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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-20
A REVOLUTION IN THE MINNESOTA COUNTRY PRESS


The brilliant lady who edits the 'NeWs
and Comment column Of the Duluth
News-Trlbune, and the shining light who
edits similar column in the Minneapolis
Tribune, are re .1onsible for much mis-
chief and misery.
They have revoIutionized a large por-
tion Of the country press of Minnesota,
and shown the potency and magic OF a
iattering word. Since the days Of Eve
hattery has been one Of woman's great
resources, and no wonder the poor coun-
try editor. who has never been able to
see in his paper anything but faint
shadow Of the ideal paper he used to think
about years ago-is entranced and thrilled
when he sees his paper mentioned In the
News and Comment" column. Here's
some one-experienced, too-who has ac-
tually noticed his paper; who-meta-
phorically-pats him on the back, braces
him up. And II, perchance, some week
the multifarious duties of his life have
left him little leisure to. transmute
part Of his experience and knowledge into
editorial gold-what plafntive reproach
comes from the zenith city editorial
watch tower!
Oh, sooner than wound that motherly
heart the editor resolves, come what may,
to tend to that editorial column, news
or no news. So that the astonished read
afrs are shocked by seeing disqu1s1tlon
as to the effect of the death OF the
Ahkoond of Swat ON the politics OF Posey
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4 ROMANCE IN GAS

Thrilling 40 an Indian story, amusing as .
bound volume Of Punch and interesting as .
letter from home is the brief news item which
yesterday told that . plain, ordinary man, one
made OF common clay, = creature with ths
usual human Limitations and weaknesses, had
secured judgment of $4,000 from the gas
company at Mount Vernon, N. T.. because
the latter turned off the victims gas when .
little bill was In dispute Over three years
ago naughty representative OF the local gas
company presented Mr.. Bennett Of that city
with bill for $1.65 which the latter claimed
he did not owe. The gas trust said. Oh,
very we'll. we have nothing to Arbitrate," and
it sent around a muscular hired man with q
monkey wrench to turn off the gas. But there
was law In the land and Mr.. Bennett proceed
cd to invoke it. The gas company, after the
manner of the octopus, skipped blithsly from
court to court, appealing for new trials, ask
ing for changes of venue and delaying the
game because its lawyer had boil on his
neck; but at least. every resource having
been exhausted, the supreme court put on its
spectacles and after looking over the evil
dence, said that S. day for the time the gas
was turned off would be about right. In this
simple story there Is hope Tor the down
trodden.
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once in while there are members OF
the fraternity who have rather close
listed idea Of the advantages Of belonging
to an editorial association. This class OF
people are apt to be enthusiastic members
if there Is foreshadowed an unusually at
tractive outing; but afterwards for two
or three or more years, they are not heard
from either at any Of the regular meet
ings or by the continuous payment Of dues.
fancy, there was a constant disposition to
nurse the membership and to overlook the
neglect of continuous annual payments. If
an editor did not attend any Of the meet
inss or participate in the recreations, he
usually felt that he was under no obliga-
ton to pay up back dues. And as there
were many changes of location from one
paper to another, it was sometimes diff
cult to determine the liability for mem
bership. Two years ago the executive
committee thought it their duty to COR
rect some of these evils, and at the pres
ent time it Is thoroughly understood by
members that membership must be kept
up by the payment of annual dues, and il
q member dropped out for year or NOR
all back dues and assessments must be
paid before resuming membership.
I shall not undertake to discuss the ad-
vantages OF membership l. the association
from business standpoint; but it may be
d reminder that the publication of the
laws in the newspapers was made possible
through the influence of the society, OF
enough benefit in itself to all newspaper
publishers to easily compensate for the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-20
TRADE OR PROFESSION, WHlCH2
AND 1T so WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES 1T MAKES
By H. G. Hays, Sleepy Eye Dispatch.

More or less is heard about this thing
of newspaper making, and the question
naturally arises, to what class the men
belong who are engaged In the work.
Are they followers of q trade? Or are
they members of profession? This
question comes to each of usat some time,
and we are often puzzled tor an answer.
