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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17

portrayal Of the riotfng, bloodshed and
boycotting in a portion Of the Pennsyl-
vania anthracite coal field during the
recent long strike, and the strong and
Just condemnation, sofs such disorders by
the commission, who style the boycott
as "a cruel weapon of aggression and its
use immoral and tantisocial and the con-
certed attempt to accomplish it Is a con-
spiracy at common law and merits and
should receive the punishment due to such
a crime"
It Is true that, under Incorporation. a
labor union would be held responsible for
the lawlessness of its members and it
would, as a corporate organization, have
to keep within the pale OF the law and
stick to orderly methods Of action to pre-
vent the assessment of damages upon it.
The creation Of the anthracite strike
commission itself was the outcome of a
public demand that wrongs Of whatever
kind should be relieved by orderly and
lawful methods. The United Mine Work
ers of America. accepted voluntarily this
saving principle. The Meriden Metal
Workers union accepts that principle by
legal corporation, obtaining legal status
and assuming legal responsibility. In
stead of being unreasonable e such
action is the best and most rational which
the labor unions can take in their own
interest as we'll as that of the public.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
A Demonstration Of the Value o1
Food Laws. - .>-. =:

The states that do not have pure food
laws get impure food. =.
That was thoro1y demonstrated in the
conviction in st. Paul of Frank B. Simp-
son of Chicago for, selling in Minnesota
lemon extract containing wood alcohol.
Simpson unblushingly explained that the
adulterated extract was sent to Mime
sofa by mistake, having been prepared
for the negro trade in the south.
1t Is pleasant to think of having wood
alcohol, a deadly poison, served up to
you because you happen to live in "a state
that hasn't laws that protect the help
less Individual purchaser against such
criminal adulteration.. In the light of
such a shameless confession, there should
be no hesitation in any state in passing
every reasonable bill designed to insure
pure food to its people. 49,.
They must have particularly harmless
food laws in Illinois or else be very lax
in enforcing them, if a Chicago manufac-
turer is willing to confess in open court
in Minnesota that he prepares and reg
ularly sells a food flavor in which pow
erful poison is used as an ingredient p
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
Right, Whatever You Call It.

In his address before the St. Paul
Credit Mems association last night
Former Governor. w. r.. Merriam refer
ring to the merger decision raised the
question of whether it did not contain a
touch of socialism. The answer depends
on what socialism is. If 1t be defined
merely as q governmental policy which
steadily refuses, according to its lights,
to permit an individual sor. small part
of the community to exercise or have a
power detrimental to the interests Of the
community or any portion OF it, then
there is a strong touch Of socialism in
the supreme courts decision. 1t GER
tainly is decided invasion of the ancient
theory that a man may do with his own
as he pleases.
Former Attorney General Griggs de-
clared that the decision was revolution
airy. In a sense it is, but there never
has been time since the creation Of the
American republic when the people die
not feel at heart that they had the right
to protect themselves thru their govern
ments. It would be more revolutionary
II the court had laid down the doctrine
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
A Stormy Outlook.

The fine figuring to get the normal
schools and the university away from the
authority Of the board of control with
little or no regard to principle has come to
naught. The agreement was that the
legislative friends of educational insti-
tutions should vote for any old measure the
enemies of the board should propose; and
in return the latter, if their bills failed,
were then to vote for bill to remove only
the normal schools and the university
The plan worked pretty well so long as
only the first part Of it was applied. But
when it came after the defeat of the ex-
treme and vicious easures, to delivering
votes for the removal of only the uni
versity and the normal schools, it broke
down altogether. The result was the
failure in the senate yesterday of the
Comstock BILL so amended as to be iden-
tical with the Perley bill which had al
ready passed the house.
AS far as any general rule can be made
to apply to the alignment of the senators
yesterday on the Comstock bill, it would
appear that friendship or enmity for the
board of control can account for most of
the votes one way or the other. The
special champions of the insane hospi-
tails hope, by keeping the board of control
in charge of institutions it ought not to
have, that enough irritation will be en-
gendered. to cause the abolition of the
board two years hence. On the other
hand, the people who are selfishly inter-
ested in the Faribault and Owatonna
it will be possible to effect combina-
tion that will let them have their way.
g., Assuming that the defeat Of the Com
stock bill is the death Of all board of con-
troll legislation at this session, the board
will have thorny path to travel the next
to restrict the boards powers on principle
and as the board desired them to be re-
stricted, for reasons that are not toe
strongly described as unworthy, shows
that the board is not yet firmly estab-
lished as part Of the administrative ma
chinery of the state. Encouraged by
what they have been able to do at thi:
session, the boards enemies may be ex
pected toEkeep up an active, if quiet, cam
paign between now and the assembling
of the next legislature.
1t is to be hoped that the boards friends
will be equally active, bit the board cal
do more in it's own defense than anybod.
| else can do for it. 1t must not rest on it.
laurels, but must exert itself to give tn
state during the next two, years as eff
cient service as it has since it's 2organiza
! tion. 1t is to be hoped, also, that it will
keep cool, and not allow, itself to b
drawn into troublesome disputes with tn
university and normal boards, but leav
the management of those institutions sub
stantially to their boards, as it properl
should be. To do this it is only necessar
for the board to follow the policy it ha
pursued during the last few months.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
Not Unjust" or "Unreasonable,, ),

