Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-01-12
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SATURDAY., JANUARY =, 1857.
The opposition to the reelection OF Senator
Nelson has gone gn mering and It now 10
as if Nelson would get the vote OF all OF
Republican mem bers OF the legislature, besides
some ofsthe Democratic. Tha unqualified en-
dorsement given Senator Nelson by President
Roosevelt was too much for his opponents
and the opposition never really got we'll
started
James T. Hill is offering 81 900 in prizes for
the best methods in farming. Now comes
North Dakota farmer and offers to De one o.
1000 farmers in Minnesota and the Dakotas to
raise 81 900 to be awarded to the best EXHIBITS
of railroad management in hustling grain and
live stock to market and hustling fuel and
merchandise i'm return. It is well turned pro-
position-Austin Transcript.
Congressman Volstead has introduced a
bill req uiring all railroad companies doing
interstate business to apply and secure per-
mission from the interstate commerce com
mission before issuing any additional stock
He hardly expects to be able to get the bill
thru this season, but it will doubtless be one
of the important bills to receive early consider
alton at the next session. Such law will pre-
vent the future watering of stock and will be
an important step in bringing the railroads to a
reasonable basis ON which to do business, or
rather from making the capital stock any more
unreasonable chan it is at present
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large number of bankers and business
men in towns along the NJ. & st. l.. from Nor
wood to Marietta, met at Madison an. 7th,
and organized the Minnesota Valley Improve
ment Company with view of bringing about
improved methods of farming and generally
benefting that portion Of Minnesota. Another
object of the organization will be to increase
the population by encouraging smal1farm cul-
tivatiou and Intensive agriculture opposed
to the present extensive system. The company
il capitalized at $4,000 and $4,000 has been
subscribed for immediate use. If such an or
ganization were formed right here in Morris,
much could be done to put settlers and renters
on the vacant farms of the county.
A battle is on between President Roosevelt
and Senator Foraker and the alleged cause is
the presidents dismissal of the battalion of
negro troops. From the information far
made public, it would appear that the presi-
dent was not justified in dsmissing the troops
without court martial and there also appears
to be some question to his legal authority
to dismiss soldiers without honor (Which, how
ever, is entirely differet fir m lishonorable
discharged Il he president made mis-
take land it would be only human for him to
make some mis- takes) then lie has anough plain
hone sly to rec fly at M: "a. mself. The
enemies of Il president trying to make
much of this a iair, not r ,'au42 they wish to
see justice done to the negroes, but because
they want to make trouble for the president,
Two contests have been started CON
stitutionaI amendments, claiming that the
wide open tax amendment failed to carry and
that the road and bridge amendment did carry
The appeal has been taken from the state
wasting board to the district court at Duluth
by S. G. McConoughy, of Duluth.
He claims that the tax amendment did not
receive enough votes to become amendment
to the state constitutions He claims that many