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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
THE BOY AND HIS HABITS.

| THE BOY AND HIS HABITS.
FROM the habits of the boy is
evolved the character of the man.
EVERYTHING begins with little things,
grows into Importance and be-
comes fixed by the influences and
associations that surround their de-
velopment. The boy in his habits
indexes the man of the future. AS
they are formed, for good or evil,
so will his impressions of life, with
it's responsibilities, duties and pur-
pose be viewed. What is bad in
the child may be vicious in youth
and criminal in manhood. Without
proper guidance and correction a
boys desires tend to the reckless
and from the reckless to the evil.
The buoyancy of youth Graves ex-
citement, and with it's undeveloped
sense Of right and wrong seldom
possesses the requisite perception
for determining what is wholesome
and what should be avoided. Mod
ern civilization teens with temp
tation in every form, under every
guise and bedecked with every al
lurement, that insidiously poisons
the impressionable mind of boy
and acquaints him with vice long
before he is old enough to realize
its meaning and dangers.
Parental discipline is the govern
ing power that has the strongest
influence in shaping the character
Of the boy. If it is lax, and the
boy given free rein, the future
tramp Or criminal is in process of
evolution. Allow him to roam at
will, to choose vicious companions.
frequent the haunts of the de-
PRAYED, listen to their ribaldry and
affect their slang and vulgarity
without reproof and correction and
it requires no prophet to predict
his future. Permit him to form
habits of uncleanliness, neglect
school opportunities for the life of
the street arab and engage in the
tramp-making pastime of jumping
on and off freight trains and the
rowing vagabond is in process of
evolution. OF the thousands of
boy tramps that now wander aim
lessly about the country, all, or
nearl y all, learned their first lessons
in vagrancy from the remediable
evil of allowing them to pass their
time riding about on trains. They
steal rides from town to town with
perfect immunity until the charm
of absolute freedom from the re-
straints of fixed residence moulds
into their. character the nomadic
habits of tramp and units them
for any business requiring close
application.
The boy is the tender sprout
that requires watchful care to safe
ly reach the sturdy oak of man.
hood. Around adolescence are clus-
tered the possibilities Of life, of all
that is good, of all that is manly
and of all that is noble. The boys
habits should be scrutinized with
a jealous eye, to insure his correct
training, to teach him the value of
responsibility, to enforce obedience
to law and to save him from the
drag-nets of temptation, the vul-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

BETWEEN the chronic borrower
and the thief who would rob his
mother, there is the same degree of
villiany. Both prey on all that is
good and kind in human nature,
and refuse any risk that would en-
danger their worthless hides.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

The English method of dealing
with juvenile offenders, not wholly
incorrigible, is worthy Of the at
tention of American reformers. In
stead of immuring them in a So
called reformatory where half a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

The saloon politicians should be
taught that the way to save the
country, and themselves, is to
place savings in a saving bank and
thus save them from the people
who deal in the commodities most
productive of hard luck and hard
er times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

dozen bad will corrupt a hundred
good, England places her youthful
waywards on training ship to re-
ceive naval education. Naval
discipline knocks the nonsense out
of boy without destroying his
pride, brings out his manly quail
tiles and builds up a rugged in
dividuality that will be of value to-
himself and country in manhood.
The steady growth Of the naval
strength of this country and the
difficulties encountered in induc--
ing sailors to enlist, necessitates
the adoption of some method that
will serve to set aside part of the
population for a sea-faring life.
The sea always appeals to the ad-
venturous youth, and when he is
found rebellious to home discipline,
it would be far more sensible to-
permit him to follow his natural
inclinations than to send him to
reformatory institution to associ-
ate with the depraved of city slums
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

The safeguard of character is.
purity Of thought. To think right
is to live right. The mind directs
expression and action, and if the
fountain head is not refreshed by
pure thoughts it will degenerate
character. Morbid dwelling on
the vile and vicious destroys the
good and generous impulses, deyel-
ops what is bad and offensive and
begets morose habits that repulse
friends and associates. To build
up character, thought must be at
tuned to the honorable and beauti-
full and trained to resist the vicious
and corrupt. Good books and
good tastes, and good habits and
good company are the allies of
pure thought, and to cultivate their
is to enrich character.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
THE LAW AND THE LAW.
BREAKER.

