Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-08-03
CLOSING. D DAYS
OF I ASSEMBLY | ;i,''''l|f N |||||| ] :,'
The Great Program Was Conclu.
ded Without a Hitch. All
Patrons Enthusiastic.


receipts reached nearly $1,000, but
with the very large expenses Incl
dent to the opening season, there
will not be any surplus to apply on
the purchase price of the park.
Everyone speaks in the highest
terms of praise of the program pro-
vided, however. and the committee
feels that good foundation has
been laid for future assemblies.
The program for the 1911 assembly
will be arranged as soon as possible,
and the dates will likely be fixed
for the latter part Of June. The
following is a brief synopsis of the
doings during the latter part of the
session just closed.
Last Tuesday afternoon, Senator
Moses E. Clapp, junior senator from
Minnesota and one of the leading
insurgents of the U. S. Senate, was
the speaker, his topic being ''The
Test of Government He said in
part:
Government in its final analysis
rests on social order, and social or
der on self-defense. At first all
laws were based upon the necessity
Of restraint, but gradually humani-
ty became the motive. What l
should call the genius of utiliza-
tion has been one of the chief fac
tors in government at all times. To
begin with it found it's expression
in militarism. thru such men as
Napoleon, but in modern times it
Is manifested thru manufacture
and trade. It has happened
that thru greed on tn e
part of a few men this genius of
utilization has gone to extremes
and has resulted in the formation
of trusts. some Of which have
shown an utter disregard for law
and the wishes Of the people. How
to deal with these combinations is
one of the greatest problems Of
the national government today:
American business rests on. conf
dence, and the Legislators are be-
tween the two fires Of disturbing
this confidence or allowing the
trusts to continue. It is difficult
problem to solve, but l believe in
the end it will be solved right.''
1.-THE test of government consists
in bringing offenders to the bar of
justice, the growth and expansion
of benevolence, and religious de-
velopment, and measured by these
tests our government is a success.
Rich violators of law are meeting
deserved punishment, benevolence
is taking care of the waits, the fal.
len and the unfortunate as never
before in history, and in religion
there is manifest more and more
of the spirit of love and self-sacri-
fice."
The senator also spoke of the
terrors of child labor, and said that
he would always work for its abol-
ishment even if it would mean an
increased cost of production and so
an increased cost of living, for to
do away with it would mean hu-
manity's betterment. Speaking of
the increase of crime as reported
by statistics he said that these sta
tistics were fallible inasmuch as
we have more punishable crimes on
our statute books than any other
nation. Nor did the senator think
that the increase in divorce is an
indication of lower moral stan.
dard. for he found that in the
states where the moral standard is
the highest the number of divor.
ces is the largest.
Thursday and Friday, the closing
days of the Park assembly, were
two of the best days, both as far as
attendance and the quality of the
program is concerned. Thursday
afternoon the Eleonora Olson Con.
cert company and Prof. Gustavu:
Johnson gave one Of the finest mu
sical programs ever heard in Will
mar and in the evening Hon
James E. Watson, of Indiana, gave
a stirring address,. His topic wa
"The Future of my Country" bu
he wandered into other fields when
ever it suited his fancy. The ad
dress was an oratorical effort sucl
as few people in this part of th'
state have had an opportunity t.
hear. When one has heard him
one does not wonder so much tina
Mr.. Watson is called 1.-The mos
eloquent man in the House of Rep
resentatives'' and '''Whip Of tn
House." He grips the attention
at once and holds it thruout. Hi
voice is pleasant, clear, far reach
ing. and its highest flights ar
without loss Of power or sweetness
His diction is fluent, his rhetorl
| t1awless, and his enunciation per
feet. You are carried away. no
so much by his logic as by his dra
matte intensity. He appeals t
your emotions rather than to you
intellect. With swift and tru
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