Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-06-10

testified al. his own request BEFORE the
Federal Commission on Industrial Re-
5lations. He declared the mining corpor-s
ations Of Colorado to be the most law
less in the country. He referred to the
opposition Of p. "A. Colburn, president
Of the Mine Owners Association. to the
passage Of child labor laws, although
he is also president Of the Children's
Aid Society and of the State Board for
Child and Animal Protection. AS. judge
of the children's court. Lindsey said,
he knew Of 100 children who had been
orphaned through easily preventable
explosions in the mines. He said fur
Their that there are three times as
many men killed by explosions In Colo
RADIO than in other states. judges of
the Colorado Supreme Court. he said
have been owned by the public utility
corporations "as they owned their Of
flee boys" They have also controlled
district attorneys and governors, he de-
clared. But conditions are now improv-
ing. Some judges and district attor-
neys have acted independently although
they know that they are "booked for
political slaughter.''-When the federal
troops are withdrawn, he declared, the
contending parties will be at each 9TH
er's Threats with possibility Of repeti-
ton OF Ludlow. The constitutional
guarantee of a republican form of gov
eminent to the states. he held, would
justify the President in forcing con-
sent to arbitration. When asked by
Commissioner Garretson about the eff
feet on the public mind of the report of
the military commission, Judge Lind
sey replied: 1--WE regard that report and
the commission as. huge joke. It
was men judging themselves, and it
| caused public Indignation"
Before sailing for Spain on May 80,
| ex-President Roosevelt issued a public
| statement in which he commented on
| existing conditions as follows:
There is widespread apprehension
| among our people. The pinch of power
| ty is felt in many household. We
| cannot ignore the conditions which
have brought about this state Of things.
/ The cost Of living has not been re-
| duced. Not the slightest progress has
been made in solving the trust ques-
ton. 1t has been shown that the re-
duction of the tariff in no shape or way
helps toward this solution. The eco
nomic conditions are such that business
| is in jeopardy, and that the small bust
| ness man, the farmer and the indus
| trial wage worker are all suffering be-
cause of these conditions. The truth
simply is that the only wise and sane
propositions, the only propositions
| which represent a constructive govern
mental prOgressivism and the resolute
| purpose to secure good results instead
| of fine phrases were the principles
| enunciated in the Progressive platform
in connection with the trusts and the
tariff alike. Our policies would have
secured the passing around of pros
| perity and also the existence Of a suf-
ficient amount Of prosperity to be
passed around. Throughout the coun.
| try all I can do to emphasize these
| facts will be done.
| He said further that his chief duty
for this year is in New York State and
announced his intention to continue his
| fight against the Barnes machine and
| the Murphy machine.
| A delegation of business men from
Chicago and other cities of the Middle
West called, on May 28th, on Presi-
dent Wilson. They told the President
that general business depression ex-
lists and asked, in view of this, that
the administrations trust program be
| modified. To the pending trade com.
| mission bill they had no objection, but
they asked that the bill be dropped for.
bidding interlocking directories an6
regulating issues of railroad securities
The President, in replying, said-that
in his judgment nothing was more dan.
gerous for business than uncertainty
that it had become evident through 8
long series of years that a policy such
as the Democratic party was now pur
suing was absolutely necessary to sat
isfy the conscience Of the country an(
it's perception Of the prevailing condi
tons of business, and that it was
great deal better to do the thing mod
erately and soberly now than to wal
until more radical forces had accumu
lated and it was necessary to go mucl
: further. That while he was aware o.
the present depression of business Their,
was abundant evidence that it wa!
merely psychological; that there is n,
material condition or substantial rea
! son why the business of the countr,
} should not be in the most prosperou.
) and expanding condition. He urged up
on his visitors the necessity of patri
otto cooperation on the part of tn,
business men of the country in orde
to support rather than to oppose tn
moderate processes of reform. and t,
help guide them by their own intimat
| knowledge of business conditions AM
| processes.
The Irish Home Rule bill. introduc
ed in the British House of Commons
April H.. 1912, and passed for the thir.
time, May rs, 1914, and now under con
sideration by the House of Lords. i
just what its title indicates, bill t,
give Ireland control of Irish affairs
The machinery to secure this end con
sists of an Irish parliament, compose,
of a Senate and a House Of Commons
The Senate contains 40 members, nomi
mated in the first instance by the I'm
perial executive for a fixed term: AM
; as the members retire by rotation thei
places are to be filled by the Irish ex
ecutive The House of Commons ha.
1854 members, of which Ulster has S!
and the universities two The mem
bers are to be elected from existing
constituencies. but no constituency i:
to have less than $4,000 inhabitants
The executive will be lord lieutenant
nominated by the imperial executive
after the manner of colonial govern
ments. The cabinet form Of govern.
ment will prevail. The Irish parlia
| ment will have no power over the ar.