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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

have suffered from disregard OF law has
been brought upon them by their own dis
regard Of law. They have formed what
AMOUNTS to a criminal conspiracy in de-
f1ance Of common law and they have con-
tinued It in, evasion of the Pennsylvania
constitution of 1874, and in violation Of
the statutory enactments against railway
discrimination and unreasonable rates.
For these reasons public opinion in Penn
sylvania is so set against the anthracite
coal companies and roads that Governor
Stone hestated to call the national guard.
In not acting sooner Governor Stone
erred, no doubt, but he is human. He and
other Pennsylvania authorities have erred
heretofore in not using the strength Of
the state to crush unlawful corporations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11
The Nonpareil Man

"Famlliar Figures on Change"
A broker in the wheat pit had sold little
grain,
And had struck a natural attitude that in
'-.' print would give him pain,
When Wing appeared and winged him
with a sort of wingless wing
That made him long to get an ak and
never do a thing;
And when he thought of murder and the
Ratchet drenched in gore,
For at this cruel winging his heart was
very sore,
The chamber clock in laughter put its
hands before it's face,
And the bucket shop that day sold wind,
for it couldn't catch the pace.
Then up spoke several dealers, and they
showed some little heat,
And threatened to cut off from Wing a
slice of darkish meat. ! ~.
So Wing sits in the gallery now and DER
- the parapet 80
You may hear his strident whistle. He is
y there already yet. :. 2, /"
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Other Amendments.

The 10 urna l has discussed two of
the four constitutional amendments to be
submitted to the people at the approach
ing election. Of the other two one is
good and the other Of doubtful value.
One amends the constitution so as to
create state road and bridge fund, for
the construction and improvement Of the
roads Of the state. This amendment au-
thorizes an annual tax levy not to ex-
coed one-tenth Of a mill on all taxable
property of the state. The proceeds of
this tax are to be used with the income
from the internal Improvement fund in
assisting road and bridge construction
throughout the state. q r. 80 IT,. q. =.
p This amendment Is recognition of the
theory Of financing road construction,
that is now gaining ground everywhere,
viz, that the state should bear a part of
the cost Of wagon road construction. For
such a. purpose a regular tax levy is much
superior to special appropriations. I'm
provements can be- begun and carried on
with the certainty of having funds and
a permanent system Of state aid can be
created. III - -.E
The good points of the amendment are,
however, largely neutralized; by the fact
that 1T Is so worded as to abolish the state
highway commission. u: This commission.
it is true, has never been constituted by
the legislature, but the adoption of. the
amendment under discussion would de
prive the legislature Of the power to do
so. What the state really needs is such
commission with such funds back of it
as the fixed tax proposition would give.
It is to be feared that without commits
sion to administer such a fund it will con-
stitute a. tempting opportunity for sec
tional log rolling, On the whole, it will
probably be better to kill the amendment
and look to the next Legislature for a bet
| ter one. 81 ~ ss.g.s x Il =
The remaining rundiscussed amend
ment is one which authorizes the loaning
of school and university funds to counties.
school districts, cities, towns and vii
lagos wherein the entire bonded indebt-
edness does not exceed Is per cent of the
assessed valuation. At present only po-
litfcal subdivisions whose bonded indebt-
edness does not exceed Z per cent of their
valuation are qualified to receive such
loans. The benefits Of such state loans
should be. available for many more local
titles than the per cent restriction per-
mits. The limit might well be put much
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Now that the state board of control mas
made showing SO entirely satisfactory
to all citizens and taxpayers, and mas
demonstrated It's great superiority to the
old system Of separate boards, the attempt
is being made by the democratic managers
to share the credit for it. They claim
that Governor Lind, equally with State
Auditor Dunn, fathered the idea. The
records do not bear this out. Mr.. Dunn
started the agitation in the summer Of
1898, and in his biennial report to the leg
tslature he urged the appointment of
committee to investigate and report bill
to the next legislature, along lines which
he pointed out. Those recommendations
were, in the rough. the board Of control
idea, now in working order.
At the same time Governor Lind touched
on the question in his inaugural address,
but he did not indorse the board Of con-
troll He discussed it pro and con, and
saw advantages in both systems, con-
Guiding with recommending that the
powers Of the board of charities and cor
rections be enlarged, and that a system Of
"analyzed accounts be adopted, under
the supervision of that board
Two years later State Auditor Dunn
and Governor Van SAINT both recon-
mended the adoption of the new system
and republican legislature passed the
BILL p, ::
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DAILY DIVERSION

