Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-08-07

Herald has bought out the Democrat. All con
cerned are to be congratulated.
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If all the Democratic members of the House
of Representatives had been present and voting,
and had voted with the Republican insurgents
against the adoption of the conference report
on the tariff bill that report would not have
been adopted. The Republican majority makes
sorry spectacle in trying to enact tariff bill,
but the Democratic minority is still sorrer.
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In national politics Minnesota has always
been a Republican state and usually very
strongly Republican, 1t is therefore very sig
niicant that all of the congressman except one
and both of the senators cast their votes against
the Payne-Aldrch tariff bill. The new tariff
bill may or may not be an Improvement over
the Ding1ey bill-opinion seems to be divided
on that point-but certainly the new bill is not
what was hoped for with revision sentiment so
strong turnout the country. The Minnesota
congressman will be upheld by the public
opinion of the state in registering their disap-
proval of the measure.
Every season of the year has it's peculiar
class of accident, in the summer drownings; in
the fall shootings, and in the winter freezings.
One of the most unfortunate classes is the
mower and harvester accidents to children
which happen at this time of year. In every com
munity there little children who lose
limb, or are injured or lose their lite simply on
account of proper precausions not being taken
The child goes to the field, and perhaps i'll
spirit of play, hides in the tall grain and all too
late the little one is discovered in front of the
merciless sickle. The only safe course to save
many heartburnings from unfortunate accidents
of this character is to take extra precautions
with children when the harvest is on.
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1t is said of Chief Justice Start that he is so
careful lest anything in his personal affairs
NAV influence his judicial conduct that he will
not go to rest at night owing any man penny.
His late colleague on the supreme bench,
Elliott appears to have such notions and the
stories that have been published of his thrift of
late indicate that he will not make creditable
representative of this nation on the bench in
the Philippines. Elliott left for the islands as
soon as the work of the Minnesota supreme
court was ended, but did not send in his resg-
nation until he got to San Francisco, and then
it is to take effect Sept. 1. Thus he may hope
to draw two salaries for time-one from the
state and one from the United States. Recently,
a lumber company sued him for a lumber bill
and attached some of his law books, and the
Judge made no other attempt to pay the bill.
His personal property tax also is unpaid, and
was recently cancelled uncollectable
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Frank NJ. Eddy says: cit has become quite
the fashion among many republican papers in
this state and among the republican leaders toI
knock Joel and have done my share OF this
knocking He has done lot Of foolish things
for which he ought to have been knocked, but
inst the same he was one of the most efficient
accomplishers ever sent to congress from Min
nesota and is entitled, than any other one
n.n RI the credit or the identification of the
primitive republican doctrine of protection so
tersely stated in an issue of the Northheld News
during the congressional campaign referred to.
Protection should only be accorded those IN
dnstries that need it and they should be &C
corded no more protection than they need.
One might offer large reward tor better
statement of the true principle OF genuine,
beneficial protection without any danger OF ever
beino called upon to pay the same. Had the
nresent tariff bill been framed according to this
nr;ncinle the nation would have been republl-
hav0ud all