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**i I KSs. WILLMAR TRIBUNE. Published every Tuesday at WILLMAR, MINNESOTA BY JOHNSON & LAWSON. Business Manager. CHRISTIAN JOHNSON, Special Edi torial Contributor. Advertising rates made known ©n application. The Tribune has a very large country circulation which makes it a very valuable advertising medium to merchants and others wishing to attract the attention of the country people. Subscription price, $1 a year, when paid in advance otherwise $1.25. 15 cts. extra for postage outside the county. OFFICE IN GILGBR BLOCK. TUESDAY, DecEMBER 31ST. 1895. NEW YEAR'S GREETING. WILLMAR TRIBUNE extends to its readers a Happy New Year. 1895 is now past into history. Hard times for property owners especially, has tenaciously hung on. We have just been floating head above water. Many old and solid business houses have gone down forever. The future is not at all bright. We hope better times are in store. It is not easy to see just how pros perity is to come again. But things may turn up that may right the ship of state once more, and unfurl its sail to a prosper ous breeze. Willmar Tribune shall try as heretofore to inter pret passing events as they hap pen on the great drama of life. The success of Willmar TRIB UNE has been all that could rea sonably have been expected. It fills a real want in present con ditions of the public sentiment in this section. We expect to make it better in the future, and to the best of our ability, voice the true sentiment of our pro ducing class, the farmer, as sert his rights, and promote his prosperity. By doing that we promote the true interest of all. We shall aim to speak of princi ples rather than party politics, and it will be our endeavor to give due credit to any man in office irrespective of his party affilia tion, that shows a disposition to do what is fair to this section of the country. The fact is we are more and more convinced that political re form is not going to come from anyone political party, but from the patriotic men in all parties. We are convinced that a newspa per should not be a party organ so far as to defend bad men in its party, nor withhold praise of good men outside of it. Slavish subserviency to party destroys the usefulness of any newspa per. We extend our thanks to the business men of Willmar espec ially for the cordial patronage extended to us. And while our circulation in the surrounding country is such as to fully war rant whatever advertising they have favored us with, it is also a fact that the paper could not have existed without it. We be lieve also that our enterprise has been a benefit to Willmar. We have brought trade here :hat but for Willmar TRIBUNE would not have come here. We have faith in Willmar and its future Let the government remove the shackles that now hinders bus iness, and Willmar will leap to the front as the leading city of Western Minnesota. Notwith standing the business paralysis in the country, and the dying groan of many a town around us, Willmar has steadily marched on. Business has been good for the times. Our schools public and private are filled, and prosperous. A magnificent sys tern of electric light has been put in, and more improvements are on the way. The next thing we shall have that Chicago rail road from the southeast. Just wait and see. The past is gone. Our face is to the future in hope of better times. We are determined to do our share in the onward march of progress and civilization. LET US HAVE WAR! ~.The Minneapolis Tribune in speaking abbut the physical as pect of a war with England, gives expression to the following re metkable language: t£qUtate.tt iron* sly matdriaj &&£• that war with England, while it would entail some suffering and losses. would in the aggregate be of great benefit to the United States. It would cut off the drain of our wealth abroad which is constantly going on. It would teach our people to live within themselves. The mob of American snobs in Europe would ha\ to elect whether they would come home and do their duty as American citizens, or be come permanently expatriated. Their incomes from the Uniled" States would be cut off. Our immense debt to Eng land public and private, would be can celed. There would be a marvelous developement of American industry in every department. There would be no trouble about money, because we are now producing gold enough, if none of it were exported, to serve as a basis for. an abundant currency. A war. in short, would be the most effective pro tective tariff that could be devised. From a moral and humane stand point The Tribune would deprecate war. But we can see no reason why our country has reason to dread it& physical or material effects." We rather agree with the Trib une that a war with England, while it would entail some suf fering and losses, would in the aggregate be of great benefit to the United States." We pre sume we can second the Tribunes motion for war, without being dubbed bloody anarchists No Republican will question the pro priety of bloodshed when sug gested by their great organ of Minnesota, however much they may be terrified when populists talk about war. We populists have time and agained expressed the wish that a fiery wall seperated us from England, so that we might learn to rely on ourselves as a nation. But old partisans have expres sed horror at that. But, lo and behold, now the Minneapolis Tribune comes out and tells us that such an insolation from Eng land by means of