The people of the world outside the cali
ing have their opinions, the fellows who
have read a little of Blackstone and are
now practicing what they call law-they
have an opinion on the subject and even
the wise looking fellows who call each
other doctor" so deferentially-eve
they have an opinion on the subject and
refuse to hail us as professional men. It
is the same way with the other learned
professions,-th horse-shoer, the dentist,
the barber and the veterinarian; it Is
certain that we are not professional.
Ask the carpenter, the mason, the
planter,-they will deny that we belong
in any manner to trade-when it comes
to a matter Of classification. We are,
therefore, forced to meet as often as
once a year to discuss this matter-to
work out some phase OF this question
and the progress is slow. We are In
clined to doubt that newspaper makers
belong to either trade or profession
for several reasons, one of which 10 that
the basic principle Of trade or pro-
fession Is (a) to know how to charge for
their services; (b) never to make charge
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1S79 however, the association had small
excursion down the river, stopping ait
river points, as far south as keoluk. In
1880, another outing was planned to St.
Louis; also in 1882. with banquet and
outing in Dubuque. Both of them being
small in numbers but lech in enthusiasm.
The real starting point of our excur-
sions was in 1888, when the St. Paul &
Manitoba railroad rendered us a trip to
Devils Lake and Winnipeg, which was ex-
tended by the Canadian Pacific railway
to Rat Portage and Lake of the Woods.
On this trip the EDITORS were entertained
at Moorhead, Grand Forks, Arvilla and
Devils Lake. At the latter place a steam
boat ride on the lake and grand ban.
quet and ball kept the visitors active for
twenty hours, and at Winnipeg the re-
ception was overpowering. Where could
you get such another excursion at a cost
of $40 for a man and his wife? Why, the
free meals and wine were more than this
in value.
The 1884 excursion was to Duluth by rail
and to Bayfield, by steamship. The as
sociation had been invited to- hold its
summer meeting at Mahtomeda, White
Bear Lake, where interesting exercises
were held, and from thence by cars to
Duluth This party numbered 1877 per-
sons. A carriage ride along the ,hillsides
of Duluth was enjoyed, and the visitors
wound up the day of pleasure with
moonlight ride on the bay and out in
the lake. The trip to Bayfield,, and return
to Duluth was replete with enjoyment.
The next two years the excursions were
local, TO Lake Minnetonka and the Dalles
Of the St. Croix
The 1887 trip was to Duluth and Tower.
the then great iron mining center Of Min
nesota. This Is the only trip In the his
tory of the association that anything &C.
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BY DA VID RAMALEY, "a .#
A. O. u. W. Guide, st. Paul.

tive point of the excursion for this year,
so 1t Yves determined to add some Of the
mountain scenery beyond Denver, to show
our Rocky mountain ranges in contrast to
the Canadian views of the year before. So
Denver and Colorado Springs and George
town and Cripple Creek were added to the
exposition trip. This excursion numbered
$50 people, taking one week of time. The
program was carried out in grand style,
except the visit to Cripple Creek, which
was prevented by railroad smashup the
day before our scheduled time.
The oldest members, those who had par
ticipated In most of. the excursions, will
doubtless agree that the 1900 trip was
without question the most enjoyable ever
taken by the association, as well as the
largest in numbers. For this trip. as well
as the successful trip to- the coast, the
association Is greatly indebted to that
prince of good fellows, Will J. White of
the Canadian land department. This trip
was by way of the Great Western rail-
way to Chicago, and by the Grand Trunk
! railway to the Muskoka Lake region.
days outing on the lake steamer, another
day down the St. Lawrence to Montreal.
| thence to Quebec, back to Montreal.
thence to Ottawa and returning home by
way Of Chicago.
| The 1901 trip is still fresh In the hearts
of the members of the association. for
| the splendid time to the Buffalo Pam
American exposition, the trip down the
| Niagara river to Niagara Falls. the en-
| joyment there, and the side trip to
Toronto. II
| What list Of enjoyable trips; every
doubly interesting because OF the free
handed rivalry Of each place visited to
make our visits grand ovAtions and pleas
ant memories.
