Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-04-30

ouce 1e1t the Island to rule Itself.
Porto Rican political sentiment waa
almost unanimously in favor Of Amer
lean statehood three or four years ago.
Today 1t is almost az strongly sup
porting the idea of complete independ.
eace.
New Attacks on Teachers.
Tho National Federation of Teach.
ers 1s going to Investigate the indus.
trial views Of school boards, as first
measure Of safety for teachers who
are forming local unions throughout
the North and West. In New York
City, Mayor Hylan and his school
board are endeavoring to break up the
teachers union on the ground that 1t
contains number Of radicals" In
the District Of Columbia the entire
labor movement and q majority of the
local civic associations are lining up
to fight the action of the board Of edu-
cation in unlawfully f1ning a high
school teacher for having explained to
pupil that tho Bolsheviki are not
anarchists but communists.
1t appeared that the bank president.
member Of the board of education,
who brought about the punishment of
this teacher, acted upon complaints of
her "radicalism" brought by the vice
president and another director of his
own bank. It also appeared that the
sons Of these bank officials tried to or.
ganize the boys in the high school. at
the suggestion of their parents, to
make notes Of any statements or
Incidents which might be used against
teachers who were radical" thus put
ting the whole teaching staff under
secret and irresponsible espionage.
Some of these notes were found by tho
teachers.
Some New Pamphlets.
The National Popular Government
league, at 637 Munsey building, WASH
1ngton. D. c.. has issued a pamphlet
from the series of addresses made at
It's reconstruction conference, January
9, 10 and II last. There are seven
pamphlets, each dealing with one
group of topics.
New Marketing Systems, the
Farmer and Reconstruction" IL dealt
with in various ways by Representa-
tive M. Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania;
w. Gwynne Gardiner. commissioner of
the District of Columbia; G. H. Gus
tafson, president of the Nebraska
State Farmers union; Arthur LeSueur
for the National Nonpartisan league.
and H. @. Alexander, president of tho
North Carolina Farmers union.
"The Railroad Question" is discuss
ed by Senators Norris of Nebraska
and Lenroot of Wisconsin, Frank Nc
Manamy of the railroad administers
ton and David J. Lewis of the tariff
board
Presidential Maneuvers.
Our approach to the season for
presidential politics is again brought
to our attention by an announcement
OF Clifford Pinchot, once leader In the
Bull Moose party. He will be a candi-
date, he says, for the 1920 Republican
convention from Pennsylvania and de-
clares he will support "such a man as
Henry Allen, Hiram Johnson, Irving
Lenroot or Leonard Wood"
"
says P1nchot. II am for harmony,
but with the Republican voters rather
than with the bosses. Harmony head.
ed toward defeat has little charms for
me-"
or President Wilson he says: 1T
is clear that Wilson plans to run
again, and that he will be dangerous
antagonist. The ground he has re-
covered since his slump last autumn il
one more proof Of that. Neither our
position abroad nor our safety and
welfare at home can wisely be en-
trusted to the dom1neer1ng, secretive,
reversible and terribly costly dictator
ship Of Woodrow Wilson. We can not
trust him, and we must defeat him
but we need candidate and a plat
form that are genuinely progressive to
do it,
On the Democratic side of the polit-
ical fence the name of Ambassador
Davis, former solicitor general, Is
mentioned as one with which Presi-
dent Wilson's friends have been con-
Turing. There Is less talk of Secretary
of War Baker than two or three
months ago. Bakers political chances
are considered to have been seriously
damaged by his controversy with Gen.
eral Ansell over the reform of the mil
itary courts, and by his demotion of
Anse1l to the rank of lieutenant COL
onel While Bakers friends are now
trying to form alliances which will
take the Ohio delegation away from
Governor Cox, it is considered likely
that Baker will refuse to make the
necessary personal canvass In his own
state to beat the governor.
Almost none of the Democratic Or
ganization chiefs believe that Presi-
dent Wilson will permit his name to
be presented In the convention next
year. The old organization men are
not fond of the president anyhow, and
they know that he knows their senti-
ments. They know, and he knows this
also, that such cabinet members as
Burleson and Houston have made the
path of the party in the next cam.
paign difficult--unless the cabinet be
cleaned of their presence before the
1920 primaries take place. Hence they
IRE casting about for a nominee who
7ill look to the organization, rather
nan to W"od~cu Wilson. for guidance.