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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
A Vital Contest.

The journal publishes to-day
size-up Of the political situation IN this
state as to governor and congress. Gov
ernor Van SAINTS plurality Is conserVa-
lively estimated at 1900. The state
committee claims %. 900 as probable, and
will not conoede less than $4,000 as their
lowest estimate.
The only contest affecting the state
ticket is over the governorship. The
democrats have no idea Of electing any
other candidate on that ticket and make
no claims The interests Of no other cam
didate have been given any consideration.
Rosing has hogged the whole thing so far
as campaign funds are concerned, and the
efforts OF the committee.
Governor Van SAINT has had to meet an
opposition with apparently unlimited mon
ey to spend and determined to accom-
pltsh his defeat. The campaign made
against him has been purely personal. NO
attention has been given to state issues;
no criticism Of his administration; no dis
eussion Of state interests or state policies
nothing but villiflcation and mtsrepre-
sentation Of the governor himself.
This kind Of campaigning can proceed
but from one source. Governor Van SAINT
has had the courage to stand up for the
enforcement Of the law against great cor
porate interests, and those interests are
determined to ruin him for having done
that If they can possibly accomplish that
result.
They cannot do it unless the people Of
Minnesota help them do it.
Governor Van SAINT will be reelected by
a handsome majority unless 1t develops
that railroad influence, proceeding from
those particular railroad interests which
seek to shape Minnesota politics, are able
to swing the vote Of the state against him
and gain control Of the politics Of this
state
The people Of Minnesota have been suf-
fciently warned with regard to this mat
ter. and they cannot plead ignorance of
the real situation. The defeat Of Van
SAINT Is not within the range of probabili-
ties, but as a possibility it serves a warn
Ing upon the people of this state that the
election Of next Tuesday is in an impor-
tant sense the most serious political con-
test ever held in this state, and calls for
full vote.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

The workingmen Of Minneapolis have a
chance to respond next Tuesday to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's appeal for the support of
a republican congress. Theodore Roosevelt
has shown himself to be, the president Of
the miners as we'll as the mine owner, the
workingman as we'll as for the millionaire,
and his earnest desire that he be sup
ported during the next two years by re-
publican congress Is one which should ap-
peal strongly to every workingman in
the country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

Municipal operation of Bedfords electric light plant
showed a year of $4,000
Bristol in the way lost $12500.
Morley lost $4,000. 49, E' 49,
Glasgow lost $685. s. ~ t@','
Edinburgh lost $13,450. s.. E.~s.
these small losses merely resulted from policy Of
making the service cheap possible consistent with
supporting ITSELF they would be of
appears in the municipal authorities desired
the city from the operation
street railway systems 1t Is not at all surprising that public
management should be costly than private.
universally the The extravaganza with
short hours high employees
demand public works. the principal that
contribute what be called the ineriorty
public % private business management -f#
This inferiority however is not conclusive
against public ownership of public utilities the
tages accrung the public from other
dertakings quite offset the fact that municipality
may able, If it desires, to
good financial results private companies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
Minneapolis and Roosevelt.

