Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-08-03

promise of that party to revise the tar
nit sue poca f fa PSoR1s W to
UNPUBLISHED our. government will be-
come utterly irresponsible. We de-
diaSe the tar lay as
tionai convention Of 1903: instead Of
r its % ta taxes Ss
Of production at home and abroad, hun
dreds Of them impose. tax greater
or aSrea %here AXES
were raised or renewed at a time when
the masses were staggering under. an
sappahng 1ncrease in the cost Of living
huence Of long established protective
tariff system. In addition to the ex-
cessive taxes levied through that sys--
graft and prolifcally Uttered public and
private extravagance and waste. We
register this fall their emphatic de-
nunciation Of a system fundamentally
w ,E?1yE. both morally and politically,
it's friends
President Taft "Handed One.n
We deplore the weakness and timid-
lty of President Taft who, with his
own campaign promises still fresh, but
dominated by the predatory interests,
of his te e force rec
reant congressional majority to do it's
egrf Of af 1 farm No Sne
can atone for this supreme failure or
restore public confidence.
We condemn the national adminis-
the conservation of natural resources
and have nothing but contempt for its
ors to to
! its course was manifested. The appoint
ment and retention of Ballinger, the
l-attorney for the raiders Of public prop
charged with the administration of that
is is atoPa sSand h The
tiOnal crime.
National administration by a party
whose cardinal creed involves the ex-
benefit of the favored few is necessarily
Wasteful and no relief from national
coSt Of and
until government is placed in the hands
of the party of the people.
We commend the Minnesota insurgent
Republican representatives in congress
who futilely voted against the tariff
law. but cite their defeat as irrefutable
Proof of that no tariff good can come out
We declare that those members OF
the delegation who so faithfully sup
ported Cannon and Cannonism Knowing
and should be retired from congress by
the, action of their own partisans, as,
failing which, they will inevitably be
by the people.
Congressman Hammond Endorsed.
fathfui enns; and appland the wise
of the Hon. w. g.
Minnesota's distinguished Democratic
representative in congress, and declare
that he has generously earned re-elec-
ton.
We favor the direct election Of
United States senator's by the people.
We favor federal income tax law
The three state administrations of
the late Governor Johnson were the
most progressive, clean and business
IKE in the sta states history and fully
Democracy for constructive administra-
| ton and have earned for it a restora-
| ton to I'll, that power power, of which it was de-
| nor, whose sudden taking off in his
| prime was an incalculable loss to the
party, the state and the nation. His
| history and through his legacy of a
| noble life, replete with great achieve
meats will II long continue to affect the
' &nc{1 RfA irreps a1 bHf loss has been
sustained by the state through the
planning suffering. of the Hon. L. A.
Rosing. of the state board of control, a
man whose name the Democratic party
Of M 9dn ;Gt is proud to inseribe on
standing and influence to the party.
! We are unequivocally in favor of a
reapportionment of representation in
the state legislature with a view to
making the composition of that body a
| true reflection of the distribution of
population.
| Conservation Commended.
| Conservation of natural resources for
the benefit Of all the people is prob
of Minnesota is in position to ac-
complish much in this direction by rea-
son Of its large ownership of land, tim
Der and minerals and we recomme end
az first step in this direction the in
auguration Of prudent and business
like administration of the states pub
brought about by Capitalization and
systematic organization OF the various
ton along the lines recommended and
urged by Governor johnson upon an UNI
willing legislature. Closely allied to
! conservation Of natural resources are