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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08
The GREATER INTEREST AT STAKE

Ex-senator Warner Miller, speaking to
a morning paper of an Isthmian canal,
and in reply to a question as to whether
such a canal would not injure through
oriental traffic in the northwest, said:
"Oh, it might; but what figure would that
cut with. US? Every one knows that
through traffic is only onetenth of the
whole traffic. It is the local business
that counts in, the, northwest" =.
And yet we are told by advocates of the
merger that we should not oppose that
beneficent scheme because Of the great
advantage it is to confer upon the north
west through improved facilities for
handling oriental trade and the develop
ment of that trade. Mr.. Miller says it
is only 10 per cent OF the whole traffic.
Suppose in the end it should go up to 25
per cent The local business would still
continue to be the important end of the
northwestern railroad traffic, and as the
senator says. that is the important end
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

continue to yield from year to year GER
tain amount Of timber and 1t will aHord
shelter for large and, small game IN the
widest and most picturesque as well as
the most elevated portion OF Minnesota.
AS resort for hunters ard recreatlon
seekers it is superior in some respects TO
the Leech Lake region. When there
seemed to be danger that great national
park would be created around Leech Lake,
Duluth people proposed as an alternative
that park be established in the very
region now under consideration.
The arguments against reservation
are that it will take a large section OF
productive territory - productive TOR
awhile at least, out of Duluth's, back
country, that it will restrict the field for
individual enterprise in getting a'hold OF
timber lands, that there is no need TO
conserve the waterflow in the streams
that rise in this district, as there is at
the sources of streams that flow through
farming countries. .n 80 ....,
Ultimately there will probably be some
sort of compromise. Some of the land
now Withdrawn Will De opeheu up again.
and some will be turned into a permanent
reserve. While not wishing to interfere
with local interests, Th>e j our n !
confesses to the opinion that public In
terest demands some sort of forest
reservation on the non-agricultural lands
that lie between the mountainous north
shore of Lake Superior and the grand
! chain of lakes and rivers that forms the
| international boundary line. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08
A BUNGLING JOB

Ihe eastern newspapers are calling the
Associated Press to account for the
bungllng manner in which it handled the
Cuban plank of the Minnesota republican
platform. That plank was necessarily an
important matter Nebraska had just re-
pudiated its insurgent delegation and the
country was curious to see what Minneso-
ia would do. 1t was, therefore, important
that the resolution on Cuban reciprocity
be reported in full. The Associated Press
carried the platform to Chicago in full,
as we are informed, but there the impor-
tance Of that plank was not appreciated
In the Associated Press Office, and all
that was sent east was the bare state
ment, I'VE indorse Cuban reciprocity, as
urged by President Roosevelt" the word
= as being inserted either in the report
or by the Telegraph. editor.ss5The insertion
Of that word was a natural one, no mat
ter by whom it was done. Fs~' =: = =
But there the report sent out from Chi
scago stopped. 1t contained none of the
modifying, qualifying and neutraIizing
clauses appended which caused the Cuban
plank to be an ignoninious sstraddle.
/. Within a day or two the. eastern edi-
: tors began to suspect that the Associ
ated Press had misquoted the Minnesota
plank and they asked for confirmation of
the original report. The Washington
Post, for instance, did that and got back
the congratulations to the new republic
of Cuba and the good wishes, and then
the reciprocity resolution just as far as it
was sent in the first instance, and no
further. The failure Ito, send the whole
thing in the first place might have been
merely a case of bad judgment. In the Sec
ond instance, where the Post asked for the
resolution in view of the interest excited
and the controversy aroused over the
Cuban matter, the repetition of the orig
inal error was something worse. Accord
ing to the Washington Post 1t was not
until Minnesota papers arrived that they
were able to get any intelligent and cor
rect report as to whether~the Minnesota
republicans had or had not indorsed the
president as to his Cuban policy. But the
| fact that the paper took pains to inyesti-
! gate the correctness of ! the original re-
| port shows what interest is taken in this
+ j matter III the east 4 & I'll q = go
Perhaps the most ridiculous story in
connection with this affair is the charge
by. the friends of the e''insurgents" that
the friends of the president manipulated
the report and caused the impression tc
be created throughout the country that
Minnesota republicans had fatty indorse6
the president and repudiated their dele
cation. The uselessness of such an at
tempt needs but to be suggested. Any
effort of that sort was sure to be exposed
In fact, the newspapers Of the state gen
orally joined in exposing the fact thai
the president. had not been fairly in:
dorsed and in laying bare the peculiar
methods adopted to defeat such indorse-
| ment.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

