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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
SALARIES OF CONGRESSMAN

The always interesting question of sal
aries for members of congress came up in
the senate yesterday when the senator's
$500. 1t was argued that $4,000 is not
enough for a poor man to maintain him
self on in Washington when occupying
such an important and conspicuous posi-
tion as that of senator
The inference from this argument is
that If we are to have able, though poor.
men in the senate we must pay them
more. The rich man does not mind sup
plementing his salary with his private
means to meet the expenses of living we'll
in Washington. Moreover the poor man
who accepts an election as senator is
likely to lose, in attending to public bust
ness, what private income he may have
had before election. Thus he is in no.
sitlon that requires the expenditure of
every cent OF his pay as fast as he re-
celVes II and is likely to leave the public
service poorer than when he entered it.
IL is hard to determine what should be
the rule with respect to the salaries Of
congressman. The nation ought not to
be penurious with them and can moi af-
ford to have them subjected to the temp
tations Of actual need. On the other hand
as the lawmakers of republic, they
should not be. allowed salaries that will
encourage extravagant living. 1t has not
yet reached such point that men will not
go to congress because they know they
can not live on the salary paid. There
are still many frugal members of congress
who leave their families at home and
manage to live alone in Washington very
simply OF course. they do not go into
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
ADJUSTMENTS
Daniel sully In "rhe Parish PRIEST
Mt the Metropolitan.


Daniel sully returns to the Metropolitan
this week with "The Parish Priest Daniel
L. Harris play, which he presented here with
marked success last year. and in which he
has been provided with a part that fits him
TO nicely. THE Parish Priest is an inter-
estins play without theatric artifice, and
making its appeal straight to the hearts OF its
audience. Tho priest himself is rather a
meddlesome body. He reads other peoples
notes and otherwise conducts himself in a
manner that would not be tolerated in man
without the cloth. but he does It all that good
may come, and good does come, in the last
act so that you may lean comfortably back
IN your seat and salve your conscience with
the stereotyped-fnis MEDIUM justitiat
Mr.. -Sully's Father Whalen is man as
we'll as a priest, and occasionally it is the
man that commands respect. However, there
Is nothing in the play that can offend relig-
ious prejudice, whether that prejudice be
based upon a reverence for the teachings of
the Roman church, or upon belief in one Of
the newer religions promulgated by Luther,
Calvin or another.
The action takes place in Luzerne county,
Pennsylvania. The characters are Irish peo-
pie who have migrated to this country. The
types are not overdrawn, and the slight
brogue employed by the players lends veri-
similitude to the play.
There can be nothing but praise for Mr..
Sully's Interpretation of the name part His
parish priest is genial, whole-hearted man,
with a keen sense of humor and an Unborn
love of justice. second only to his love for
his Master. Mr.. Sully plays the part with a
nice understanding Of its requirements, and
in it breaches forceful sermon. albeit nell
Their the player nor the playwright can justly
be accused of didacticism.
The supporting company is of fair ability.
Miss Juliette de Grignon Is lovable Nellie
II, nd A,,cr, fo
Agnes Cassidy. John D. Griffin contributes
an excellent character bit as Michael, house
| servant. The play is in three acts and is
we'll staged. u. S. Lawrence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
Two Tax Law Points.

To the Editor of The journal:
submit two points for consideration in
connection with the new tax bill
First propose that the duties of the new
tax commission be extended so they will in
,clude careful investigation and report as to
where and how public expenditures can be
safely reduced. 1t seems to me that this
presents an ample field for able men TO
work in.
Second-I propose that the exemption limit
be raised from 800 to 5000, as the constitu-
ton now permits I think that much more
can be said in favor OF this proposition than
can be said in favor of reducing the exemp-
tons to $25, as proposed.
There is a bright future before public men
who will champion the cause Of people OF
moderate means and help to lift the burden
Of taxation from them as we'll as the elevator
and wheat men, -P. B. Nettleton
Brainerd, Mimi, Jan. 81, 1902.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
BY G. b. LEWIS

