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The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
President and Mrs. Mckinley
At the White House
-Copyright 1901 by CIinedinst WaAhington, d. q

Gators, not suppressors Of the truth. They
are constructionists, not distractonists. They
challenge the closest investigation of their
principles and meet criticism with argument.
All of their meetings are free to the public,
for they have no secrets. They do not believe
in war, but in the power Of principles. The
socialist party has more writers, speakers,
artists and poets than any other party on
earth. A movement that is connected with
such. names as Victor Hugo, John Ruskin,
Alfred Russell Wallace and VIM. Morris is
not to be degraded to the level of anarchism
with its struggling following of cut throats
and pessimists. Socialism is to anarchy what
day is to night or good is to evil.
In conclusion let me say that the socialists
regret the violence done to President McKin-
ley; it is the act of a. madman. Proper meas
ures should be taken to rid this country Of
such characters. The best way to do this is
to establish the cooperative commonwealth.
Anarchism is a logical product of capitalism;
its real cause is found in an unjust sys-
TEN of exploitation. Change the system and
you will get rid of it's effects. "A tree is
known by its fruit C. H Lockwood,
Organizer Socialstic Party.
125 sNicollet Avenue.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
Defective school Training,

To the Editor Of The Journal:
AS the season for the opening of schools has
arrived, it seems to me that a neglected sub
ject should be taken up. That education is
best, and the only one entitled to the name
which fits the pupils for the duties of life
No matter how well they may be informed
regarding history and the sciences, poetry and
the fine arts, they will not be successful with
out thorough knowledge of domestic and
business economy. They may know all about
everybodys business in this and every other
land, but what they need to know most IS
how to look after their own business.
Bob Ingersoli stated fact which everybody
knows when he said that there is wealth
enough in the country for every one to be
well-to-do The reason property is not more
evenly. distributed is because so many have
not learned to use properly the means that
come to them. There are many people who
are intelligent and we'll educated, as we usu-
ally understand that term, who are no better
than children in the management of money
matters. Many are successful in earning
money, but cannot take care Of 1t. Too fre-
quently they want to spend 81 when they earn
81. Oftentimes they imagine they are the
most careful people earth. Many are
pennywise and poundfooEsh. 1t is this defec-
tive education that leads to poverty, embez-
Elements, defalcations and robberies, and de-
yelops dead beats''
/ Those who are successful financially owe it
to training outside OF the schools, and is ac-
quired in early life. Should not the schools
try to do for the pupils that which will not
be done for them in the. home? 1t might ne
cessitate change of teachers in many cases.
L believe the college professor who protest ed
against employing as teachers ''the economic
failures Of society had given the question a
| thorough study. Many of the teachers in our
public schools take to teaching as a last re-
sort for making living Although they get
a better salary than the laboring man who
supports family, they cannot make that
salary meet their expenses. Such teachers
| will unconsciously influence their pupils in q
way that will be detriment to them for life.
| have read with considerable interest OF
what Mr.. Peavey has done for the newsboys
But it is not only the newsboys and the chill
dren Of poor people that need such training
1t should be for everybody. Can't the schools
do what is necessary?
"A Patron of the Schools
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
"MuNICIPAL TRADING"

What we know in this country as munic-
ipal ownership, which appears in Eng
land under the title of municipal trading
is being much discussed n England now,
and there is nothing like the unanimity of
opinion In favor of it that would be in
ferred from the glowing reports of its
achievements that have heretofore been
brought to America. Engineering" a
weIl-bnown English periodical, has opened
its columns to this discussion; recently
Mr Donald, editor of the Municipal Jour-
nal' and the leader of the municipal
ownership movement in England stated
his side of the case in Engineering and
now Robert P. Porter, drawing his conclu-
sions from the experience OF American
municipalities, replies to Mr.. Donald.
Mr. Porter's argument is that the munic-
ipality gets as much revenue out of pri-
vately managed public utilities as it would
from their actual ownership; that private
management gives better service than
public management, and that public owner
ship does the community a positive in
jury by encroaching upon the field OF
PIIFdI0 GuQSdNOT. IL the state or CITY,
says Mr.. Porter, "takes away one after
another of the opportunities for profitable
employment of private capital and brains
the logical result is that other occupa
tions become overcrowded, the struggle
for existence gets harder, and an increas-
ing number of citizens must come upon
the state or city for support. The states
function is to give every man an oppor-
tunity to do business under a stable gov
ernment."
Mr.. Porter attributes the slow develop
ment Of street railway and telephone serv-
ice in the United Kingdom to the med
ding Of government. While England ie
still using antiquated telephones and still
building cable roads, private companies
in the United States are continually re-
placing old telephone systems in order tc
be up-to-date and cable railroads are be-
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
GOV. oDELL,s CHARACTER1sr1Cs
New York Ledger Monthl


