Morris tribune., 1907-11-02
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1907.


Taft will be the next Republican nominee.
for president-if his press bureau doesn't over
do it,
Minneapolis is having one of it's periodical
housec1eanings, the ministers of the city hav-
ing undertaken to have the laws regulating
saloons enforced. The attorney general will be
requested to begin proceedings against the
mayor unless the laws enforced
IF don't get the governor next time we
are due to lose state offices at the succeeding
election, and then the Legislature and a nice
Bunch of congressman. After that we wouldn't
give whoop what became of the electoral
vote" says the Ortonville Herald Star. Think
it over.
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In these piping times of thieves and graf
ters it is we'll to read items that show the
honesty of the common every day people. A
man in Denver recently sent an $40 bill thru the
mails with tag attached to corner giving
the address, The tag with the bill in its nude"
state was dropped in a street mail box at Den
YER and in due time reached the addressee in
Chicago safely.
The Delineator has started on a"child-rescue
camraign,' the object being to find homes for
homeless children and children for childless
homes. This field is already well covered by
the work Of the state, and also by the work of
charitable organizations, but the DeIineator
work should be especially effective for the wide
publicity it can give to its work. The magazine
is entitled to great credit for using it's oppor-
tunites in so worthy cause
During the past few seasons, crops have
been drowned out in many parts Of Stevens
county, and land prices have declined, and in
fact there has been little demand for the land,
bat it to be the general impression
that the excessively wet seasons over, and
with the introduction of more diversified farm
ing, steady rise is land values can be expected
A few years Will see many settlers coming here
and substantial raise in the price of land.
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The present pri mary law gets knock
every once in a while from different papers in
the state Nobody likes the present law, but
venture the suggestion that the last two
Republican state ventons have done more to
keep the primary law from being repealed than
any merit in the law itself And we venture
the further suggestion that the conduct of state
conventions going to be unsatisfactory
long The large counties Of the state elect
their delegations by counties instead of by
some smaller division, as for instance, sena-
torial districts.
Attorney General Young has been freed on
his own recognizance in the contempt proceed
ings for violating the order of the court in the
railroad cases, and the merits of Mr.
Young's contention will now have thoro hear
that the federal government may take part i'll
the case in order to uphold the authority of the
federal government in such matters. There is
no doubt but that consistent system of cor
similar cases, and the limits of state and federal
authority defined, but it is going to take time.
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Following the financial difficulties in the
East, the banks of Minneapolis and ST. Paul
have been compelled to use protective measures
and early in the week adopted rules not to pay
out currency, and to settle balances with clear
ing house certificates. This concerted action
of the part of the banks seems to have saved
the country from foolish panic, with runs on