Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13

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The grant of unusual power, in time
of war, by the nation or the state,
should specify that it is for the dura-
ton OF the war only. Then after
the war, if the people want those pow
ers continued in their servants, let
them 80 indicate. The president has
intimated that he believes this wise,
and he is right.
Compressor n Tilson of Connecticut,
in an interesting address on the use
of gas in war, said that if the Ger
mans used gas, as they had and did,
now principally in the form Of deau-
" bombs, that the allies had right
to do 30, ard that they had done So,
and that the American army would be
Obliged also to use it.
We glory in the spunk OF Secretar.
les Baker and Daniels. After the coal
operators had put it over Secretary
Lane, his fellow cabinet members did
not hesitate to say they would stand
by no such extortion as the operators
proposed in the name OF patriotism.
No two secretaries nave been so abus'
ed as these two. We wish the entire
cabinet was like them. :a..~E
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John NJ. Baer, Nonpartisan ca1ldi.
date for congressman in the First
North Dakota congressional district,
won over o. B. Burtness, republican,
Tuesday by about 1000 majority.
This is the first entrance of the league
into national politics, and would show
that the league idea has not subsidized
in North Dakota near as much as has
been represented by some.
Senator Kellogg says he views with
apprehension the change of industrial
policy and the excursion by the gov
eminent into fields of commerce and
trade, and says he hopes the change IS
but temporary. If the results seem
good to the people, there is likelih -
Of change in the economic constitu.
ton of society such as would have
seemed impossible six months ago.
!, whenever other subjects seem to
nsll, the editors, particularly in the
f.rce cities. can always take fall
ont Of the politician. The doings OF
some politicians have put a sinister
meaning in the word "poitician,
but in a republic every citizen ought
to be politician. Our experience is,
that, taken as a whole, the class gen
orally called politicians, men who
take interest in political matters, not
necessarily always with a view to Of
fee or profit, stack up for decency
honor and honesty about as we'll as
any other lot of citizens. The crook
in politics deserves no consideration
end neither does the crook in business
or the professions.
BENJAMIN B. Herbert, founder Of the
National Editorial association, strick
en- while attending the annual meet
ing of the association at Minneapolis
died Tuesday evening. Sunday the Of
fcers of the association had unveiled
a bronze tablet in honor of "Father'
Herbert at Red Wing, at which place
he conducted the Red Wing Republi
can at the time of the founding Of tn
association, thirty-two years ago. TIL
veteran editor has suffered from hear
disease, induced from the heat ant
the excitement Of the meeting. A
the time of his death he was edito
of the Nation Printer-Journalist pub
ished in Chicago. Burial takes plac
at his old home at Red Wing today. I
will be attended by national associa
ton members.
The Sank Centre Herald is exercise
over officials who get encased in a.
"offcial crust.'' The test should b
service. We have noticed, however
that many critics Of the official crus
do not object to opportunities to put
ting on crust, and kick as strenuous
" as any one at letting 60. Never
theless, the Herald is of course RICH
in its statement that office, electiv
or appointive, is not vested right
We do think that everything else be
ing equal, men should be put into Of
fee who have been progressive cit
zens, doing their share in the work Q
the community. The crouch, the mil
er, the skinfint, the selfish perso
who has never had single though
except for himself, the man who ha
not single generous instinct, shout
not be rewarded by being placed in
place of emolument. It is one of tn
strange things, though, that this sol
of person does often get into offc'
and, stranger still, stays there. O
the whole, people do not care so yer
much who has the Jobs. They shout,
however, care about it all the time.