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WHERE THE GAIN COMES IN.

luth to Buffalo, through the courtesy Of
the Northern Steamship company. The
party was royalty entertained by the citi-
zens Of Buffalo. This was also the first
opportunity Of visiting the Falls of Mag
ara.
what can we say of the Nashville, Chat
tanooga and Atlanta trip Of 1895? The
executive committee had previously gone
over the ground, and the arrangements
/ were perfect, and the entertainment
grand; with the dramatic finale of the
| marriage of Secretary M. J. Bowling, now
! speaker Of the Minnesota house Of rep
I resentatives.
| In 1896 the association was favored with
an invitation from James ]. Hill Of the
! Great Northern railroad, with an invi-
I'tation to go over the Eastern Minnesota
railroad to Duluth, and from there to
| make special trip on the steamer North
Land to Mackinack Island and return,
| with Mr.. Hill and some personal friends
| with US on the trip. ..
In 1897, from Aug. 1 to Aug. 8, the
editors and their wives and daughters had
| an enjoyable excursion to Milwaukee and
Detroit, by way Of Milwaukee, where they
were the guests of the city for a day,
| thence by steamer to Luddington thence
by rail to Detroit, returning to Ludding-
| ton, and across Lake Michigan to Mani
towoc, and back to St. Paul.
The trip across the continent In 1895
was the longest in time and the largest
! in numbers-185 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! from St. Paul to Winnipeg, and from
| thence on the invitation Of the Canadian
Pacific Railway through to Vancouver ant
Victoria, with a side trip to Seattle, anc
returning over the same route to. Portal
| and by the 500 to st. Paul.
! The Omaha exposition of 1899 did MOI
=! seem OF enough Importance as the objeo.
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annual expense of membership. But | do
want to show how much has been provided
In the Wav of recreation and entertain
ment. The first excursion Of the associa-
ton was made in 1865, on the invitation
of the Wisconsin ditOrial association to
visit Milwaukee. The previous year the
Minnesota association had entertained the
Wisconsin members. the citizens of st.
Paul aiding largely in the expenses. All
who participated had ali enjoyable time,
and our Wisconsin friends wanted to re-
ciprocate The trip was by rail over the
Milwaukee and St. Paul railway to Mil
waukee by way of Prairie du Chen. The
entire Minnesota party numbered twenty
five people, representing twenty news
papers, besides the family of then Gov
ernor Willis A. German, who were invited
guests. The reception and entertainment
at Milwaukee was very cordial, and the
little party were shown everything IN
sight. A banquet and much hilarlty closed
the Milwaukee visit. The party, includ-
ing the Wisconsin editors, proceeded to
St. Louis via Chicago. The city council,
the board OF trade and the merchants
exchange of St. Louis, all participated In
the welcome to the northern editors. Re-
turning to Chicago, banquet was ten
dered the party, after which they dis
persed, some for home, and others FOR
personal side trips. During the same
year We l1u EnS uOlOi VI IIo
Illinois editors in ST. Faul, and l remem-
Der distinctly the pleasure we had in TAX
ing these brothers in carriages to Day
toms Bluff, which was then our beauty
spot. Perhaps because the association
had to draw from its treasury the sum
Of $126 towards this entertainment, there
were three years of inactivity, and a de-
pleted treasury. special assessment
relieved the treasury, but the inactivity
continued for a few years longer. In
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that the flag Is not SO intensely loved as
the north might wish it We're by her
southern vallies, who say that il they
"lived in the north tLey would be cepub-
Leans"
l am inclined to the opinion. however,
that the south, now Is fully. II not more,
as loyal as the north has the right to ex-
pect since the occurrence of forty years
ago leaves it's impress not only on the
people, but on the very earth and the
great pine trees that live to tell the story
of disunion in the scare of battle they
still hear in silence. but with awful sug-
gestions the folly of following Jefferson
Davis and Robert Tombs In a strife
that Alexander Stevens ! told them they
could not hope to succeed In. Consequent
ly it has not been in my heart to seriously
criticize this condition-it is all we left
them when Sherman got through business
down there-it Ia all that remains Of the
confederacy. memory, SC to speak, but
| it seems to me I should almost want to
! forget even that and think only Of the
hopes that the flag Of our fathers. the flag
Of Washington, of Lincoln, Of Lee when
he was right, of Grant. and Sherman and
Sheridan and Mckinley holds out to all
humanity. But we Yankees have not sui
| fered nor borne nor seen nor felt as these
people have.
