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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
MR.. LOVEJOY

MINNEAPOLIS has lost a faithful and ef-
fcient postmaster and an honored citizen.
Stephen B. Lovejoy died to-day in his
63d year. For forty nine of those years
Minneapolis has been his home. Here he
grew up from early boyhood into a type
of man which has made him useful and
respected in this community, whether en-
gagged in private undertakings or occupied
with the service of the public.
Mr. Lovejoy is one of the passing gener-
alton who laid the foundations of this
city and by his personal efforts and in
fluence contributed In no small degree to
it's growth and development. He has been
identified with many prominent undertake
ings, has served the people Of this city
in various public capacities, and though
yet comparatively young man. leaves
behind him a long record Of usefulness
and activity.
In his personal relations Mr.. Lovejoy
was a man of strong attachments. He
bound men to him by qualities of heart
and mind which will cause him to be
mourned with deep and lasting sorrow.
There was an element Of geniality and
kindliness in his nature which found re-
sponse in the hearts of all who came
in contact with him. He has made a
lasting impression, upon this community,
will be sincerely regretted both as man
and as public officer; his name will long
be held in high esteem, aud his family
will have the deep and sincere sympathy
Of the whole community.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

think of that Cuban reciprocity plank
and of the way it was adopted, the more
their contempt for 1t. 1t is too bad that
there is to be no further opportunity for
a. fair expression of the republican senti-
ment of the state on that question. There
present in their private capacity as mem
bers of the party and not as delegates may
go on record in the form Of resolutions,
but such declarations, important as they
may be as evidences of the real senti-
ment of the people, would have no Of
fetal and authoritative character,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

some races that do not reach the highest
social strata. while the lowest strata are
common to ell. While mountains do not
grow higher peoples do grow up into
higher strata of civilization. The differ
ence between the advanced and the back
ward races is simply one Of inherited de-
velopment. Conditions have called forth
In many successive generations Of certain
races the full display Of their intellectual
resources. The intelligence Of the race
has thus been preserved and augmented
by time.
The great misfortune Of the Filipinos is
In the color Of their skin and the straight
ness Of their hair. No matter how much
the intellect Of an Individual may be de-
veloped the skin and hair will mark him
among the ruling race as a member Of q
supposedly inferior race. He will, there
fore. be judged according to the estimate
Of that race made by the superior race
In the society OF any white nation there
are men occupying the highest positions
who have risen from the lowest. Some Of
these make friends In their new positions
because Of their simplicity and their lack
Of pretension. Their humble origin nevei
handicaps them. There are others whose
rude manners and .vulgarity, whose pre-.
tensions and love Of display make then
objects of detestation and ridicule. The
Filipino argued Rizal, is like the par
venu, his origin is plainly stamped upor
him and is always against him even II he
be as deserving as the other class o.
those who rise from the bottom to the
top OF society.
Rial, in addition to these conclusions
set forth many reasons why the white
races do not understand and fairly judge
the dark races, meaning more particularly
the Spaniards and the Filipinos.
His studies should be OF inestimablt
value to American administrators In th'
Philippines, inasmuch as they give th'
native view Of the foreigner and at thu
same time point out wherein the nativ'
thinks the foreigner misjudges him. 4
study of Rial may be a good thing t.
blend with the studies Of the Filipino'
made by monkish historians and Others
who follow them. Rial thought the lat
ter were wrong, and they may be.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
CHANGES OF A LIFETIME

