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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
A Grand Trunk Scheme?

The application made by c. E. Hamilton
of st. Paul for a charter to build railway
lines in Manitoba is thought in Winnipeg
to be in the interests of the Grand Trunk
railway, the second largest railway system
in Canada, which has long wondered how
it could get into the Canadian west. The
Grand Trunk now has a line from Toronto
to Chicago, double line, in fact. It is
supposed that it desires to acquire the
Wisconsin Central in order to reach Min
neapolis. That line being acquired some
$50 miles of new line from Minneapolis
northwest would bring the, Grand Trunk
into Manitoba. -.
By entering western Canada via the
western United States the Grand Trunk
would tap the profitable northwestern
American as well as the northwestern Ca
madam business, a double purpose that
the Canadian Pacific accomplishes in a
measure by it's control Of the 500. Mime
apolis would welcome an extension of the
Grand Trunk system through Wisconsin
and Minnesota to Manitoba. Besides Civ
ing us one more direct outlet to the At
lantic seaboard it would add another to
the increasing number of those business
bonds which will eventually practically
unite Canada and the United States. A
Canadian railway system with more than
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
Good for New York.

Governor Odelrs victory in New York
Is a splendid demonstration of the way
in which the American people refuse to be
diverted from the main issue. 1t was we'll
understood in New York that a victory for
Odell would in a way be an Endorsement
of President Roosevelt. The two men
have some points Of similarity and stand
for about the same things in politics. The
republicans Of New York appreciated the
importance of standing by a president like
Roosevelt, at this time, and the folly of
committing the prosperity Of the country
into democratic keeping.
The, democrats sought to divert atten-
tion from the main issue by a demagogic
attempt to take advantage of popular in
dignation at the anthracite coal mine op-
orators. To that end they put into their
platform plank advocating national
ownership Of the coal Mines But the
sober upstate New York people refused
to be stampeded.. They, stood by thei11
guns and rolled UP q ntajoritsy< that was
large enough even ito come the tre-
mendous vote Great New York gave Coler
- X y ~! - Y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
Bob's Victory.

The victory Of Robert M. La Toilette
in Wisconsin is significant "Fighting
Bob has done all those things within
the last two years that the political doc
tors say lead to political death. There
has been no "policy" about his official
conduct He has thought some startling
things and he has said them. He has had
some startling political notions and he
has advocated them. He didn't like Sen
ator Spooner's ways, and great though
Spooner was and is In Wisconsin, he
didn't hesitate to say what he thought
Spooner ought to do. But through it all
La Toilette has been true to himself. He
has been sincere and he has been fear
less. No end Of political 'breaks' could
those qualities. The people delight
in courage, candor and firmness in office.
They saw through all the factional dust
that was thrown in their eyes that La
Toilette was honest and for progress and
reform in politics. They knew, too, that
it is not every day that state can get
a governor of that kind. So the good re-
publicans of Wisconsin pushed up to the
ballot boxes and gave Bob another two
years at Madison by a majority of $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
= DAILY DIVERSION

Another On Quay-Senator Quay seldom
admits that he has been outwitted, but he
was in such high good humor after the
last Pennsylvania convention that he told
a story on himself. $500.
When Pattison walloped u.s. he said,
there were. five men contesting for a
fnarshalshir-one Of the few plurns 1 had
to dispose of. I had really picked the
man, and was trying to get the others off
the field, when the five came at me.
-" Gentlemen, the returns speak for them
selves said 1. Losses everywhere None
Of you deserve office =
s%.ss."sssBut..I increased the vote in my dis
frfct 30 per cent said Berks county
Dutchman. ~, .<ss AZ,
. eff that's so, you can have the office,
said !, remembering that the few Berks
county republicans had nearly disappeared
under the Pattison landslide.
I'VE looked at the returns andfound his
district had cast nine republican votes.
"*Isn't that SO per cent better than six
votes?' he asked, pointing to the figures
for the previous election. and I had to
confess that it was and gave him the Of
flee: -'.
THE man had married into democrat
ic family, and had brought his relatives
into the fold" 49, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
PHYSICAL Culture.

