Morris tribune., 1905-09-02

Attorney General Young is prosecuting the
Mabel Evans lease case with vigor. If Ed don't
look out, the people will ask him to vacate his
ofice-and move across the hall
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The part played by President Roosevelt in
bringing about peace in the Far East places
him among the world statesmen, and all the
world are sounding his praises.
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Here's some good sense from the Cannon
Falls Beacon, "Unless the Republican party in
this state emphasizes, in it's platform, and can
didate for governor, the questions engaging the
public mind, and which loom large on the hori-
zon it will not matter whom the candidate may
be- the result will be the same. Our Democra-
tic friends are hoping that we will go into the
next campaign dreaming that the party name
will carry thru without vitallzlng issue.
In view of our experience last fall what do you
think abaut it?" We think-that unless the
party clears itself of timber thieves, mining
lease sharks, whitewash artists aud the like, we
might just as we'll let the next election go by
default.
The conference at Portmouth agreed Oh the
Tuesday. Japan finally waived the question of
indemnity, and also lets Russia retain the
northern half of Saghalin. By some, it is
thought that Witte gained diplomatic victory,
but if he did it by the loss of moral stand
ing. Witte put himself in the position of being
willing to continue the and slaughter
by the hundred thousand rather than pay one
kopeck of the expense that Japan had forced on
her by Russian aggression. Japan has shown
herself great in making peace she great
in making war. She has gained all she went
to war for and more too and she has definitely
established her supremacy in the Far East. It
may not be blasting peace" but if it is not
Japan has more to gain than Russia by stopping
the conflict at this time.
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Says the Youths Companion in speaking of
Minnesota's new capitol: "Artists and archi-
tects are agreed that the new Capitol of Mime
sofa in St. Paul is, next to the national Capitol
in Washington, the finest public building in
America The secretary of the American Insti-
tute of Architects expressed that opinion a
while ago, and in recent number of the Archi
tectural Record Kenyon Cox, the painter has
declared that it is one of the most imposing
and beautiful of modern classic buildings,
suniptuous yet severe, model of good taste
and restraint He goes into raptures over the
white marble dome, when he writes, 1t seems
of the colors and almost of the very substance
of the sky into which it rnelts like peak
in the horizon. This architectural masterpiece,
which has attracted mnch attention during it's
construction, stands in what was a wilderness
two generations ago. but with all it's beauty
and majesty and grace, it splendidly illustrates
the growth of the great West in all those refine
ments Of taste which are ordinarily regarded as
the product eff generations of culture Indeed
this building is the product of centuries of cult
ure transplanted from the older to the newer
parts of the world"
Frank Eddy has been waging an unrem1t-
ting war on the civil service system, but we
have always suspected that his attitude was
induced by disappointment in the mattersof
appointments until read his recent editorial
on "The Fundamental Cause of Graft" He
maintains that long tenur n office under the
"tnerit" system is -. att. "l his |
keeps them for long time in the same p i
tions; makes their dismissal alter OF t...--
Guilty because surrounded by SO much red tape;
gives the crminally inclined a chance to get
vent of new persons who might disclose their