BREAKER.
In THE enforcement of the laws
DEGREES, the old ideas of punish
ment and revenge have been sup
planted by the more enlightened
view that Difference and reforma-
ton should be the objects sought.
To deter the lawless from exercis-
ing their criminal inclinations
always has and, to some extent.
always will be the primary object
of law. To be respected, law must
be feared and examples made of
the more dangerous offenders
against it's majesty. Without the
fear Of it's power firmly implanted
in the minds of the ignorant, vi
cious and criminal it can have no
strength, no respect, no lettering
value. These facts are self-evi-
dent, and admit of no argument to
disprove them.
The law. in it's collective sense.
acts as the agent of society. It is
occupied with the duty of deter
mining the guilt or innocence of
an accused member Of society. and
imposing that penalty which will
best protect society's interest and
insure the future good behavior Of
the erring member. The position.
then, that the law holds. or should
hold, to the law breaker, is as
corrective agent intrusted with
punitive, deterrent and reformative
powers. OF these three, the law
breaker claims that it succeeds
only in one-the punitive.
Pathological statistics are fatal to
the reformative and deterrent
claims of present methods of dis
pensing justice. They show, or at
least it is claimed they show, that
crime is increasing faster than the
population. If this is true it evil
dences the fact that there is some
thing radically wrong in the dis
ciplinary methods now in vogue.
The most hardened of criminals
will admit that the moral and edu-
cational agencies at work for i'm
proving their character and fitting
them for the pursuits of an honest
life are sincere, and, in the main,
elevating, if not wholly successful.
There can be no division of opin-
ion on this point, the evidence is
too apparent. But, while respon-
sive to everything that promotes his
moral and intellectual improve
ment, the prisoner can not but feel
that the law is barbarously severe
when it finds it's victims friendless
and helpless. For the theft of a
few dollars, often taken under
stress Of necessity, with it's strong
temptation, it will deal out several
years Imprisonment, and yet stand
abashed when the gilded criminal,
armed with money and influence,
is brought before it's bar for JUS
tice. 1t tears the prisoner from
his family, caring nothing for their
woes, their necessities or their
future, intent only on exacting a
thousand-fold the penalty Of
single violation of it's majesty. It
gives him years Of hard labor, the
coarsest Of food and grinds out his
his pride and his ambi-
ton by servile obedience to de-
grading discipline, which breaks
his will-power, destroys his indi-
viduality and unbalances his mind,
then, when through with him,
wonders why he does not make
a man Of himself"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
KLEPTOMANIA is the art of steal
ing without losing that something
known as thigh responsibility"

The two most disagreeable crea-
lures in this world is the boy who
apes the manners of a girl and the
girl who affects the roughness of a
boy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

The man who knows nothing of
the value of money, has no appre-
citation of prosperity, no regard
for his future and no concern for
self-interest
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

TWELVE mummies, supposed to
be 5000 years old, have been ex-
humed from the ruins of an an
Gent city near Cairo, Egypt. AS
they have never read the news
papers, they would make an ideal
Jury.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

IGNORANCE may be bliss in phi
losophy, but it's a crime in the
courtroom.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

The first number of the Wotn-
ans Ariel, published at our sister
institution of learning, the State
University, has arrived. It comes
freighted with bright and original
matter contributed by the ladies'
Of the university Feminine wit
and humor spice it's many attrac--
tive features. do College Men
Marry?" by N. o., is especially
rich. According to n. O., the girls
are the proprietors of the earth and
suffer men to exist. simply because
they are useful as Office boys for
women lawyers, women doctors
etc. ''Charm of Manner" by Fran
CHS M. Tobin, is splendidly writ
ten article and one which we will
reproduce in our next issue. The
masculine edition of the Ariel will
have to get large move on it if
it expects to keep up with the
procession.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

