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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30
THE JEWS IN RUSSIA
Correspondence London Standard

wi 1SopOuucuCo LOuuOu SLaQQarQ,
The Jews in Russia are again being har-
assed with renewed rigor by order, presuma-
bly,, of the governement, since oppressive
measures are not confined to any one place
i have already noted the order about Jewish
stage people of all classes being prevented
from moving freely about the country in
pursuit of their professional This meas.
ure took the form of published order to
apply the clauses of the law relating to Jews
under which such action could be taken.
But there are other means of making things
uncomfortable for the race, which Russians
hate, because they fear them more even than
Germans or Poles. l do not merely refer to
the endless trouble and hindrance made in
the matter Of changing and duly entering
passports in the police books. This is a
process which is simple, or almost impossi-
bly, difficult, according to the idiosyncrasies
Of thes acting official Of the time or place,
But interpretations are being put upon laws
when common sense, to say, nothing of a
sense of justice, hardly warrant For exam
pie, the law allows Jews who, before the
anti-JeWish campaign Of ten years ago, had
secured the rights Of First Guild Merchants
to reside in the capitals, St. Petersburg and
, Moscow. Unhappily, the law did not ex-
pressly say that a Jew merchant had thu
right to trade. Therefore, If Moscow Jew
merchant wishes, he may go to St. Peters
burg, and may even live there, but on no
account may he trade there. If he dies his
wife and children Immediately "cleanet
Itcut" (the expression Cleaned OUT is sig.
nificant of the point Of view, and is used in
official papers), and compelled to go to the
Jewish pale" or other place whence they
originally came to the capital.
AS a general rule, increased persecution OF
Jews in Russia signifies that certain of the
authorities are being made uneasy by vari-
GUS carefully hidden and extremely unpleas-
ant occurrences of a more less revolution
airy nature. and the Jew is conyenien
scapegoat for all parties. There have Ger.
tainly of late been quite enough incidents in
various parts of the empire to disturb the
minds of those responsible for the policy CT
ruling Russia after the methods OF half 6
century ago, and, as usual, the Jew is be-
ing made to suffer OF course there is some
foundation for the charge that the Jews arc
moro or less mixed up in every movemen,
OF a secret. and. possibly, dangerous nature
But, then, the Jew is in Russia, together with
the Armenian, the one man who can be found
to enter upon new undertakings, whether OF
a good or bad nature. The Russian is lethar-
gle and unenterprising. Naturally therefore
not only in revolutionary movements so.
called, but In every other form of activity
known in Russia, the Jew is represented
and, having no friends is convenient anvil
for every official hammer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30
TAMMANY AND BRYAN