!
Metaphysics the. office Of Theodore
Burt Sayre, at the Empire theater in New
York, an original aphorisn IS pasted on
the wall. Thus: 3d.. -a-% -
.If you don't want, what you can't have,
YOU will always have what you want
. A caller suggested that the saying
smacked of cynieisn. MOT at ALL re-
turned Mr. Sayre.. Reverse. it and you
will have. the certain philosophy OF the
contented man" ,s,z: ..s;se.:
Reversed according to the hint. the
words read: eff you have what you want,
you don't want what you can't have"
The caller made another objection.
SHOULD you have what you don't want,
can you have what you do?"
Perhaps not" replied Mr.. sayre. But
If you don't want what you don't want,
you can have what you can have.
The caller was much interested. "Sup-
pose you don't have what you can't
want he began, but the playreader In
terrupted:
You are ..gagging' the part he
frowned .'and that is not allowed"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

The November bulletin of the United
States department of labor contains in full
Commissioner Carroll D. Wright's study OF
the anthracite coal strike problem. An
examination of this bulletin shows that
the question is one of the most complex
and confused that has ever arisen in the
history of labor and capital. Every claim
Of each side can be met with more or less
evidence to the contrary except that of the
men that they tried long to arrange a con.
ference before the strike began But as te
the merits of the dispute itself there is
enough evidence for everybody to take his
choice. ..
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New York Canal. Problems.

An interesting chapter in the discus
sion of the improvement of canal con-
nection between the great lakes and New
on in Engineering News: The News con-
tends for a 1,OO0-ton barge canal from
Lake Ontario to the Hudson river, while
Major T. W. Symons Of the United States
engineers corps holds that the Erie canal
route is the best for enlargement for
1,O0O-ton barges. Major Symons'F chief
objection to the Ontario route. is that the,
barges would not be able to- stand the:
rough weather on Lake Ontario.
The News meets this; although it does
not grant it's force, witha suggestion that
ship canal with q. depth Of twenty-one
feet be- built from, rl 4L4ake Erie to- Lake
Ontario, making oswego instead of Buff
falo the transfer point from the great
lakes steamers to. the, canal barges:
Such an Erie Ontarioa canal would. cost
s42, 1000, 0OO. A 1,OO0= tom Charge, canal from
Lake Ontario to tfenHudson would cost
$4,000, ooo This $$s2, 900, 900 IS
s12 900, 900 smorej than the deepening Of
the Erie canal would cost but it would
have the advantage of making all the
ports of Lake Ontario accessible to the
entire lake fleet. Leaving out the ship
canal around Niagara, the: News. main.
tains that the state Should first try. the
Ontario route, which, would involve build
ing a portion of the Lake Erie route canal
and an additional expense of only $5,O0O,-
900. The barges could be triedaon Lake
Ontario by means of the Canadian We'll
land canal. If they proved a failure, the
state could then go ahead and build the
rest of the Erie route. The $4,000, 900
would be we'll spent because it would give
Lake Ontario connection with the new
canal, even if the through traffic would
go by the interior canal.
Moreover, the News thinks that If New
York would spend $40, 100000 building a
canal from the Hudson to Oswego the fed
eral government would build the canal
around Niagara Further than this the
News suggests that if New York is will
ing to expend from $40, 10000 900 to SO, 0O0,-
ing to spend the same amount on a ship
canal instead. The United States engin-
GERS estimate that, including a canal
| around Niagara, a twenty-one-foot ship
canal can be built from the Great Lakes
to New York for 5000, 600. If New York
should put up $4,000, 900 of that the fed
eral government would have, $4,000, ooo
and there are twelve states besides New
| York that have direct interest in such
| 1t. really does look as if, since a, barge
canal will cost SO much, the time is ripe
for the federal government and the state
Of New York to unite in great shir
canal work. If one of the. objects Of the
canal is to. offset Canadian canals it car
best be subserved by a ship canal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11
1.-THE Starhucks.w

