Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-10-20

Egede-N issen, Konnow, Van Castberg,
Reklor Horst, Gunnar Knudson Brat
lie and Rev Mr. Eriksen. Among
thc lew ll-eLnae~s are: Friis Peterson,
of Aalesund; Professor f. Stang, Pro
lessor Broegber and Rektor Gunder-
sen.
William Jennings Bryan expresses
himself rs follows in one of his re-
cent letters to the Chicago Daily
News regarding Norway and it's peo-
pie There are many in Norway VINO
prefer a president to king and VINO
object to having 100000 people taxed
nearly 100000 a year to pay the
salary Of a kiagly igurehead, but the
mOnarchists reply that the kings posi-
ton is purely ornamental and enables
the government to maintain cordial
relations with other European coun-
tries while the people govern them
selves through the storthing. Ihey
point out that the king has much less
power than our president. While this
is true. they forget that president
elected by the people and holding Of
flee but four years can be trusted WITH
more executive authority than an
hereditary monarch The st0rthing has
absolute power. and as its members
are elected by universal suffrage every
three years, and as there is but the
one parliamentary body, public sentl-
ment finds prompt expression in the
government. 1t can be truthfully said,
H. nF
the executive branch of the govern
ment. Norway is thoroughly demo-
cratic and that the influence of the
king is reduced to minimum. Nor
way has promising future. Her peO-
pie are hardy and intelligent Educa-
ton has been compulsory for fifty
years, and it is the cOuntrys boast
that it spends more per capita ON
schools than any other country in
Europe ecause of Norways immense
shipping interests she demanded a
separate consular service, and it was
that led to the separation. Now that
her destiny is in the hands of her own
people, much is to be expected of her.
Her sons and daughters, those who
nave c1IllSId leu W Alut11td DIS well tIo
those who have remained at home,
prove to the world that it is possible
for apeOple to acquire the refnements
Of civilization without losing their
original strength and vigor."
For printing alleged libelous edi,
torials in Scandal, a Norwegian week
ly newspaper published here. Anton
p. LANCE, a we'll known Norwegian
American editor. was severely beaten
with a heavy came, which was broken
over his heed and hack. and his eyes
were blackened. His ass0ilants were
Erling BjornsOn, son Of Rjornestierne
RiOrns0n. the grand old man of Nor
way and Gustav r. Reimers, son Of
Associate Justice Reimers of the Nor
wegian supreme court. Both men are
members of NorWay's first families
and are prominent in the highest so
ciety of the Morse capital. The whip
ping of LANCE occurred at Grand and
Center avenues, Chicago, where Biorn-
son and Reimers had waited for sew
eral hours in a drug store for the edi-
tor. After administering what they
considered a sufficient trouncing,
Bjornson and Reimers left their vic
tim in the street and went into the
drug store where later they were ar
rested and taken in a patrol wagon to
a police station. Iange also was ar
rested. Reimers and Bjornson were
released on bonds signed by friend
and LANCE also was released later in
the evening. The beating was the
climax of a series of editorial attacks
made on Bjornson and Reimers since
their arrival in the United States early
last spring. In South Dakota they OBJ
tanned copy of Scandal in which was
printed story regarding alleged COM
promising actions Of Bjornson and
Reimers at Belgrade, MINI. 1t was
then that they determined to whip
LANCE the moment they reached Chica-
go. LANCE was crossing the street
when BjornsOn saw him. 'Take that,
you scoundrel,' said Bjornson as he
struck LANCE terrific blow on the
head with the cane. Reimers followed
this with punch in Lange's face,
while Biornson fairly rained blows
with the cane on Lange's back and
head.
Hotel de'Angleterre, Throndhjem,
has been sold at auction to the Co
mara five RrnuyiDr comnanV of that