A few days ago the Metal Workers
union Of Meriden, Conn, applied for in
corporation under the laws of the state.
This movement is interesting because
labor leaders generally throughout the
country have opposed labor union
Incorporation. Even John Mitchell,
who has shown himself more con-
servative that most Of his fell
low leaders, has declared that any de-
mand for the incorporation Of labor unions
is not only unjust and unreasonable, but
it ''impudent and insulting, to the last
degree
Why is it unjust or unreasonable, or
impudent and insulting? z&z.
The Metal Workers union of Meriden
evidently does not take Mitchelrs view Of
Incorporation It can hardly be called
unjust or unreasonable or impudent and
insulting to suggest that it would be bet
ter for irresponsible labor unions, as well
as the public, for them to be legally in
corporated, have legal standing and re-
sponsibility and receive the protection of
the law. Incorporation means amenability
courts and reference to the courts for
the redressal Of wrongs. Incor-
poration raises the labor union to a
higher plane in public confidence. One of
the most suggestive sections Of the an
.thracite strike commission rs report is the
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17

That the Germans are nothing if not
methodical has been demonstrated once
more, this time by the delegation Of Ger
man farmers who are about to make a
tour of the United States. They have
drawn up travelling directions for the
members Of the party. Members are ad.
vised to take good German cigars with
them and to wear Eight trousers, a leather
belt, a short and light jacket, and to
wear no evening clothes except on festi-
val occasions. We may not agree with
them as to the smokeability of American
cigars, but they have hit off our summer
dress pretty well, and surely have the
dress suit practice precisely right. We
fear that if the Germans should come pre-
pared to wear the Iammer-tai at all times
of the day, as they do on special, occa-
sions on the continent, the rude American
populace would laugh more than admire.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
The Nonpareil Man.
Casually Observed.


icty
nineies
at
asphalt boys done
Minneapolis city hall some
-
that ap will charged by the pound
acquaintance
o'clock 7:so salary days.
association will trying to
the wedding breakfast
called THE Breakers od
family to runt it Brakus"
has received by attracting to it
light the fact that
We noticed that
moon cold nights last week.
General
make
high
man. when office asked:
anything
wuf
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attempt get boy who was willing
to work. he
The is extnc improved methods
andt absolute Of
oil and patent leather
editor that he the and wns
week boy cannot expected to ke
will
subscribers and they will be
editor will confess that easier to get out ~ paper nlh n
office forcing him to get it out
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
AT THE .THEATERS
MetropoIltan-"The Chaperons." :"

