Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-04-06

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rObbing them and that no one was to
blame for the present antirailroad SEN
| timent but the managers themselves.
In his opinion no lasting damage could
be done by the present outbreak.
Michigan For Roosevelt. t-
A poll of the Michigan legislature on
the choice for presidential nominee in
1908 disclosed Is for Roosevelt, IL for
Taft Z for Root, 8 for Hughes, for
Fairbanks and 2 for La Toilette.
No Chinese on Canal Work.
Several of the party of forty-six con-
gressmen who have recently returned
from inspecting the work on the Pan
anna canal made the statement that
they had not seen single Chinaman
at work on the isthmus. They also re-
ported an intense feeling against their
employment. Congressman G. S. Smith
of California said that the laborers are
taking out about 81 ZOO cubic yards of
dirt every day, with an average of $780,
600 cubic yards month. About g.
600, 600 cubic yards are still to be re-
moved. He says there are 81, 900 men
leans, about 1900 Jamaicans, and the
rest are Gallegos.
Burton Attacks Roosevelt. -...
Former United States Senator J.
Ralph Burton, who had completed his
prison term at Ironton, Mo-, in speech
at Abilene, Kan, Insisted that his pros
ecution was a perversion Of Justice, an
imated by certain commercial COM
munity of Interest,"" namely, the sug-
! ar trust aud by the personal enmity
| of President Roosevelt, whom he had
offended through opposing some Of the
presidents plans. He said that every
witness who testified to anything ma
terial against him had either been pro
NOTED In Office or received immunity
from punishment and that every ON
eial who had anything to do with the
case had, With one exception, been pro-
noted by the president. 4
Bryan Bsveridse Debate. ~ a. ..
The political debate between Will
liam Jennings Bryan and Senator Bev-
eridge, recently commenced in the
Reader Magazine, is continued in the
April issue of that. publication. Mr.
Bryan in faVoring state rights makes
the contention that the people can act
more intelligently On subjects near at
hand than on those further removed
He refers to the negro problem of the
south and the oriental problem of the
Pacific coast as proper subjects to be
handled by the people of the affected
localities without the interference Of
the national government. As to the
assertion made by Senator Beveridge
that "the powerful interests which ,ex
plot the people and the nations re-
sources can more easily handle small
er portion of the American people for
their purposes than they can handle
the entire $4,000, 0O0," he intimates that
the representatives Of predatory wealth
are advocates Of state rights when
prosecuted by the national government
and advocates Of GENERALIZATION when
ever they are attacked by any state,
He concludes that the state and the
nation are both necessary. e+4
Mr.. Beverage, on his part, thought
the withdrawal of, power from the
state would not breed indifference to
public affairs, citing as proof the vide
spread interest in such affairs at the
present time, when, as he intimates,
. ''systematic absorption of power, by
] the federal government Is In progress.
He refers to the railway rate bill and
to federal legislation upon pure food,
meat inspection, national quarantine,
commerce and labor. and asks II these
laws, have caused discomfort among
the people. He adverts also to the San
j Francisco school incident to show the
perpIexity and danger into which the
exercise OF sfate rights may bring the
entire nation.
okIahelna'e Constitutien.
The constitution framed by the re
cent convention for the new state of
Oklahoma will be submitted to the
people of the state Aug. 6. One of the
measures which was defeated after
much discussion was that which pro-
vided for separate railway coaches for
whites and blacks. Woman suffrage