The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-22
VERY MUCH ALIVE
Roosevelt Marching Club Didn't
Die When Campaign Ended.
SOON TO PUT ON ALIGHT OPERA
The Production Will BE '"rhe vik-
Ing Which Scored u Big Hit
In Boston.

That there is room for Improvement in
the present condition of politics is a
fact that cannot be disputed. and in order
TO make such improvement 1t Is neces-5
sary for men of integrity and sound prin-
clples to give more time to the considera
ton of political affairs instead OF leaving
them entirely in the hands of ringers
and heelers, which has been done very
largely in good many localities in the
past. The average man will protest
against the impurity In politics but when
asked to do his share and give his time
to lettering the existing conditions, he
replies that he has not the time, he is too
busy, and furthermore, he thinks that his
efforts alone would not accomplish much
In the world of politics. On this last
point he is perhaps right for it would be
hard task for any one or two men un
less they happened to be men especially
we'll known and favored, to have much
influence among corrupt politicians. But
II, on the other hand, a goodly number
of men Of good standing and honest aims
and who are not looking for DOODLE"
would get out and hustle a little at the
time of the primaries and at election
times, it could not fail to have a beneficial
effect.
1t was with this object that about 200
representative young business men of
Minneapolis got together at the beginning
organized the Roosevelt Marching Club
of Minneapolis. The club is organized on
permanent basis and it is the object of
the club to promote the principles of re-
publicanism and to encourage attendance
at primary meetings in order that honest
and capable men may be elected to office
and to otherwise exert their influence for
good government. and the members of
the club hope to make it a factor in the
political field II
1t is the desire Of the club to make
itself self supporting and with this aid in
view it has been decided to give an an
nual entertainment, the proceeds of which
shall be used to defray the clubs ex-
penses .-.a -.
Last January they gave a military
Minstrel Performance at the Lyceum
eheater which was success in every
way, and which was pronounced by the
public to be the best amateur minstrel
show ever given in Minneapolis. This
club went to Washington to attend the
inauguration OF Mckinley and Roosevelt
last March and while in Washington at
tracted good deal Of attention and were
shown many courtesies, among which was
reception rendered to them by Vice
President Roosevelt at the home of Com
mander CoWles.
During the month of April the club will
produce at the Lyceum theater light
opera entitled "The Viking" Three per-
formances will be given in Minneapolis,
one in Faribault and one in Duluth The
piece was brought out last year by the
Pi Eta club of Harvard where it scored
a big success. 1t is full of good music,
bright conversation and laughable In
cidents, and the club is fortunate In Sc
curing the rights of production in the
west. This is the first time a production
of this character has ever brought out in
Minneapolis where all the parts are taken
by men, and as the seventy men in the
cast have been rehearsing for the past
two months, and have made good prog
gress, the club can assure the public and
its friends that they will in no way be
disappointed.
Special costumes and scenery are be-
Ing brought on from Boston, and every
effort Is being made to make the produc-
ton frst-class in every particular III