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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03
I" LUCK'S AGIN Me"

Luck Is certainly against the genial
doctor" these days. OF course it's nothing
but luck. but anyway it is against him.
After having aroused the moral indigna-
tion Of the community, the doctor now
has city improvements tied up and is de-
priving 300 or 400 men of employment.
His senseless opposition to the issuance
OF Sl5O,0o0 of permanent improvement
bonds will not be argued in the supreme
court, on account Of the failure of his
attorneys to perfect their appeal, before
June II. Until the court decides this
case all such public improvements pro-
yided for by these bonds as the laying of
water mains. putting in curb and cutters
and sewers will be held up. Moreover,
the mayors objection to the one issue
keeps back the sale of the $3.50, 900 bonds
authorized for water main extension and
the completion of the new pumping sta
ton.
The mayor thus becomes responsible for
a dirty and backward city and the pro-
longatitn Of the time during which the
city must get along with an inferior wa
ter supply.
The doctor is always playing to the la
Dor vote, but he will have lot of trouble
explaining to workmen; his action in this
matter. 1t will be plain to them that
he has unnecessarily deprived them of
employment at the very time when they
had reason to expect it.
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Ulysses and the Sirens.

on Shore, Aug. 1, 1000 B. C.-My Dear
Penelope: promised in my last letter to give
you an account of our passage Of the Isle of
the Sirens. 1t was indeed the closest call
we old seadoSs have yet experienced, Gree
had told us how to avoid the sirens and
lucky. 1t was that we took the precautions
she suggested.
The island lies N. N W. by due west from
the Aeaean island and is inhabited by type
writer ladies who have the power of charming
by their song all who hear them, so that
sailors and others are impelled to cast them
selves into the sea in their direction. Gree
told me to fill the ears of the seamen with
wax SO they could not hear the strain and
to have them bind me to the mast.
AS we approached the serens' isle I saw to
1t that all these precautions were taken
though they seemed to me foolish, will ad-
NIT, especially in my case, as I thought of
my beautiful Penelope at home. AS the island
drew near, saw the typewriter girls union
sitting at their machines, all clad in their
neat silk waists and with pretty little bows
on their hair and such neat little white
aprons! The sea was calm and over the
water came the notes of music SO ravishing
that I forgot everything and struggled to
get loose, but the crew bound me the tighter
and we drove past under full head of SAIL
until their song ceased to be heard. Ny!
l never heard such music before! Now, Pene-
lope, you must not be jealous, as you know
that my amenuensis at home has always been
a young man.
Regarding the old red COW of which you
spoke in your last, l am inclined to think
she has seen her best days and should be
sold for beef However, use your own iudg-
ment. Be sure to get Hippomanes to engage
the Centaur to pillow the garden and see thai
the tomatoes get an early start. 1 would
speak to Cephalus about letting his COW run
at large, especially at this time of year. l.
is as you say, very annoying. -
We hope to make some Grecian port If the
winds are favorable. sometime this month,
but it is not best to count too confidently on
US. Most lovingly. your faithful husband,
Ulysses.
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Ing the industries, so that various en-
pioyments will be opened for the people
IN the congested districts, such as the
nsheries on the west coast. wealth produc-
ing, but now neglected. The only consid-
cradle manufacturing locality in ireland
now Is Belfast. 1t is the lack of oppor-
tunity to work which has been most
grievous disability to the Irish people.
For this the British government is to
blame. At one time Ireland bid fair to be
an industrial center, but the British par
Lament, on the ground that such Indus
trial activity would injure English indus
tries, leglslatively crushed the Irish man
ufactures. 1t is gratifying to see the gov
eminent, in these latter days, trying to
make some compensation for it's former
crimes as to Ireland Certainly the inn
provement in the island during the last
twenty years shows that Ireland readily
responds to decent treatment by the
crown.
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sent them, and their wearing only seemed
one more link in the chain by which he
sought to bind her to him.
He Was late, or she was early-whicn?
Never mind. 1t would give her time to think
and to decide.
The soft strains of distant stringed or
chestra Gained her her mind reviewed her
nVe years OF city life. The first year, when
labor was sWeetened by girlish enthusiasm:
the next, when hope was wandering and grim
necessity spurred her on; the next-but why
live over their pain? 1t was enough to say
that she had failed. And yet she had worked
How she had worked!
The last four months had told a different
tale-she had tried to drown her ambitions
in the excitement of life in artistic Bohemia.
That, too, failed her Yet it had brought
him to her, to her feet. The thought gave
her not even throb Of gratifed vanity She
told herself she was past even that. Since
love and hope We're dead. why not let this
man buy their ashes? He could at least give
her the creature comforts that she craved.
Yes, she would marry him.
She started and looked around fearfully.
as if the yes had been spoken for the ears
of greedy listeners. But the stream of hotel
life rolled calmly on. AS she looked down
the corridor her heart gave a throb Was
that figure a part of her dreams of the past
1t was an old lady in all the glory Of new
black silk and shiny gloves, yet strangely old
fashioned and out of place among the throng.
The girl started to her feet: 1t was Aunt
.Ailly
She went forward breathessly, her eyes
fixed on the dear face, her hands outstretched
almost appealingly.
The old lady saw her now, gazed wide-eyed
and in another moment was kissing her on
both cheeks as she murmured brokenly, 90,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03
The NEW THIRD PARTY,