| Their courage has been as great as
their defeat. Their hope has been stead
fast as the rock of the eternal ages, and
they have rebuilt their southern homes
on better foundation than disunion or
the thought that they can or ever Will re-
new the fatal experiment of 1861.
Evidence, stronger than anything else,
that they are loyal to the flag, to the con-
stitution and the government, Is the fact
| that the sons Of the late confederates went
into the Spanish war with the sons of the
late union soldiers, and fought as bravely
and Extraordinarily. I enjoyed hearing
not only Governor Montague, but Governor
spirit of just pride. The cheers that re-
sponded to this sentiment were as un-
mistakable In meaning as the singing of
Dixie was. in the sense in which 1t
seemed to be sung, to the chorus Of ladies
who style themselves the Daughters of
the Confederacy.
After all, the absence Of the flag may
! be only thing of habit. To one ac-
customed to seeing 1t on every school
house, everywhere on public secular oc-
! casions. and sometimes on Sundays, of
| course it is noticeable. The habits of
the latter have been different and his
environments otherwise. We Yankees
have lived for nearly forty years on the
results of our victory with no disappoint-
ments to embitter us. They have lived
on what we did to them-on the results
of not only defeat, but on the poverty
and ruin we wrought in cause that gave
| the nation new birth in which they are
| now willing and anxious to enjoy the
fruits. So let us regard the seeming ele-
ment of lingering hostility to the flag
as only an incident of a past struggle
not as an element Of present bitterness.
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It Is true that there are Individual
cases Of DEMONSTRATIONS good many
Of them-but not one would again raise
his hand to strike down the federal gov
eminent I recently met one old gentle
man-intelligent, refined. educated-con-
versant with the past and the present,
who said he would never be reconstructed
until our Mr.. Lincoln and his government
paid him $4,000 for the seventyflve
slaves he lost by the emancipation. On
the other hand meet many who carried
musket and did some good shooting,
if they tell the truth. who say that when
they surrendered they quit loving the con-
federacy and relieved the union with all
that it implies
Let northern people help to wear out
any remaining bitterness by treating this
and similar incidents, even the treatment
of the preacher at Chattanooga. with
charity born of love for this unfortunate,
misguided and ll-directed people. II the
questions are discussed let the discussion
be free from acrimony on our part and
with view of harmonizing the sections
and peoples, not forgetting that we have
little realization of what the country
south experienced both by war and it's
| consequences.
The negro question Is the hardest for
| the south to handle. Three months among
the whites and blacks have enabled me to
| give very poor suggestions OF a remedys
''I reckon" the color line will have to
settle itself, and that1t will eventually
but how? That is the question. There are
conditions would change, but the south
ernor confronts me with an argument
which some times causes doubt in my
own mind. Nevertheless, many Of the at
titudes assumed by the native white man
are SO inconsistent and ridiculous as to
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inspire contempt for the argument, but
the story is a long one. :,
sometimes see beautiful woman with
her children and black maid in car
riage. Lady and maid sit side by side,
with perhaps sweet child intervening,
man in livery driving the team. Many q
white child is suckeled, SO I am told, at
the breast of "a black NANNY who can
appear in public with the white mother
and child She can ride in the carriage
in the railroad coach, Ii she carries the
baby wit the white mother but If she
wishes to go on a little journey of her
own she and the white mother must ride
in separate coaches. The black woman,
though educated, refined, cultured, sensi-
tive as the result of education in thous-
ands of cases, Is driven into a car set
apart for negroes-forced among the un-
civilized. uneducated, uncultured, drunk
en-, smoking, swearing and obscene dark
les. sr
A few days ago I visited one of the
colored schools of Atlanta, of which there
are number, and, 1t Is said, schools
more generously endowed than any of the
|9white colleges of the state, and talked
with several colored female teachers
along the line under discussion now. eve
like the separate coach law. We know
the color OF our skin is repulsive to white
l.
tue. but we do object to being driven into
the car with drunken, filthy, degenerate,
profane and immodest colored people.