The Tammany Times, late organ of the
departed Croker and organ of Mr.. Lewis
Nixon, Croker's successor as chieftain Of
Tammany extends to Colonel Bryan the
following cordial invitations:
II William Jennings Bryan will move his
democratic paper and his democratic person
ahty to the city of New York. he will need
to make but one move more. and that to
Washington, as President of the United
States Think it over, brother Bryan, and be
assured there are millions of votes in it.
Tammany appears to be willing to take
Bryan and all he represents as the head
of the democratic party.
It is evident that there is much con-
fusion in the democratic mind as yet as
to what democratic principles are. A
number of democratic organs are coupling
Bryan's name with the term "silver and
disaster" as if the two were synonymous,
and they talk in a damnatory way about
the dead issues to which many demo-
Gratis cling. The Atlanta Constitution
vigorously denies that the democratic
party was captured by the populists in
1895 and 1900, but "stood upon it's own
platform, supported it's own candidate, and
was defeated by a minority republican
party augmented by enough deserters from
democracy to give it victory that was
otherwise impossible" The platform was
! a populist platform, and therefore the
| democracy deliberately. supported pop
| ulism. Why did certain democrats desert
that platform except for the reason, as
} they said, that it did not represent dem
! ocratic principles, Jeffersonian princi-
ples?" The Constitution calls upon the
party to get together on basis of prin-
ciples ( Essential to the Jeffersonian
| scheme Of republican government" which
| Bryan in no way represents.
| Here is ex-Lieutenant Governor
Chauncey Fl. Black of Pennsylvania say
ing: None of us who supported the Chi
| cago and Kansas City platforms and fol-
lowed with JOY and pride, that glorious
| tribune of the common people of America,
| William J. Bryan, feel the smallest sense
| of regret for our action in those days
which tried mems souls. We would glad
ly do the same again." This looks very
like speech for Bryan's candidacy in
| lJU1. L OlIOWlu Ing So SOOu dltGf BRYAN =
eastern swing round the circle" the in
vitaton by Tamnany and Blacks hearty
| Endorsement and the Bryan club indorse-
ments in eastern cities look as If con-
certed effort is making to re energize the
| Bryan boom Of 1900.
Tammany's open, offer to propel Bryan
| into the presidency is interesting
Whether Bryan will move The Com
moner to New York under this pressure
| remains to be seen. His western support
| ers might set it down as a movement
| into the arms of plutocracy They have
seen the Hon. Charles A. Towne go to
New York and become the Wiling part
ner Of oil plutocrats and the money
power and they will ask themselves il
their beloved tribune of the common
| people will be proof against the fascina-
| tions Of plutocracy when even Towne, a
former tribune, yields to the subtle in
| fluence. Even Tammany itself is money
| power of the most dangerous kind for the
political liberty Of the people. s,
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Tom Sawyer Drametized.

Jan. 30-Though not yet announced by the
manager, it is a fact that Charles Frohman
has secured dramatiZation of Tom Saw
YER The play has been made from Mr..
Clemens book by Paul Hester, the American
dramatist, who wrote mile. Mars which
Mrs. Langtry produced at the Imperial thea
ter, London, last Saturday. With the news
regarding the tom Sawyer" play comes the
Information that it's sequel, ''Huckleberry
Finn has been again dramatized-this time
for Jerome Sykes. and version of "A Yam
kee in the Court Of Arthur" has been pre-
pared for Dan DAILY.
Revival of the Duel. ..
Whispers of an approaching duel between
a member of the naval militia of the state
of New York and a civilian, which have
been heard for the last ten days, have crystal
lized in the positive statement that John
Grant of this city, a member of the First
battalion, would cross swords next Monday
with Irving Hopkins of Brooklyn.
SchoOlmates and for years close friends,
Grant and Hopkins, it is said, Quarreled at a
dance the beard the old frigate New
HAMPSHIRE, moored at the foot OF East
Twenty-fourth street, on the night of Monday
Jan. 20, result Of Hopkins attentions tc
Grants fancee. who had accepted an invi-
tation to attend the monthly dance of the
first division of the battalion. Blows We're
struck, according to friends of the two men
but the belligerents were separated, with tho
understanding that they would meet agatr
under different circumstances.
Before leaving for home Grant is said to
have chosen as his second Charles j. Schill-
niger William Morton, it was said, had con
sented to act in similar capacity for Hop
kins. The principals are good swordsmen an6
the prospect OF a meeting between them under
the code duello has caused fiutter in naval
and militia circles.
When seen at his home Schillinger admitted
that he had been selected as one OF the sec
onds. He seemed greatly worried about thu
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The democratic situation is interesting,
truly. They are blind as bats to their
best Opportunities and prefer to grub in
g. charnel house for dead mems bones.
ANONYMOUS ACTIVITY