The passion for organizing third parties
Is practically inextinguishable. There is
in session at Louisville, KY, to-day, a
convention Of delegates from thirty states,
representing the peoples party, the refer
endum league and the labor reform league
of st. Louis. who propose to organize a
new party to unite all reform forces
against ''plutocracy."
When the populists and democrats fused
in 1896, with Bryan as their Moses, the
campaign was directed almost exclusively
against "plutocracy,''- and the same may
be said of the campaign of 1900.
Real plutocraey, as standing for COM
binations of wealth inimical to the public
interests by reason of improper control
of production and prices, is opposed by
the dominant party to-day in unmistak-
able terms of reprobation. Those who are
dissatisfied with the democratic populist
experience with platform almost ,exclu-
siyely charged with enmity toward "plu-
tocracy' as understood by Bryan, will
gain nothing by exploiting a third party
taking the field under the same shibbo-
leth
Third parties cropped out at quite an
early period in the political history of
this country, but they had little effect in-
til 1874 and 184S, when the liberty party
was the means of defeating the wings
and prevented Henry Clay from reaching
the presidency in 1874, while the free soil
party. in 1S4S, was the instrument forde-
feating the democrats and giving New
York and the presidency to the wings in
the person of General Taylor. The agita-
ton by the populists brought about the
discussion of legislative abuses and tie
result of the populist- democratic agita-
ton of the free silver fad brought about,
ultimately, the gold standard act of March
IA, 1900, not as a result desired by these
assailants of the public credit, but one
altogether honorable and beneficial to the
whole nation in the maintenance of the
public credit and the welfare of our in
dustrial and commercial interests.
There is no field for a third party to-
day. There were eight tickets in the
field in 1900. Some of the promot ers be-
lieved they would draw the world after
| them. Six of them sunk out of sight. A
party must show some reason for it's ex-
istence If it expects to survive.
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A Familiar sound.
INDIANAPOLIS News.


There is no use to mince words on this sub
ject If professional gambling goes on in
this city, it goes on with the knowledge, the
conniyance, the consent Of Mayor Bookwal-
ter, Superintendent Taffe and the board of
safety There is no escape from this conclu-
s;cn. The authorities can stop professional
gambling and keep it stopped when they
please. They have demonstrated this over and
cvcT again. No gambling hell can open and
run for more than very few days without
the knowledge of the police. If gambling is
renewed here and goes on, it will be because
Mr.. Bookwalter desires It to so on; the
evil will flourish under his protection He
has repeatedly pledged himself in the most
solernn manner that gambling should be kept
out Of TIE city while he was mayor.
What are his pledges worth when the
gamblers reoren their doors Of iniquity and
nothing is doing" by the police?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03
OTHER PEOPLES NOTIONS
Characterization to Law,