Those two LII. DIS Of the sport page,
Drs. Fitzsimmons and :,Corbett, are now
running schools Of physical culture in
New York city. You get down on your
hands and toes, touch your chin. to the
floor and then rise up again. Then DR..
Corhett's assistant, very healthy young
fellow, puts on the gloves and snashes
you in the face once or twice and taps
you lightly on the wind and you give the
bookkeeper two dollars for the culture
received.
The next time you need exercise another
assistant who was formerly a blacksmith
at Easton, Pa, or some such, place,
knocks you all around the :, floor and
charges you the usual two dollars. By
that time a mans health is sosmuch cul-
tured that If he has any native sense he
doesn't go a third time, but gets an ak
and runs up and down the keyboard Of
the woodpile few rounds. Then he goes
in and gives the two dollars to his wife
who is fully as capable of using 1t to
advantage as Messrs. Fitzsimmons and
Corbett.
Physical culture IS. to use the language
Of the street. hot stuff. Personally pre-
fer to sift ashes 80
"A. j. R. 3
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
THEY'RE ALL WORKING NOW.

il. the field the busy farmers getting ready
e, for the spring,
And the plow-, Is turning burrows till it
@''~ fairly seems to sing;
In the barn the boys are husking all the
-.~. yellow ears Of corn,
While the cider mill is chanting from the
- very break Of morn.
And the demagogue who rises to crate of
woes somehow
Finds lot of empty benches, for they all
=, are working now.
In the bank they're counting money-all
the massive vaults will hold;
And the stream is growing bigger with
it's greenbacks and its gold;
For the merchants days are busy, and his
81 goods are selling right,
And he finds he has to fill his empty
counters every night.
But calamity is coming!' cries the one
with fevered brow ,' ...
Yet he lifts his voice unheeded, for they
all are working now. ..,r
They are working in the forests, in the
fields and on the hills;
They are stepping to the changing Of the
music Of the mills,
Where the singing of the whistles and the
wheels incessant hum
Thrill them like the happy rhythm of the
bugle and the drum.
And the men who shout disaster get no
answer FROM the pfow,
Lure no fingers from the levers-for they
all are working now.
w. D. Nesbit In Leslie's Weekly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
ROLLED DOWN MOUNTAIN
A Stage Coach in Colorado Gives
Fourteen Passengers a ,
Rough House.

Ouray, Col, Nov. 5.-The stage coach
which runs between this place and Red
Mountain met with an accident near here
on one of the steepest grades of the road
and together with fourteen passengers
rolled down the mountain side for dis
lance Of 800 feet. One Of the horses was
killed and the coach rolled over several
times in it's descent. All the passengers
were injured more or less. the most
severely injured being the following:
Superintendent e. c. Mites of the Swamp
Angel mines, Red Mountain, left leg broken in
two places below the knee and right leg broken
above the knee. -;
Allen Mcfarland, mining man. Red Mountain;
badly hurt in back and hips.
u. l.. Hancock. Milwaukee, Wis. interested in
Red Mountain mine: shoulder and hips injured
Tim Mannion. manager and one OF the owners
of the New York and Brooklyn mine. Chatta-
nooga Red Mountain district; leg broken and
back hurt; head badly cut.
John SkeH, badly bruised.
Rodney Bacon. Ouray; head, face and neck
lacerated; back hurt. .
Master Walter Foley, Red Mountain; back
hurt hand crushed and face cut.
George Ross, wife and son, seriously lacerated
The driver attributes the accident to the
slipping of the brakes and an uHruly horse.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
An Object Lesson.