Copyright, 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.
jeremiah Mead, farmer, money lender, Tar
gain driver and tight listed citizen Of Blair
county, had earned the name of a hard man.
His wife was submissive to servility. His
son George, their only child, had grown up
in fear Of him and after reaching his ma
jority still worked on without wages
jeremiah had foreclosed mortgages without
mercy, he had lent money at usurious inter-
est, and no one could remember a neighborly
act on his part. Uncle Jerry, as he was
called, knew that he was in bad odor all over
the county, but he rather gloried in it.
It was seldom that the son George had a
dollar Of his own or days vacation, but he
made few complaints, no matter what he
thought Of the situation. Having none of the
fathers characteristics. he was general
favorite, as far as people knew him. At the
age Of q he had never spoken to five mem
bers of the opposite sex and was as bashful
as a girl of 16.
The crisis Of his young life occurred one
day when, driving sheep over to the Rawson.
Vile market, he passed the farmhouse of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
GENERAL JOE RAwLRY ON NEWS
PAPERS

General Joe Hawley. replying the other
day to Senator Bacon's advocacy of his
resolution to print special edition OF
the Congressional Record for popular
reading at a reduced price. said as to
Senator Bacon's observation that the
newspapers could not afford to present
more than brief synopsis, that they
could afford it and could print full con-
gressional proceedings just as they did in
former years. He was In favor Of re-
turn to the old custom, to keep the peo-
pie informed as to what is going on in
congress.
General Hawley is newspaper man
himself. and. judging from his further re-
marks, he would like to see the newspa-
pers print several columns Of press re-
port of the proceedings. There was time
when the old blanket sheets joyfully
printed as high as from five to fifteen
columns of Associated Press reports. CIV
ing votes on nearly every measure in de-
tail and including large amount Of mat
ter which few people read OF cared 90
read. Telegraph editors had to keep on a
severe tension to effect the lettering of
the mult1tudinous segments of house and
senate proceedings so that they would
posing room. Everything had to give way
to the telegraphed congressional proceed
ings. Matter, really important, was
crowded out by the autographed insipidity
of the oratory Of the Smiths and Joneses
in house and senate.
What a present day special newspaper
correspondent can put in the most attrac-
tive and informing way in quarter col
umn dispatch about the doings Of con-
gress, then stretched it's slow length
through a column or more. Important
news, outside Of the talk of congress, had
to wait and was usually boiled down to
the lowest readable point. When the
blanket folios began to give way to the
Quartos in the latter seventies, it oc-
Cured to progressive newspaper managers
that they were parting with too much val
liable space for the exploitation of con-
gress, and the amplifcation OF special
telegraph service began and was properly
appreciated by the public, who found s
grateful change in the perusal of special
dispatches which enabled them at once tc
get clear understanding of what con
gress had done the day, before or upor
the same day. There are many people who
only care to read the portion of congress.
sional proceedings which touch upon q
subject in which they are interested. They
let the rest go. The public cannot be
compelled or persuaded to read and study
the Congressional Record ii they do moi
want it.
Senators and Representatives supply tt
their constituents all the copies of the
Record they want Few people will pay
for publication which they can get free
from their representatives in congress
1t is entirely improbable that Genera
Hawley will ever be gratified by witness
Ing q return to the old custom of giyins
up three-fourths Of the news space O
daily newspapers to full reports OF con
gressional proceedings.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04

Announcement is made of number of
projected railway extensions in the Da-
kotas by the Milwaukee, 500 and Northern
Pacific systems. All of the proposed lines
will enter territory that has need of rail-
way communication and will tend to bring
IN population. Every railway extension
IN the northwest should be hailed with
delight by the business men of Mime
apolis. More railway mileage means more
people, and more people means more con-
sumption. more demand for manufactured
articles and increased trade.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
A UNIQUE COLLECTION

A press clipping bureau in New York has
inst completed a collection of newspaper clip
pings for Senator NJ. A. Hanna covering
everything printed in the editorial columns
OF the press of the United States and Eng
land relating to the death Of William AcKin.
ley. No king or uncrowned ruler ever re-
ceiyed SO many tributes OF love and esteem.
not only from the press of his own country,
but from all over the world This remark
able collection covers 1900 editorial COM
ments on the death Of the late president,
and is mounted on heavy gray cardboard
and bound in four volumes in full morocco.
A moro appropriate and pleasing memorial
Of our martyred president could not well 30
dAv1aod.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
The Nonpareil Man
Casually Observed,