To the Editor of The Journal:
In T Q jour ma of March % I read
your timely editorial on characterization to
Law, taking for a text the disgraceful an
tics which have recently occurred on the floor
Of the United States senate and in the house
OF lords in England. In summing up, you
say, among other things, that tInsubordira-
ton to law is increasing abroard and at home
Boys and girls who hear their elders
Boosting Of their evasion of law are very apt
to follow their example" Your article is
elevating and splendid from beginning to end
but it seems to me it ends abruptly as it
fails to point out the reason for this grow
ing characterization to law The primary
principle OF civil law Is the support Of gov
eminent and education and the protection Of
persons and property Any law that oversteps
these bounds is unworthy a place in our stat
utes, for it is not only obnoxious to the great
majority Of citizens, who studiously ignore it.
but INSTRUMENTATION to these legislative blum
ders only lead on to further lawlessness
Among some of the very worst laws Of this
character is one compelling men to be idle
whether they religiously believe it right or
not) one day in each week, and its boon
companion, the law which then tells men what
pleasures they may use to pass away this idle
day. "Idleness is the haidmaid OF vice. and
over two-thirds Of the crimes and misdemea-
AoIS Al tHlS country can ne traced directly to
this enforced idleness. II any man or body
Of citizens think they owe 1T as duty to
God, to themselves or to their families to
abstain from labor on any certain day, they
have that privilege under our constitution,
so wisely framed by our forefathers. But
enforced idleness is positively demoralizing
and leads only to disregard not only Of this
particular law, but to fragrant insubordina-
ton to all laws be they wholesome or other
wise. The curfew ordinance in this city Is
for the especial benefit of the young. Even
It's enforcement would benefit no class nearly
so much as it would the vicious, or, rather,
the seniors in INSTRUMENTATION. What we need
in civil life, in the army, and in the navy,
is Is per cent of the fool laws and regulations
now in force, wiped out of existence, and the
balance so adjusted amended that every
citizens duty will be SO plainly marked out
that the wayfaring man. though fool, need
not err therein Then, with the whole
'amen" of the nation behind these whole
some and just laws, the judicial power would
be forced to see to their enforcement The
writer is firm believer in the Bible and its
wholesome teachings, and believes a careful
study of its precepts will show conclusiyely
that the above is the place and scope assigned
to civil government by an all-wse Creator.
minneapolis, March "a "A Yankee
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03
The City,s Breathing Places,

To the Editor of The journal
It has been with great pleasure that have
seen from time to: time articles in the papers,
by G. NJ. Loring. urging that land be Sc
cured for park purposes.
AS we notice from year to year how this
city is being built up, we cannot ignore
the fact that in a few years time more and
more room for park purposes will, be needed
than we have at the present time
AS our bodies are SO constituted as to re-
quire fresh air for breathing purposes. 50 a
large city as it grows and expands should,
and in fact must have, sufficient breathing
places, in the form of large and small parks
or recreation grounds. situated in the vari-
Gus sections of the city, so that all the
inhabitants. but more especially those in the
poorer districts, may have q park or re-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03
CHECKED ON THE NORTH