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Edited and Published by the Inmates
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-07-30
j. j MOTT

svoA PATTY euLefS dull1ldLeu sDy no Sec
tlonal spirit, controlled by no feeling
OF envy against the more prosperous,
but inspired by the desire to maintain
"a broad American policy which shall
protect the interests of American pro-
duction whether in the mining camps
OF the mountains, the wheat fields Of
the West, the cotton fields Of the South
or the factories Of New England. But
let us remember always in this contest
that union is strength, and that the
motto of our opponents is now, as it
has always been, Divide and con-
#puer.' =
After Mr.. Newlands' speech the Dec
laration Of independence was very
we'll recited by Miss Lille B. Pierce Of
st. Louis, who was dressed as the
Goddess of Liberty. Il
The usual committees were then an
pointed. lila
31 The following committee was an
B nounced to confer with the PopuIsts,
with view to solidifying the forces.
G. A. Baker, California; d. r. Keith,
North Carolina; Judge Scott, Califor-
MIA; w. 81. Standish, North Dakota;
Gen. Turner, Massachusetts; S. r..
Keith, North Carolina; G. Turner, Min
nesota
The convention then took a recess
until 4: 80 in the afternoon.
The afternoon session opened at 400
O'clock. The committee on credentials
made q report which was adopted.
/ The committee on permanent organi-
zation, through Gen. G. G. Bradshaw
of Montana, chairman, reported the
following permanent officers Of the
convention:
Permanent Chairman-William P.
ST. John Of New York.
!" Vice Permanent Chairman-Charles
!, A; ToWne of Minnesota.
= Secretary-R. E. Diffenderfer OF
Pennsylvania, with power to select his
ow nassociates, one Of whom will be
George p. Keeney.
Reading Clerk-W. Jefferson. Pollard
of st. Louis.
Chairman William P. st. John was
introduced and made a short speech.
In the course of it he said: '.The foun-
tain head Of our prosperity has run
dry. Our farmers all over the country
have endured the depression in prices
until they get about S. or SO per acre
for an expenditure of $40 per acre, and
the like. Their credit at their country
store is exhausted. The country store
ceases to order from the city merchant,
the city merchant reduces his demand
from the manufacturer, Manufacture
ers are curtailed. The consequence is
that employees an dali elements of Ia
Dor are being discharged and wages
are lowered to those who continue in
employment. The sufferings Of the
farmers, who, constitute nearly one
half Of our population, are thus forced
upon the CITY merchant tha man11f az.
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acting as a delegate, made q motion
for the appointment of committee to
confer with the committee from the
silver men. There were many loud
cries of mo, & and Mr.. Branch of Geor-
gia moved to table the motion. The
noes seemed to be in a large majority,
and the motion to table was declared
lost. Senator Buffers motion was car
ried with a loud chorus Of ayes and
great cheering. sS
A Tennessee delegate offered reso-
luton declaring that free and unlimit-
ed coinage was paramount, and direct
ing the conference committee to take
steps to bring it about. The resolution
went to the conference committee. The
committee on rules then made its re-
port. Little interest was manifested
in it; and before the convention had
acted upon it Lafe Pence moved an adj
journment until 10 O'clock tomorrow
morning.
The first regular order Of business
at the morning session Friday was the
reading of the minority report of the
committee on rules. It recommended
a change IN the order Of making nomi-
nations, so as to make the nomination
VI VICE pI0SlOeul. t. Iu0IG WAS SOluO
parliamentary squabbling, Eltweed
Pomeroy Of Newark, N. j., chairman
Of the committee on rules, took the
stage and explained at length the con-
fict between the majority and minor
ity Of the committee
Ignatius Donnelly Of Minnesota pro-
tested against the proposition reported
from the committee on rules to allow
the candidate to select the national
chairman.
T.. Gerry Brown Of Massachusetts
defended the minority. He pleaded