While T h e Jour n al has always rec
ognized that under modern conditions
there may be many trusts regardless of
the assistance some monopolies receive
from an excessively high tariff, it has
sympathized with the Iowa idea that ev-
cry tariff schedule that shelters monop-
oily should be revised. Moreover, it has
held that there are monopolies of that
kind, or, say, rather, trusts -. :. -
There are some people in Kokorno, Ind,
who know there is at least one trust that
is helped by the tariff. Observing the
activity Of the steel market, they built a
wire and wire nail mill in Kokomo at a
cost of S1,000,00G. When they were ready
to begin operations, they discovered that
the supply of steel billets, the raw mate
rial of their prospective business, is con-
trolled by the steel trust which kindly Of
fered to- sell them steel at fancy trust
prices, which made it impossible for them
to make wire and nails in competition
with the trust. But they went to Belgi-
UNI and Germany and bought 10000 tons
Of steel billets at $1s per ton. They ex-
pected to pay a duty, Of 1912 per ton. Or
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
IN A NUTSHELL.


production increased 26o cent? pig ron $50 cent
shipping 800 cent railway earnings 400 cent and
though rapidly increasing Over
production resulted but long continued
body took note of it. The banks to financing with
liberal hand most everything that industrial
enterprise with plausible could obtain all the
needed extensive inerlocking OF
poraons formed, the which
markets. selling companies being organized the
that controlled the manufacturing companies.
The crash in May, 1900 The financial status Of
hundreds Of thousands Of people changed
the stocks of the principal electrical manfac
turing companies declined $50 100000 Lepziger and
other great banks teppled and the imperial loan fell
to 80.
1t is claimed that the syndcaes had effect Of
saving the empire from time it has been
having but that is doubtful any there is
feeling that the price for such assistance is high Ger
getting tired of having their sell them
coke at $04 ton, while the Austrian gets at $I97
German builders not happy when they have to the
$3.50 that
rails sell 81 home,
The highly protected German manufacturers
in the home market using it just their American
brethren They the German make him
industry Of which the foreigner the chief benefit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05

The industrial depression Germany suffering the
present time full of interest for United States There
features OF the Industrial and commercial
situation In the United States similar those that
existed In Germany prior to the times Trusts
syndicates which Is the form Industrial union has taken
in Germany have developed in the kasers country about
fast In the United States there growth
expansion and boom in Germany that only be compared
to the present piping times in the United States.
In current report Frank H. Mason consul general at
Berlin gives most interesting data regarding the
ent commercial status Germany and the in
dusral change that empire undergone times
In 1871 Germany had people, whom
engaged in agriculture In 1900 it had 900 people,
of whom only S5 agriculture Thus
in thirty the whole industrial aspect and structure
the empire changed 1881 unsatisfactory
conditions in 4S6 people
eigrated to the United States In 1899 the number
grants 100000 had fallen to A. and the empire in
creasng In population the of Wages
Increased, worsmen busy overtime and there
a general advance ip the standard OF living.
This tremendous transfer Of productive labor
culture to manufactures the life of
the economic balance OF the empire Production
agriculture oustripped population,
sumption While population increased SO cent coal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05

It is not necessary to pursue very farI
the search for reasons for Governor Van
SAINTS surprisingly overwhelming major
ity.
The merger business did 1t.
A year ago Governor Van SAINT, While no
doubt trying to do his duty conscientiously
and we'll, had not established himself very
firmly in the confidence or affections OF
his party. He had then no assurance OF
denomination. He had not been altogether
wise in his appointments in some particu-
lars, and there was no little disanect1on
within his own party.
Yesterday he received the most emphatic
endorsement given to any governor IN
Minnesota since the state was organized.
It is true that the opposition was some
what divided, but the populist vote has
been so nearly absorbed In the old par
ties that that ticket cut small figure In
(the outcome. The opposition was much
more united than it has been during the
last twelve years, except when John Lind
succeeded in fusing it under his own
name.
SSe@A wv
ernor Van SAINT did something which dem
onstrated to the people of this state that
he had the kind Of stuff in him of which
sound, wholesome, patriotic public opin-
ion approves. :;
He had the courage to do his duty, even
when he had every reason to believe, and
the facts so proved, that to do his duty
meant to encounter violent and ,vindica-
tive opposition, proceeding from sources
Of tremendous power in this state. Yester-a
day was the first time that the people of
Minnesota have had chance to say what
they thought of the governors action, and
they have said it so loud that it has been
heard in the offices of every illegal and
grasping monopoly in this country
Fifty thousand is tremendous plurality.
it is twice as much as the republican COM
mittee dared to claim as their highest esti-
mate 1t was felt $4,000 plurality would
be a satisfactory anawer on the part of the
people to the merger proposition. Nothing
that money could do was left undone to
accomplish Van SAINTS defeat. ...
The result affords occasion for the heart
lest congratulations upon the treatment
which the people of this state have &C
corded to a deliberate, organized and des-
perate attempt to bring the politics of
this state-as has happened in some Of our
neighboring states-under railroad control.
The attempt has been such a conspicuous
and crushing failure that it is not likely
| to be repeated soon.
Nor can the promoters Of railroad mer-
gers and other forms Of law-forbidden
monopoly fail to understand clearly and
definitely what is the attitude of the people
of this state toward propositions of that
! character:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
Republican Control of the House.