Chairman Jones, or the democratic ma
tional committee, in discussing the po-
litical situation and the congressional
outlook, practically comedies republican
success.
He bases it upon universal confidence in
President Roosevelt and general acqui-
escence in the proposition that the only
effectual way to express confidence in the
president is to give him a republican con-
gress.
Mr.. Jones' frank concessions may not
be altogether welcome to his fellow parti-
zans just at this time, and doubtless
would not be INDUCED in If he were not
satisfied that democratic control of the
next house was hopeless. But his conces-
sions are nevertheless true and creditable
to his political candor and sagacity.
What he has to say ought to be Of
special interest to the people Of this dis
trict at this time. There is probably no
place in the country where Theodore
Roosevelt Is more thoroughly believed in
and where he has the confidence of the
people more completely than he has in the
city Of Minneapolis.
That confidence is justified. 1t is to-day
set Of the republican party. Theodore
Roosevelt Is no straggler in the repub-
lican ranks. He Is not only nominally
but actually the leader Of his party. He
Is shaping it's policy, directing its course,
and conserving its future more than any
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work within it's councils.
Now there is but one way in which the
people of this district can indicate their
sympathy with the president and show to
him that they stand by him at a time
when he needs friends.
The course which he has resolved to fol-
low is not an easy one. Powerful influ-
ences are bitterly hostile to the president
and would accomplish his overthrow If
possible.
1t is no easy task to maintain the
standards Of public virtue which he has
set up.
His political future and his present sue
cess are at stake in this congressional
election.
TO give him democratic congress
would be to rebuke him for the course
which he has pursued, and every district
which fails to contribute to that repub-
lican majority, SO essential to the presi-
dents support and success, will be justly
chargeable with having withheld from the
president an expression Of it's approval,
Of its confidence in his high intentions,
and its sympathy with his efforts in the
direction Of an honest and courageous ad-
ministration Of the law in the interest of
the whole people.
Minneapolis is going to talk on this sub
ject next Tuesday.
There Is absolutely but one way in
which it can tell the president that it be-
lieves in him, and that is by the cleo
ton Of republican from this district.
The election Of a democrat, especially
ar the solicitude which the president
IL ) expressed through his postmaster gen
eral in behalf of Mr.. Fletcher's candidacy,
can be given no other Interpretation than
a vote Of lack of confidence in our splen-
did president. All other considerations
are swallowed up in this essential and in
controvertible fact, and it is up to the
people of Minneapolis to settle the ques-
ton clearly along that line.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

Just before the commission appointed to
arbitrate the anthracite coal mining diff
fculty entered a mine yesterday, a miner
was killed by the falling of a portion Of
the roof of tunnel. If the commission
spends much time. in the mines, it
will probably come in contact with many
such accidents, which will serve to re-
mind it that the men give not only their
daily labor for their wages: but, often,
their lives,> too, = . -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
The Power Of Thouoht.


The other day when the wheat market
was infull blast and few brokers feign-
ing excitement were hollering an arm off,
q heavy iron safe weighing several tons
fell four stories down the light
we'll of the chamber of commerce and
landed on the first floor with a noise like
Shows crop report. A we'll known brok-
Ell was passing through the lobby at the
time and the safe alighted about yard
from his feet. He casually glanced at it
and passed on.
A few hours later when wheat dropped
half-cent with thud that shook the
peewees out of the gallery, the broker
who had not noticed the fall of the safe
jumped and 'hollered and showed every
evidence Of strong internal agitation. All
of which only goes to show that we are
more seriously Jared by idea than we
are by a two-ton safe.
Or, perhaps you have never been struck
by an idea?
.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

deal nationally and periodically with men,
acing questions, brushed aside the babble
Of impractical theorists and set in motion
an arbitration board of thoroughly prac-
teal men to deal with the intricacies OF
the anthracite mining and labor problem,
and to show that solution Of the difficult
ties Of a permanent character can be
reached in a rational way.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
Uncle Sans Way.
BROOKLYN Eagle.

We shall not annex Colombia, but after
the canal is dug we shall not allow her
to play any FRANKS on the banks. When
we pay our millions for real estate we ex-
pect to be allowed to sail over that estate
in perfect peace.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
MINNESOTA POLITICS

The Globe says of the Rosirs, noea+;naa
in ST. Paul last night that there w. 80
limit on enthusiasm From surface IN
d1cations it seems that the democrats have
done away with the limit entirely, Wit
ness their campaign methods against COW
ernor Van SAINT, and their campaign of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

The administration will not permit the
small boys to ENJOY themselves HalloW-
cen. This means that the administration
will be turned down about 1912, or when
ever these boys become voters.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

You can't vote for Rosing without re-
buking Van SAINT for resisting the merger.
Don't fool yourself with any mistaken no.
lions on that subject next Tuesday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
Van SAINT Due TO
DEFEAT R0SING

FINAL REVIEW THE STATE BY DISTRICTS BEFORE
THE BATTLE OF BALLOTS BEGINs-A CONSERVATIVE Es-
INNATE GIVES HIM II, 900 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. JAM
/ 1soN CLAIMS $4,000 WHILE THE DEMOCRATS SAY THEY
WILL WIN BY $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

Marie Corelli has a very poor opinion
of Americans about as poor, in fact, as
the opinions Americans have Of Marie as
a maker Of literature.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
Foyer Chat.