although somewhat obvious from the start
However, the play itself is by no means
novelty to Minneapolitans, although the pres
ent revival has been made after lapse OF
five years, and consequently the chief inter-
est of its production hinges about the man
ner of its playing.
George Fawcett member of the Percy
Haswel company which comes to the Metro
politan next week, has been engaged to play
the part of Ben Boone. Mr.. Fawcett created
this role in the original production, and he
handles it admirably. Nothing more intense
than Mr.. Fawcett's acting in the fourth act
has been seen on the Metropolitan stage in
some time. Its realism is emphatic; its force
undisputed-an excellent characterization in
every respect. Mr.. Fawcett's acting relieves
the scene in the mill from all appearance
OF improbability. His facial expression when
the idea of permitting the saw to finish his
work and kill the man he believes to stand
between himself and the woman he, loves,
tells the whole story, apart from the lines
allotted him by the author.
Frank Matthew has the part Of Perry Bas-
COM Bascom is somewhat Of a cad-most
heroes Of melodrama are-out Mr.: Mathleu
keeps his caddishness we'll subdued. He
plays the part we'll, presenting portrait OF
a strong, healthy, ambitious young fellow,
somewhat egotistical and impatient OF delay
in the consummation of his plans; but lik-
able despite the ego.
Miss Mary van BNTen IS tne dofentuFeSSs
Sue Eudaly, a young woman much given to
tantrums, and passonately in love with Bas-
com, yet turning against him when she hnds
her love scorned. The character is drawn
consistently until the very last. Here there
is a false note, due however more to tho
playwright than to the player Such woman
as Sue would never take defeat as calmly as
she is made to accept it in the play She
might be expected to storm and rage, but
she would never make little moue and stalk
from the stage without saying her say.
In her earlier scenes, particularly her scene
with Ben Boone, in which she admits to him
her marriage to another, Miss Van Buren is
truly admirable.
Miss Charlotte Parry while she lacks
snriehtliness as June more than redeems
herself by her acting in the more serious pas
sases. AS a hoydenish girl she is uncon-
| vincing but as loving woman and wife
she is wholly satisfactory. The part is diff
| fcult one at best and Miss Parry is deserv-
ing of praise for the manner in which she
handles 1t.
Alexander Kearney does excellent work az
| q bucolic politician; and Jack Amory creates
| much amusement as country pumpkin
! Praiseworthy charactefizations are contrib
| uted by Wallace Shaw, Christine Hill and
Marie Howe Miss Louise Compton plays
| German servant girl and does 1t we'll Miss
1 Compton has had many widely divergent parts
! since the Frawley season opened mere, ana
has proved herself to be actress OF un-
| usual versatility.
.R,ue leans will continue through the
] week, with popular-priced matinees to-mor-
/ row and Saturday.
1 l,- -< j. S. Lawrence
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

Mr.. Bryan labors under the delusion
that the Minnesota democratic convention
indorsed the Kansas City PLATFORM. The
men who make platforms out of words
instead of ideas, had something to do with
the Minnesota democratic platform as
we'll as the Minnesota republican plat
FORM The Minnesota democrats asserted
their allegiance to the principles of
democracy as set forth in our national
declarat tion of independence; as especially
taught by that great exponent Of de-
mocracy, Thomas Jefferson; and as re-
affirmed by the latest national conven-
tion of the democratic party. eve can't
see any 1e-to-1 Endorsement in this reso-
luton. The foxy Minnesota democrats
merely say that they are for the declara-
alton of independence and Thomas Jeffer-
sons views, as "reafflrmed'' by the Kan
sas City convention. There is room for
a. whole lot of difference Of opinion as to
how far this supports the Bryan platform
of 1900. Any gold democrat can consci-
entiously stand on it.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08
A LAKE SUPERIOR FOREST RESERVE