It took the Roman republic some ages
to pass from the simple poverty of its
early days upon the seven hills to the
tus, but the American republic has
made tl.at change in one generation.
The rapidity and extent of this change
is vividly realized in reading such book
as the "Reminiscences of George S.
Boutwell,, the distinguished Massachusetts
citizen, wbc is still living at the age
Of 50.
In the second decade OF the nineteenth
century the lives Of the American people
were severely simple and plain. Most OF
the necessaries of life were raised on the
farm by the people living on it. Most of
their trading was done by barter. The
country people scarcely ever got in the
course Of year more than enough money
to pay their taxes. Governor Boutwells
father was the best farmer in his neigh
borhood, but about the only money he
ever saw was what he got by a visit to
Boston once year, with a team Of oxen
and load of cider, apples, a hog or two
anu SVmc pOu1tIJ. 4.
The farmers houses were almost des-
titute of. furniture. Except few school
books and the family Bible, there was
no reading matter, except in favored
neighborhoods where two or three ,fami-
lies took weekly newspaper together.
Mails were infrequent and postage was
almost prohibitory. The era Of tnven-
ton had not begun. The only means of
cooking was the open fire and the brick
oven. Meat was roasted by suspending
from a cord attached to hook in the
ceiling. It was with great difficulty that
fires were started OF kept going. Tools
and food and the labor Of men and ami
mails were freely borrowed and lent.
Farming tools were rude and deficient.
The poverty OF farms In respect to tools
made 1t impossible for farmers to pros
per except by cattle raising and the cul
tivation OF the small grains Heating
stoves or furnaces were unknown. ~
Communication between distant parts
Of the country was practically non-exist-
ent and transportation was Of the crudest
sort Men we're narrow and bigoted.
The old religious dogma still had firm
hold on the minds of men. Civilization
was stationary. There was q prejudice
against innovation and change, q belief
that. all wisdom was in the fathers.
Contrast this simple, narrow life with
The complex and broad life OF the poor
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
FREE TRADE WITH CANADA IN COAL

Il
When the question of Canadian reciproc-
ity comes up for practical consideration
the Canadian Pacific railway may be ex-
pected to favor free trade In coal. That
company is obliged at the present time to
buy from our coal fields south OF Lake
Erie what coal 1t requires for its line as
far west as Regina. From Regina west
the line is supplied with coal from the
Crows Nest district in the Selkirks, and
from the mines Of British Columbia On
all the coal obtained from the mines
south of Lake Erie there is Canadian
duty to be paid. This the Canadian Paci-
f1c would, Of course, be glad to escape.
On the other hand, there are extensive
mines of the finest c6king coal in Amer
lea in the Crows Nest region which is
required by the smelters and other indus
tries on the American side, but which is
subject to the American duty on coal.
What the Canadian Pacific will probably
favor, and what would seem to be the
practical, commons sense thing to- do,
would be to take the, duty off coal for the
benefit Of the Canadians Of the east, and
for the benefit of the Americans of the
west. 1t is true that the coal product of
the extreme mort beast British provin-
ces would be admit ed in competition with
the mines of Pennsylvania and the Vir-
ginias, but real reciprocity necessarily
implies that for important advantages
gained some concessions must be made.
1t will undoubtedly be of great adyan-
tage to both Canadian and American in
terests if this arrangement for free trade
be perfected. i,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

A good demonstration of American in
dependence was given at the Fourth Of
July banquet in London last night when
the banqueters did not hesitate to ex-
press their disagreement with Mr..
Choate's idea that the gathering should
adjourn when he got through speaking.
The crowd stayed, had good time, ex-
pressed it's disapproval of Mr.. Choate' S
conduct and enjoyed itself generally. Its
conduct will be approved here. On Inde-
pendence Day Mr.. Choate's first duty was
to an American celebration and not to a
reception at the British Indian Office. 1t
should be noticed, too, that the banquet
ers pursued their own way without the
slightest suggestion of anything but good
will toward the suffering king and the
English people. They were simply pro-
voked at their own ambassador.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
JUST AS SURE AS FATE"