Give us the same kind of car service you
whites enjoy and we shall be eminently
satisfied. Give respectable colored people
the same protection respectable whites
| have and we won't complain But at
present a "ntgger is Niger" whatever
his moral and intellectual standing may
be or his habits of cleanliness and re-
spectability.
A graduate of one of the theological
schools, his wife also most winning and
refined lady, in whose veins there are
evidences of white blood a graduate of q
colored school near by, who has been q
missionary in Liberia for a number Of
years, and now visiting the south, hat
travelled extensively in Europe as we'll al
In Africa, told me recently that out side
of the United States their color was ar
invitation of courtesy than otherwise. II
England, France and Germany, they were
treat ed not only courteously but hand.
somly. But when they, get below Masor
and Dixon's line they are nothing bu1
niggers in the most offensive sense.
1 hear young ladies and gentlemen who
give every reason for believing them tt
have been sucked In infancy by "blacl
NANNY" denounce the negro as indis.
| criminately as the white politician Tt
me there is an inconsistency in this con.
dition which promises little for the ad.
! justment of the color line.
The Constitution said the other day tina
| the south wanted colored servants VIII
! knew how to cook, to care for the home
| to launder and work intelligentlyzan
experience makes me agree-not to know
| Greek and Latin, classic literature AM
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tion, the systems Of labor. the systems
| OF wages, the systems of morals ana
ethics all need reconstruction. Indus
trially the negro builds the south. Intel
lectually the white man does the rest, but
without the negro the south would be-
In bad straits. There is little white labor
scarcely any in the unskilled worker,
and what there Is Is Of little more value.
Foremen and bosses do not get the labor
out Of men a northern boss does.
| In the home the female help is exceed
| ingly poor. The constitution was right in
| the statement above mentioned In the abb
stract SO far as the performance of house
| hold labor goes. Intelligent and clean do
nestle service ts seriously needed. One
uniformed by observation and experiences
| cannot realize the force of this statement.
The white man has no love for the other.
| The negro has no time for the white man.
| Poor and irresponsible as the black race
| is it has a feeling that injustice is need
| lessly thrust upon 1t, and until mutual
+ regard for the natural rights OF each
other is maintained I look for little Inn
provement in the color question: thing
not at present in sight.
Beyond more justly treating the negro
there would generally be little difference
| between the whites north and south.
think our people would be willing to be
taxed to educate him to help himself.
/ These people do not so seem. think ours.
have very little social relation with him
of African line. These people would have
none whatever, no matter what the con-
ditions or circumstances, yet on several
occasions since being in the south have
purposely put myself in social contact
with some of the higher class of colored
people to see how 1t seemed-people OF
refinement, culture and educated in the
north as well as in the south. It seemed
peculiar for brief spell. but the charm
ing personality, the refined manners, the
sweet song, the attractive use Of the Eng
| lish language, the intelligent opinions
upon public questions. their cleanliness
u and their profound earnestness in their
work soon made me forget that was the
. only white one among them, though not
the only 'tpale face" The color line dis
| appeared In the presence Of their intel
} lectuality and individuality.
], I am sorry can't be with the gang this
winter. It is the first meeting I have
missed in many years. My daughter, on
| whose account came south, is improving
J and hope will be quite strong and well by
: the time We return to Minnesota in June.
Z Tell the girls and boys I love them AL
ready yet" especially the former.
There is no politics in my trip up to
, Washington. I just walked up Saturday
night by way of change from 60 above zero
| ! to six inches Of snow. Found Barnard OF
/ Walker and lot Of other Indians here
making treaty with the Great Father.
, and Judge Emery is here with plume In
his hat plucked from some :'sOld gray
goose" and with war paint on. He held
/ 7 q session with the secretary Of the interior
and Indian Commissioner Jones yesterday
resulting In favor Of his tribe.