"A LAKE OuPERlUR URESI DESERVE
There is NO occasion for forest enthusi-
asts to become hilarious or for lumbermen
and settlers to become gloomy because
$4,000 acres Of land in Cook and Lake
counties have been withdrawn from set
tlement by Land Commissioner Hermann.
The withdrawal merely brings the sub
ject of permanent reservation uD for in
telligent discussion. If it may be desir-
able to establish forest reserve in that
Tough and rocky portion of Minnesota it
is manifestly wise to stop settlement
pending the decision. In that way there
is sure to be something left to reserve
when it is decided to make a reservation.
The region reserved is valuable chief
ly, and at present wholly, for its timber
and it's mineral possibilities. This timber
is gotten into private possession largely
by means of false honesteads and the
application of the stone and timber act.
The land commissioners order will stop
these processes for the present. but the
mineral prospector will not be interfered
with, and there is no likelihood that the
development of mines will be hindered
even if a permanent forest reserve is es-
tablished. ~ sr--~s-*a E@>f ,i
There are arguments for and against a
national forest reserve in this part of the
state Much of the land which supports
splendid timber is too rocky to he Of use
for agricuture. Once it is cut or burned
over 1T will remain dreary wilderness
for years to come. AS forest reserve
| it will be an attractive country. It will
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

Copyright, 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co..
Despite the fact that he stood feet 2
inches in his stocking feet and that the great
muscles of his arms and chest we're the envy
of every man in the shop, Tommy Sanders
had heart as tender as any woman's Even
the dogs knew this, and many homeless cur
sided, whining, up to him as he strode home
ward at nightfall
p Tommy's backyard was generally the tenn
porary quarters of half dozen or more
homeless mongrels If the neighbors COM
planned of the unearthly howlings, he would
smile patiently and say: We'll, what's to be
done? Would not have me turn 'em out to
starve, now, would you?" And something in
the round, frank face and the deep, cherry
voice always made the neighbors say, mo;
oh, no!' most apologetically.
Tommy was craftsman in the big mold
ing mills on the outskirts Of the town. The
little home provided by his wages was pre-
sided over by his mother, frail little woman,
to whom Tommy was at once an idol to be
worshiped.
''That soft heart of his will be his death, y
she often remarked. why, only last month
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

Mr.. Tawney tells a Tribune reporter
that under the presidents plan of reci-
procity with Cuba, according to the
sworn testimony of expert witnesses, the
sugar. trust would reap at least 70 per
cent of the benefit According to the
testimony of sugar trust agents them
selves, as furnished in another column on
this page, the plan Of the insurgents has
resulted in benefit to the sugar trust of
considerably more than 70 per cent. In
fact, the sugar trust is the only bene-
feiary of the insurgent policy, while the
both sufferers thereby. aE = 8 -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

Mr. Tawney tells reporter for morn
ban reciprocity Is practically thing OF
the past. Are we to infer that Mr.. .Taw-
ney is prepared to abandon the position
which he has taken in congress? Presi-
dent Roosevelt says that Cuba Is to have
reciprocity, and that it will be granted
"as sure as fate He evidently does not
regard the controversy as thing of the
past, unless, as is suggested, the oppon-
ents are ready to concede their mistake.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08
"catberine, Next week.

"Give me one hour of your life,' pleads the
adventures In the great scene of Cath
crime" to be presented at the Metropolitan
by the Percy Haswell stock company next
Sunday evening. This thrilling line. directed
to the hero of the play, caused something
of a sensation when Catherine was first
produced in New York The adventures
th rows this line at the noble Due de Coutras,
and lust as he has practically consented to
bestow the hour upon the adventures the
duchesse enters. The events that follow are
not only human and intensely interesting,
hut highly dramatic as well. The play has
never been seen in Minneapolis, and will
be one of the really interesting novelties e
the summer season.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

for US. What interests the business men.
and the farmers Of the northwest Is not
how much oriental traffic may some day
pass through the country as what the
rates are on local business, and expert
ence teaches them that where there Is
competition in rates and facilities the
public, is likely to, get cheaper and bet
ter service than under conditions of
monopoly. e.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