4 xANVN1 MOUS ACl1v111 ss ~
The enemies OF the proposed tax law
are very active. One of the evidences of
their activity comes to members Of the
Hennepin delegation in the form Of cir
cular purporting to be issued by the Fed
Grated Trades and Labor Assembly Of Du-
luth, the principal item of which is a
protest against the taxation Of grain in
store. 1t is true that the circular begins
with reference to the personal property
exemption and urges that it be restored
to 500, but 1t presently gets away from
that subject and devotes greater part
OF Its space to the grain question and the
taxation Of vessels registered at Duluth.
1t probably does not make very much
difference to the men who load and unload
the ships at Duluth harbor whether they
are registered in Duluth or Buffalo; nor is
1T customary for Trades and Labor as
semblies to display much agitation over
possible hardships imposed by taxation
upon capitalists engaged in the grain
business.
This is not to say that the protest
raised against the taxation Of grain in
store may not be justified, but the cir
cular referring to it is SO palpably in
splred by other than labor interests that
lt'Would seem to be quite as well If every
interest antagonizing this bill were to
come out and fight it in the open instead
OF employing the name of labor organi-
cation through which to reach the mem
bers OF the legislature. ,,s.z. .... r.
One of the leading business houses in
Fergus Falls sends to TIL j O u IN
copy Of an anonymous circular with this
remark: z-r.....s -
We are in receipt of the attached unsigned
circular. We naturally look with suspicion
upon plea for the widow and orphan sent
| III SUCH dlsinterested way. We do not think
any widow or orphan sent it, but that, per-
maps, some old, bald-headed tax-dodger did.
Avowed and frank criticism of the tax
law is perfectly legitimate and in order,
put the distribution of anonymous circu-
lars such as this one, entitled ITO the
Tax Payers Of Minnesota" and addressed
to this business house in Fergus Falls, is
not of that kind. 1t undertakes to mis-
represent the facts with regard to the bill
and to make the farmer and the country
merchant believe that they are particular
ly disseminated againts by this law, the
cardinal principle Of which is the taxa
ton OF, all property at rate based upon
its actual value. sAs the communication
from Fergus Falls states, the large
amount of anxiety developed in behalf Of
the widow and orphan is unusual, and may
we'll create suspicion when it takes the
form Of anonymous circulars of the kline
| described
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30

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ARMS AND THE WOMAN

- London Graphic.
Every visitor to Paris knows that supreme
glory of the galleries OF the Louvre, the We
nus of Milo. That famous statue, the serene
beauty of which inspired Thackerays Give
Newcome with an eloquent disquisition on the
artistic value of repose in woman, is short
of pair of arms-a fact which has caused
much speculation as to what the unknown
sculptor who created the masterpiece meant
her to be doing with them. That vexed ques-
ton might, it now appears, have been settled
by the recovery of the missing treasures A
telegram from Paris states that their where
abouts was known to one M. Brest, French
consul at Milo where the statue was discoy-
cred, by whose influence it was brought to
France by Admiral Dumont d,Urville in 1920.
NJ Brest 1t seems, was indignant at the alb
sence OF any public recognition OF his services
In the matter land declared that he knew
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30

Who shall have the right to carry the
golden spurs at the coronation? The
court Of claims, sitting in London to de-
termine, who shall do the various silly
acts at the coronation of King Edward is
wrestling with this most important mat
ter" as the English papers term It, The
Earl of Loudoun and Lord Grey de Ruth
ven are contending for the honor, and
have been setting forth their genealogies
to prove their claims. We shall get out
an "uxtry' just as soon as the court ar
rives at a decision.
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ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.