with the majority in pathetic tones to
concede this much to the Southern
states and the minority Of the con-
vention.
George Abbott Of Nebraska appealed
to the convention not to change the
regular order Of business.
Tom Patterson of Colorado followed
with a strong speech against the
adoption Of the minority report.
Senator Butler of North Carolina
moved that the national committee Sc
lect it's own chairman instead Of the
nominee doing it, and his motion was
carried without division. The conven-
ton dragged on very slowly 1t was
not until the action relative to the or
der in which presidential and vice.
presidential candidates should be
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Adjourned until afternoon.
Chairman st. John raped for order
and introduced the Rev. Mr.. Hagerty,
| who made the opening prayer at the
afternoon session. At the conclusion
OF the invocation G. W. Baker was
called upon for a report from the con-
ference committee. He said that the
time was too short to reach salts
factory conclusion. There we're not
more than 100 men in the conference
and only two hours in which to dis
cuss the methods to be pursued. He
read the resolutions which were
adopted at the conference. On motion
of Mr.. Turner OF Kansas the report
was accepted and adopted by il unani-
nous vote. III
The report of the platform commit
tee was then made by Senator Jones
of Nevada
"A motion to adopt the platform was
made. Mr.. Hess of Illinois objected,
and wordy wrangle followed. It
ended in the adoption Of the platform.
It was decided by the chairman that
the recommendation regarding nomi-
nations was not a part of the plat form
and should be acted upon separately.
Mr.. Page Of Nekrask ska moved that the
convention proceed to the nomination
Of presidential candidate. It pre-
vailed. Gen. Warner said it would be
necessary to nominate candidate
rather than endorse in order to avoid.
some of the peeulia rifles Of the state
ballot laws. 81. e. Lutte of Kansas
nominated William j. Bryan of Ne
braska 5f5S.sssS
Several speeches were made second
ing Bryan's nomination. and then the
rules were suspended and the nomina-
ton was made unanimous.
Mr.. Baker of California then moved
that TIE convention proceed to the
nomination Of vice president. Mr..
;Tioup Of Connections plsced the ma ME
Of Arthur Sewal Of Maine before the
convention. II q. Niles OF Ohio sec
onded the nominal ton 1t was moved
that Mr.. SeWaf1 be declared the vice
spreslde;;tlal nominee by tcclarna ton,
and the motion prevailed. s
!, MT. .Raker of California moved that
each delegation select member OF
the committee to Lotffy the nominees.
Inc motion was agreed to- The roll
call OF states was begun. but before it
was half finished tWo-thirds of the
delegates had left the hall and all the
visitors went out.
Col. Pace of Nebraska offered reso-
luton declaring it to be the sense of
the convention that as the Democratic
party had arranged to notify Bryan
and sSeWaH in New York, the silver.
party notify them in Bryan's home
at Lincoln. The motion was agreed
20. Iherenpon the convention adj
journed sine die.
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Chairman National Executive Com
mittee OF the Populist Party
/ iWardell Of California, chairman of the
credentials committee, read the report.
Considerable discussion was aroused
over the disposition of contesting dele
cations A minority report Of the ere
dentials committee was also submitted
and roll call demanded, which resulted
in the adoption of the majority report
by vote OF G65 10 642
The majority report OF the committee
on permanent organization presented
the name OF Senator Allen Of Nebraska
for permanent chairman. The minority
presented James g. Campion of Maize
The roll call of states vas ordered
Oh the adoption Of the majority OF mi
nority report. The majority report
Was adopted by a vote Of 75S to 5G4.
On motion the election Of Senator
Allen as chairman was made unani-,
nous. On Mr.. sPenca's motion com.
mittee, consisting Of himself. .'Cyclone''
Davis and Ignatius Donnelly. were an
pointed to escort Senator Allen to tlie
platform.
Cyclone Davis introduced Senator
