Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 21, 1903, Page 4

\ ‘had the power to do so. ! the Morris law. Grant Repits Wersis-tReview == By E. C. KILEY. £2 DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Hatered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, a Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter CRYING STOP THIEF! The Herald-Review has noticed for some time thata muve is on foot to make it appear that the lumbermen vf. Minnesota have entered into a conspiracy to defeat the Morris bill and ultimately steal all the pine left onthe Indian reservations of this state. The Herald-Review has also noted the sources from which this move eminates,and has been con- vinced that some ulterior motive was behind the will ery of ‘stop thief.’ It will not be denied that the lumber- men of Minnesota who expect to deal in the timber now standing upon the reservations have exerted their best influecce to secure the passage of national laws, relative to the final disposition of this immense body of timber, that will serve their finan- cial interests. They would not be modern business men if this were not true, Such action on their part is to be expected. And it is to be expect- ed ou the other hand that the coun- try’s legislators will not pass laws that are calculated to advance the financial interests of one class to the detriment of another. The Morris law is by no means perfect and when it has been put to a complete, prac tical test many changes will be found desirable. It is quite probable that all the provisions of that measure are not to the liking of the lumbermen and no doubt they would cause many changes to be made therein if they This fact, howeyer, does not justify the absurd claim that the lumbermen of the State have entered into a conspiracy to arouse the Indians to an uprising against the whites by causing the aborigines to believe they are to be swindled through the operations of The men who cir~ ulated this villanous story are guilty of a crime for which there should be severe punishment. If it could have any effect whatever upon the Indians it would be to incite them to rebellion against the authorities by leading them to believe that the whites are afraid of them. The Cass Lake Veice has had more to say against the lumbermen in this con- nection than any other paper in the state, and the editor of the Voice knows that his accusations against the lumbermen are absolutely false. Just what his motives in the premis- es may ve is not apparent to the Her- ald- Review, but it is safe to wager that he has some wild scheme not conceived in honor. ‘The nearest ap- proach to an uprising that has taken place on the reservation -was the opposition of the Indian police to the squatters on a tract of land about one mile west of Bena last week. The editor of the Cass Lake Voice is the leader of these townsite squatters who are attempting to get possession of some reservation lund through the townsite scheme. 1t has a tendency to muke one use profanity to hear men preaching honesty and square dealing with the Indians who would not. only rob the Indians of every- thing they have left on earth, but who would rob their own mothers if opportunity prevented itself. The Heraid-Review received a commuica- tion last week from a_ pron.inent business mun of Cass Lake relative to the Voice and its editor, ‘A. G. Ber- nard, that is witheld from publica tion for the present. The communi- cation is somewhat personal in its references to the subject discussed, and whenever possible to avoid it this paper will not enter into person- alities. If the lumbermen and others, who are today, the objects of Bro. Bernard’s villification, were foolish enough to contribute a fund of $3,800 fur the purpose of giving him a yood time at the national capitol dur- ing the last session of congress, we cannot now reimburse them. Ber- nard and Warren exercised about as much influence at Washington in the framing and passage of the Morris bill as did old Chief Drumbeater, and he’sdead. If Bernard hada good timeand played lobbiest at the ex- pense of others and is now proving the ingrate and slandering those who befriended him he is only dving that which he has always done under similiar circumstances and that which he always will do whenever; Ube opportunity presents itself peri FINAL PROOF PAPERS. A brief editorial commert by the; Herald-Review a couple of weeks ago relative to the patronage given to al- leged newspaj ers by the United States land offices, seems to have typed the sentiments of the newspaper fellows hereabouts quite favorably. As was stated at the time the Herald-Review has no particuliar kick coming, be- cause it does not stand in political favor with the powers that prevail in these unhappy days. Owiug to cir-| cumstances over which we had no control “this is the winter of our discontent,” with no immediate pros- pects of “a glorious summer”—liter- ally and politically. Thereare others, however, who are publishing papers in towns and villages where people | live and where there is some excuse | for the establishment of newspapers. They are legitimate, experienced bewspaper men. who are publishing legitimate Republican uewspapers. ‘They conform with the state laws as to circulation, size, age, etc. ‘These mushroom publications, issued in some instances from points where | there is not even a postoffioe estab- lished, cannot have a ligitimate cir- | they koow nothing about culation for the very sufficient reas- on that they have no constituency posits of Iron Ore re in its Immediate Vicinity but in Ad are Directly Tributary Thereto and Which are Rapidly Being Developed. Situa --Abounding in Fish, it is Destined to become a Popular Summer Resor MARTIN HUGHE ortunities for Investment. ” among which to circulate. They the means of making a farce of the law that reyuires notice of homestea final proof, timber and stone purchas of land, etc., to be made public b, causing notices-therevf to. be publisi: ed in newspapers. The Homestea Review, published at the homestea of W. H. Folsom and issued from thi Pinetop postoftice is only one of number of similar issues that cap offer no excuse for being in exista | In order to maintain a postutiice ab that point a one-cent stamp is put of each copy of the paper sent out, This is done for the purpose of re- porting a certain amount of postaye cancellation at Pinetop in order to maintain the postoftice. Yet the Homestead Review appears week after week with two or three pages of land notices. There are a number of others of