Benjamin B. odell, Jr., works longer hours
as Governor Of New York than any man who
has ever occupied that position. This Is not
mere incident, It Is typical OF the man 8
whole life. II is but an expression OF the
faithfulness, concentration, loyalty to duty,
and intense love Of hard work that are re-
vealed in everything that he does. 1t was
this characteristic that led him as n boy to
take position on one OF his fathers ice
wagons and for years rise at 4 IN the morning
and deliver ice all day.
His early education was received in the
public schools of Newburgh, n. Y, where he
was born forty-seven years ago. course st
Bethany college, with a brief stay al Colum-
bia college, completed his education, though
he received the university signet OF learning
by the degree OF LIZ D., bestowed upon him
few months ago. He has been n political
leader since he was 10 years old. when he
left Columbia to help his father In . contest
fight, and thus practically determined the
direction Of his ambition. Though he had
fondness and special ability for commercial
pursuits, his one aim soon became politics.
and he drove 1t and business side by side.
Prior to his election as governor he was pres
ident OF ice and electric lighting companies
and handled other large business interests
For thirteen years he served az member
Of the republican state committee, and from
1895 to 1899 as a member OF congress He Is
simple, unaffected, cool in q crisis, and al
ways ready. He is personally popular and
has passed safely the trying tests Of wealth
and success.
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ing thrown into scrap heaps. Mr.. Porter
is sure, from a comparison of England and
America, that private administration OF
the public utilities gives better service
and improves it much more rapidly than
public management would dare to.
While in these days of widening con-
ception of what the state and municipality
may and should do 1t is hardly possible to
accept Mr.. Porter's definition of the sole
function of government, 1t Is certain that
he has thrust his lance through the flaw
In the armor of municipal ownership.
There are some things that the municipal
ity can and should do. Very few citizens
of Minneapolis, for instance, would care
to see the waterworks owned by q private
company. But in view of the tendency of
the times the danger Is that the govern
ment will do what the private citizen
should do rather than that he will do what
properly belongs to the government. 1t
may be that notwithstanding our fascina-
tion by the stories that have been told us
about the wonderful things accomplished
in Glasgow and other British cities we
Americans have been, without any con-
scious plan, working out better solution
of the problem than our British cousins.
Perhaps system of well-paid-for fran
chises, rigid taxation and the abiding pow
er to correct abuses by municipal or state
legislation, that leaves the ownership,
management and profits of public utilities
in private hands is best for all; best for
the state, best for the individual and best
for the service.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
OTHER PEOPLES NOTIONS
Socialism VS.. Anarchism.