The Chaperons," as merry, as tuneful
and as 1nconsequent as ever, comes back
this. year to demonstrate that there are
exceptions to all rules From long expert
ence, theater-goers have learned that the
light and frothy musical comedy. which
Whiles away an evening SO pleasantly on
Its first appearance; is likely to be as flat
as stale champagne when it comes again
another season. The secret of how to
recharge such concoction with the car
bOnlc acid gas of merriment, how to give
it the tang that made it pleasant to the
palate before, is one not possessed by
many managers: but Frank H. Perley
seems to know how, and So his Chap
erons" were warmly welcomed at the
Metropolitan last night. - = - ','-'.7'@s~-. =:
Naturally the cast has suffered some
deterioration, as it would scarcely be pos
slble to replace such entertainers as Marie
Cahill, j. G. .Miron and Digby Bell. But
there still remain that inimitable trio
Eva Tanguay, Walter Jones and Edd Red
way, and they have effervescence enough
to make the losses in. the company less
noticeable. And there are enough new
songs and new ''business" to fpeshen uI
the performance, while the great favor
ties of last season are still retained. II
| is impossible not to regret that, Frederic
Ranken, the librettist, did not succeed
in carrying his really ingenious idea fol
ll1
second act; but librettists are prone tc
forget their plots in this careless way
and then are obliged to wind them uI
rather suddenly at the final curtain. -.
Miss Tanguay is the same earnestly
grotesque girl detective, whose antics con:
vulsed US last year. 1t is an oddly unique
impersOnation, all her own, and it's hu
NOR is of that subtle kind which pique.
the imagination. She seems fairly over
| flowing with animal spirits, which fine
vent without betraying her into conscious
ness or vulgarity.- She sings the ''Sam
bo' song as cleverly as ever and appear:
to great advantage in other numbers
Walter Jones has developed and improved
his role wonderfuly-and it is remem
bered that there was great room, for i'm
provement on his previous appearance
He has succeeded in getting something
new out of that most hackneyed Of al
stage comics, the Irishman, and that il
almost a miracle. His methods are o
the quiet kind, and thus all the NOR,
Of his voice in the few words he inter
jects in Miss Days song about THE Cir
Who Couldn't Say No." he convulsed th
audience and established himself in favor
Edd Redway in his funny, little German
sketch, makes good third in this trio.
George X. Henery, as the porkpacker
is mildly funny, and Thomas H. Burton
his altitudinous valet, helps some. Ed
ward Metcalfe as the impresario exhibit
an unctuous style and an orotund voice
Albert Harrington as the American stu
dent sings passably, but is rather to-
small to be an impressive good fellow
or stunning lover. Geneyieve Day; II
the opposite role, is attractively petit
and sings charmingly.4 Then there ar
pretty girls galore, to fill in the pictur
with their bright costumes and gracefu
ways.
| - 7@.-.' WI Chamberlain. .
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17

THE sroE.rsor


time. After repeating the remark several
times his prosecutor said: ''Ah-h, you hat
done for me. I hat seen you." Zang-
will thought he himself had ben done for
by the enthusiast. The lover Of literary
lions very often meets with disappoint-
ment, for these; lions are in many cases
not even as formidable :or admirable as
the cubs Of the lions or the foals Of the
asses. Zangwill is not an Adonis and is
very careless about his dress. The latter
tendency is in many cases an affectation.
Balzac was beastly in. dress and habits.
Dickens and Thackeray ate excessively at
the table. Dr.. Samuel Johnson gloated
over boiled mutton, and took it down in
big chunks, Burns would live on whisky
and tobacco for many weeks together and
Byron characterized him asa strange
compound Of dirt and deity" Geniuses
are supposed to be wretchedly careless Of
dress. In these days, however it is
largely the false geniuses who pose as
slovens. The real genius is conscious Of
the Importance Of maintaining decorum
and honoring the .proprieties generally in
dress and personal habits.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
WHEN THE TRAIN. COMES IN,

In thousand towns and hamlets. J..
Scattered Ger the prairies wide.
Wnere the stream Of human living
Moves with peaceful, sluggish tide.
, Ihere's time when interest watens
To a touch Of scity din,
Every heart In chorus beating
When the train comes in.
Round the dingy, quiet depot. :; -.
Through the uneventful day,
scarce Sign OF life Is stirring.
Silent lies the steel-girt way.
And the droning wires murmur
-. Of the things that might have been.
Had the hours been less infreduent.
ss When the train comes in.
Long before the fateful moment
Cracking many time-worn Joke.
Loungers gather on the platform -.
Crane their necks to see the smoke.
While the agent, ,brusque, important,
Views them with uplifted chin
Monarch he among the "natives''
When the train comes in.
s2a %sstf tfs- :.
Now. the; train is fast approaching
And assemble small and great,
y Nudgtng ribs and jogging elbows.
Wondering '.if she will be late,"
Ger the way the village Nasby,
s5s. With his mail sack lank and thin. 81
Hastes to catch the final cancel
Ere the train comes in.
Here she comes, with sbrieking whistle
And the roll Of grinding wheels,
Halts moment, grim. impatient,
While the bell its warning peals,
And the uniformed conductor
Waves his hand amid the din
All aboard, he loudly clamors
When the train comes in.
F Z
Just flash and all is over
With snort the train is gone
Round the curve and past the, siding
Eager glances follow on;
Then she whistles for the crossing,
And the crowd begins to thin,
But they'll all be there tomorrow
When the train comes in.
- Mortimer Crane Brow
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
The Public Hall Project.

