Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-07-07

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lature and the charges disproved. But
he frankly admitted that he had ac-
cepted fees for legal services and said
he despised those public men who
thought they had to remain poor in or
der to be considered honest. He in
tended to make every dollar he hon
estly could, and there was not man
In the country with sense enough to
keep a churchyard who would not do
the same Phillips quotes a state
ment Of John II. Kirby's, the Texas
multimillionaire, admitting that he had
paid Bailey more than 100000 in fees,
and charges the Texas senator with
being the paid agent of the railroads
and t2y.t, =. -,ls}-E.iT,, 70 III charge
that h ~ : l)aon =! oi-2~ 10 80 ,-ci-,-
eral Lands. lTr. Bailey cI!eI O. Sen
ator La To.lctt2 to tel Of his co-2ac
ton with the recent la@islst.o % re
serve mineral lands from private no
nopoly. and the Wisconsin senator Cid
SO, saying that Bailey had given him
valuable information and assistance in
formulating the resolution.
Maine Republicans For Cobb.
Governor William T. Cobb was re-
nominated by the Republican state
convention at Portland, Me- The con-
vention voted almost unanimously
against the plank favoring a resubmis-
sion of the prohibition law.
Armour's Defensive Talk.
]. Ogden Armour, the Chicago beef
packer, on his arrival at New York
from Europe gave quite an extended
talk to the newspaper men, in which
he described the Neill-Reynolds report
as damaging sensationalism and said
that the reformers had done their best
to kill the packing industry before re-
forming it and that all American goods
would suffer in the foreign markets in
consequence. He thought the loss
would run into hundreds of millions.
He said he had not read 1.-THE Jungle"
but had seen extracts. Mr.. Armour
said that his little daughter Lolita was
perfectly well except for slight limp
and that DR.. Lorenz thought she would
eventually lose that.
Richard Croker For Bryan.
In a personal letter to a friend Rich
ard Croker, the former Tammany lead
er, says he hopes he may live to see
W. J. Bryan elected president of the
United States and believes he was
robbed of two elections by the trusts.
w. J. Bryan's Estate.
The county assessor at Lincoln, Neb.,
has fixed the valuation of William J.
Bryan's property at ST.. 225, which does
not include $4,000 in government
bonds. His farm home in Fairview is
assessed at $14, $50. Mr. Bryan's pa
per, the Commoner, is on the assess
ment rolls at $3.50
New York Congressman Quits.
Timothy D. Sullivan, representative
in congress from New York city, re-
signed just before adjournment, his in
tention being to run for the state SEN
atorship.
Wisconsin Democrats For Bryan.
The Wisconsin Democrats in conven
ton at Milwaukee Endorsed William j.
Bryan for president In 1908. The plat
form commends Bryan as "a patriotic
citizen, wise and far seeing states
man and a thoroughly honest and up
right man in whom the people can
safely repose their utmost confidence"
Wild applause greeted the reading Of
the platform.
Fusion I'm Vermont.
The Democrats and Independents in
Vermont have met in separate conven-
lions and nominated a fusion ticket,
with Percival w. Clement for gov
ernor Clement was nominated by the
independent Republicans four years
ago and lost by narrow margin.