The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-17

Out uitcl ISHtlilS the uTy STRAW anu
have pushed the door shut.
Six weeks ago Mr.. Macbeth found
the inside of his fine pallbearers
rig and of one of his hacks, in the
building on the alley, ruined by fire.
Someone had poured kerosene on the
upholstery and started fires and
closed the doors. This latter act
had caused the fires to smother out
without doing more damage than
10 injure the upholstery.
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From Tuesdays DaiN
Frank Morse of MankatO won the
Minnesota intercollegiate oratorical
contest at the annual meeting held in
the Central Presbyterian church, st.
Paul, last night. The first place
carries with it the honor of repre-.
senting Minnesota at the interstate
contest to be held at Sioux City,
Iowa under the auspices of Morning
side college May 90
Morse is a senior in Carleton col
lege, Mortified. This is the second
time in succession that Carleton has
won the honor.
In adding the places given the mon
by the different judges, Fred Carson
Of Manchester and DIN Rcigstad, the
st. Olaf representative were tied for
second places. The percentages wcre
added. and thCv again tied. Then the
marks of the first man were eliminated
and, although that changed the fig
ures, they were again tied. Finally
the executive committee announced
the men as tied for second place and
will allow them to decide between
themselves which will go to Sioux
City as delegate from Minnesota,
the prize given with second place.
and the SO prize which goes TO The
man taking third.
Rudolph Wosmek of TIamline was
given fourth place with an Grafton Of
Cromwell, "Democracy's Exponent
Walter e. Englund of Gustavus Adolf
plus delivered an grafton on the Eek.
ponent of True Democracy" treat
ing the independent voter as this eX-
ponent of democratic principles.
Morse Member of Athenian Society.
The three men winning the first
places are all seniors in their re-
spective institutions. Morse is a
member of the Athenian Literary So
ciety Of Carleton and was n member
of the Carleton intercollegiate de-
batting team last year. Carson came
to Manchester from lie Sueur and,
although interested in oratory and de-
batting has entered it this year for
the first time. He is captain and
catcher OF the baseball team and a
speedy man on the football squad.
Reigstad, st. Olafs representative
lives at DeForest, Wis, and is a
senior at the Mortified institution.
1.-THE Menace of Industrial Law
lessness" was Morses Grafton and he
treated the tendency of great cor
poratons and labor unions to evade
and ignore the law. He said that
liberty, freedom and law go hand in
hand, and it was the passion for lib
cry Witlloul regal IoSIl dihI lhde saw
France the Reign of Terror. We
are now facing the wOrld-old problem
of the restraint of individual ag
grandsement at the expense of the
welfare of the state. The American
people are losing their respect for
the law
Subject of Grafton.
Carson spoke on The Principle
Eternal" that principle which per
vades the whole universe and caused
il to ac: in accordance with law
This principle. as he explained it
is the principle that every atom in
| the universe moves in harmony with
well ordered plan working to ar
exalted end "The petal must fal
that the fruit may grow. Every
monument TO a fallen hero marks z
step in the upward direction. En-
pires decay and fall that greater
ones may be built in their places"
These Decided the Contest.
! The judges Of the contest were
Professor Albert White, University
of Minnesota; Professor r. l.. Ly
man. University of Wisconsin; Prin
cipal It. Il. Cole of st. Paul Contra
high school: w. r. Webster. principa
Of the East Side high in Minneapolis
! and Professor +. M. Rarsig Univer
sity of Minnesota.