The most active promoters Of the
scheme to build public hall in the court
Of the new city hall and courthouse were
somewhat discouraged last night by the
action of the house members Of the Hen
nepin delegation Of those present at
the meeting yesterday, eight voted in IA
vor Of the proposition and seven against
1t. 1t was understood that the absent
member would favor the proposition, max
ing the division nine to seven. Some
of those opposed were not very insistent
but one or two were quite stubborn in
their opposition. 1t was feared that
without unanimous delegation the house
would not give the matter much atten-
tion.
While T h e J 0 urn a has spoken of
this proposition with favor, it has not
urged it strongly, desiring to leave it to
the delegation and the many large prop
erty owners and taxpayers interested and
in favor of it. to determine what action
should be taken.
We cannot escape the feeling, however,
that if the delegation allows this session
to close without having provided for a
public hall, as proposed, they will regret
their action and will disappoint the people
Of the city. If the members of the dele
cation are influenced chiefly by the size
of the proposed bond issue-it appearing
that with 100000 provided for the COM
pletion of the building and the 500, 900
for a public hall, the total amount Of
bonds authorized at this session is likely
to reach $1,450, ,O00--if the delegation feel
that they wish to reduce this amount
we believe they would serve the urgent
needs of the public by cutting down the
allowance for the completion of the build
ing and providing for the construction of
q hall, The hall is very much needed
The finishing of the entrance and some
other expensive, although desirable, work
on the building can be postponed. The
danger is that if this project is not car
ried out now and the public hall Is not
provided for, as proposed, we shall not
only be without prospect of securing hall
Tor long time to come, but so much
encouragement will be given to every
one who might be inclined to promote
an enterprise of this kind, that nobody
can be induced to do anything to fur
ther. such an object. We are getting so
into the habit here in Minneapolis of dis
agreeing about things; the "knocker" is
SO Industrious and the lack of CO. opera
ton and mutual assistance is so serious
that it is very difficult to get any one
to take the lead in any project for the
Improvement of the city.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
FRIDAY EVENING,

that a nation, with all it's strength and
all its numbers, is impotent to protect
itself from the dangerous, plans and
schemes of few Such a doctrine would
breed anarchy and justify revolution, II
worse came to worst. Old theories and
ancient cobweb technicalities will not be
permitted to bind the people OF this re-
public In dealing with new conditions and
new dangers to the liberties Of the
masses, ---.- =
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
!! ITS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT
Sioux Falls Press.

- D1Ou1& HdIIS PreSS.
-, - us exempllncat1on. OF. the principle
or arbitration the late coal strike commits
sion has performed its most important
mission. 1t has demonstrated the possi-
pllity OF orderly settlement of differences
between the employers and employees
through some other tribunal than that Of
1orce or necessity, 1t furnishes an. as
surance to capital and labor that they will
De larry oealt with If they will bury their
antagonisms and come together unon
common ground and consider differences
in an orderly way.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17

pestered by letters
from a German Jew
saying ,it was the
passion of his life to
meet. the author The
fllfng got so oppres-
sive that Zangwill
consented and ap-
pointed a date. His
correspondent c am {
and had on his
Sitting, breeches"
t a | k e d incessantly
for hours until Zang-
will said he was
Edreadfully busy and
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17

What does Chief Conroy hesitate for?
If he is sure that one Of the old detec-
tives induced Sutton to recant and did it
Of a fellow officer, he ought to fire the
jealous offender forthwith. The chief
says such things have happened before,
which is another reason why the cleaning
out process should begin with this case.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17

