Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-03-25

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::IYl1n loWii1g esii t tesl.iaai appeared in
II fegsiltt rs of 'tffe (thnago Tribune
and .aStjI celSaIniy interest ssc;lndinavi-
efally tllis I Alfred
s Noble ethe*2SSss Tllyefl foE: and
rbpist who died s9gs' left
ss9 I'D 3 y: 5 reduced. l tax
atiioin 70 ,$sS,loU;0tal the*annual Interest
Oh which hGuirected shouid be divided
yearly into five equal parts ana given
as prizes to the persons who % had
made the most important Invention I,Qr
|. Discovery in physics; q had 1nd{{fFe tie
most imnortant improyenllenAtt or das-
scotery in chemistry; (3l<had Ygaaasle the
host'important discovery n Physiology
or medicine;;*(4s had :proquced ia. Htera-
ture the most distinguishes work .'af,-
an 'idealistit tendency; % hads most Or
best ppr6moted: the fraternity of na.5
.tioliis or the *Worlu's peace. -Four dis
.tributions Of the Nobel prizes have ia
Ken PLACE. They have. been conferred
upon Germans, .Dutchmen, ,Frenchmtn,
!. Englishmen, .SWedes,. Ganes,> Russians,
NoSwegianS,. Spaniards. The academies
of. SWe4ien. and the Swedish. ,stOEt hlnS,
which make the. awards. seem not 40
haze. been influenced by any, natiopal
sympathes or antiquities. YET there
is not an American name in the list
of recipients. Has America no men
worthy to r;Enk with the toremoSt>Hn
the: fields. of science and literature?
.Gfa there no AnferiGGns among the
feAslltSS IN the cause Of peace: II
tagre are who. are they? And why
d ffias. they not, giyen,> due; recognition?
The New York Independent does not
believe thes tinted: st. tes lags behind
all the leadinSScoIrntr fesSof Europe in
tl1'e production of geHt!Fs. It thinks
one Reason why no great Amer1cans
have been awarded Nobel prizes is
shat their. countrymen have not Tlsor-:"
.o1usly pushed Their taliu1s: The people:
of; ERrapein Countries : coqduct Or:
>,sanizeEe and systematic campaigns. for>
Nobel prizes, every year. Am4eriqaan9s5
sought to do Likewise. .As3as starter The,
,.Independent will take a poRAalar }Stte..ss
Ito ascsef ascertain Whom Afaerieaffs look tpTlE {.
asssttei great -11reffs - Such a vote, y if
Of afiE.size will be interesting.
would be mpatriotic to question tha g
existance in.thfs catlntry Of scientisfssl:]
idealists, and workers fol, peace wh8seSf
abilities and usefulness deserve recpgIsts
Hon: WHAT Is desired is 70 know ho' J, e
Tue sulfffra &c Of. tolera biz well nforIaeti
Americans will be divided among their
fellow cou1trYmen who are. pr0mithessit
in. the fields Of action which have been 1
: named, FAMED When 1.-THE the Ballots have. been
cast the next step VIII. be e. Compare
tie la mar names on them with those of;5the
eminent foreigners who have received
Nobel prizes and to decide .unin
Huenced by national preiudtces wheth'
ers Americans. have been passed" over
because Of. their modesty in not press
ing Their claims. Or because the for.
eigners were more deserving" - i
The following extract from an edi9
torial in the Scandal, dat ed March. II,
will give F.; readers an. idea of Thea
strained relations between Sweden
and Norway Viewed principally from
a Norwegian standpoint: ''The ex-
PLANTATION of Mr. Bostrom's position
can only be found in the interior pol
itics of Sweden and the reactionary
tendencies of the upper house, the
first chamber of the Swedish rikSdag.
While even> the suffrage law for the
second chamber dates from the
medieval ages, it is fair to say, that
with the second chamber alone Norway
might speedily reach an agreement.
But since the 'communique' of aMrch,
1903. was agreed upon, Mr.. Bostrom
has gone back to his first love and |
has thrown himself into the arms of |
the first chamber, the nobility, the |
bishops and some few elected mem
bers, the suffrage for members of tbs |
chamber being limited to the money |
class on graded scale accorded to in |
come. thus that in many election dis |
tricts the mill or mine owner by his |
own votes elects the representative. |
And the dignitaries in this house of |
lords have always feared cOntagiOn |
1t is safe to state that Norway will |
never yield to Mr.. BOstrom's demands; |
all political parties stand now united,
the only question being what to do. |
The Hagerup ministry resigned be- |
cause they were going to slow, and |
seemed willing to wait while public |
opinion demands establishment of sep I
arate ;consuls by law. On the other !
hand public opinion in Sweden is very |
much divided. many liberal politicians
and newspapers recognizing the rights |
of Norway. 1T is stated that other |
members of lbs cabinet sided with
Messrs. Lagerheim and Husberg, but
that Mr.. Bostrem whipped them into |
line. The crownpr'ince regent on a
former occasion talked about a mill.
tary promenade to Christia MIA with !
the Swedish army; but since then he
may have profited by England's ex-
perience IN Transvaal And as to his
SoHo |