Ioucnlng upon the subject &of Cuba, in
his speech at Pittsburg yesterday, the
president said, after mentioning what
Things we have done for Cuba, Sin one
thlng our policy toward Cuba has not met
yet with its entire fruition. It will meet
Win It.. Here the president was inter-
rupted by applause Later on, he said:
Cuoa' must occupy peculiar relation to us
III 'cne Held OF international politics. She
must IN the larger sense be part of the gen.
eral political system in international affairs
IN winch this republic stands as the head.
she mas assented to that view, and in return
this nation is bound to give her special eco
hoInic privileges hot given to other nations.
. Here the applause broke out again and
was long and loud. The president con-
tinued: '~'"-', ~ D.
| regret that a measure OF reciprocity with
cuba is not already embodied in statute or in
treaty but 1t will be Just as sure as fate.
Again the telegraphic report says there
was loud applause. ...
And that sentiment will be applauded
not only at Pittsburg, but everywhere.
The presidents language is highly sig
nit1cant. 1t Is evident enough that he has
not given up the fight for Cuban reci-
procfty, but is determined to win on that
ISSUE He will win. The opposition OF
the insurgents is bound to give way to
the settled conviction of the people of
the country that reciprocity with Cuba
would not only be to our commercial ad-
vantage and to that of Cuba, but that we
have entered into a moral obligation to-
ward Cuba under which, as the president
says, this nation is "bound to give Cuba
special economic privileges not given to
other nations" And the people Of this
country are not, going to let the matter
rest until that obligation is discharged
as it ought to be, honestly and in man
ner consistent with national honor and
national self-respect.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
THE RECORD

TIL e j o u I'm a | has repea tedly assert
ed that the Minnesota delegation in the
house of representatives voted against
the Cuban reciprocity bill after it had
been amended by a clause abolishing the
differential duty on refined sugar. Never
theless, the statement is frequently heard
that the delegation supported that meas
ure as amended, To-day a letter was re-
ceived from a gentleman In the southern
part of the state which says in part:
Noticing by n e j o u r n of July that
Congressman Eddy, in an interview with
your Washington correspondent, stated that
the Minnesota delegation in the house sup
ported the bill for a 20 per cent reduction,
with differential duties taken off refined sugar,
and as some persons here also claim that our
congressman voted for the bill after having
adopted the Morris amendment. when as a
matter Of fact they voted against the bill
after being so amended. I desire to furnish
absolute proof that they did not vote for the
bill as amended, therefore would kindly ask
you, If convenient to send me or publish In
your paper the vote upon the Cuban reciproci-
ty bill after the Morris amendment had been
adopted. : y
This Is good time to settle this ques-
tion In the Congressional Record for
April IS the facts may be found by any
one who cares to look them up. There we
find that there were 1ea yeas and 1o5 nays
on the differential amendment. Seven
congressman answered present but failed
to vote and forty-four are recorded as
mot voting" Among the latter are
Messrs. Fletcher, Heatwole and Eddy, OF
the Minnesota delegation. From the files
Of T b Journ J. We learn that at that
tirpe Mr.. Healwole was in Minnesota and
Mr.. Eddy was in Norway. Mr.. Fletcher
was in Washington but failed to, vote, for
reasons best known to himself. Hence
four members Of the delegation, McCleary,
Tawney,- Stevens and Morris are entitled
to credit for voting for the diferential
amendment, the amendment offered by
Judge Morris. ,..
Now for the vote on the bill as amend
ed. There were 247 yeas, 50 nays; pres
ent and not voting, and - others. not
voting. Among the yeas there is not a
single Minnesota members name re-
corded. Among the nays are to be found
Morris, Fletcher (who now got around to
vote), Stevens, Tawney and McCleary.
Messrs. Heatwole and Eddy were, of
course, absent when this vote was taken.
Referring to our correspondents refer
ence to Mr. Eddy's statement it is suf-
hcient to say that Mr.. Eddy, being in
Norway at the time of the voting, is not
good authority for what then occurred in
congress-. -,-~--.-~
The proof is absolute and indisputable
that the Minnesota delegation opposed
the Cuban reciprocity bill after it had
been SO amended, according to the sug-
gestion of one of its own members, as to
deprive the sugar trust of the last pos
sible chance of benefiting by the reduction
on raw Cuban sugar.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

Not in years has western desperate
put up such bloody fight as Harry
Tracey, the convict escaped from the
Oregon penitentiary. So far the pur-
suit of him has cost several lives and
many wounds. The man seems to be
an extraordinary shot and to have great
coolness and resourcefulness. He pos
sesses qualities which might have been
turned to good purpose. but are now being
used merely to heap crime on crime and
make more certain that his own death
will ms small way pay the penalty OF
his appalling record of death dealing.
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edition which goes into the home.
The PRESIDENTS SPEECH