1OCAhAASAA VS. IARttECAABIns
To the Editor of The Journal
Inasmuch as the papers, since the attempted
assassination Of President Mckinley, have
contained a great amount of nonsense and
misconception regarding the questions Of
anarchy and socialism, the two words fre-
quently being confounded in a ridiculous
manner, will you kindly give space to a
socialist for a brief statement of our posi-
tion.
While it is true that the red flag Is the
international flag of socialism, its color,
standing for the fact that all nations are Of
one blood-a symbol OF the brotherhood of
mantle principles of anarchism and social
ism are Numerically opposed to each other.
Socialists advocate the collective or public,
ownership of the means of production and dis
tribution, change of the base of industry
from competition and private monopoly, to
cooperation and public monopoly.
The postofice is an imperfect example OF
socialism, so are the public schools and high
ways. The city library and fire departments,
etc, are other examples, but none of them
perfect, because the base of society is capi-
talism and all public utilities under capital
ism become corrupted to greater or less
degree. From the above do not conclude that
government ownership is the aim of the
true socialist. Government ownership will be
the logical result of tie present capitalistic
system of industry, and can properly be called
state socialism, but with the capitalist class
controlling the government it will result in a.
worse condition than the present. The true
socialism is democratic in the right mean
ing Of the term. Government ownership and
public ownership are entirely different terms
The socialists are revolutionists in the sense
that they would change the base Of industry
from competition to cooperation but their
method Is hIp Thev call or he
to go to the ballot box and cast their votes
for the cooperative commonwealth. They
are optimists, not pessimists. They are .edu-
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
The Bean
on ITS W0fiUe
Heath

~Lo Roo. The fact that the bean
a, crop of the east Is short
on 1'S '<"ttOe 100000 or 800 900 bushels
Heath has been seized upon by the
press of that section, to hold
up the wretched people of Boston as in dan
ger Of acute suffering during the coming win
ter. The Philadelphia Record goes so far as
to suggest relief committees in the various
centers to pick up what beans there are on
the market and to ship them at once, before
| the reason of Boston totters on its throne.
Dispatches from Boston state, however, that
there is no immediate cause for alarm and
the belief is freely expressed that the city is
in fairly good shape to stand famine until
the next crop comes on. The Herald of that
city wires that the leading merchants are
''well stocked with leguminosae,' and the
mayor, in answer to telegram from the
mayor OF Galveston. says, mo acute danger
now and none apprehended before spring"
The bean as an edible obtained its highest
social status on Massachusetts bay. The
recipe for its transformation into human food
comes down from Governor Winthrops time
and has been traced even beyond the early
Saltonstal or Mather families. The plain
white bean OF commerce is first boiled until,
when lifted from the water and blown upon,
is then put into the bean pot with piece of
carefully selected pork with a streak of lean
in it. To each quart of beans is added two
tablespoonfuls OF molasses and one table
spoonful Of mustard. Some water Is added,
and the pot is then placed in a slow oven to
bake for four or FIVE hours. Water is to be
added from time to time. In some families
butter takes the place of pork, but this is
considered rather an innovation and is not
practiced in the best families.
When the bean comes upon the table after
this treatment, the result is a gastronomic
dream, poem, story, romance strain
OF music, passion. Saturday evening from
8 to 7:30 O'clock all business stops in Boston
pending the dinner hour. The Common, the
public gardens and the library are deserted,
Washington and fremont streets run dry,
| the Old Corner Bookstore closes its shutters,
and a solemn silence settles down over the
city. The discussion of the bean in Boston
is an act Of worship. It is not to be won
dered at that certain disquieting rumors as to
the crop have been received with something
| like dismay.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

The Journal is on sale at the news
stands OF the following hotels:
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St Louis, Mo.-Planters' Hotel, Southern
Hotel.
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Cleveland, OLio-Hollenden House. Weddell
House.
Cincinnati, Ohio-Grand Hotel.
Detroit, Mich.-Russell House, Cadillac.
Washington, D. darlington Hotel, RAJ
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The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

There seems to have been nobody
around physically big enough to knock out
Senator George L. Wellington when he
declared, in substance, that he did not
care whether Mckinley had been shot or
not. But it is to be hoped that the
United States senate will have sufficient
regard for it's own reputation to kick him
out as soon as it meets in December. If
it can't do that 1t can at least freeze him
to death.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

At the Indian Institute at Lawrence, Kan,
Mr.. Bob Tail Bull arrived on the same train
with Mr. John Little Eyes, Mr. Benedict
Shoulder Blade, Miss Emma Beaver Claw,
Miss Minnie Squint Eyes, Miss Laura Nice
Talker and Miss Minnie Stands Up. There
they found Mr.. Edward Woman's Leggins,
Mr.. Hinton Big Leg, Miss Anna Wounded
Eye, Miss Bessie Little Sun, Mr.. Elmer Long
Jaw, Mr.. Jerome Bear Tusk, Mr.. Joseph
Crazy Mule, Mr.. John Stands-in- Timber, Mr..
John Pretty Bull, Mr.. Hall Red Nose, Miss
Clara Rolling Bull, Mr. Beans Young Bird
and Miss Little White Man
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