Inexorable, indeed, must be the French
government. who would have thought
that the doors of the distillery of the
Grande Charteuse would have been
closed? We fear that under similar cir
cumstances the government of Kentucky
advantage. =: :..
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
ALL WE'RE LEADERS.
~ A-r
Pierre g n E~

Pierre, S. D., Free Press.
After reading nearly all the EXCHANGES
from the home towns of the members ~
the legislature we have reason to believe
that out of the eighty seven members Of
the house, eigEty-seven were leaders.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
5'7,965

The best circulation in the North.
west, as it is almost entirely one edi-
; ton AN EVENING EDITION
which goes directly to the homes
! when people have time to read.
THE JOURNAL is the only 2-ceut
daily in Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17

Mr.. Hill has lost his merger, but such
a splendid creation as the great Mime
sofa, and the significance generally at
tached to its launching, ought to keep
him from feeling very bad. .e... w.. sa..
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
Eover Chat,

The hit scored by Mary Shaw in her
production. *of 1bsen's sGhosts'' in Mil
waukee the first part of this week was
So emphatic that the public overcrowded
the house" The fire marshal forbade the
presentation Of the play until the aisles
could be cleared on the last night of her
enga cement. Miss Shaw and her asso-
ciates received an ovation that will prob
ably be duplicated here at the Metropolis
tan the first half Of next week.
Following 1.-THE Christian and "The
Eternal City," Hall Caine has now given
and with James O.Neill in the star role,
we shall see a magnificent production of
the play at the Metropolitan the latter
half of next week.
After the matinee tomorrow afternoon,
Baby virena, the clever child artist who
is making such a hit as Tatto, in At
Cripple Creek will hold another recep-
ton on the stage Of the Bfjou.
Manager Hays announces for his, at
traction next week at the Bijou, that pop
ular German dialect comedian Al. III.
Wilson, in a new romantic play, IA
Prince of Tatters," by Sidney r. Ellis.
massive and with the costumes furri-
ture. properties, electrical effects, and coll
or schemes, mark a memorable achieve
ment in this modern day Of realism. The
acting company is unusually large and
we'll selected y:
The last three performances of the
Ferris Stock company's production .eWife
for Wife, will be given this evening, to-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
FARGo'S GOLDEN ERA
Fargo Call.

Fargo was never growing more RAPIDLY
than at present. There never was a time
when greater number of people were
looking for homes. The omen is a good
one. e00N
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
THE BOYS REPRoOF
New York Times.

New ork ina
church. tells rich but
listened
ahe wis was
nny
I'd
PRAYERS for
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
RAILROADS AND GRAIN INspEc7,o,
Bismarck Palladium

'o1Sot1lc1I CfA [ dIIIuIuI1. :.
Inc wisconsin grain inspection law is
having a hard time of it. The railroads
and elevators Of Minnesota and Wisconsin
nave fought the measure from the start
ana nave succeeded in getting the bill in
such shape that its own father will hardly
recognize it now
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
Ignite TRUST NOT. WANTED

Grand Forks Plaindealer.
The first attempt at forming a 1ieni+a
trust IN this state was not success. We
success. Va
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
A DElUSION.

8. 7s5-----r.s- 7 IIII1duelpH1a Record.
Love levels all things so they saw:
But now, upon my soul,
find the same old bills to pay,
For gas, and rent. and coal.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
morrow afternoon and sto morrow night.
Dick Ferris and his company will open at
the Lyceum Sunday eyening#in Du Sou
chefs comedy. My Friend Erom India. !"
{ Books and Authors
LITERARY LIONS.

Mr.. Burgin In telling OF some Of Israel
Zangwills s characteristics In The Critic,
says that Zangwill was for long time
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
THE BABY

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cupy her formerly My
for a few mini the door by Grace herself .
upstairs if you don't mind
playing ought him!
courserd like to play with him myself haven't
seen
about the floor fur
making .aH.
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N1uvver
one why
All the girls
that? He turned someaand
looking at that water
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girl got it, Remember how
cheatingi in our
sweet
duF1e pretty
Fletcher girl don't you?
see Pretty Pretty pussy!
him. Mny
middle the ices
baby cuchns
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will his life miserable
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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-17
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