The big organization known as Frank L.
Perleys Singing Comedians, now presenting
The Chaperons'' at the Metropolitan, is pro-
Vldlng an entertainment of fun, melody and
dance that is attracting throngs. The bright
lines in THE Chaperons" are loaded with
laughter, and the tuneful numbers fill the
theater with waves of melody Several OF
local favorites before the end of the engage
ment IT,. -... E...
The comedy and sentiment In ''The Parish
Priest which will be presented at the Met
ropolttan next week by Daniel Sully, are
written with fine skill and excellent good
taste. 1t is made everywhere delightful by
the brightness Of the speeches put into the
mouth Of the priest and contains in the last
act one OF the cleverest comedy love scenes
of recent years. Daniel L. Hart, an author
hitherto unheard of, has good reason to be
proud Of his work. ....r.a-
Two big audiences saw the matinee and eve
ming performances OF AT the Old Gross
Roads at the Bijou yesterday, and this very
entertaining southern play bids fair to finish
out a most successful engagement. The only
remaining afternoon performance occurs Sat-
urday and an unusually large sale is reported
Joseph Arthurs new pastoral drama, ''Lost
River, presented by an excellent company
headed by the well-known and popular youne
romantic actor, Paul Gilmore, and mounted
in an especially elaborate manner, is the at
tractive menu announced for the Bijou lex,
week. The humorous sayings picturesque
clothing mannerisms and customs OF the hoo.
siers inhabiting the famous Indiana vale,
through which the mysterously disappearing
Lost river flows, are realistically set forth
in this play. %
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Daily. New York Letter

affair and expressed the opinion that unless
wiser cOunses prevailed the duel would
terminate seriously.
1t is very regrettable,' Schillinger said
Grant and Hopkins are old friends and
quarreed over trf1ing episode We vera
all on board the New Hampshire dancing and
having good time when Grant returning to
the spar deck, found Hopkins sitting beside
his observation-disclosures sweetheart, that was
Without stopping 70 demand an explanation
Grant threw himself on Hopkins and the two
men fought"
Mrs. CampbeIHs WINNINGS.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the English actress,
supplemented the announcement made by her
representatives about the reception she gave
at the theater to many prominent New York
people.
In my apartments in the Majestic" she
sad many of the society people who had
been entertained by me in the theater in
the afternoon We're entertained also at night
on Tuesday after the performance at the
theater. We played bridge whist and I won
s., 900.
Il always win at bridge whist and since
coming here have won about s22, 900 at the
game. l cannot mention the names of the
persons from whom Won the money as they
are high in society and they would not like
! it,"
People who know something of Mrs Camp
| bell and her ways said that it was not sur
prising that she had managed to win from her
guests at the Majestic, she was an ex-
traordinarily good bridge whist player. Mrs.
Campbell learned the game in England and
| is known there as one Of the very best Eng
/ fish players.
| After she came over here, 1t was said she
| did not stop playing bridge whist, but on the
contrary, played whenever she got chance.
1t was added that she has won several very
! tidy sums at the table Mrs. Campbell doesn't
| object to talking about her winnings, either,
1 although she steadfastly refused to tell the
names of any of the people with whom she
had played recently.
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the state law. was very moderate and Dig
nifed, but, perhaps. for that reason all
the more forcible. 1t seems strange, in
deed, that the governor of any state
should have to explain to responsible cit
liens why he complies with his oath Of
which has been on the statute books for
over quarter Of a century, and the vio-
lation Of which has been successfully re-
sisted in the courts once before. But we
are not likely again to meet with an
incident of this kind in our history.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30

Their examinations. Some Of them are AT.
others are not. Those who are At should
have no trouble in passing the examina-
tion.a Some congressman evidently feel
that their pets would fail in an examina-
ton. The bill as framed is a nice thing
for the clerks, but, as Mr.. Maddox OF
Georgia asked, How about the people
who pay the expenses Here We arc
going in for permanent bureau loaded
up with clerks who are afraid of examina-
tions as to- their fitness.
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A PROMISING COMPROMISE