The Chatfeld, Mimi, News claims that
Freeman Brown brought to its Office "a beau
tiful peach raised in his garden in North
Chatfeld. 1t is freestone and weighs just
one-quarter of a pound and measures eight
inches in circumference. The tree was plant
ed three years ago, and this spring had six
peaches upon it, three of which blew off and
the. others matured. Mr.. Brown also had
some lemon and orange trees growing in his
yard" The News neglects to mention how
Mr.. Browns pineapples stood the drought OF
whether he has yet stacked his cabbage
palms
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
MINNESOTA POLITICS

The impression has gone abroad that NJ J.
Bowling committed blunder in filing his
affidavit as a candidate for congress prior
to Sept. 1. It would seem SO from a cursory
reading Of the primary law, the last section
of which expressly provides that 1t shall not
take effect until Sept. 1, 1901.
The affidavit is dated Aug. %. 1t was sworn
to in the secretary of states office before j.
]. Lomen, notary public, and chief clerk in
the office. The record shows that the afi-
davit was filed and the fee paid the same
day.
Mr.. Lomen declares that the proceeding was
entirely regular, and that Dowling's name
will go on the ballot without any further
fOrmality, though it will not head the ticket
any oftener than other candidates who may
file later. In explanation of his position he
says:
The law did not go into effect until Sept /,
and no primary election could have been
held before that time. The only restriction,
however, on filing af1davits is that they
must be filed ''at least twenty days before
tne primary election. The, act was ap-
time. Any filing after April 10 would have
been legal, and Dowling's affidavit was ac-
cepted by this Office Aug. %. The early
filing will not be any particular advantage,
as the names of the candidates will rotate
on the ballots.
The Falrmont Independent Is brandishing
the hammer, and declares that "our present
governor to date has made a very poor execu-
tive" In the same issue the editor goes
after "some of our bilously inclined wanted
to-be-postmaster publishers who are find
ing fault with Congressman McC1eary.' .
Finding fault with the governor must be a
symptom of indigestion.
The Independent man gives the governor
credit for two things, the appointment Of S.
T. Johnson as public examiner, and 'the
ignoring of the conceited Doc Ames."
A. N. Dare, in the Elk River Star-N News.
commenting on Henry Lees candidacy for
auditor, says: Henry is a good fellow, but
he'll have to hurry" Dare predicts Dunn
denomination.
Some politicians are mean enough to ascribe
Lees candidacy to a desire to worry Dunn,
in retaliation for the hand he has taken in the
Anoka asylum row.
Uncle Pease, instead Of roasting the other
fellows. is preaching harmony. He says:
The Union can see trouble in store for the
republican party in Anoka. There are two
factions here which are becoming as well
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
Daily New York Letter

he is the most popular American living. and
deservedly so. We can ask no greater bless
ing from the Almighty at the present time
than that the life OF our beloved president
be spared.
Mr.. DOOIey on the Stock Exchange.
Finley Peter Dunno. who is better known
as Mr.. Dooley," is in town, and he visited
the Stock Exchange. After Watching the
struggling mass Of humanity on the floor for
some time he delivered himself Of the fol-
lowing: II can't help being impressed with
the warm -blooded emotionalism Of the pro-
fessionals on the exchange. They never take
their eyes from the sick-bed at Buffalo or
from the bulletin boards giving the reports
Of the attending surgeons on the temperature
of their distinguished patient. They go right
along, as before selling on the rallies Tin
temperature) and buying on the breaks. You
can't beat en-"
Beaumont Wants Chorus Girls.
Chorus girls are wanted in Beaumont, Tex.
They must be good-looking and quiet and
enter into an agreement that for period OF
one year they will remain with their en-
ployer, not get married, nor encourage at
tentions. In return for all Of this, they are
not only to be paid liberal salaries, but each
OF them is to be given a certain amount OF
stock in an oil company. Isaac OBrien OF
Beaumont Is the man who is offering these
fattering inducements. Some time ago he
took a bevy Of chorus girls from New York
to Beaumont, but in a short time they had
down to married life. So he offers them stock
in an oil company If they refrain nrom this.
The girls are falling over themselves to take
advantage OF the offer.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