Casually Observed,
indian Commissioner Jones will have some
thing OF fight on his hands when he
attempts to clip the name or dock the tail
of Crazy Horse -
A West Virginia business man, whole
saler doubtless has just eloped with woman
weighing 1872 pounds.
No insomnia for the ground hog this month.
General Vasquez, the revolutionist, has been
CHASED out OF Nicaragua. There have been
so many revolutions in Nicaragua yup to date
that the various societies Of the Dar shters
of the Revolution in that nation are seriously
twisted
An anti-imperialist editor sees the Machi-
avell1an hand of the Anglo-American alliance
because Secretary Hay was caught smelling
it honour after the English fashion. This
is the first bit of good evidence we have
seen
Noah Raby, the New Jersey man, is pre-
pairing to celebrate his 10th birthday. II any
man can stand 1O7 years OF New Jersey. he
ought to come out to Minnesota and live for
ever. \.
They are now trying to lay the rupture Of
the Miss. Holman Marconi entente cordiale to
MISS ttolman's poor dear mama. Possibly
Marceni is a lucky man after all
Another sultan has been discovered on one
of the Philippine, islands. The United States
now boasts Of two sultans and a Pierpont
Morgan. sSssa
The mayor of harrisburg, Iowa, has been
arrested for selling hop cream in his meat
market. Hop cream is a near family relative
of beer and. wearing the same cut Of clothes,
is often mistaken by innocent Iowa pur-
chaser and drunk under this Misrepresentation
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
The Tramp Printer.

He used to call around and borrow y.
A dollar:
There was CRIME and printers ink upon
His collar;
At times he used to get quite drunk-they
Said it was 4@
To indicate his strong contempt FOR
Editors;
He used to eat tobacco at his case
s And, what is more,
He spat quite freely anywhere
Z Upon the floor:
Z haven't seen him since the latter
'80s
The foreman couldn't even tell you what
His state Is;
Perhaps he's gone the way Of all thesearth-
Mayhap to jail; IS
But II he ever shows UP here again Ea
~ He will not fail
To- have on that same
Collar ~
And strike you for the = 81 49,:
Dollar;
And he doesn't get it
From me.
Not thisstim
See? Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
Out After a Small octopus.

other day right In the midst OF the cold
snap that patterning after the coal barons,
prices on hard water were to be increased
next summer This caused an cutlery among
the people of ST Peter who find a use for
nxed water in the summer. and they called
on the octopus in q body and demanded = GER
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
Former Senator W. d Chandler $, Ma,

Former Senator w. 3. Chandler Of New
Hampshire is out in a long discussion
of the claim that has frequently been made
that Spain would have yielded indepen-
dence to Cuba to avoid war with the
United States. The senator comes to the
conclusion that it was the bungling OF
Minister Woodford that brought on the
war-that President Mckinley had hoped
AMI expected to secure independence for
Cuba without war. The question Is one
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
Bnby's Lost Night.

Ihe baby, aged 10 months, awoke the other
morning at a. M, as the first streaks OF
Dawn We're beginning to lllume the eastern
Skies. She sat upright in her crib with an
expression of awful horror upon her usually
open countenance Was it possible that she
mad slept right through the night without
awakening the family? The thought to her
was hideous one and drove the color from
her cheeks. Placing one hand on her crib
she vaulted lightly to the floor and went over
and looked at the clock. Her worst fears
We're realized. Vaulting back into The crib
sne sat upright against the headboard so as
to take up the recoil and, hitching both lungs
on, she discharged a battery of thirteen-inch
guns OF cutlery all at once, following the
initial explosion by a heavy and continuous
discharge Of the rapid fire nine-pounders and
a; fusillade of small arms.
In an instant all was activity in tho house.
Everybody sprang to his gun and the action
became general all along the line. The cook
leaped to the kitchen to start the fire and
provide the bottle. Father flew the signal
all hands ready to repel boarders' at his
masthead. Mother leaped for the rattle and
the teething ring. and within five minutes all
was hustle and confusion where peace and
repose had reignsd but the moment before.
The action continued with incredible fierce
ness as the baby recognized that her nights
opportunities had gone never to return. Sew
eral times she backed a fleet of ,coallng yes
sells into the firing line and unloaded several
roomfuls of noise on the floor, nor did she
cease until the cook appeared with the bottle.
Then a great calm settled down on tho scene
OF action, the. dead were thrown overheard
and the wounded removed to the cockpit,
where the red-armed surgeons were busy
at their task Father wiped the perspiration
from his brow and made his escape to the
office, leaving the baby and the family to
renew the struggle after breakfast.
Query, by Mother-Is it not better to
awaken baby at 2:30 a. N. and let her go
through the regular one-course banquet than
to have her explode at a. NJ?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
COOKING BY. NATURAL HEAT