The people of Manitoba are now ex-
per1encing one of the undesirable Incl
dents OF government ownership of rail-
ways. Because it owns the 800 odd miles
OF line recently purchased from the
Northern Pacific and afterwards leased
to the Canadian Northern, the province
has refused the application of the North
ern Pacific for charter to build new
lines in the province. 1t is no secret
that the Northern Pacific desires to build
into the prairie provinces rich wheat
fields, and that it is now rather sorry
that it ever sold it's former lines. though
the price was such round one that it
certainly yielded the Northern Pacific
large profit. But the provincial govern
ment takes the position that it would he
unwise for it to permit the building Of
roads that might compete with those
owned by the government, and, perhaps,
reduce the earning power of the latter.
The real reason is said to be that the
Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern
want the field to themselves and espow-
erful enough to keep 1t.
But government ownership of certain
lines gives plausible pretext in public
policy for denying the application Of the
Northern Pacific.
Yet this course seems to be foreign to
that true public policy would follow.
for the need Of new country is rapid
increase in railroad mileage. Manitoba
is almost as large as Minnesota, and will
eventually require about as many miles
of railway. This state now has some
thing more than 1000 miles of railway,
while Manitoba has about 1900 More
over; it is understood that the people Of
Manitoba are DESTROYS that the Northern
Pacific should again enter the province
1t is suggested by The Journa l IS
Winnipeg correspondent that the action
taken in the case Of the Northern Pacific
Is typical of the general policy that will
henceforth be observed in western Canada
toward American roads desiring to enter
II this be true, it will be matter OF some
concern for the Northern Pacific, and
especially the Great Northern, which has
several feeders that the company may
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eral Is to apply it. They are not respon-,
sible for it's making nor for it's effective
ness. The commissioners error is serious
support of officers engaged in the enforce
ment of law. We have seen evidences of
1t in this ommunity-deplorable evil
dences. The case calls for little clearer
thinking, more accurate expression and
keener discrimination as to the RESPONSE
bility of public officers and as to the
proper attitude of private citizens to-
ward public officers when engaged in the
discharge of their responsibilities.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03
The NonpareiI Man
Casually Observed.


The Sugar Octopus is wandering around.
here and there, swallowing beet factory
whole, and in other sections merely insulting
the proprietors by rafting $40 gold pieces
IN Its pocket and looking at the scenery.
Coal fell SO lightly that it was not even
bruised.
They are talking about .rich farming land
IN Alaska. There is still some of this variety
LETT In Minnesota where the climate while
strong, Is not quite so self assertive as in tie
late Mr.. Stewards purchase.
Charges filed at the war department by
Aguinaldo against General Funston, have not
yet been taken up.
Mr.. Cleveland defined the East years Of
democracy as "a dreadful dream and just
afterwards the stoveppe fell down on James
K. Jones.
General Miles does not see why we cannot
have Dutch Reformed war department. But
no.
Toxic, sometimes considered a. heather city,
has 800 public baths, but Chicago, a Christian
city, elected Bathhouse John as an alderman.
Robert Browning's first book s'Paulne,"
has just brought $720 at New York auction
And the buyer does not intend to read it
either.
Chicago man Is in Kentucky trying to
corner whisky. Too many Chicago men are
trying to drink 1t ALL
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03

The Canadian Paciic's refusal to as
sist the $500" road and American mill
ers and grain men in their efforts to re-
lieve the congestion Of grain in Assini-
boia Is a good illustration of what a
railroad can and will do when it is in
control OF the situation. The company
naturally wants all the traffic there is in
the grain business for itself and is talk
ing steps to get it-just as most any
other railroad similarly situated would.
Yet Mr.. Hill. MI. Underwood and others
delight to tell us that railroads are too
wise not to serve their people we'll.
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The Journals Washington cor

The Journals Washington cor
respondent yesterday explained why Sena-
tor Nelson voted for the Frye ship sub
sidy bill. The explanation was what
The ournal has intimated it sup
posed it would be. With an eye to his
own interests in legislation, the senator
felt compelled by practical" considera-
tions to vote for a measure that he does
not favor. The same thing is done over
and over again in congress and in state
legislatures, and as both are now consti-
tuted, it seems necessary that men should
now and then vote for measures they are
opposed to. Yet it Is to he profoundly
regretted that legislation by representa-
tive bodies should have to take such
trading phase.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03

The horrible crimes committed by the
Bushveldt Rangers in South Africa are
another proof Of how hard it is to keep
war from degenerating into individual
murder. The offenses Of these rangers
against Beers and natives and even men
OF their own command recall some Of the
atrocities of the guerrillas during our own
civil war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03