William H. Crane, whose appearance
here has been awaited with great deal
or interest. comes to the Metropolitan
next Monday, in the dramatization Of
Westcotts phenomenally successful novel,
David Harum.' The success of the NAV
has been something phenomenal. Cranes
individual hit in the comedy has been of
such proportions that it is prophesied
that the work will be to him what rip
Van W1nkle' has been to Jefferson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
The School of NoveIIsts.

Professor Triggs worked off good one
before the literary department Of the Chi
cage Womans club: He. suggested the
establishment Of a school of novelists to
give a, thorough training In authorship,
instruction being provided in the use Of
the foils and pistols on the proper method
Of holding the fainting heroine, how and
when to say "Gadzooks" or ''Have at
you," and how to arrange the glorious
scenery when the hero first kisses the her.
dine. The professor on plots will instruct
his pupils how to devise a, complication
that a blind horse can not see through at
first glance. We suggest the name of Pro-
fessor Triggs for the portfolio of the gov
eminent department Of poetry recently
suggested by the Minneapolis Authors
club
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

The Hill meeting at Crookston was a
Rosing campaign effort thinly disguised.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

The Burgomaster," which is to be
seen at the Metropolitan Sunday evening,
is perhaps the most extraordinary oper-
attic comedy triumph in recent theatrical
history, for in the past two seasons this
etrervescent melange of wit, beauty and
song has been continuously played. and
there seems to be no diminution of it's
popularity. The engagement here is for
one night only.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

crop that now does 1t no good and per-
haps some injury. r.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
The NonpareiI Man
CASUALLY Observed.

CdSUd1Iy OUSeTVeu'
Good evening; have you invented
new breakfast food to-day?-
COCOON Paul's book complains Of harsh
treatment. There is only one way for
Dom to get even and that is to head a big
trust and soak 1t to the British con-
sumner. IL
-,
President Harper says that the minis
ter's presence is needed on the football
field. The game as at present played does
seem to be- without benefit Of; clergy
y - SsT444S-
Don't neglect to stand around on the
curb and froth4 at the mouth. Election
is next; Tuesday. = Fl
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

The Minnesota Stats Tidning: the lead
Ing Swedish republican paper Of the state
says:
1T Is not Just, as certain newspa pers
seek to do, to criticize the ren1:hlioo -
party because no Swedish-American was
nominated for congress by that party,
whereas the Norwegians have two of their
men on the ticket. The reason therefor
Is tnat none or our cOuntrymen sought
nominations for the office in question:
Inc Swedish republicans can have no
complaint as to their share Of the state
on1ces. They have the secretary Of state,
asslstant secretary Of state and clerk in
that office, employees in the state treas
urer's and state auditors offices, and
under Governor Van SAINT they have a
state librarian, assistant superintendent of
public instruction, a. clerk in that office. q
deputy bank examiner, a factory inspec-
tor, dairy and food inspector, and three
state capitol employees. Under the rail-
road and warehouse commission they have
over forty men, including the state weigh
master at Minneapolis.
Now They Swear at Him.
st. Peter used to swear by John Lind.
but he is the best hated man in that
ancient city to-day. He is blamed with
SASSASAOAA
synod to move Gustavus Adolphus college
to Minneapolis. The st. Peter Journal
says that when he was running for gov
ernor, Lind wanted the college to say at
St. Peter. Now that he does not want
ST. Peter votes, he works for Minneapolis
votes by engineering removal The St..
Peter Tribune says that the conference
was hypnotized, that John Lind held
up. the golden calf, and the conference
grabbed at it,
The most effective work done by repub-
licans in Hennepin county. this fall has
been In the house meetings. This feature
of the campaign has been given special at
tention. and it, has worked we'll. 1t has
given candidates a. chance to get in per-
sonal touch with the voters and has
brought neighbors to touch elbows in a
common cause. Z
Laneum Speaks Frankly.
Sam Langum says in the Preston Times:
For some time the st. Paul Globe has
been making much Of the alleged fact that
Governor Van SAINT was not paying taxes
on his steamboats,, and now comes the
governor with specific denial and a de-
mand for retraction. The Times has no
reason to feel particularly friendly to Van
SAINT, but we aim to be fair, and will say
that to an unprejudiced mind his state
ment Is clear, explicit and convincing II
the Globe and the democratic committee
have nothing better to offer than to
traduce the governors character and to
deliberately lie about him, they had better
take a. hitch in themselves and shut up"
Joel P. Heatwole has gone to his old
friends in Meeker county with a plea for
Buchanan, and is doing hard work for the
sixth district candidate there. It is a
good spot for missionary work.
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