The Maoris Of New Zealand cook their po-
tatoes and other vegetables In volcanic heat
There are few volcanoes In New Zealand,
and some of tho Maoris live up in the noun
tains near them. They make the volcanoes
do several useful things for them. but the
Queerest is the cooking.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04

The Twin City Rapid Transit company
reports a big increase in receipts for De-
cember. There was also big increase
in the number of people per car.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
-FOUR pOEMs by AUBREY DE WE'RE

-FOUR POEMS BY AUBREY DE WE'RE
Chase, Limerick, Ireland, 1914; died, Jan. p,
1902
Ian EPICUREAN's EPITAPH.
When from my lips the last faint sigh is
BY Death, dark WAIVER of Lethean plumes
Oh! press not then with monumental stone
InfS forehead smooth, weigh me down
with glocms
From green bowers, gray with dew,
OF Rosemary and Rue. -
Choose for my bed some bath Of sculptured
marble
Wreath'd with gay nymphs; and lay me
not alone
Where sunbeams fall, flowers wave, and light
birds MARBLE,
To those who lov'd me murmuring in soft
tone,
Here lies our friend, from pain secure. and
cold;
And spreads his limbs in peace under the
sun-warmed mould!'
H.-soRRoW.
Count each af11iction, whether light or grave,
GODS messenger sent down to thee; do thou
With courtesy receive him; rise and bow
And, ere his shadow pass thy threshold, crave
Permission first his heavenly feet to lave:
No cloud Of passion to usurp thy brow, ~
Or mar thy hospitality no wave
| OF mortal tumult to obliterate
! The souls marmorea1 calmness Grief should
be
Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate
Confirming cleansing, raising, making free;
Strong to consume small troubles; to com.
mend
Great thoughts, grave thoughts, thoughts
| lasting to the end
1I.-FLowERs WOULD 7 BRING.
| Flowers would I bring II flowers could make
And music. If the Muse were dear to thee;
(For loving these would make thee love the
| bearer
But sweetest songs forget their melody,
And loyeliest flowers would but conceal the
A rose mark'd and might have pluck'd
but she,
Blush'd as she bent, imploring me to spare
| her, .-H
Nor spoil her beauty by such rivalry.
Alas! and with what gifts shall ! pursue
thee,
| When earth with all her floral train doth woo
! thee,
And all old poets and old songs adore thee;
And love to thee is naught; from passionat,
I mood
Secur'd by joys complacent plentirnde!
| Iv.-CARDINAL MANNING
T learnd his greatness first at Lavlngton:
The moon had early sought her bed of brine
But we discours'd till now each starry sign
! Had sunk: our theme was one and one alone
| 1.-TWO minds supreme he, said, ''our earth
has known;
| One sang in science; one served God in song
! Aquinas-Dante.' Slowly in me grew strong
A thought 'These two great minds in hin
| are one;
| Lord, what shall this man dor" Later al
Rome
Beside the dust of Peter and Of Paul
Eight hundred mitred sires of Christendom
i In Council sat. I nark'd him amid them all
j l thought Of that long night In years gone by
And cried, CAT last my question meets reply!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
The MINNEAPOLIS. JOT1RNAL..

