Morris tribune., 1909-10-09

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SATURDAY. OCTOBER ., 1909.
Potatoes at So per bushel is the prediction
of the editor of the Parkers Prairie Indepen-
dent, if the present system of making book
keeper of every young man and piano player
of every young woman is adhered to.
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The commission appointed by Governor
Eberhart to take charge of the John Albert
johnson memorial fund met and organized the
first of the week. They decided to ask for a
contributions of $4,000, and set November 1st
as the limit when donations will be received.
The fund passed the $1,000 mark early in the
week. and is growing rapidly.
There is a story to the effect that the Demo
cratic party has found Moses in Fred John
son, of New Uln, brother of the late governor,
and that he will be the next nominee for gov
ernor but there is nothing official about the
story, and there is probably little likelihood that
Fred Johnson will be selected. The attempts
of the Democrats to find leader only emph
sizes the stature of their late leader.
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A corporation has bought up the water
power site north of Minneapolis the Misss-
sppi river and will develop it as soon as it gets
authority from congress to construct dam. 1t
is time that the state of Minnesota took hand
in these matters, and prevented the control of
waterways getting into private hands, where
such control will conflict with larger plans for
the development of inland waterways to be
made in the future.
The appointment of Ralph W. Wheelock as
private secretary to Governor Eberhart is an
nounced as nonpolitical selection, and yet it
may prove very good politics, so far as the
secretaryship is concerned. In the first place,
Mr.. Wheelock has not been actively identified
with any faction of the Republican party, but
wherever he personally known has held
the esteem of ALL Furthermore, not being a
political manipulation, he will give his attention
more to performing the routine duties of the
Office. Thus the ordinary business of the gov
ernors Office will be we'll cared for, which is
certainly what the people like in any public
official and is much more fitting than making
the governors Office the headquarters of
political cabal.
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An interesting involving the question
of the limits of state and federal authority has
arisen in Georgia. A federal officer whose tes-
timony the state court sought against dis
tillery, refused his evidence the ground that
to testify would be to violate the regulations of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Committed
for contempt, he sought release by writ of ha-
beas corpus issued by federal judge. The
validity of this writ is denied by the state judge
and thus state and federal authority are brought
into open opposition. The case will go TO the
supreme court of the United States, and it's
decision will add important rule in these
days when the state and federal authorities are
apt to find themselves in conflict in the conduct
of public business.
Governor Johnsons letter to boy on what
books to read is most interesting. That he
should take time from his busy life to answer