Allen to the convention III Il short
speech.
Senator Allen began his address by
thanking the convention for the honor
and ,egretting that he had not had
time to prepare speech He SPOKE
at some length, being listened to with
q great deal of interest. He has a rep
Mtation as a speaker. During the de-
bate on the repeal of the Sherman i. "
he talked fifteen hours against time.
he is a large man. smooth shayen face
and Of commanding pre-ence. He al
ways begins speaking in low, we'll
modulated tone, which, for a moment,
subjected him to the usual cries of
s'louder." AS he progresses he warns
up and speaks loud, clearly and in an.
ihpassioned tone.
When Senator Allen had concluded
several attempts were made to secure
an adjournment, but Senator gilt!eY,
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nominated that the convention woke
up. The foodgates of. oratory were
opened again.
Delegate Dear of New York advo-
Gated the adoption of the minority re-
port. Cyclone Davis attempted to
pour oil on the rcubled waters. Hull
With some difficulty the speech
making was cut off, aid the vote was
taken by states on the adoption Of the
minority report, recommending the
nomination of vice president first.
The announcement of the vote was
7S5 to 615 III favor Of the minority re-
port.
The report as amended was then
adopted. A California delegate moved
recess until 5 o'clock, but the mo-
ton was vociferously voted down.
The committee to confer with SINH
lar committee from the silver conycn-
ton was then appointed, one from
each state.
Gen. J. B. Weaver, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, was then
recognized to read the platform as
agreed to by the committee. He was
received with applause He prefaced
the reading by saying the committee
had had protractcd meeting and that
While it's proceedings had been harmo-
NOUS there was not entire unanimity,
as Messrs. Kearby Of Texas and Coxey
OF Ohio would both offer minority re-
ports.
At the conclusion of the reading Of
the majority report Mr.. Hearty Of
Texas was recognized to read his mi
nority report.
Mr.: Coxey of Ohio also offered a MI
nority report proposing the following
as substitute for the plank in regard
to the employment of the idle labor in
time OF depression: ''We demand the
passage of the ron-interest bearing
bond and good roads measures"
Mr.. Valette Of Rhode Island also
came forward with a third minority
report.
On motion Of Mr.. Kelly OF Kansas
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Stone Of Missouri, who made a short
address of welcome
lgnatlus Donnelly of Minnesota re-
sponded to Gov. Stones speech. Mr..
Donnelly spoke gracefully, paying q
high compliment to st. Louis and elo-
quently describing the majestic Mis-
slssippi and the vast country tributary
to it. .. :.
In introducing Senator Butler, as
temporary chairman, Mr.. Taubeneck
said that Mr.. Butler had been selected
by the national committee without
dissenting vote.
Senator Butler was received with
hearty applause, and delivered a
speech, thanking the convention for
the honor conferred on him. He also
reviewed the work Of the party since
it's organization and spoke in defense
of the principles it professed.
After Chairman Butler had finished
his remarks he said that the next bust
ness before the convention would be to
call the roll Of states, and the chair
man Of each. delegation should bring
forward the name of his committee
man on credentials. This was done,
and the convention adjourned until
.. M. .a.s
Owing to some trouble with the cleo
trio light wires there was no light for
the evening session, and the conyen-
ton adjourned until 10 o'clock in the
morning.
Temporary Chairman Butler called
the convention to order at 1905 Thurs
day morning.
4. The report Of the committee on Gre
Z dentials was called for, but no one re-
sponded, and the states We're called
for members of the committee on per-
manent organization and on resolu-
tons.
At 12:42 motion to take a recess un-
til 3 o'clock was made and carried.
At $3.50 Temporary Chairman Butler
raped the convention to order and an
nounced that the committee on creden-
tails would submit a report. Delegate