tain price, In default Of which they threat
ened TO put up their own ice. IN the move
ment are seventeen saloonists. three drug
gists, three restaurants and one meat market.
They pay out over $1,000 annually forS ice.
me octopus hedged and talked and the mer-
chants appointed a committee to look into the
ice business.
That's the way to get after small squids.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04

that will stand some hair splitting as to
possibilities. but the United States got
the war fever and was in no mood to ac-
cept anything from Spain that Spanish
Honor" would concede
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04

any improvements of this character which
may be undertaken hereafter shall be a part
of complete and well-matured plan for fu-
ture improvement, and not purely OF a tenn
| porzing and local character The federation
| thinks there is golden opportunity of max
| ing the city beautiful. A.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-27
COMING LINE
OF STEAM Frs

Robert S. Hapsworth of New York,
representative of the new. American
Asiatic Steamship Company, recently in
corporated under the laws of Maine has
been in the city at the Palace several
days gathering pertinent information for
his company. He left for Vancouver last
night on the Oregon Express en- route
to China. Mr.. Hapsworth says the COM
pany is backed by the same syndicate of
Americans which is building the Hankow-
Canton Railroad. The president of the
latter is Wi4Lam Barclay Parsons. He is
also the head of the steamer company
According to Mr.. Hapsworth the new
line intends to build up a large trade
direct between New York and such Orien-
tai ports as Yokohama, Nagasaki, Singa-
pore, Manila, Hongkong and Shanghai
The service is to be inaugurated late in
October by the new steamship, Gibraltar
The service for the present will be month
Ily.
There is good field for the new
! line said Mr.. Hapsworth, land many
large New York firms will give it plenty
of business. 1t will be a paying venture
in spite of existing Suez competition, and
that of the Pacific Coast steamer lines
Examiner
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-27
LAST ASSESSMENT.
Oceanic Steamship Stock Is Now
Fully Paid Up.

SAN FRANCISCO Sept 1S.-When
the last assessment on Oceanic stock,
levied yesterday, shall have been paid
it will be fully paid up; that is TO say,
it will have cost the holders or those
who have in succession held it. just 500
share.
The final assessment is 1915 q share
and the stock is poorer than it was on
the day the last previous assessment
was levied. In the language of the
street, the stock has not carried the
assessment. On October 18th, when the
last assessment becomes delinquent, the
stock, if it carry the assessment, should
go to $21.25; but no one imagines it will
do SO, for the reason that the stock has
no vitality and cannot be galvanized in
to life while there is such a heavy over
draft.
Whether the overdraft be $3.50, 600 or
100000, the fact remains that some new
means of raising money must now be
found, because no more assessments
can be levied. The new steamers that
cost so much more than it was intend
ed they should are not paying; freight
offerings are light, and the operating
expenses are heavy
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-27
WATERFRONT NEWS
ALL BECAUSE OF A
LUMP OF SUGAR
Why Acting Shipping Commits.
sioner Dias Was Pleasant
Yesterday.

j. B. Dias, who is acting shipping
commissioner, is very handsome
young man ana his good looks have at
tracted attention more than once. Re-
Gently Captain Spicer of the ship Flor
ence took one of Dias' photos with him
on starting on his return voyage to
Tacoma. In Tacoma Captain Spicer
showed the photograph to a young lady
of his acquaintance and out of this may
grow one of the prettiest little romances
ever heard of.
Captain Spicer's photograph of Dias
showed a handsome vignette of the
young man. He permitted young
school teacher in Tacoma to see it..
What nice classic features declared
the young woman, "and is not that
beautiful wavy hair? Just notice those
eyes. Are they not bright? Say, Cap
tain, couldn't you bring this gentleman
up from savage Honolulu and give US
a chance to look at him?"
spicer promised to bring Dias back
with him, On his arrival at Honolulu
a few days ago he told young Dias of the
young woman who had made a mash
on sim" ,Dias simply smiled. Yester-
day the Captain received letter and
a package from the young lady. The
package was a small one and contained
a half dozen Jumps of sugar The let
ter was brief one. 1t simply told
Captain Spicer ito hand one of these
Jumps over to that Honolulu Johnny
and give him my best" Spicer did as
requested. During the presentation
Dias' cheeks wore rosy hue. He took
the lump of sugar, stamped it with the
date and after writing the young wo-
mans name on it proceeded with his
work
A couple of sailors who We're brought
in to sign on" the barkentine James
Tuft could not understand why the man
in charge was so pleasant. 1t was all
because of the sweet.