a war would lead to "a marvelous develope ment of American industry in every department." Just so. Mr. Tribune you tell the truth at last! •And listen further, ye small hearted weak-kneed old party men, that have been scared by "what Europe would do in case this country should try to go it alone on money matters or other things: "There would be no trouble about money, because we are now producing gold enough, if none of it were exported to severe as a basis for an abund ant currency." See! Did you ever! Now the Tribune has run up the flag of independence. Gold enoagh for money if we don't export it. Of course we have. Stop exporting our gold our money, and the money ques tion will be solved. And if a war with England will do that, by all means let us have war. "A war in short would be the most effective protective tariff that could be devised." Of course it would, and we say let it come. It would be a protective tariff of some benefit to the na tion, for it would keep foreign goods out. and the money of the land in. That would bo the kind of tariff that we believe in. We believe in an American policy for this government. A tariff pol icy if you like, that places a duty on importation of goods, and ex portation of money. That is what we -have been preaching right along. And if the Repub lican party will not give us such a policy without war, we say let us have war. But then, some doubting Thomases may ask how a war with England would as the Min neapolis Tribune says cause a marvelous developement of American industry in every de partment." We answer exactly the same way, only more so, as in the sixties. Being shut off from England, the government could not borrow gold. The miners and mints could not furn ish us metallic money enough to prosecute a war. Hence the on ly alternative for the government would be to issue its due bills, legal tender treasury notes, greenbacks, or whatever we may call them, to pay our laboring people for manufacturing war material and supplies for say 2, 000,000 men. A 1000 millions of dollars would be issued at least. It would make times so good that nothing like it was ever seen be fore. It would set all idle men to work at good wages. The men so working would have something with which to buy the produce of the farm and pay fair prices for it, and industry in ev ery department would revive as Bym^C. TrfoMftfifOiJjWTfaTrib- ^*^m ^h^^k^'^^^Wf^UvA^^^^T^^A bune knows this as well as any body The populists have tried to have our government help out the industries of the nation in this way by undertaking public improvement of peace and util ity, such as building trunk lines of railways, equals, roads, etc. But the old parties seem to want to do this only in case of war. Well, then, if war is the only thing that will stimulate them to act. we say, let us have war. The Tribune mentions another thing which it wouldn't do-for a populist to speak about. But as it comes from such high author ity we presume we may be al lowed to say amen. It is re markable statement. "Our im mense debt to England public and private, would be cancelled." Populists and free silverites have beencalled repudiators, etc., by the Tribune in the past. But now she comes forward with a statement of wholesale repudia tion such as no populist crank conceived yet. But the Tribune is no doubt right that such would be the result. And it would no doubt be a just retribution to this robber nation that has de spoiled almost every people and tribe-on the globle. She alone is responsible for the blood of the Armenians today. Millions of people of all tongues and color from the Ganges to the ends of the earth would bless Uncle Sam as agent of the most high. And while individuals would suffer unjustly, as a whole the money Lords of Great Brittan has al ready received in. the form of in terest, and in our product for half price many times over all we borrowed from them. General Moltke said that war had its good features. He was right. Our leading men and great newspapers have been groveling in the dust to Euro pean aristocracy until common people they thought they were totally demoralized. But see what the war spirit has done! See how it has roused their Americaii'patriotism! Now they are ready to defy the world. Now we can stand alone and ino trouble about money! See the mighty power of the spirit of war. We deprecate war. But it is evidently the only thing-that can rouse the patriotism of the masses of our people just the same. In a war our petty party strife will be forgotten, and pa triotism will once more animate all classes of people, and regen erate this nation to a new lease of life and prosperity. But we fear we shall not have war with Great Britain. Why? Rotschild will say: "Hush! Keep still! My money! Wait and see. O.J. IS SENATOR NELSON A SIL VER CRANK? Our prediction last week as to the views of Senator Knute Nel son on the money question is ver ified. Read this: The News notes that United btatus Senator Knute Nelson voted for Sen ator Allen's rebolution directing the iinanee committee to report a free coin age bill. Now the Pioneer Pi*e$s. Tamb Bixb^ 's Red Wing Republican and all the other gold bug organs, big and little, will denounce Knute, of course. They will call him a traitor to hu party, a dishonest, cheap mon ey man, a Populist and a repudia tionist.