The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-23

was not lost TO- bring about "a better
understand ling between CITY and scoun-}
try It was pointed out that the me-
tropolis Of the state, paying a fifth of
all the taxes, and holding an eighth of
the population, was entitled to treat /
ment at the hands Of the legislature
commensurate with those facts: Nor
was the conGscatory action Of the state
board of equalization in piling still
heavier burdens onto Minneapolis per-
United to escape sarcastic characterize
tion. j. c. Eliel, the POSTMASTER, com
menting on Mayor jones' pointed refer
ence to this matter declared that eff
this state board of injustice and assassi-
nation, we shall soon be paying the
whole thing, instead of one-ffth.'"
Mayor Pleads for University.
Mayor Jones, in welcoming the
guests, impressed upon them this city 8
desire to contribute to the welfare Of
states desire to help the city along.
Adverting to the state university,
which he insisted was only in narrow
sense Minneapolis institution, the
mayor pointed out that Hennepin. and
Ramsey counties contributed 2S per
cent Of the state school levy, and re-
eeiyed b ss s. only per cent The diff
to what it costs the state to maintain
the university. Under these conditions
certainly, the outside counties sEnnld
not antagonlze any reasonable legisla-
tion designed to aid the university.
Speaker Frank Clague- in reply coz
graduated Minneapolis upon its pros
"We have heard much this evening
taIes he said have ah pre aG
corporations and vast interests Which
can afford to pay large taxes. But VIC
do not want you to pay more than your
just share. The present legislature will
| try to see that hereafter you are not
potrion.' Ills statement was received
with cheers. -ss., ..-
General Clark E. Carr was then brief
! " introduced by former Senator w. D
Washburn, as "my old friend, General
Carr Ej.E.s = -7.<l~f
General Carr's Grafton,
cit is the general consensus said
General Carr, =" that Washington and
Lincoln in character and attributes
stand first among the great men whom
the we4ern hemisphere has produced.
Each was connected with a great
rebellion. The former was leader in
resisting the power of the government
under which he lived, and gained indie
pendence therefrom, and the latter the
responsible head of his government.
charged with the obligation Of keeping
it intact and putting down the might
est rebellion that had ever been known.
! ,f'Upon the success of each depended
the fate Of continent-the one in es-
tablishing a government which, if per-
mitted to work out its mission, would
dominate the hemisphere. The other,
in the direst extremity that ever came
upon a people, to save that government
/ from destruction.
"Others with transcendent ability
and heroism contributed to the success
Of these mighty achievements, but above
all, directing all, responsible for all,
J "Thru all the darkness and doubt and
gloom, when the congress was in
despair, when the state legislatures were
discouraged, and assistance denied, when
every one else seemd to give up, without
variableness, nor shadow Of turning,
this great man held on. It came to be
said, Washington is the revolution.
} Had Washington at any time lost heart,
or even wavered, the revolution would
many heroic deeds and brilliant
achievements,sthe war waged by the
colonies would have been an heroic but
unsuccessful and useless rebellion.
Labors Of Lincoln.
After depicting the heroic labors of
Lincoln during the dark days Of the re-
bellion, General Carr spoke fthe still
greater task which remained, that of re-
UYou need not be reminded he
3 went on, that he succeeded in saving
the government. It is the marvel of
the age that thru the restoration OF
these policies Of protective tariff and
internal revenue taxation, notwithstand,
ing the destruction and waste Of the
war, the country at once entered upon
an unprecedented career Of prosperity
:, 1t was found ten years after those poll.
: cies were resumed that the wealth of
: the country had nearly doubled. That
: policy interrupted occasionally at short
;, intervals in regard to protection, which
: when so interrupted always brought dis
; aster, has now been in vogue for hall
century. The result has been that
ours had become the most opulent, the
= mi ghtiest and most potential nation, or
o west have prospered as never before
? and the wealth Of the country has aug
mented skiold.
nThe policies thus inaugurated by
George Washington and happily revived
by Abraham Lincoln have now been too
: long tried and their wisdom too thoroly
: tested for them to be again discarded
: That they may be in some degree modi
t fed is not improbable.
n "There will be, and perhaps ought tt
: be notifications in the tariff duties, but
= the country will adhere to the genera
n policies that have been the means Of
v bringing SO much prosperity and Sc
r many blessings.
HTheir lives are a benediction to us
and not merely to us but to all the PEG
piles Of the globe. The records, OF tnen
mighty deeds illumine the world:
HThey will always appear In thu
armament Of American glory all; ailur NM
exhorting and encouraging usto noble as
piration. Towering above, via ias1n ragn
and presiding over them all WIN snd re Ahra
ham Lincoln.
Rev. q. L. Morrill, Entertains..
Rev. G. Z. Morrill, gave a Washington
dinner at the Chamber cafe last evenin;
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