Senator Hansbrough announces that he
intends to devote much attention to the
question of reciprocity with Canada.
That is field that offers splendid oppor-
tunity for some statesman. The man
who can take ahold Of that idea and
stand by it to a victorious conclusion will
make great name for himself The man
with one dominating idea is the man who
wins in politics as in other things. Leav-
ing aside the broader question of general
reciprocity, there is the question of rec
iprocity with Canada, which is alone
enough OF an issue to carry any man into
fame.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03

Copyright, 1902, by the 8. S. Mcclure Com
pany.
She sank into the depths Of the velvet chair
with sigh Of satisfaction. The long hotel
corridor was alive with light and color. Wom-
en- passed with soft swish of silk and breath
OF perfume. Masses OF lilies and cleaning
PAINS merged with rich. dark hangings to
form fitting background.
fhis-this was the life for which she was
lntended-richness and beauty to delight her
artists eye, luxury to satisfy her love Of
ease! She had striyen hard to attain it, Civ
Ing the hours OF daylight to her easel and
the longer hours of the night to feverish plan
nng. And yet she was where she had started.
With scornful smile she glanced down at her
modest dress. The only mark which linked
her to these surroundings was the great bunch
OF violets rising and falling on her breast
Her face did not soften as they met her eye
They were none of her procuring. He had
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03
Flat Wheels Ruled Out.

&
April 3.-The street cars, with fat place
on one wheel, which go humping and rafting
on the tracks at all hours of the day or night,
must have new wheels by the first day of
next month, or the health department will
know the reason why. At the meeting Of the
health board to-day resolution was adopted
directing the secretary to notify H. II. Vree-
land, president of the Metropolitan Street
Railway company that he must abate the
nuisance before May or legal steps would
be taken to compel him to do so. The health
board has been after the Metropolitan Street
Railway company in regard to the car wheels
ever since the old Tammany board went out.
Elevating the Stage.
A report was current last night that Flor
ence Burns, who was charged with murder
ing Walter Brooks, is going on the stage next
Monday in Connecticut in the chorus of Frank
Daniels Miss Simplicity comic opera compa
ny. The company will be at New Haven next
Monday.
'sAmen COrner'' Dinner to P1att.
While the dinner of the ''4Amen Corner in
honor of Senator Plat, to be held at the
Fifth Avenue hotel Friday, is intended mere
ly as compliment to the veteran republican
leader, in which number of well-known
OoluOCldIS Will ldhc pdit, IL is lloC llupiOUd-
BILE that something may develop at the din
ner that will throw strong light on the
course Of state politics. Many democrats, as
well as republicans, are hoping to learn some
thing of Importance from this function. Sew
eral democratic feasts have been held the
past month, and these have served to defre
to large extent, the democratic situation
and to bring Senator Hill to the front as
the undisputed state leader. There is pros
pect that this Plat dinner, ostensibly non
partizan as it Is, may also serve to define
the republican situation. The mooted ques-
ton on the republican side now is, Will Gov
ernor Odell be a candidate for reelection?
There has been considerable doubt on this
subject, which is not wholly removed by Sen
ator Platts emphatic declaration that he will
be renominated, with Senator Higgins as his
running mate as candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor. Still, MIR. Platts declaration is con-
firmed by the governors own attitude and
the talk Of his friends. There is increasing
probability that he will again head the repub-
lican ticket. This may not appear to be abb
solutely certain, however until the governor
returns from his trip to the Pacific coast on
which he starts April 10. The democrats nat
orally are eager to know whether OdelI is to
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Cheap "EntitIements."
Atlanta Constitution

Atlanta Constitution.
western writer who recently visited
Georgia says that on the very first day he
was addressed as captain" and that after
ten days everybody called him colonel
He was somewhat puzzled about it, but the
whole thing is very simple. as the following
will show:
First-Give a Georgia darby "chaw al
tobacco and you're a cap n.
= Second-Uiva him Quarter, you become q
colonel.
Third-Paralyze him with dollar and
you're gene'al for life.
Fourth-Thrbw In an old suit Of clothes and
two stiff drains Of corn liquor, and he
raises all his children to call you governor
The above receipt for promotion In Georgia
Is infallible.