The returns from the congressional cleo
lions are sufficiently emphatic to show
that the fifty eighth house will be under
the control Of the party of political sanity
and not of the party of manifold decisions
and illusions. The republican majority
of the present congress will not be main
tanned, but it is evident that. If the final
returns show that the house which as
sembles at Washington in about a year
from now has republican majority under
twenty votes. it will doubtless prove an
advantage, promoting vigilance, persist
sent promptness in attendance and COM
pact support of the important administra-
ltion measures.
Off-year elections generally go against
the party In power. At the congressional
elections in 1874 the democrats. and green
hackers swept the country and secured a
big majority in the house. This impelled
fthe republicans at the following
session of congress to utilize their
control to pass the specie resump-
Stion law which had been introduced In
accordance with the recommendation Of
~
the election. The next congress having
a democratic house, was at odds and ends,
so to speak, but the republicans had saved
the public credit and specie resumption
took place in 1879.
Fortunately, in this offyear, the cleo
tons insure republican control of congress
in house and senate through the term of
S~%r 1,,r
ing Cleveland's first term and McKinley's
first term the house elected during the
off year has been in opposition to the adj
sministration and a perplexing handicap to
the transaction Of important public bust
ness.
It is evident that the continuance Of ma
ltional legislative power in the hands of the
republican party, with a reduced majority
in the house, affords the party a splendid
opportunity to demonstrate again that its
public spirit, it's true national pride, it's
fine ability and genius for meeting and set
Ting great and burning questions and
problems in the right way-the way most
advantageous to the public interests, bust
ness and otherwise, have not been i'm
paired by it's political successes, and that,
with tireles energy, and not resting on its
brilliant past for future success, it is
ready to meet now the tremendously i'm
iportant problems whose rational solution
will insure this nation in it's ever increas-
ing and world wide influence and leader
ship of the progressive forces of the world.
The party has shown in the past that it
is fitted and able to grapple with the re-
sponsibilities which concern the nation
most intimately The present admins
tration has shown it's competency only re-
Gently for composing difficulties which
closely and disastrously affect the public
interests, and If the party's willingness to
grapple with economic problems like
tariff revision and reciprocity has been
called in question, it has the opportunity
to prove at the coming short
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
The Mayoralty

Evidently a claim to have pocketed the
labor vote Is not good thing to conjure
with. Possibly the labor vote is not
something to be manipulated by the pro-
fessional friend Of the laboring man. The
results to-day indicate something Of the
kind. Returns are not yet complete
enough to afford a basis for critical an
alysis, but we suspect that when the re-
turns are all in, 1t will be found that the
labor vote Is just as discriminating and
intelligent vote as any other, and that
the man who claims the labor vote chiefly
because he parades himself as the friend
Of the laboring man, is very apt to be
disappointed in his calculations.
The only thing that made Mr.. Powers
seem to be a formidable factor in the re-
cent mayoralty contest, aside from the
fact that he had the republican nomina-
ton, was his persistent claim to the labor
vote. Indeed, it was this that gave him
the nomination. But, either the so-called
labor vote, as a political factor, has been
very much overestimated, or else it is
a much more discriminating vote than it
has been given credit for; and we suspect
that both propositions have some truth
in them.
AT all events, the failure of the repub-
lican party to nominate a man for the
office of mayor who had the confidence
Of the voters Of that party as a whole,
has resulted in the overwhelming defeat
Of their candidate. Political lines We're
wiped out and votes for the democratic
candidate were turned out by the thou
sands In strong republican wards. Re-
publicans should learn by this result that
hereafter, to win, even in this strong
republican city, they must put up:candi-
dates who deserve to sueceeda, 81
Mr.. Haynes gets his office very 1argely
by republican votes. Indeed, he is in
debted to the republicans for it, and is,
therefore, in position to be more indie
pendent of the political bosses, of his
own party and better. situated to main
| tain the high standard set him BY his
! immediate predecessor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05