1t is an old saying that bad news travels
faster than good. The rapidity and the
persistence with which reports that the
president was dead travelled over town
kept the newspaper offices busy all morn
ing answering telephone inquiries and de-
nying the false rumors.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.

Next week at the Bijou, new comedy by
Guy F. Steeley, entitled Hunting for Haw-
kins," will be presented for the first time.
When first produced last spring the piece
was we'll received and this season Megsrs.
Gray and Gillingwater have provided an ex-
cellent producing company and an elaborate
scenic equipment for the play which prom
ises to be one of the comedy hits for the
season.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
CONTINUED

All papers are continued until an ex-
plicit order is received for disconttnuance'
and until all arrearages are paid.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
COMPLAINTS

Subscribers will please notify the
office in every case where their pa
pers are not Delivered Promptly
or when the collections are not
promptly made.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
MRS. McK1NLEY's .FAvoR1rE POE,

MRS. McKINLEY'S .FAVORITE POEM
God gives US love. Something to love
he gives us but when love is grown
To ripeness, that on which 1t throye
Falls off. and love is left alone.
Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peacei
Sleep, holy spirit; blessed soul.
While the stars burn, the moons increase
And the great ages onward roll.
Sleep till the end, true soul and sweetl
Nothing comes to thee new or strange.
Sleep full of rest from head to feet;
Sit still, dry dust, secure cf change
-Tennyson.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
A Much-Needed society.

Louisville Commercial Journal
Suffolk Va, has Society for the Sup
preston OF Spurious Titles" The purpose OF
the organization is good, but it would be
better if indicated by the omission Of the
word spurious" A successful society for
the suppression OF Titles would be bIasa-
ing.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

The character Of the cartoons in some Of
the yellow journals changed so suddenly that
it is suspected that the cartoonists must have
sprained themselves by their quick changes
of front.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

The idea Of an island for anarchists is not
a bad one. Why not buy Iceland and let the
king killers till the soil there?
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

The o1d-fashioned $1,000, 900 rain does not
wait for somebody to expel chemical gases
into the upper air or to shoot off mortars.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

Czolgosz is said to have been tortured. Pos
sibly some policeman pushed a cake of soap
under the door OF his cell.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
The Preston Times says:

The Kenyon Leader wants ]. F. Jacobson
for state auditor, and the Midway News in
sists that ]. J. McCardy the present control-
Ter of St. Paul, is the proper man. Both are
good men, but the entries evidently yet
far from being filled.
If McCardy is a candidate for auditor, what
shall we do with Oar Reese?
e e.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

The Appleton Tribune suggests the name
of H. W. Stone Of Benson, a former member
Of the house, as E. T. Young's successor in
the state senate Senator Young'S neighbors
evidently have seen and heard the congress
sional bee buzzing round his head.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., has sold his auto
mobile, ''The White Ghost" to New York
broker, and is riding new German machine
called 'The Red Devil" .t.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
CHANGES OF ADDRESS

Subscribers ordering addresses OF their
papers changed must always give tnelI
former as we'll as present address.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

I'm Old Kentucky is holding forth to
record breaking audiences at the Bijou this
week. Theater-goers find much enjoyment in
its many scenes and exciting interest, its
comedy, its pathos and the pickaninnes con-
tribute in no small way to the entertainment
The producing comrany is an excellent one,
Miss Alice Treat Hunt being one of the best
Madges ever seen here
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

Somebody has been threatening ''to expose
M. ]. Bowling. Did NJ. J. write poems in his
youth?
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13

defined as the Benson-Jones factions, away
back in the sixties. The party suffered Sc
riously then, and it will suffer now unless
the differences existing can be healed.