Opie Reads 1.-THE Starbucks.' novelized
from his play of the same name, is prov
ing to be one Reads best selling books.
This is saying much in view of the fact
that each succeeding novel from his pen
has shown his Increasing popularity as a
writer The storysis full OF life and move
ment and deals with the quaint and SIM
ple-hearted people: Of 2tl1e south. The
reading of the STORY willadd greatly to
the delight one will have in seeing the
play afterward should opportunity offer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

The boy gave series OF college yells
that made all the door knobs in the house
drop off, All the family came running
into the ROOM expecting to find at least
a leg nipped off or an arm gone. The
boy explained that he had seen the devil,
and the laughter that followed made him
cry worse than ever The cellar was
searched. but there was not even a smell
Of birthstone to gladden. the heart.
Things that are not SO sometimes seem
awfully real to children. And SO they DO
to grown folks -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

The Seattle acknowledgements compli-
ments the Minneapolis millers and their
employees on the amicable way in which
they adjusted their differences as to wages
and, hours. Many other favorable COM
ments have been made. It is worth re-
cording the fact that The Union, the Min
neapolis organ of union labor, speaks in
the highest terms of the mill owners and
the fairness of their counter offer which
the men accepted, - e 81 70 : g..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

Democrats who want to know what a
political meeting should be can learn some
thing to their advantage by attending the
republican mass meeting at the exposition
tonight. They may also learn something
about the political issues of the day that
will be of great value to them. Senator
Republicans do not need any urging to
attend a meeting of this kind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

The national encampment of the G.. A.
r. Endorsed Judge Torrance's suggestion
that union veterans contribute to the
building of a home for ex-confederates.
This Endorsement is creditable to the en-
campment and can rot be other than
gratifying to Judge Torrance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

The action. Of President Truesdale, of
the Delaware. Lackawanna & Western
railway in using his authority to- keep
down the price Of such coal as reaches
the northwest indicates that whatever be
the rights and wrongs of the present de-
plorable struggle, the operators did not, as
has been charged, precipitate the strike
in order to make money out of the suf-
ferings Of the people.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

: 1t is wonderful how glad: companies are
to announce that they are not trusts, no
matter how eagerly they may grasp the
hand of the promoter. when he arrives
with his windmill and hose The sewing
machine: companies are now vigorously
denying that they are In a trust. &5-;: q.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11
Three Merger Suits Going

No suits pending against the merger?
The statement is Slightly Inaccurate" e.
the polite professor at Yale used to say.
There are three cases pending against
the merger, which is sure to be compelled
to go into Court and defend itself on its
merits One is brought by the attorney
general Of the United States, one by the
attorney general of Minnesota. and one
by the attorney general Of Washington.
All three have their origin in Minnesota's
opposition, started by Governor Van SAINT.
The United States suit is well along, most
of the testimony having been taken in
New York city by Fred G. Ingersoll, spe-
cial commissioner. He will report to the
United States circuit court, which has the
case before it.
The state suit is in the same court, and
Mr.. Ingersoll has also been appointed to
take the testimony, as much of the testi-
mony used in the government case will
also be available in the state case.
The third suit, that of the state of
Washington, is in the supreme court Of the
United States. Attorney General Douglas
is associate counsel in this case, which
seems certain to come to direct issue,
as all the parties are joined directly.
mo suit pending against the merger
Even for campaign talk, that is "slightly
Inaccurate"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11
Republican HEAVY Artillery.