— Moorhead News. Knute Nelson is alright, put that down. (1. J. Game Warden Fullerton seiz ed a supposed carload of tish in the Omaha yards that turned out to be contraband game, and con fiscated it to the state. It will net the state about $100,000. This, we believe, is the first seiz ure of any importance so far un der our laws protecting game. Gov. Clough said last summer that he was detsrmined to stop some of this wholesale game law violations, and it seems that he has finally got a big haul. Gov. Clough deserves credit for hunting down these poachers, that are simply murdering our game, for the little profit they can make on it. Three representatives of Min nesota in Congress have practic ally become populists in every thing but name, and principles and not names, is what concerns the people. Who says that pop ulism is not gaining converts in CLEVELAND'S LATE MES SAGE BEARS FRUIT. REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE RE PORT A BILL TO ISSUE MORE BONDS TO KEEP UP THE GOLD RESERVE AND RETIRE THE GREEN BACKS. The first and principal section is as follows: No. 1—"A bill to maintain and pro tect the coin redemption fund and to authorize the issue of certificates of indebtedness to meet temporary de ficiencies of revenue. Be it enacted, etc., That in addition to the authority given to the secretary of the treasury by the act approved Jan. 14. 1875, entitled "An act to pro vide for the resumption of specie pay ments," he is authorized from time to time, at his discretion, to issue, sell and dispose of, at not less than par, in coin, coupon or registered bonds of the United Stated to an amount sufficient for the object stated in this section, bearing not exceed per centum interest per annum, payable semi-annuallj, and redeemable at the pleasure of the United States in coin after five years from their date, with like qualities, privileges, and ex emptions provided in said act for the bouds therein authorized. And the secretarj of the treasury shall use the proceeds thereof for the redemption of United States legal tender notes and for no other purpose. Whenever the Secretary of the treasury shall offer anj of the bonds for sale authorized by this act and the resumption act of 187o he shall advertise the same and authorize subscriptions therefore to be made at the treasury department and at the sub-treasury and designated de positories of the United States. The following from the Minne apolis Tribune outlines the gist of this policy: "The Democrats, on their part, con tended that the efleet of the bond scheme v\ ould be to retire the green backs bj holding them in the treasury, and said the Republicans proposed to do indirectly just what the president had recommended: and what they (the Republicans) denounced. The tariff bill, they claimed, was a strieth Re publican measure, and a measure for which President Cleveland had not asked. Mr. McMillan asserted that there was no need for additional revenue, as the treasury statement showed a cash balance of $170,000,000. Mr. Dingley replied that $70,000,000 of this was in greenbacks which had not come in as revenue, but had been redeemed, while on their face they constituted part ot the cash balance to pay them and would continue the endless chain. The Republican plan would provide for the expenses of the government without encroaching on the gold reserve or employing re deemed greenbacks." The reply of Mr* Dingley to McMillan that "the Republican plan would provide for the ex penses of the government without encroaching on the gold reserve or employing redeemed green backs," shows that it is the inten tion to keep the greenbacks locked up the treasury. Now look at the result of this plan if carried out. Subtracting the 870,000.000 of legal tender already in the treasury, we have about §400,000,000 of greenbacks and Sherman bill treasury notes outstanding. These ^400.000,000 will draw out 8400,000,000 of gold, necessita ting 8400,000,000 of additional bonds. The gold will of course be shipped out of the country. The $400,000,000 of legal tender will be retired. This will con tract our currency to the extent of about 8800,000,000, two-thirds of our present scanty volume of money! What will we have left? Only our silver dollars and silver certificates about 8500,000,000 possibly a 8100,000,000 of gold and national bank notes. But it takes more than that to keep up our bank reserve. Hence not a dollar will be left among the peo ple outside of the bank vaults' We sincerely hope they will inaugurate this measure. We believe it is just the medicine this" country needs to cure it forever this Sherman-Cleveland money policy. If this policy is carried out con gress need not pass any tariff bill, as the people will have no money to buy goods for, nor to pay cus tom dues with. If Uncle Sam wants revenue he will have to take it in kind, wheat, oats and potatoes, like the ministers dur ing the middle ages. WHAT C.J. S A VEST THE HAR- BE? Hon. Haldor E. Boen, says in the Fergus Falls Globe, that he was elected last fall, but that he was dSftnted out. Very likely. And this reminds us of the fact that no man now.a-days has much of a change of election to any responsible office no matter Hdw fust hts '&«& ttrteft* he Jus i&*. comes down to use all the usual has had to small disreputable election tricks We are of in vogue and has lots of money to spend either of his own or soinebod^else's. As large class of our voters are utterly indif ferent to their own duties as citi zens. A cigar, a glass of beer, a pair of overalls or a jug of molasses will turn them either way. Another large class of voters can be fooled by