Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-08-14
DAY
A BIG SUCCESS
Fully 1000 People on the Chau.
tauqua Grounds at Green
Lake Last Friday.
NEXT YEARS CHAU-
TAUQUA IS ASSURED
Three Hundred Forty-Five Sea-
son Tickets Have Been
Pledged.

The attendance on Farmers Day
at the Green Lake Chautauqua far
exceeded the highest expectations
Of the management. Early in the
morning private conveyances began
to arrive from all parts of the coun-
ty many driving more than twenty
miles to be on hand when the exer-
cises began at ten o'clock. Among
the earliest arrivals was the At
water Band in charge of Prof. Mil
Ter. They furnished music thruout
the day and added not little to
the success of the program. At 10
o'clock the exercises began in the
big tent. The morning session was
in charge of Hon. O. C. Gregg
Supt. Of the Farmers Institute Of
the state assisted by Profs. Parker,
Bull and Gaumnitz of the State Ex-
pertinent Station at St. Anthony
Park. Prof. Gaumnitz gave very
interesting talk on. ''How to Judge
Draft Horses. A number of the
finest horses from the Medayto
Stock Farm were on exhibition and
Prof. Gaumnitz made good use of
them. He was followed by Prof.
Bull who spoke on 1.-The Rotation
of Crops.' In the afternoon the
most interesting feature was the
question box, in charge of Prof.
Parker, who also made most in
teresting and instructive address on
general farm topics.
The Friday afternoon program
began with another session Of the
farmers institute, conducted by
Supt. Gregg. Attorney General
Young followed with strong ad-
dress On railroadrate legislation and
the efforts of the roads to nullify
it thru the federal courts. He said
that the present system of divided
control is unsatisfactory and should
be replaced by complete national
|control. To do this, however,
would require an amendment to
the federal constitution.
Until this more effective control
can be secured the rights Of the
states to control intra-state traffic
should be respected, as without that
there can be no control of such
traffic whatever, congress having
no power under the constitution to
regulate anything but interstate
traffic. It is a fundamental prin-
ciple of jurisprudence that law is
supposed to be constitutional until
it is proven otherwise. But the
action of Judge Lochren suspends
the enforcement of the law thus
presuming the very opposite.
Young was followed by J. F. Jacob,
son, who made an impassioned
speech on the same subject. He
showed by the railroads. own fig.
ures of earnings that the claim that
the reduction is confiscatory has nc
foundation in fact. He said the
roads are not pleading for Justice
that is the very last thing they
want; what they want is to continue
to prevent the people from getting
justice. He contended that the
legislature should be called in extra
session to scare the roads into drop.
ping the suits.
| The evening session opened with
the usual prelude, after which Supt
O. C. Gregg spoke for some time
on the negro question in the south
He said he went down south with
the usual yankee prejudices on the
subject, but came back "recon
structed yankee. " He. had founc
that the southern whites had jus1
cause to fear and hate the ignorant
lazy negroes; that the only way tt
bring about peace was the Booker T
Washington method of teaching thu
colored man to work and become :
!. useful member of the community.
Senator Moses E. Clapp delivered
the principal speech of the evening
the subject being ''The Making O.
a Nation" He showed how tn
federation of states had gradual.
been welded into a nation by tn
liberal Interpretation of constitu
: tional powers. He also made
strong appeal for woman's suffrage
not on the ground of justice to tn
women but on the ground tina
their influence would be for goo
morals and general uplifting 0
the nation. s~ =. ~ p. .=-s. r.
After the evening session a ban
quet was given at the pavilion i
!, honor of u. S. Senator Clapp. r..
I On Saturday morning a confer
4 ence of Sunday school workers wa
: conducted by Mr.. Thomas Scottor
Sunday School Superintendent 3
eIthe st: Cloud Presbyt ytery At Il 3
2 an q 1dress was given by Mrs. 10
Findl ley on The Sunday Schot
q roblen. IA the afternoon seesio