The people who cannot see anything
good in the proposed tax law when the
merits of the bill are spoken Of and the
merits are not few, fall back on the prop
ostion: "
"Oh, we'll, if we should raise the valua-
tion, as is suggested, three or four times
above the present figure, the rate will be
Just the same. 1t will only be year or
two when we will be taxed at the same
rate as we are now. The tax eaters will
shove up the rate; we will have to lay
pavements make public improvements,
and increase the public service in various
ways, which will have the effect of rails
ing the rate until it will be just the
same as it is now
r, 1t is singular that the absurdity of this
position does not suggest itself to those
= who offer it. II, instead of reducing the
tax rate proportionately to the increased
valuation, it should remain as it is and
the amount Of taxes collected should be
raised in proportion to the rise in valua-
tion, why don't the people who levy taxes
do it now? Why are they not continually
showing up our tax rate, and doing it to
such degree that We paying three or
four times what We pay now? 1t would
be no easier under the proposed law to
pared with the $4,000, 900 or SO that we
collect now, than it would be to raise the
taxes that much now, and everybody
knows that could not be done. No ad-
ministration of city, county or state at
fairs would dare to do anything of the
kind
II we are going to tax all property, real
and personal, it certainly ought to be
taxed on level of actual value with
proper offsets, and if we are going to tax
1t on that level we are certainly going
to bring the rate down to a reasonable
one. 1t Is absurd to assume that we are
not: OF course as new communities grow
the necessary revenue increases, but be-
You'd the natural increase there is no rea-
son to expect any heavier taxation under
the full valuatio assessment than under
an assessment Of one third or one-q quarter
Of the actual value. And it certainly
makes for equitable distribution of the
tax burden when the actual value of prop
erty is taken as basis of settlement in.
stead Of the assessors guess or the own:
ersr depreciation of his own holdings fol-
taxation purposes.
However, T h has al
ready Indicated it will be quite satisfied
If the tax law is made to go into effect a
year hence and an opportunity is afforded
In the meantime to adopt the const itu-
tional amendments under which a new
code may be perfected before this one
becomes operative. And this it urges II
the hope that under such condition OF
things, with this law on the statute books
the people who are so much concerned to.
day about its effect may not forget thai
the amendments are to be voted upor
when the election day comes. There is
every reason to believe that under sucf
conditions the amendments may BIZ
adopted, but without the pressure which
the existence of this law upon the statute
books would bring to beaf upon the voters
there is no reason to expect the adoption
of these amendments or any progress to-
ward tax reform, and we might as vel
give UP the whole business.
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sonality, but it was so strong and distinctive
and puDgent with masculinty that ii domi-
mated everything he did in spite of his aver
sion to personal politics Yet he will never
be hero, because he did not live dramatic
life. There was nothing in his biography to
amuse or interest Dlutarch or Boswell
When he passes from the EARTH no biographer
will materiaiize him in fesh-colored sketch.
He must remain to posterity a disembodied
spirit, an ideal OF honesty bearing a MANS
name-the symbol of a national inspiration
toward public virtue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30

General Bell says that one woman is
more efficient in pacifying the Philip
pines than company of soldiers. Let us
marry off the whole army in the Philip
pines. That will be equivalent to an
army of 100000 men, according to Gen.
eral Bells IDEAS
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LEARNING FROM AMERICA
London Mail.

Frank Roberts, an eminent authority On
the erection of steel works. who has been
employed by all the first-class steel manu-
facturers in Philadelphia, has lately reported
on the steel works of the Consett company,
OF Bolckow, Vaughan Co. and of Guest,
Keen Co., the three largest works In the
United Kingdom.
He recommends extensive and costly re.
construction OF the furnaces at the Dowlais
and Cardiff works of the last-named firm,
and, realizing that the alterations are neces-
sary for successful competition with foreign
manufacturers, the firm is reported to be
determined to start the work without delay.
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where Aphrodites were to be found, but
| that no one should ever see them He. of
course, must be long since dead, and doubt
less his secret-if he really had one--has died
with him. 1t is to be feared that the arms
of Venus will be less easy to unearth
than the buried Mausers of De Wet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30

MinneapolitansE are plain and sober
people, little given to display. The
veracious tax rolls show that they own
only $4,000 worth Of jewels. AS this Is
about 35 cents apiece, it can not be
charged that they are luxurious or given
to spending their money for baubles. But
their memories!