the same class. The lard officials have it in their power to pre- vent this farcial practice, and by ex- ercising their perogative inthe prem- ises they would be conforming both with the spirit and the letter of the law. From a politicalstand point the policy now pursued is suicidal, in so far as the political influence of news- papers are concerned. These weekly publications issued from beneath the underbrush of the tall pines ex- ercise no more politicalinfluence than does a timber wolf. They simply an- anounce at the beginning that they are Republican and will battle, bleed and blow for the gr-reat and gr-rani pr-rinciples enunciated. by the gr-reat and gr-rand of party—and that settles their. battle, bleod and bluster. Thereafter the little rag appears each week with a handful of stereotyped personal mentions of the comings and zoings of a half dozen nearby homesteaders and muskrat trappers. The alleged editors have nothing to say abuut politics because politics. If the editor of the Herald-Review were the Mark Hanna of Northern Minnesota he would say to the United States local tand oftice officials: Gentlemen, yeu are squandering our political bank account; you are absolutely throwing away every year thousands of dollars that should be used for the upbuilding and enrich- ing of our ablest partisian papers; you areina position to establish a large number of newspapers that will exercise a tremenduous influence in the propogation of our political prin- ciples. Give your land notices to the newspapers of recognized standing and you will be doing the party some real good and at thesame time you will be conforming tu the laws of the department. The Werald-Review would respectfully suggest that-the brethren of northern Minnesota effectually organize themselves afd enter a formal protest against the prevailing practice of squandering their legitimate souree of revenue. We venture the prediction that such protest would have the desired effect with the registers and receivers of the land officies. > Tue editor of the Deer River paper appears to have an old-tlme grevience gainst the Herald Review and A. J. Taylor, former register of the United States. Land office at Duluth, because of Deer River, the councilmen of that village rot recognizing his publica- tion as a newspaper, some of them even declaring thit’ they. were not aware of its existance, Here in Grand Rapids the situation was far different. ‘The Review was a’ demo- EE RE a eae ee ae i J e * & a SHSKSCEOEEE SSK ESHS SCE SSORSSHT SSS Hee eG: A Favorite Resort his land notice rations were somewhat H : Seog curtailed in the days gone by. Mur- peti eee ie foe i aia ee ray should remember that his was a fae ; ‘i mushroom paper in thosedays andnot $88 JOHNORILEY’S Sample Roort entitled to even what it did get. Ex- <25 Register Taylor could not be expected $33 Th e N orth ern. to do that which his own townspeople Zg% Cc : : delightful : abinet Rye Whiskey jimi vens aucut for'it ws Grand would not do for him, For some $8@ tapids. Wo rey. the finest ated ie Se {years after Murry ‘embarked ‘his §$¢ * embryo newspaper the Herand-Re- 23% Chas. Wallace, Chef. view continued to be the official paper $83 NORTHERN Sa In connection—open day and night. served at ull hours. i John O'Riley, Prop. All delicacies of the season EB A A ae ee a ae ea AE ee ee ee ea ea eae a a aa EE A A AD Aa A Ae a a a a a a5 ape a EE: cratic paper before the establishment of the Herald, and under its present me 6) eS} management no one has ever question- ed itsdemocracy. Yet, the Magnet, always a staunch Republican, re- ceived its full share of notices under’ the administration of of Messrs Taylor | and Ryan, Democratic register and receiver, respectively. It 1s diffrent, now, however, and more’s the pity— for the Herald Review. gat Ses“ ST I1’s as impossible to prevent a strike | involving any great number . of men from drifting into violence as it 1s to prevent the dawn or hold off the night. Stnkes must result in violence, if the strikers are wholesouled and enthus- iastie in their walkout. Without vio- lence the street magnate, manufacturer or. contractor, as the case may be, would at once have his work pro- ceeding as unsual, with non-umon labor, and the union men would be defeated in the-firstround, ‘To intimi- date this unattached labor and the employer as weil, force is necessary. At first 1t 1s often used with some judg- ment and discretion; presently .the strikers warm up to their work and stir the passions of the ramble hangers on. ‘The unbridled rage possesses the mob and unorganized, unrestrained nots follow. In Chicago there is ever reason to believe that the lead ers in the present strike did all they could to impress their followers with the necesuty of the greatest amount of order compatible with the situation. Yet the very first day it was necessary to use force to stop cars, and there was minor nots. Un- less there is a settlement of the stnke, the situation will steadily grow worse until feeling is so high that sanguinary and destructive noting will be inevit- able. Employers and — workers should, knowihg all these things, pon- der long and well before presuming to refuse arbitration, for under the cir- cumstances, It 1s certainly presump- TE i | tion.— Marquette Mining Journal. i SU PE MEI od A. E. WILDER, Prop. FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY: RESPECT. Sample Room and Liyery in Connection. Special Attention Given to Transeent Trade. Headquarters for Lumbermen. GRAND RAPIDS. ULLARS Speaking about Horse Collars reminds a man with horse sense that good collars are necessary. LITCHKE, em ne Harness Man, Tr fact be has elling Received about a car load the other 4d an immense stock in that line and he them at right pr . by the way, if you need anything ip the narness line-— no matter whab it may he—just- drop inte Litehke'’s stere and you will find what you want He has harness for the farmer, the logger, the dray man and the driver—harness for all purposes— and he has #!! kinds of horse furnishings. LITCH KE, Greoaite Postoffice. Grand Rapids, Minnesota. ition Thereto, THE NEW TOWNSITE On the Bank of Snowball Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, Offers Splendid Opp: Its Ranid Growth and Lasting Prosperity are assured not Only by theImmense De- by the Splendid Stretches of Excellent Farming Lands Which ted in the Neighborhood of Several Beautiful Lakes, Lots in Snowball are now on Sale at Reasonable Prices and on Easy Terms at the Office ot Merchants aud Miners’ Benk Building, HIBBING, MINNESOTA.