The most important Fourth Of July
speech made yesterday was, of course, that
OF President Roosevelt. He devoted his
attention chiefly to what are usually
called burning questions,' and he spoke
candescent one-trusts and antitrust
legislation.
Standing in a city where enormous cor
porate wealth is concentrated and where
gigantic enterprises are carried on to
, splendid industrial results through strong
moneyed C ompination, the president.
i while conceding the business necessity
Of such combinations, their large advant-
age to the country, declared that they
, were only to be commended so long as a
right use is made of their power and that,
new legislation will be needed, not rad
ical or revolutionary, but conceived in a
spirit of common sense, common honesty
and with a desire to "face facts as they
are"
The president did not outline any
method of dealing with trusts more than
to suggest, as he did some years ago in
his message to the New York legislature,
the Importance Of supervision and regu-
Iation of great Industrial organizations,
under rational and practical laws. He,
however, gave strong assurances that cor
porate wealth when used against the pub
lie interests, the interests of the masses,
being menace to the country at large,
would be dealt with under laws Impair
TALLY enforced, and the poor man insured
In the possession Of as much right and
& Justice. as the monopolisttc operator and
proprietor are entitled to. The president
3 reinforced this affirmation by declaring
that Attorney General Knox is the man
under whom we can guarantee that the
department Of justice will be such in
: fact. as we'll as in name" and, he added:
when it comes to practice, the ounce OF
performance outweighs the ton OF promise,
and under Mr.. Knox there has been very
much more than an. ounce rof perform
Iance.' E.. ...-E 49, N-
The strenuosity of the presidents lam
guage is impressive. 1t adds great weight
to the utterance. 1t Is easy to make
promises and easy to say in reply to the
question: when are you going to, act?''
! in the adjourning term Of the Spaniards:
Tomorrow"
The president is not of record ''to-
morrow" man. He was not such when
he was governor of the great state of New
York; ror when he was a civil service
commissioner; nor. when he was assistant
secretary of the navy; nor when he, with
1.j, dor fao 1,a firm inn IN
top of San Juan hill. What he promises
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

One of the strongest arguments in favor
Of returning republican congress this
fall is that with such important new pol
icies being crystalized as those that have
come from the war with Spain it is nec-
essary that the government shall be a
unit in support of them. Unfortunately
our Minnesota congressman have done
their best to weaken this argument by
failing to support the president in one
Of those poAcies-that of treating Cuba
in such a way as to preserve her friend
ship and good will and to give the finish
ing touches to the realization of the pur-
pose for which this nation intervened in
Cuba.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

The attention of automobilists is di-
rected to a communication to T e
Journ a from one of their number. It
is too late at this writing to comment at
length upon the sensible suggestions Of
fered, but it is perhaps sufficient to say
that if the automobilists find it practi-
cably impossible to take their machines
out under the stringent rules made for
their regulation, 1t will be largely if not
wholly the fault of inconsiderate chat
feurs who have violated all right to the
privileges Of the road by their foolish
and reckless conduct.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
THE TREASURY RESOURCES

There Is very little said in. the demo-
cratic journals now about false prosper
ity," '.misleading treasury statements
etc. The fact is one open and read of all
men that this is, to-day, the most sub
stantially prosperous country on the face
the globe. ~ ~.s..,a~~.... ... .s--' .....<-
The treasury statement published on
July shows that the treasury, at, the
close Of business on June 80, held the
.-$2os, $50 ,o22.s4. The excess of receipts
over expenditures was $92, ,193, ,3903o, q
surplus larger than in any year since 1883,
and exceeded in only ten years since our
during the past fiscal year, something over
general fund in the treasury aggregated
$3.50 ,0o0, 900, as compared with 158,000,0 600
a year ago, and the gold stock on hand in
gold coin, bullion and certificates aggre-
gates se0s, ,173,412, the largest gold hold
ing Of any nation IN the world.
The large cash balance is notable as,
during the past fiscal year something over
$40, 900 900 of war tax revenue was cut off
by congress and very large sums were
paid out in the purchase of government
bonds. The country's wealth and consunn-
ing power has increased rapidly enough
to make the cash balance and surplus con-
tinue to mount up to large dimensions.
Secretary Gage was a liberal purchaser OF
bonds to keep down the surplus, but Sec
retary Shaw has discontinued the practice,
for when the treasury goes into the mar
ket to buy bonds, the price very soon
rises inordinat ely. and he preferred
putting the money into circulation by
making large deposits in the national
banks, which is preferable, but, even this
cutting into the surplus cash proved of
little avail to reduce the accumulation at
the end Of the fiscal year. The large size
Of the surplus is partly due, of course, to
the fact that the expenditures of4he war
department have been reduced about $33, :
600, eco by the collapse Of the Philippine
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
Ours Won't Try.
Rrooklyn Eagle.

