Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-05-02

ed the story that he is a cigarette fend, and
was seldom seen that he was not either smok-
ing a cigarette rolling one. AS matter of
fact Heatwole never smokes cigarettes and
this fabrication of a corporation hireling was
invented as an nsidious thrust at that ALIEN
bracing platform of Heatwoles.
Returns are coming i'll from the Willmar
convention, where there a close contest for
delegate between Bentley and Ginn1estad.
Soreness is showing up in spots, some localities
being on Jacobson because the Lac qni|
Parle county vote was divided, and others be-
ing sore on Young because the Swift county
vote not divided. The candidate with
contest in his own district is between two fires
and it is 81 IMPLY impossible to satisfy all.
According to the political writer of the St.
Paul Dispatch, plans being laid to again
work the dark horse game the next Re
pu blican convention. and defeat all of the pre-
sent avowed candidates. If the interests have
a candidate who is distinctly their own, there is
necessity for them bringing him out, for
what could afford them better satisfaction than
the present contest between Young and Jacob
son, which is daily becoming bitter than
should.
Thomas F. Ryan, while being examined be-
fore the grand jury in New York the affairs
of the Metropolitan Street Railway company,
made the surprising statement that 90 per cent
of the stock of railroad cor porations is water
The statement was made is comparing the
~,
way company and of railroad companies gen
orally Either Mr. Ryan is telling secrets out
of school or else is working to depress rail
road stocks.
The special supreme court appointed to
try the disbarment proceeding instituted
against F. B. Hart, of Mnnea polls, by the state
bar association for letters written by Mr.. Hart
assailing the supreme court, has found him
guilty, and sentenced him to suspension for
six months. The sentence is a light for
the offense named, but nevertheless wise one
as there is suggestion of persecution for
having discussed publicly the acts of public
officials. In fact the court makes a wise dis
tinction between what Mr.. Hart did as a pri-
vate citizen and what he did officer of
the court, which a lawyer is In exercising the
rights of private citizen to criticize the court
he held immune from punishment, but in
mailing one of his letters to the chief JUSTICE |
he was held to have violated his oath an
attorney
Let hope that the coming political
campaign state and local will not produce a
new crop of soreheads. The man who is out
with long knife just because he of his
friends happened to be defeated for petty
office at the primaries at the election is of no
use or benefit to the political party life. |
Only one side can win, and it is we'll enough |
to Der that such the changes con- |
stantly occurring that the side which is defeat
ed today may win tomorrow. It is also we'll to |
remember that every has a right to ex-
press his own opinion at the ballot box, and |
that there is sense in being at or
set of men just because they happen to dis
agree with you. Soreness between the m EN- hers |
of party is a bad thing for the party and
soreness between the members of different |
parties is bad thing for the people generally. |
We should all work together for good govern |
ment and while may have some merry little |
contests for the honors, yet when it is over we |
should accept the verdict cheerfully These |
remarks of course apply to ordinary political
contests. but are not O be construed as aDp1y- |