Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-02-14

playing greater role Ut +" !FdTlSs pOSc
less opposition. politically speaking at
least, than did Bismarck at the Con-
gress Of Berlin. No nation, not even
Russia, was SO powerful e. g1ea ma 9
opment (and it is astonishing for q ma
ton. which in all but some few years
of it's existence has steadily avoided in
the main the result Of accident. rather
than of designs Ss
"America is seeking to impress mo
selfish policy on the world. The truest
her ideaiism is at times blind and on
occasion perilous to her. friends and OF
advantage to the enemy. Yet were
Americas policy and purposes selfish:
energy eners ~ to oppose pose them =
I'm a curiously complex degree.
France, Britain and Italy have accepted
the fact that war has not made America q
world powers, and the people Of Europe
perhaps even more than their states
men have accepted American leader
ship. No head Of any European gov
of life and death, would venture to
| take issue with the United States. and
doubt oj if even then he would tz survive
AS another evidence from a source
heretofore critical !! quote from Paul
Scott Mowrer, special writer for the
Chicago News, who says:
| even Certain Of the government circles
may still disagree with Mr.. Wilson on
many points, but they no longer talk
about his lack Of practicallty; Inc test t
of practicality is results. Since the
beginning Of the negotiations it has
been an American policy in nearly ev-
/ cry instance which carried the day.
When Mr.: Wilson goes to America An 1c at
sumo that he will already have brought
about a satisfactory agreement on all
questions of principle
sons ideaiism afar; it is his 'enterpris-
ing, practical genius which has aston
slightly jealous in a friendly way of
but none now makes the mistake of
Understanding the shrewd firmness of
his statecraft.
The only exception the average read
to the president is his statement that
| his pre-eminence of the United States
| in Paris is due to accident. Is it not
! rather due TO the fact that IRON tn ne
! enter the war President Wilson en-
phasized the point that this country
had no selfish purpose to serve: that its
| mission was to uphold elvlnzatlon, pro.
rights of the lowly against the agrees
sions of the mighty; and that the &C
complishment of that end would fully
repay us for our sacr1nces ana NO.! losses es
course, to charge the. result of circum-
stances to accident, but, after all, &C
cident is not such a prominent FACTOR
in deciding the weightier questions
world. The Almighty as general rule
does not leave matters of this KIND
to accident.
conoa If tho Ren,1h1icans of the
state have underway arrangements Tor
a gathering of the faithful from the
Northwest to be held at the auditori-
Z. It is given out by Gustaf Lindquist
| that the rally is to be in honor OF the
visit to National Chairman Will II.
Hays and that there will be in attend.
ance Senator'S Nelson and Kellogg and
various other notables from Republic
can circles in surrounding states. An
other story in circulation gives diff
ferent reason for the holding OF p TINS
has made arrangements for their an
nual banquet on February 10, at which
| the principal speaker will be- Victor
that Governor Burnquist refuses to be-
come g. part of or accomplice In the
Lincoln Day gathering; consequently
he has made arrangements to Visit tne
coast on that date ana VIII NC h anoh '1l
The harmony existing in the .Republ1-
can party is perfectly enhancing: After
the ''rough-necks" of the Lincoln az
gubernatorial siik:stocking element
have similarly performed on March z,
it will then be up to the Nonpartisan
wing Of the Republican party to pull
series of love-feasts which will be en-
tertaining if not conducive to- Repuoi1-
can harmony. ~
~ will ,ho
LeSueur and Hennepin counties on Feb
ruary 10 to choose successors to Har-
~ +. Weis and c. L. Wallace. deceas-
ed: Candidates in the Minneap1ns DIS u.s.
Gently returned from France; L.. A:
Coleman. Republican politician, and w.
Dennis It is S So4sl tSa ian IN n4 the
primaries, Feb. II, will be between Col
onel Donohue and Arch Coleman:
In LesHeur county the candidates E1 ere
Lloyd, Mack Burns. Alva Pettis, and H.
H. Flowers, former speaker. of the
House. There is no question but: that
Mr. Kolars will be one Of the nominees On %as
grove or II. H. Flowers as his running
mate in the finals. Mr. Kolars is one
of the best-known citizens OF LeSueur
county He has four sons II; IN the army army;
in France. He is able, and popular, and
I believe that LeSueur county will
make no mistake should they return
him as the successor to Harry Weis..
will be held on February 20 to choose
a senator to take the place of w. W..
Wilcox, ousted because of alleged in
fraction of the corrupt practices act: 1t
is safe to say that this will be mighty
hotly contested election. George H:
Sullivan and Mr.. Wilcox were first
with their filings. They were followed
h, Doll F0TA4f
Lake, and by Chester Hopkins, Of
Anoka, who filed Friday. The dope is
that Sullivan and Wilcox will be the
victors in the primary on the 18th. #
pick Wilcox as the winner in the finals.
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