Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-08-26

Drought ABOUT the elecIiOu VI SeldIol
Knox. Mr. L'rick himself having helped
in the choice Of Knox. 1t was under
stood that Senator Penrose would
make no fight against this arrange
ment. Standard Oil and the Pennsyl-
vania railroad are the dominant inter
ests involved.
Weaver For Governor.
The spontaneous reception accorded
to Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia
when he spoke at Wilkesbarre, to-
gether with the friendly approval ex-
pressed by the president, has set
af1oat a Weaver boom for the Repub-
lican goyernorship nomination. The
mayor himself told those who suggest
ed the idea that his only ambition was
to carry OFT his programme of reform
for Philadelphia.
Democrats Name Independent.
The special Democratic state con-
vention al Harrisburg, Pa, unani-
mously nominated Justice John Stew
art, a lifelong Independent Republic
an, for the state supreme court, thus
placing themselves side by side with
the Republican reformers as against
the Penrose- Durham machine. In this
action the convention laid aside all
partisanship.
Federal Control of Insurance.
At the close of a conference between
Senator Dryden of New Jersey, James
NJ. Beck and President Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay it was made known that
the president had pledged his support
for the enactment Of a law providing
for federal supervision Of life insur-
ance.
Socialist Speakers Arrested.
The Socialists of New York city were
greatly wrought up over the arrest of
their candidate for mayor, Algernon
Lee, National Organizer Wilkins and
several other speakers for having per-
sisted in addressing street corner meet.
ings on the east side, where the police
authorities had forbidden public gath
erings without permit during the bak-
ers' strike. Lee and his companions
paid fines under protest. When Will
kins was told to stop speaking, he re-
fused and said, 81 stand on my con
stitutional right to address a lawful
gathering Of the people" When he
was hustled into the patrol wagon he
continued his speech on the way to the
police station, the dense crowd max
iI,o +ba oil
The cases were to be carried to the
higher courts. Later the ban on street
speaking was removed.
Cry For Dual Tariff.
The reciprocity conference which
was held at Chicago Aug. 16 and II
brought forth a new political slogan
by advocating the dual tariff" which
principle was outlined by Senator Gull
lon of Illinois thus: "a minimum
tariff, applicable to all nations which
give our products the most favored
nation treatment, and maximum tar
Tiff, say 25 per cent higher, to apply to
nations which discriminate against
our products" The conference was at
tended by 600 delegates from all parts
Of the country, including several gov
ernors and ex-governors.
A virtual declaration of war on the
stand patters was made in the resolu-
tons adopted. A permanent organiza-
ton was started, to be known as the
American Reciprocal Tariff league. The
feature of the conference was the
speech of Governor Cummins Of Iowa,
who said that reciprocity had been
damned with faint praise and with
false friends long enough" He would
abide by the decision Of the people. He
said the protective tariff was not orig
inally intended to exclude competition,
but rather to create it.
corteIyou For the Treasury.
The opinion prevailed in official cir
cles at Washington that the president
had offered the treasury portfolio to
Postmaster General Cortelyou In an
ticipation Of Secretary Shaw's retire