Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-08-11

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NEn YORK letter
New York, Aug. s, 1915.
The big gums are booming thus early
int he fight for the Republican nomi-
nation for President q year hence.
Senator Burton had hardly declared
his candidacy when Senator Root
aimed his 42-centimetre and hit the
reactionaries In q speech that sound
ed as Progressive as any Rooseveltian
proclamation
''The time has come" he said.
when invisible government must give
way to government that is accountable
and responsible. .
Whether or not the Colonel sues
for infringement Of copyright, he de-
clares he'll enroll next month as a
Progressive, even If his nephew, form.
er State Chairman Of the Progressive
Party. is breaking the speed laws try
ing to get back into the G. o. p.
Most Of the Progressives are stand
ing fast in their allegiance to their
new party, heartened by the cogent
reasoning OF cambridge Colby and
the sturdy steadfastness Of George W.
Perkins. They rather enjoy the idea
of holding the balance of power in
1915, even If they know they cant
elect President. -.,.>..S.
The ending of a full year Of war
has brought out in the newspapers
summaries that stagger the human
mind. With the roll of the dead made
up of 2,225,000 names and 8,770. 900
men wounded in the twelve months.
and with $15,500, 100000 spent to pro
duce such results, the cost Of war in
lives and money is seen to be too great
to permit any one to think lightly of
America becoming involved, :; ;: ~
The published reviews coincide In
admitting that Germany has made
such progress that it should win, but
they go on to say that Germany can't
win, because England can't permit it.
But more will depend on England's
power than on her wishes, as is now
realized, judging from dispatches from
the British capital. The outcome will
certainly depend upon whether the AL.
lies stick together, and latest develop.
ments in Poland have raised a large
doubt as to how long Russia will per-
sfst in losing war.
Several distinct shocks were pro
duced by the execution of Becker, the
police lieutenant who was convicted
of instigating the murder of Rosen.
thai, the squealing gambler. The
whole underworld was shocked, for
what safety can there be for buyers
OF protection" If police sellers of
that commodity can be electrocuted.
The shock to "the system, that com.
bination of grating policemen and
politicians, was intense. But decent,
law.abiding citizens were shocked,
too, for the public was by no means
satisfied of Becker's guilt, nor was it
reconciled to the propriety of his ap.
peal for clemency being passed upon
by the man who as district attorney
convicted him. But whatever feeling
was aroused against Governor Whit.
man was ebliterated by the. indecent
attacks made upon him by the family
OF the executed man in connection
with the funeral.
Calm has fallen upon the public
mind after weeks Of industriously TO.
mented agitation. Only the "Times''
and a few other newspapers Of sim.
liar bias continue to try to extract
trouble from the last note to Ger.
many. The man in the street refuses
to be disturbed. He simply won't get
wrought up to war pitch, and that IS
all there is to it. He can't, If he
would, see why this country should be
driven to break with any other ma,
ton. And he wouldn't see it If he
could. This is the temper of the New
York public
The average man is quite we'll salts.
fed to back up the Presidents asser.
tons of American rights with respect
to German submarine warfare and
British orders in council, and is quite
confident that, if the President will
take counsel Of Congress, there will
be no real trouble on either score.
The 1berian incident throws a side
light on the situation. The British
captain refused to stop when hailed
by the submarine commander, and
three Americans in the crew went
down. They had put themselves vol
UNFAIRLY in danger, and, even though
the President refuses to warn Ameri
cans to keep of British boats, as Sec
rotary Bryan advised, there is no thot
OF making an issue of this incident.
OF course it is q principle with the
President to guard Americans wher
ever they may be except in Mexico
but In practice principles are subject
to modification. And It is to be re
membered that England did not gel
into any fuss in the time of the Russo
Japanese war when her subjects wen,
poking their noses into trouble.
AS for fndustry-the courts have
Just disposed Of teller who patient
" substituted pennies for nickels Il
the banks money bags until he hat
Melted $4,000 and earned prison
term. It was some job, involving thu
handling of 1000. 600 coins while M