Next week will be busy one for Gov
ernor Van SAINT. He addresses two St..
Paul meetings Monday night. Tuesday
evening he will talk in Albert Lea,
Wednesday at Owatonna, and Thursday
at Kenyon, Friday afternoon he is billed
at Wood Lake, in Yellow Medicine county,
and Saturday afternoon at Scandal,
Washington county. Saturday evening,
Oct. 1S, he will be in Minneapolis.
Senator Nelson will be in northern Min
nesota next week. He speaks at Hibbing
Monday, at Two Harbors Tuesday, and
Duluth Wednesday. He Is at Brainerd
Thursday night, at Henning Friday night
and at Sank Center Saturday night
Senator Clapp speaks at St. Peter Mon
day evening. Tuesday evening he will be
in Minneapolis, and will make the prin-
cipal address at the opening of the third
ward republican wigwam-. He is billed for
New Ulm Wednesday evening, Slayton
Thursday, st. James Friday, and Satur-
day he joins Governor Van, SAINT at Scan.
dia. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

Secretary Of the Navy Moody is in ia
vor of taking the tariff off anthracite coal.
On national referendum the vote in ia
vor of this suggestion would be almost
unanimous.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

There seemed to be q lot of~politics
abroad in the council last night when it
came to voting on repudiating a contract.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

: Harry King, a trick bicyclist of La
fayette, Ind, has had constructed loop
the-loop with two loops in it. Not salts
fed with an ordinary violent death, this
bicyclist purposes to take his life in his
hands with two chances against him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11
Casually Observed.

If there are two trusts, a labor trust
and an anthracite trust, struggling for
supremacy in Pennsylvania, the peoples
trust must indeed be placed in providence.
President Butler draws a rema rkable
parallel between Columbia college and this
colundn. He says the college needs
$10, ZOO, 600. = =
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ought to have been building their own
Libraries have been waiting patiently for
months to hear from their humble petit
ton to Mr.. Carnegie for aims. A libra
ry gained in such a way is not to be COM
pared to a library, given by some rich
man to the town Of his childhood or the
one he lives in, and much less one built
by the people. An individual who lives
on the bounty of others soon deteriorates.
May not the public spirit of towns that
expect rich men to do everything for them
likewise decline2 a"aa
= ---. - - $780,
Alderman Merrill told the council last
evening that the school board shouldn' t
have what it asks because among other
items, it had paid off it's $4,000 deficit
and was that much ahead this year. This
is like getting rich by not splitting on the
sidewalks-you save IS every time you
don't spit. But you can't spend the five.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

The ship subsidy people are on deck
again. They are bold; but harmless.
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HELP AND GOOD CHEER. By Rev. Theodore
r. Cnvler D. D. New York: The Baker &
Taylor Co., 1887 East Seventeenth street: 81.
A series of brief messages to old friends
of the author and "all who are In need
Of help and strengthening.
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Bede Has the Party United.

1.-THE eighth district Is solid for j. Adam
Bede,' said T. A. CasweII OF Anoka yes
terday. Mr.. Caswell was one of the strong
est supporters of Judge Edison before the
primaries, but he has fallen in line with
out reservation. He has just returned from
Duluth, and says he found republicans
there united and harmonious. Bede will
get the full party vote. and many of the
democrats who voted for him at the pri-
maries will stand by him at the polls. AS
for the state ticket, it will run better in
the eighth than In any previous year.
This is the general impression among re-
publ1cans Of the situation, but of late
the democratic leaders have been indulging
in optimistic talk about the northeast.
They claim there is a show Of Captain
Fay's election, and that Rosing will run
stronger there than Lind did The par
ticular reason for this feeling appears to
be that there Is "barl,'s in the eighth
district campaign. Captain Fay has made
money on the range and he is spending
it with free hand. Republicans intimate
that the controlling spirits in eighth dis
trict democracy are working for Rosing
rather than Fay and that the contrbu-
lions of the mining king are being spent
moro to the advantage of the state ticket
than for the election of Fay.
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NEW BOOKS.

