The Bottineau courant., 1905-06-30
Among me Exchanges.
LaMoure County Chronicle: Sena-

if not otherwise - correspondent for a
Twin City paper tells US, is face to |
face with "the fight of his life. = The
Senator. so tho story goes, has griev-
ously offended President James J. Hill,
Of the Great Northern, because of his.
the Senator's, fight in behalf of rail
road rate legislation. There is some
color Of reason in this tale, for it is a |
we'll settled fact that the railroads of
the country are overlooking no chance
to put crimp in President Roosevelt s
rate regulation program; and it is
equally notorious that Senator Hans
brough is ore of the Presidents most
cordial supporters IN this direction.
It is also asserted that the Minneapo-
lis millers are sharpening their bowie
knives with the view Of removing the
Senator's scalp; they are ''sore'' at
Hansbrough because of his attitude on
the drawback question. Hills opposi-
tion, if it develops, will mean. Incl
dently. the opposition Of Alex Nc
Kenzie, Jud. LaMoure, and all the
lesser cogs in the republican ''ma-
chine which has heretofore ''run
things in this state. Jim Hill is
the boss of the bosses in this state.
Hill is also a democrat at least part
of the time. It is difficult to tell
whether this story emanated from a
source friendly to Hansbiough or not,
but we should say that it is the most
attractive line of advertising with
which the Senator has been favored
for some time. Assuming, as we do,
that the people of North Dakota know
enough to come in out Of the rain,
they will naturally want to retain in
their service a U. s. senator who
stands firmly with the president in the
fight for increased powers for the in
terstate railway commission. A U.
S. senator who is not the servile crea-
'ture of the railroad is almost an ano-
maly. It will rebound greatly to
North Dakota 8 credit and honor to be
represented at Washington by at least
one member of the upper house who is
free to call his soul his own. But why
should the politics of this state be
manipulated by man living in St.
Paul? There is something that taxes
the understanding of The Chronicle.
The farmers. the artisans, the business
men - the "plain people" who are
making this state one of the greatest
in the Union - will they not some
time take a hand in politics and put
an end to boss ruler It would be
so easy for them to do it.
New York World: After his white
washing of Paul Morten President
Roosevelt will find it hard to regain
his old reputation for light thinking
and fearless action. A Quay, Platt
or a Murphy in his place could not
have shown grosser discrimination in
favor of personal friend. Here is
prominent railroad official who has
frequently confessed to violating the
interstate commerce laws. He is
promoted to the cabinet. Further
evidence of his guilt is discovered.
He is close friend of Mr.. Roosevelt,
and Mr.. Roosevelt forbids his prose-
cution. Better lawyers than Mr..
Roosevelt find ample grounds for &C.
tion against Mr.. Morton and other
Santa Fe officials. Their motives are
known to be disinterested and above
suspicion. But Mr.. Roosevelt, with
executive, not with judiciary powers,
declares his friend Mr.. Morton inno-
cent and prevents the courts from
hearing his case. The coddling of
Loomis was an unfortunate mistake,
but the protection of Paul Morton
takes on some of the aspects of a ma
tional scandal. In every railroad
headquarters in the country there will
be rejoicing. To save Paul Morton
from the necessity of defending him
self Mr.. Roosevelt has practically is
sued general amnesty to all railroad
law5reakers. Personal guilt is abol-
ished. Only corporations can sin, and
for them the penalty is trifling fine.
In order that Paul Morton may go scot
free Mr.. Roosevelt makes dead letter
of the statute. President Roosevelt
has deliberately and with set purpose
committed one Of the gravest blunders
Of his administration.
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Optimist: In local school the
other day the teacher asked the schol-
ars to write sentence with the phrase
'.bitter end" in it. OF course, one
scholar handed in the statement,
Russia is determined to fight out
the present war to the bitter end. =
Another said that the Easter holidays
| had come all too soon to their ssbitrer
end, and so forth. The sentence
that took the cake, however, was that
written by bright ten year old boy.
who is responsible for the following