When our towns were small and houseI
separated by yards the use OF fireerackere
and torpedoes-especially OF the comparatively
small ones in use till twenty years ago-was
tolerable but under present conditions Of
close building and increased power in ex-
plosives,i it ought to be impossible. Our elected
agents are timid They think that to stop
the use Of firearms and torpedoes in the
streets for two months In summer would be
unpopular. They would find, il they dared
to make the experiment, that 1t would be
the most popular thing ever undertaken By
city administration.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

Congressman who profess to regard
Cuban reciprocity as dead measure will
do we'll to consult President Roosevelt's
speech at Pittsburg yesterday. He said
that such a measure will ultimately be
embodied In our statutes "tust as sure
as fate.' That's what the people say,
too. And what the president and the
people want is likely to come about,
even If it requires change in the compo-
sition of congress.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
Not Afraid of the sunlight.
Philadelphia Times

- sR13 - Philadelphia Times.
President Roosevelt is certainly to be adj
1nired for his fearless candor. A few of our
presidents have carried into the White House
the Whispering secretive manners OF the in
triguing politician. The American people are
gIad that Theodore Roosevelt is free from
these They will condone many faults in a
president who is not ashamed Of any Of his
purposes and who carries on the administra-
ton of his great office with manly honesty
above beard. II all of his official family do
not share this openness Of character, 1t is
to be regretted. Perhaps those who are lack
Ing will reform il time enough be given them.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
A Slim Following.
Nau- VnrE World

New YORK World
= If William J. Bryan imagines that any con-
siderable number of democrats will follow
him in a raid for revenge upon all who did
not support him ardently in the two suicide
campaigns of 1896 and 1900. he is likely to find
himself more mistaken than he was in sup
posing he could he, elected president through
haA-brained alliance with free-sliver re-
publicans and lunatlc DoDulists. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
All Their Labor Lost,

New York Mail and Express
Fate is against the democrats in their des-
perate search for a campaign issue. All the
"truculency" speeches and editorials that
had been prepared in anticipation Of Minister
Reid's appearance in knee breeches at the
coronation are now wasted
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

The rains did their best to defeat the
fireworks brigade but they couldn't do it.
Beaten back to shelter dozen times yes
terday afternoon and evening, the fre-
cracker soldiers made frequent sorties and
held their own throughout the trying day.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
Cuba's Profer.

Cuba has asked and offered reciprocity with
the United States. 1t is proposed to open to
tures and breadstuls in exchange for tariff
concessions. That would have injured no one
in the United States. The justice and good
policy of such measure were urged by the
president But sordld interests made congress
deaf alike to good faith, good feeling and the
legitimate expansion of our foreign markets.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

The old motto which Lincoln used to
quote 50 often and once verified by expert
ence' that tits bad plan to swap horses
while crossing stream, will apply in the
conduct Of important criminal trials as
we'll as in some other cases. -. .-..', i.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
A screaming Farce.
Philadelphia Ledger.

PhiiadeIphfa Ledger.
The phrase. playing at politics, " could nos
have letter illustration than is given by
the rival republican conventions in Arkansas,
If the republicans of that state were firmly
united they would not have the ghost of a
chance to elect their candidates; therefore,
their factional disagreement must be purely
for amusement, since they know perfectly
well that neither faction can gain anything.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
objectionable.
Bro klyn EagIe

Bro -klyn Eagle.
William j. Bryan will never forgive Grover
Cleveland for having three times received as
the nominee for president more votes than
were cast for his republican opponent. A
single experience Of that kind would have
made Bryan more happy and less bowling
than he Is,