Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-06-30
FOURTH OF JULY.

FOURTH OF JULY
With the recurrence of the university of
the Declaration of Independence, it is we'll for
Americans to pause for a time in the midst of
the noise that characterizes the day, and sober
" toke stock of our assests and liabilities in
progress Interest may properly attach to the
problems of the past, but attention and
effort should be given to the problems of the
present and the future. The signers OF the De
claration of Independence set before them
ideal of progress when they started out to
make the thirteen colonies into thirteen states
anG one nation. But the Declaration would
have before this been forgotten had not the
people generally have supported that Declar-
alton at great cost of lie and treasure. SO to-
day our leaders have set before us new ideals in
the solution of the problems of graft, corrup-
ton, arrogant wealth, corporate CONTROL and
other political and economic questions which
confront us, and it is for US to devote ourselves
to making these ideals into realities One
Of the most effective is the intelligent
ballot and no man who does not go to the polls
to vote has any place in Fourth of July cele-
braton
"A
aid to c. c. Wollan, Ole P. Brendal and B. K.
Savre. The Herald has been influential
paper under Mr.. Kroshus, but will lose none of
its PRESTIGE in the hands of it's new owners.
Congressman Volstead was one of the four
Minnesota congressman Stevens, Davis and
STEVENSON were the others) who voted against
the law requiring the Panama canal commits
sion to buy it's supplies in this country. How
ever, the bill carried and as a result the steel
trust will hold up Uncle Sam to the tune OF
several millions. 1t is glorious thing to be
patriotic, but the most of agree with Mr.
Volstead in standing by the interests of the
country rather than the interest of the steel
erust
AS the free silver issue has died out Mr.
Bryan has increased in the admiration OF the
country, that today he is not only the prob
able choice of his party for the presidency in
1903, but among members of the Republican
party, he is admired for his high personal quail
ties The people generally either love him or
respect him for his devotion to the interests
Of tie people, for his stand that the rights of
man greater than the rights of the dollar,
and for his crusade against special privileges.
The declaration in the last Commoner showing
that Mr Bryan will try to revive the silver
issue will undo the work that he has done for
the past half dozen years. If he insists, he will
again divide his party, and debar himself
from the presidency The last Commoner
says
democrats have disposition to forget
the Chicago platform, for that platform repre-
sented in 1896, even it does today, the real
conservatism of the country. Owing to the un-
precedented production of gold, the money
question is not and will not be discussed in de-
tail as it in the Chicago PLATFORM but the
underlying principle of bimetallism, the quanti-
tative theory, has been amply indicated, and
rs now generally recognized"
The 1896 platform contained many good
planks, but the plank on which the country
took issue and for which the 1896 platform is
distinguished is the free silver plank.
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The trusts and trust magnates have fallen
upon evil days. In Toledo, Ohio five ice deal
ers all of them prominent in social and bust
ness circles, were found guilty of conspiracy
in restrain of trade and fined $1,000 each anc