect them from
the entertainments of capital. The fact
that the laboring men have not always
shown their appreciation Of the
party's position ought not to deter the
party from doing it's duty in regard
to them. The LABOR question is not
one that concerns employers and en-
kloyes alone. It concerns the entire
community and the people at large
have an interest in the just settlement
o. labor controversies. For that rea-
son they must insist upon remedial
legislation in regard to hours and ar
bitrat,on and they must go limit the
authority Of the courts in contempt
cases as to overthrow what is known
as government bv Injunction.
1.-THE party must continue its op-
position to national banks OF issue and
must insist upon divorcina the treas
ury department from Wall street.
THE party must continue its fight
for the popular election Of senators
and for direct legislation wherever
the principle can be applied. 1t must
not only maintain its position on old
issues, but it must advance to the
consideration of new questions as they
arise. :. ~: .:.::..- i. -: = ):
1T takes time to direct attention to
an evil, and still more time to CONSOLE
date sentiment in favor of a remedy. -
and Mr.. Bryan Is not ssnguine enough
to believe that all the reforms that he
favo1s will at once be indorsed by any
party platform, but he will proceed to
point out the reforms which he belives
to De needed. ''Among these may be
mentioned the postal telegraph system,
state ownership of railroads, the elec-
ton Of federal judges for fixed terms
and the election of postmasters' by the
people for their respective communi-
ties. Instead of having the govern
ment Controlled by corporations
through officers chosen by the corpor-
atoms. we must have a government Of
the people, by the people, and for the
people, a government administered
according to the Jeffersonian maxim
of equal right to all and special privi-
leges to none. Hope and duty point
the way. To doutt the success of our
cause is to doubt the triumph Of the
right, for ours is and must be the
cause of the masses. With malice
toward none and charity for all, Let
US begin the campaign of 1908; let US
appal tc the moral sentiment of the
country and -arraign the policies of
the republican party before the bar of
the public conscience.
Friends at Long Distance.
Nothing makes the earth seem so
spacious as to have friends at dis.
lance; they make the ATTITUDES and
the ongitudes.-Thoreau.
Coal Dear In South Africa.
Coal is dearer in South Africa than
in any other part of the world. 1t is
cheape"t in China.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF MORRISON.
In Probate Court, Special Term, Nov
II, 1901.
In the matter of the estate of Joseph
darnoca1