The utterances of a morning contem-
porary. which discusses Cuban reciprocity
voluminously, bear close resemblance
in one particular to the declarations of
the Minnesota republican platform. They
could easily be edited with results like
to those which followed the fragmentary
transmission of the platform by the AS
sociated Press. Cut in two, in the mid
die, they furnish consolation to advo-
Gates of both sides of the question.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08
A PLEASANT SIGN

The advance in wages given as a surprise
to the laborers at the Edgar Thomson works
at Braddock proves, according to an item in
ourAnews columns, to be a voluntary advance,
extending to all the non tonnage employees
Of the United States Steel corporation. The
management of that company seems to take
pleasure in surprising its men by wage in
creases that are not only not asked for by
the employees, but are wholly unexpected by
them. 4 80. s,g#
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

ternational question a club in selfish In
ternal politics. This is what comes from
sacrificing promises and duties to the
fancied interests of an impudent protected
Industrial infant. This is the way our
wise insurgents play world politics.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

Navy department experts are sure that
it will cost million more to build bat
tleship in naval yard than by contract
They~can make 1t do it, if the contractors
are right liberal. - =! > =: -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

cratic candidate for the state senate, Will
uphold the banner borne last year by rom
Lucas He was nominated for governor yes
terday afternoon at convention nelo III the
hall on Washington avenue occupied by the
MINNEAPOLIS branch of the party. The rest
of the ticket was filled out as follows:
Lieutenant Governor-M. A. Brattand, or
Ada. ~
Secretary of State-B. F. Moledge, of ST..
Paul
Treasurer-J. N. Jennings, of Crookston:
Attorney General-C. D. Bessett, of Dundas.
Railroad Commissioner. Milligan, Of
Crookston. j.
Clerk Of Supreme court-A. c. Bradhaw' of
Pelican Lake.
ROCKNE TO TAKE A. J. Rcckne of zum-
brota will succeed Sid
RARTEAU'S PLACE. Barteau in the lower
house. Mr.. Rockne is
oditor of the Zumbrota News and was chair
man of the Goodhue county delegation to the
state convention He has filed his certificate.
DR.. Gates of Kenyon and Representative Won
Wald will fight for the latter's seat, and A. q.
Scherf will probably be returned from the
Red Wing district. Ole K. Naeseth Will be
the state senator to succeed Senator Dickey.
The last reapportionment left Goodhue county
In bad shape The representative olstrlcIs
have not been numbered, and the villages OF
iiiSAoNSo
In any district. The attorney general has
heen annealed to to settle the difficulty.
Two more legislative candidates entered
Yesterday in this county, both republicans.
Charles Stone Of the second ward filed as
house candidate in the thirty ninth, and J. NJ.
Hazen of the fifth ward wants to represent the
forty-frst district in the lower house.
. candidate for anofher
torn, as county auditor of ST. Louis county,
and II is hard to see how he can lose.
The Clara City Herald says strong pressure
is being brought to bear upon Lyndon A.
Smith to run for the state senate, many being
dissatisfied with c. A. Fosnes because OF his
recent conversion. It is believed, though,
that Smith and Fosnes have an understand
ing. -Cnarles q. oneney'
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

The St. Paul school board figures that
it can make up it's deficit by beginning it's
fiscal year on new date. If they make
that work they would do we'll to have 1T
patented. { .;.5 = - ! /
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08
10 RECOGNITION ACCORDED
Kansas al City Star.