Magician Kellar, who will appear at the
BlJou the coming week, has an illusion
that savors of that gentleman accredited
with horns and caudal appendage. He
causes the body of a pretty girl, locked
securely In a huge cage, to disappear in
stantly and to. reappear as suddenly in a,
remote corner ofethe theatetr, and a. few
seconds later, when she has again been
secured In the cage, transforms her into
a slx-foot soldier in full regimentals. All
OF ms oriental illusions are equally bys-
ferrous and bewildering, and all are nre-
scented upon fully lighted stage.
But three more opportunities are left to
enjoy the diverting comedy and musica !
FEATURES OF 1.-THE Head Walters" as nre-
scented by Ward and Vokes, and their
company, at the Bijou
But three more times remain in which
TO see. Way Out West" at the Lycern7'
tonight. Tomorrow afternoon and even,
ing. Opening Sunday, Nov. 2, the Ferris
stock company will present for one week
kate .Claxton's greatest success. .rrhe
Two Orphans Election returns will he
received by special wire Tuesday even
ing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

The Red River valley has q way OF
surprising the prophets that makes one
approach it with fear and trembling. Be-
fore election it was always going against
Eddy, but invariably came In with e good
rousing majority. It gave Lind 4, 200 over
Eustis, and Van SAINTS followers; were
going to wipe that out In 1900. but the
Continued on Page Fourteen.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08

One hundred or more sons and
daughters of Vermont will leave Bos-
ton next Monday at 10 o'clock on their
Old Home Week excursion. They
will go over the Fitchburg road to
Saratoga, where headquarters will be
established at Congress Hall and dele
gates will be received from the Yer
mont associations in Brooklyn, Buffalo,
Hartford and Springfield. Tuesday
will be spent on an excursion through
Lake George and Lake Champlain,
and at Ticonderoga the party will be
met by Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw and Mrs. Shaw, who are spend
ing the summer on Lake Champlain at
Charlotte and by Mayor Hawley of
Burlington, and a committee of citi-
zens headed by Col. G. S. Forbes of
st. Adams. The excursionists will
arrive at Burlington late in the after
noon. Wednesday will be spent
largely in visit to Fort Ethan Allen
and the state camp grounds, where
the First Vermont regiment will be
in camp. After Wednesday the party
will separate to attend the local cele
brations in the several towns.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
FREEDOM.
Edwin Markham, in the Independent.

Edwin Markham, in the Independent
Here in the forest now,
As on that old July
When first our fathers took the vow,
The bluebird, stained with earth and
sky,
Shouts from blowing bough
In green aerial freedom, wild and high
And now, as then, the bobolink,
Out on the uncertain brink
OF the swaying maple, swings,
Loosing his song out, link by golden
link;
While over the wood his proclamation
rings,
A daring boast that would unkingdom
kings!
Even so the wild birds sang on bough
and wall
That day the Bell of independence
Hall
Thundered upon the world the word OF
Man,
The word God uttered when the world
began
That day when liberty began to be,
And mighty hopes were out on land
and sea.
But Freedom calls her conscripts now
as then:
1t is an endless battle to be free.
AS the old dangers lessen from the
skies
New dangers rise:
Down the long centuries eternally,
Again, again, will rise Thermopylae-
Again, again, a new Leonidas
Must hold for God the imperiled Pass
AS the long ages run
New Lexington will rise on Lexington
And many valorous Warren fall
Upon the imperiled wall.
Man is the conscript of an endless
quest
A long divine adventure without rest
A holy war, battle yet unwon
When he shall climb beyond the burnt
out sun.
Each hard-earned freedom withers t.
a bond:
Freedom forever is beyond-beyond!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
Two Girls and One Summer,