roor back's, and outrageous lies about candidates of otherwise irre proachable character on election eve. It is this demoralization of a large class of voters that lies at root-of our present economic trou ble. It is not pleasant to con template fliat the welfare of the nation, the security of our busi ness, our lives, and our property lies to a great extent at the mer cy of these ignorant and careless voters. Whether our school houses can in time overcome this radical disease is a question. We are not near as 'confident of the ultimate success of our form of government as we used to be. Whether 70,000,000 of people can govern themselves is at best an open question. The real difficulties are just begin ing for this nation. We would n't be at all surprised if a mon archy would become an absolute necessity in this country during the next quarter of a century. Our readers no doubt think that we are talking now, but we will simply point to one single feat ure of our present governmental policy now in-proof of its utter weakness in a crisis. War with England is threatened now. Yet we have a financial system that allows the very nation that threat ens us with war to empty our treasury of gold, the only real money we have, at the rate of millions of dollars a day. And then no doubt that if England really means war every dollar of gold will be shipped there before measures to stop it can be de vised. We rnay brag of our form of government as much as we please, here is defect that never could have occurred under a monarchy whose interest was bound up in the preservation of the nation. The question is, can the patriotism of the people at large save the nation from fall ing a prey to political party strife? C. J. B1XBY-ISM. Finaliy a revolt against Bixby ism inside ef the Republican par ty of Minnesota is coming to the surface. For half a dozen years this man Bixby has ruled as a veritable czar ofeverything Re publican in Minnesota. His frown and his favor, and his "elasticity of conscience," in the words of Fergus Falls Journal, in dealing with the party men of the state, have played loose and fast with everybody and any thing. No Republican of late years has had a ghost of a show in his party in the state unless he came down on his knees to this Grand Lhauia of Minnesota Republicanism. The Republi can leaders have just now found out, it seems,that a good many of the truest men of the party hav* either left it entirely, or stepp* back from all participation in proceedings rather than sim be a toy in the hands of this Bixby of "elasticity of science.'* The Fergus Journal however praises Bixby highly. It says: "He has to a remarkab gree all the elements makes up a successful pol He works from a plac end and posses an elasl &* conscience which enables hilai t.o do things from which othWs might shrink. He is gener/Gus to a fault and if to meet any /em ergency he has to make anore promises than he can fulfil^, his inconsolable grief always Effaces any trace of bitterness or Resent ment which the unfortunates may have had." The Journal notwithstanding it admiration for Bixby as the hypnotizer of the ind/ependent spirit of the party, admits later on that''Bixby-ism'' lias its dis advantages, and ^hat it will wreck the party if ^ot corrected. The "trouble with )Bixby-ism is that it don't last./ Like W. R. Merriam, its foujader, it shines with splendor a little while and then is dimmed. dry ro£ of Bixby-ism is the most serious thing the confront for years, the opinion that the party will have to take physic before it gets over it. Well -brethren, the Peoples Party will take charge of things while your are laid up for repairs. C. J. IMPORTANT. Peoples Party men of Kandiy ohi Co. should not forget, the an nual League meeting at Minne apolis Jan. 15 next. At that meeting the policy for the cam paign next summer will be out lined. The Annual Farmers' Alliance meeting is held the day before, so that the delegates can attend both. Every Farmer Al liance in the county should send one or more representees. A good delegation ought to go down from this county. This league meeting will undoubtedly formu late or indicate the coming state platform of the Peoples Party, and point out on what lines the party will move. Peoples Party men of the county, whether dele gates or not, that can do so, should go down. And ail should be sure to be at Brunswick House, the evening of the 14th of Jan. at 7 o'clock. There will be reduced fares on railroads. Haselton stands corrected again. In last weeks Gazette we find the following:" It gives me pleasure to assure our friend that the silver dollar is now full legal tender and has been for years—and paper money has been is sued and made full legal tender tor years and man presenting paper for redemption can have his choice—gold or silver.—Hazelton in Gazette. Now silver is not a full legal tender, nor are the greenbacks. The silver dollar is simply le gal tender "except as specified in the contract," and greenbacks has .a long exception clause on the back of it. What is the use to try to stuff people on such a simple every day matter? Mr. Haselton either don't know, or is willfully misleading. It matters not much which. 1 people, every time. Williams & Davies, Dealers In— DiRTST O O S N O I O N S Hats, Caps, Crockery, Glassware, GROGERIES,Confectioneries, All kinds of Farm Produce taken in Exchange. Goods delivered promptly to all parts of the city. 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