Whatever hallucinations Aguinaldo may
have, had-and with his inordinate self-assur-,
ance they may have been plentiful-it is GER
tain that Admiral Dewey. representing the
American government, was under no obliga-
tions to him and did not recognize his repub-
lie. So many attempts have been made to
make campaign material out of the supposed
yelnuy Or lue washington administration that
it is well to have the facts in the case wide
%Iy known.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

Two years ago the question was how
many soldiers it would take to capture
Aguinaldo. Now the question is now
many dollars will it take to get him for
a lecture? -. (..-.. ss. -. 81. -. --,l.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

Mr.. Bryan's Commoner is to be en-
larged to sixteen pages. This is bad news
for people who like interesting reading
matter. =
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

The dime novel writer's are taking new
heart as they watch the flight of Convict
Tracey through the woods and waters of
Washington.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08
The NonpareiI Man

Casually Observed.
The Hennepin county grand jury
Went about it's sad duty like fury, -.
1- And, amid much excitement, f..
Returned an indictment -; "a
On man who had lived in Missouri.
Ringlings' circus this year had company
Of forty clowns and runs the legislature
close second for fun. ~ - .t, ...s ..-..
The Nonpareil Man got back Saturday, the
Pullman porter taking all there was left.
'"This is crushing blow remarked the
administration cat as it stepped into the
winged path of the legal hatiron. 30
The way the price of coal keeps creeping
up shows that the strike will not be as easily
broken as a S. bill when it collides with the
dining car menu.
Aguinaldo may come over and lecture.
General Funston seems to have "swum the
river in vain.
The recent trials have had one valuable
educational feature. The chief Of police found
out what a big mitt' gang was.
"A little girl noting how her cat loved cat
nip, said she was going to get some parsnips
for father.
AS a general thing boy is more inter-
ested in the art of wiggling his ears than he
is in educational problems.
The teachers convention recalls the story
of the excuse written by Willie's mother
when her offspring fell downstairs and was
restrained from attendance thereby. The
| lady explained Willie's absence at length
| and added I'VE feered his internal insides
was hunt at first, but we find they ain't
| The doctor says that no part of his anat-
tony was hurt but the brewing of the ep-
pydermis of the outside hide and also his
hipp hurt some. But he narrowly escaped
| fatal deth.''
| The teachers are able to produce all kinds
| of stories showing how the youthful idea
shoots, with rather wobbly aim, at the lesser
| facts of existence. One child Is said to have
| defined the equator as "a menagerie lioI
| running around between the north and south
poles. - A student of history, speaking of the
early ,EBriton,, said he wore legions on his
I legs. He has eyes of a blue shade which
plainly showed his semi civilization. HI
| wore on his feet mocassions or scandals L
| is suspected sometimes that teacher likes
to tell a good story and draws a bit on his
or her, Imagination. But what is the imag-
| ination. for? - =. ~ -r' - .@
Alfred Austin S new poem called "a Tale
of. True Love- uses the Boer war to get rid
| of a superfuous lover. Alfred speaks OF the
Beers as "a crafty, freedom-loathing race, "
which has flung defiance in it's suzerain's
face which was certainly not nice thing
| to do.
/ The annual state convention Of Baptists
1 has been in session in Grafton; N, D., with
i "a large attendance and much enthusiasm
When the treasurer opened. his annual re:
port with the sentence, ''This has been 6
great year for Baptists." dash Of rain Was
! heard against the windows and the appear
ance outside was that Of young cloudburs
chasing its straw hat in a windstorm.E. The
situation and the treasurer's statement were
taken in at a glance and a burst of laughter
| arose from the audience. - d.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08
SAYS DUNN

SAYS DUNN Robert G. Dunn will
, be nominated for gov
WILL BE NEXT ernor in 1904 without
opposition ..
NOMINEE. Thisis the prediction
49,. :. Of Timothy E. Byrnes,
one of the wisest political prognosticators
in Minnesota. ::
There is no question about the retiring audi
tors candidacy, when the proper time arrives.
If nothing happens, he will be an announced
candidate for the nomination by the time the
next legislature adjourns. His friends under
stand his atttude,s and are already Declaring
for him. Assurances were received at the
time of the state convention that two years
hence certain counties would be for Dunn
for governor, no matter who entered the race.
The Princeton man will be much in the pub
lie eye, though not on the state ticket. He
will have six months yet as auditor, with an
other chance to make a record with the state
board of equalization. He will also take an
active part in the state campaign: His att-
tude toward the merger question is un-
changed, and he will not handle that subject,
but he will make some campaign talks on the
single issue of the board of control He is a
valiant defender both of the system and of
tho acts of the present board, and he is pre-
pared to answer any and all attacks made
upon them. ..5
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08

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