Editor J. j. Hill says this morning that
the principles of democracy are eternal and
that though men may spurn. them they
live on forever. AS Mr.. Hill; saw, It, the
principles of the Minnesota demoera cy
were opposition to opposition to the ner-
ger We are not quite. so sure as we
might be that those principles are eternal,
but that they have been spurned, yea,
spat upon by the people of Minnesota, we
cannot deny. - = :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
THE KING IS REIGNING
Edward VII. Believed to Be Taking
an Interest in the Condition
of Ireland.
Ne,o York SUI, Special Service

Ne,o York Sun Special Service
London, Nov. 5.-The king generally has
been credited with taking an active part in
the negotiations for bringing the Boer
war to an end, and 1t is now asserted that
he has been complaining to the ministers
Of the condition Of Ireland and that the
appointm as the new permanent secre-
tary Of an official Of unusual ability and
experience in the Indian service has been
made in Difference to his wishes.
These rumors are accompanied by fore
casts Of complete revision of Wynd-
hams land bill and the semi-offcial an
nouncement that the king will visit Ire
land in semistate during the spring.
The kings activity in political affairs
is great surprise to the ministers, who
were accustomed to the precedents and
HABITS of the Victorian reign. He takes
the business of reigning almost as seri-
ously as the German emperor. He
scrutinizes the appointments in the church
and the civil service and has definite ideas
respecting the policies which the respon-
sible ministers ought to adopt; 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05

session of congress and at the
first session of the fifty eighth
congress that the confidence in its genius
for dealing with momentous questions ra-
tionally and advantageously. striking stall
.wart and effective blows at monopolistic
injustices and relieving the people Of I'M
necessary burdens of taxation; maintain
ing the public credit; facing boldly diff
cult problems and not evading or seeking
to remove them from the arena Of positive
action-that confidence thus bestowed has
not been wrongly bestowed but is fully
justified by the results.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.

William II. Crane is delighting large
audiences at the Metropolitan this week
with his quaint charac terization OF Da-
.vid IIarum. 1t is one Of the most lovable
types of American character Mr.. Crane
has ever created Record-breaking bust
ness will doubtless signalize the engage
ment, which is for the entire week.
1t will be recalled at one time that W.
j. Florence created a type of American
character. and John T. Raymond made
Colonel Mulberry Sellers a much talked
Of role, which still lives in memory. 1t
is the opinion of those who have seen
Herbert Hall Winslow's new comedy,
THE Vinegar Buyer" that Ezra Kendall
is going to build up for himself a reputa-
ton in his line of work which will put
him on an equality with those once ia
nous stars The comedian begins a
weeks engagement at the Metropolitan
Sunday.
Miss Eugene Blair will be seen at the
Bijou next week in ''Zaza." Miss Blair,
who is deservedly popular for her stellar
performances in "Camille,'' 1.-THE Iron
Master" "a Lady of Quality" etc., has
found in 'Zaza" the greatest success of
her dramatic career the part being par
Temperament and offering her opportuni-
ties which she utilities to the utmost for
displays Of tragic genius.
Magician Kellar entertained two large
audiences at the Bijou last evening and
perplexed and bewidered them with his
astonishing feats of magic.
The old favorite, THE Two Orphans,
is doing q record breaking business al
| the Lyceum this week. The S. R. o. sign
! has been displayed at every performance
! so far, and the indica tons are that it will
| not have chance to get dusty the re-
naming performances. Next week the
Ferris company will be seen in a thrill
ing Russian melodrama, THE Crucifix."e