Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-11-15
.WhatPe; opile Say.

L w. w. Jernane-Above the ruin wrought
to Tammany and the regular republican or
ganization in New York city as the result of
the late municipal campaign towers the form
of w. r. Hearst as q potent presidential
probability. dominating the situation. His
nomination ON a radical presidential ticket,
with public ownership Of quasi-public utili-
ties as ito main issue, it 10 believed, cannot
be prevented. Hearst's nomination on such
ticket win draw heavily upon both the old
parties, more especially In the urban dis
tricts, and the line ofcleavage between fright
ened conservatism and rampant radica1ism
will probably make the 1908 campaign a du.
plicate in many essential features Of the CAM
paign Of 1s96......Both the leading cities Of
the country have put themselves on record
Enthusiastically as having pronounced public
ownership opinions, and no sane man ques-
tions that the sentiments controlling those
cities also control urban population from one
end Of the country to the other. This urban
vote has been largely democratic-two-
thirds of 1t has been unquestionab1ys demo-
cratic, and pefhaps the ratio 10 greater than
that land 30, with public ownership presi-
Dental ticket headed By Hearst. or it may be
led by Bryan himself, the. democratic would
be struck q mortal blow in their strongholds,
the cities, and the republicans would at the
same time be SO weakened 40 to give: pop
ular. interest to the campaign comparable
only to the interest excited in 1s96........:
Vested interests !, are proverbially blind.
They brought on revolution In France,
needlessly and wilfully, with open eyes. They.
did the same thing In England Ia the seven
tenth century; and they produced the Ameri-
can revolution. They may be so blind to the
menace Of the present situation: az to make
It out Of the question for any fair compro-
mise to be made...... The president occupies
middle position between these two forces,
and it Is his high purpo 20 bring them To-
gether on some common ground where each
may be made to admit that there Is some
ground for right il the position Of the other.
He holds that hts railroad rate policy 10 not
radical, but that he stands midway between
the railroads and the people, where both
sides can meet . # this meeting does not
take place, It. To- his opinion that the rail-
roads Win regret It. The corporate interests
Of the country may yet come to the realise
tion that he 10 the best friend they ever have
had 5ES# tss65
Il DR.. Christian Johnson--For number Of
years have despaired Of ever seeing the 1peo-
p1ewaking up tosa rea1isAtion Of how com
pletely they are IA the grasp of the corpora
tions, but the recent elections have given me
hope that they viii get independents enough
and intelligent enough e net for their own
interests ana bring about needed reforms.
The work Of education rs beginning TO ten
and ~ are set ting y more inte1li9ent class
q citizens year b year g the result 81 our
liberal PROVISIONS for popular education.
NJ. {. Tollefson- he vote for Hearst ir,
New York did not surprise ne "a the least.
New York City 81 cert ainlyz : place where the
idea|o municipa wnership ought e. 5atake
well, bee Ase it has suffered Is !. much itom
the greed u rivate corpo ations csntrolling
public necessities. = hnd the idea Iof| govern.
ment ownership const ant1y gaining ground,
even ainons people where one. ould least
aspect 4. Is III he coniag .eeIe saad will
win.