1.-THE campers are up at the lake
now A year ago j was with them,
and | had supposed that I should be
this year. | couldn't believe that
wouldn't All through these hot
weather days l think of the others
up in those lovely hills, of the deep
Swallowed waterways, and the marvel
Gus moonlight nights. 1t seems to
me that can't bear it, not to be
there. You think am selfish and
DISCONTINUED and horrid, but-you
don't know what it was to mel"
That was one girl. A little later
another stopped for few minutes
chat She, too, had been one of the
happy camping party of the year be-
fore.
Eyes, indeed" she replied, in
answer to a question 81 had ex-
pected to go this summer as much as
could be, but fathers sickness last
month made it impossible; there
were so many expenses, you know"
For a moment her pretty face was
shadowed; it wasn't difficult to fol
low her thoughts up to the merry
party at the lake. But almost i'm
mediately she turned, with a bright
smile
Don't think Pm glooming," she
said quickly. ooh, l couldn't, when
| have that summer to think about
1t was the loveliest time I ever had
in my life, and all the while under
meath I was promising myself that
would be sworthy of it, and never let
anything spoil it's perfect harmony
keep thinking it over and over, liv
ing it day by day, and it's almost as
| good as being there. 1t would be sc
dreadful to spoil tin ones self,
mean"
The same pleasure exactly; and
from it one girl made discomfort and
the other an unfailing joy. What 6
life secret the little incident holds!
-[Wellspring.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.

G.. S. Curtis of Boston is at H. r..
Darling's.
l.. w, Sheldon of Nyack, N. Y, is
visiting friends in town.
Miss Matte Peabody of Chester is
a guest at o. S. Stuart's.
Harry Pierce of Winchendon, Mass,
is visiting his father here.
Mrs. c. G. Robinson is at George
Robinson's for few weeks.
o. r. Clayton of Chester was in
town last Saturday on business.
Rena Abbott returned last week
from her visit in New Hampshire.
Mrs. ]. Bardwell and two children
of Brattleboro are visiting in town.
Mrs. George Hall and Miss D. Ellis
are at the Peabody home this week.
Mrs. Abbie Sheldon and Miss Stel-
la Yearly of Boston are visiting in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Thornton of
Utica, N. Y, are spending the week
in town.
N. B. Johnson and two children re-
turned Friday from their visit in
Windsor
The Brattleboro skaters are here
again, at work on the dwelling house
B. c. Rabbit and on the hotel.
G. B. Dudley of Springfield, this
state, came Wednesday evening for a
short vacation with his parents.
The weather is a little more favor
able for haying this week, and the
farmers are making the most of it.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Whitman of
Adams, Mass, are visiting friends
here, making the trip in their automo-
bile.
The little daughter of Mrs. Nellie
Young has gone to hospital in Wor-
cester, Mass, for treatment for her
throat.
Both of the ladies' aid societies
will hold a social and dinner during
Old Home Week. The Methodist
social will be at Herbert Huntley's
on Wednesday and the Baptist social
will be at F. F. Churchill's on Friday.
Both are offering special attractions.
P. w. Clement spoke at the town
hall last Friday evening to a crowded
house. He was accompanied by Mr..
Button who also spoke. The meet
ing was enthusiastic. The Wards
boro Cornet band furnished music. and
there were songs by the Johnson
brothers.
What might have been a fatal
or very serious accident occurred
Saturday afternoon, when II. P. Clari-
son was accidently shot while I'M
hitching his horse in his dooryard by
the discharge of a gun from some dis
tant point. Mr.. Garrison heard no
report from the gun. The weapon
must have been pointed up, for the
ball descended hitting him in the back
below the arm, passing down and
lodging in his body below the waist
DR.. Millington, who was called, eX-
tracted the ball, and he is doing we'll