Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-01-19

Representative Bicknell has been assigned
to the important committees judiciary and
taxes, besides number of committees where
work to be done His bill to provide for an in
come tax is already commanding the attention
of the press of the state and bids fair to be one
of the important bills of the session.
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Mans journey from the cradle to the grave
is a zig gag course and many is the time thatshe
leaves the highways for the byways. Frequent
ly he is forced to retrace his steps and often he
wanders away from the main road, though gem
orally to return again at one place another.
But despite these wndings, the zig-zag line,
the main course is forward in some certain
direction, just like who follows wind
ing path through forest may find himself at
times trav ling in almost an opposite direction
to that which he desires to pursue and yet at
the conclusion of his windngs arrives at the
place he set out for. It is not given to all to
march without let hindtance to their goal.
For many the journey is a winding one and in
dealing with life a must mark
principally if not solely the direction of the
bv-ways are really not material. There
many of them in every life that one cannot fol-
low them all and the fact is their presence but
speaks the struggle with which the forward
tourney has been made And what matters it?
What matters it if the windings are many if
whep we reach the journeys end arrive at
the right port2 In summing up estima-
ton of life we must not lose ourselves in
worthless contemplation Of trifles but look to
the end. Did the person attain his goal and
wa the goal a worthy one?-Mnneota Mascot.
We believe there a large number of
people who are dissatisfied with the primary
law and also large number of party leaders
are DESTROYS of a change. But if careful in
vestgation is made, it will be found that their
objections directly opposed to one another.
The voter has become so educated in independ-
ent voting at the general elections, that he
sents the partisan character of the primary and
it is his desire to have all the candidates of all
parties on one ballot irrespective of party. The
party leader, on the other hand, objects to the
present law because party lines under it are a
farce. The last election furnished illustrations
by the score where the party vote as represent
ed at the primaries way out of proportion
to the party vote at the election The people
have been and in revolt against the domin-
alton of parties by corrupt influences, but have
not: yet come to realize that this government is
necessarily government by parties and that
parties are the only true agency Thru which
the people act to govern themselves. After
this wave of called independent voting shall
have passed, the people will again learn that
party, is, as Webster says, "a number of persons
united in opinion"
But getting back to the primary law we
believe that nothing but delegates should be
elected at the primary, but throw around that
primary all the strictness of an election and
thenlet the delegates elected unitedly, deter
teru1ine who the nominees of the party shall
be and just what policies the party will stand
for.