POEMS BY Mary Olcott New York and
London: John Lane.
Unrest in poetry Of the kind that makes
I'D this little volume depends upon the
personal appeal it makes to the indivld-
uaI reader. The poems have been in part
published before, some in The Boolman
and some in The Century magazine. Some
are new. "In the Darkness of Love- the
last and longest poem is sonbre picture
Of considerable power
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

:. It. is reported that the midway at, st.
Louis will not be indecent. Chicago pas
senger traffic, will fall off during the fair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11
He Saw the Devil.

? Did you ever see the Devil? My old
college chum claims that when he was at
the tender age Of 5 he clapped eyes on
that unpleasant party. 1t seems that the
nurse girl or somebody had been teaching
the boy the cheerful doctrine that if he
wasn't a good boy the Old Boy would
get him. He had seen several pictures
of Mephistopheles and knew just what to
expect
one night just at dusk he was climbing
the cellar stairs, and, feeling his hair
sbristle, he looked over his shoulder ana
there down in the semidarkness was the
leering face of our old friend, Meph., just
coming into view at the foot Of the stairs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11

BoNDMEN FREE. BY John Oxenham. New
York: The Federal Book company.
'"The Remarkable Adventures of Cen
tleman Convict - the Sub title, gives
good clue to the character of the story -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11
Third District Turn Out,

'f ~ 0'S@' w U'u SOks
There was not a face missing yesterday
at the third district conference Albert
Johnson Of Red Wing and P. A. Cosgrove
OF Arlington, members of the state COM
m:tteG, were present and the following
cha1rmen of county committees: Carver
county, George J. Bradley, Norwood; Da-
kcta county, H. L. Sumption, Hastings;
Goodhue county, w. R. Putnam Red
Wing; lie Sueur county, Charles Kelley,
LIE Sueur Center; Mcleod county, J. H.
Reiner, Glencoe; Nicollet county, G. A.
Blamberg, st. Peter; Rice county, George
y. Reed, Faribault; Scott county, W. A.
Hills. Blakeley; Sibley county, p. A. Co.'S
grove, Arlington.
The campaign in the third is in excel
lent shape. The threatened jar between
the state and congressional committees
has been averted, and all factors are work.
ing together tremendously for the whole
ticket c. r. Davis, the candidate for
| congress, has publicly urged his commit
teemen to work as hard for Van SAINT as
they do for himself, and the Van SAINT
| men all have their coats off for Davis. 1t
| is predicted that Van SAINT will make a
better showing in the third. district than
he did two years ago, with the possible
exception of Goodhue county. Being the
home of L. A. Rosing, he is likely to get
some complimentary votes there. Nmore
serious trouble in Goodhue is the danger of
light vote. There is no opposition ticket
| in the county and 1t will be hard to get
republicans out to the polls. A special eff
| fort will be necessary. r .,
! The seventh district republican com
mittee held their conference at headquar-
\ tiers to-day. -, Eesr+
Somewhat Mixed In the 57th. w
| Herman Hillmond. who has come out as
an independent candidate. for the senate
| in the sffty-seventh district, has run
ming mate. M. j. McNally of Chokio, who
was on the ticket with him two years
ago. will run for the house as an indie
pendent. McNally is democrat and
Eillnond populist. Democrats are help
ing with their petition. This leads to the
query: What has become of the democratic
nominee for the senate, John, Becker OF
Browns Valley? >s:2
| Senator McGovern opened his campaign
for congress in the first district Tuesday
/ evening at GAINESVILLE. The Argus Of that
lefty notes that he followed John Lind's
lead in saying good things about Presf-
dent Roosevelt.
4a5 r3o
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; The operators claim that the labor
trust is in restraint Of commerce. Com
merce is perfectly free. The troops are
keeping the lines we'll open. -