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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
The Moon Light Darkness Schedule,

A correspondent, whose letter is printed
elsewhere to-day, makes strong plea for
the all-night street lighting schedule.
The present schedule is that of the moon
not when the moon, shines, but when
it Is above the horizon.
The economists who hit upon the idea
of the moonlight schedule probably rea-
soned that inasmuch as it is daylight
between sunrise and sunset, it must be
moonlight between moonrise and moonset
They made no reckoning with the clouds
or the fogs. During the cloudy weather
that has prevailed SO much Of this sum-
mer the public has had an excellent OPP
portunity to ascertain what wise plar
the moonlight schedule is not.
In addition to the failure Of moonlight
during the moons office hours, there is
the fact that when it lis doing its bes
to take the place Of street lights narrow
streets and those bordered with shade
trees are not exactly Illuminated
We entirely agree with our correspond
ent that the time has come when Min
neapolis must rise to the dignity and ex
pense of an aH-night schedule
The board Of tax levy should see to /
that the funds are provided.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
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The religious views of shakspere have
been frequently discussed. Ponderous
essays have been written to prove that he
was a Roman Catholic and that he was
not Roman Catholic; that he was an
unbeliever and he was a Christian. The
author Of this book has devoted intelli-
gent research to prove that the great
poet drew constantly from the Bible for
his finest thought, using Bible teachings,
facts, poetry, philosophy and even scrip
ture language in his works, and accepted
Christian doctrine as generally held in
his day, which was partly in the reign
Of Elizabeth and partly in that Of James
I. The author shows that the word
"God," referring to the Supreme Being,
occurs about 700 times in the plays; that
Bible characters are mentioned hundreds
of times, scripture facts about 140 times
and thinks his familiarity with the Bible
was doubtless due to the fact that the
book was, under Elizabeth and James l.,
becoming more accessible to the people,
the King James translation having been
completed five or six years before Shak-
spere's death, while other versions were
accessible before. The author gives a
list of similar use of common words in
Shakspere's works and the Bible, and
several pages Of scripture and Shakspere
parallels. lie SHOWS the para S versa
tility in the use of the Bible, the types
Of character taken from that source and
the reflections of the morality of the Bible
in the moral inculcations Of Shakspere.
The chapters on Tragedy in the Bible
and in Shakspere,'' Religious Thought in
Plots and Plays and on "Shakspere and
Immortality are interesting features and
much space is given to quotations of
scripture themes in the plays The author
has thruout made most excellent argu-
ment for his -postulate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
FINE PICTURES SECURED
A Whistler Canvas to Be Shown at
the Minneapolis Art Ex-
hibition.

The annual exhibition Of the Minne-
apolis Society Of Fine Arts is to have
picture Of great Importance and interest,
canvas by the late James Mcneil
Whistler.
This is possible thru the courtesy Of
John A. Lynch of Chicago. president Of
the National Bank Of the Republic, who
lends his treasure, THE Deep Blue Sea-
for the exhibition. Robert Koehler, chair
man of the exhibition committee, has
worked hard to secure Whistler, and
feels deeply gratified.
It is possible that, as an interesting
companion, William Chases portrait Of
Whistler may be shown. This will de-
pend upon the decision of Mr.. Chase,
whose arrival in New York from abroad
is expected daily. So far as known, no
work Of Mr.. Whistlers has ever been
brought to Minneapolis.
Scarcely less important Is the an
nouncement that the exhibition Is also
to include Sargent's portrait Of William
| A. Chase. This was painted last year
in England and was commission given
| by Mr.. Chase's pupils. 1t is probable
| that the picture will hang in the Metro
| politan Museum of New York. It was
| the great picture Of two or three of the
| most important eastern exhibitions last
| year and is mastery piece Of work,
| representing the unique personality OF
| Mr.. Chase with degree OF spirit and
fidelity that is marvellous.
| The exhibition will be. opened to the
| public on Sunday afternoon and will last
/ three weeks. A private view will be
4 held Saturday for the members Of the
Society of Fine Arts. fl4 -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16

If it be true that the British ministry
has given up the idea Of preferential tar
ifs within the empire, the cause Of reel
'procity with Canada ought to benefit
thereby. Recently, it must be admitted
the Canadians have been much more in
terested in reciprocity with Great Brit
ain than in reciprocity with US. The
collapse of the preferential tariff move
ment may put them in mood to be &C.
mission meets. The Balfour pamphlet
by the way, is likely to hasten the meet
ing Of that commission; since it removes
apparently, all hope Of preference will
the empire for the present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
THE HANDICAP OF WEALTH
J. Reading, in Vim

D.
President Eliot of Harvard in recent
address told band Of struggling news
boys that the children Of the rich were
terribly handicapped-and they are. In
a majority Of instances their lives have
no purpose. They are reared in an en-
vironment which makes them mere show
animals. They know nothing Of the tooth
and-nail existence which makes men.
It has not been brought home to them,
as to those that are early thrust into the
vortex of life, how much Of struggle
and fight and endeavor is still needed to
preserve the ground civilization and cul-
ture have gained for humanity. They
merely grow. They see people about them
gratifying sensual desires and seeking
pleasure, and in too many cases that be-
comes the sum total of their LIES aim.
It is a tremendous handicap for anyone
to overcome; and in the struggle for sue
cess, for. the place Of honor and esteem
among the best elements Of mankind,
they will find that somehow or other they
do not possess helpful characteristics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
A Matter of Curiosity.

We confess to some curiosity as to just
how long the people Of this state are going
to submit to the absurd taxation system
now existing.
The inequalities and injustices of it
could scarcely be made more conspicu-
Gus than they are being brought out by the
sessions Of the board of equalization In
thu odd numbered years We assess real
estate biennially-in the even numbered
years-and the equalizing functions Of the
board may be exercised biennially with
profit In passing upon the fairness Of real
estate valuations, ss between different
counties and different sections Of the state.
Real estate Is a tangible. visible quantity,
the value Of which can be inteligently es-
timated; and none of it can get away.
In the odd-numbered years the business
OF the board Of equalization Is taken up
mainly by review Of the assessment Of per-
sonal property. They have nothing to go
upon except the returns made by the as
easement officers Of the various counties.
They may raise or lower the valuation re-
turned to them. altho they have no means
Of putting upon the tax rolls a single item
not already returned. They may in
crease, or double, or quadruple the valua-
ttons fixed upon any particular kind Of
property In any particular section returned
by the assessment officers, but in doing
30 they are only doubling or quadrupling
taxes levied against those who have been
honest enough to return their personal
property or who have not been able to con
ceal 1t from the assessor, and the gov
ernor ventures the assertion that not over
20 per cent Of the taxable personal prop
erty of the state is ever reached by these
assessments. And so it happens that, in
stead Of an equalization the increases i'm
posed by the board are only still greater
determinations and inequalities than were
imposed by our defective laws in the first
instance. ...
It Is true that there Is nothing particu
larly new in all this, but, like other goot
stories, 1t will bear more than one telling
until it is no longer necessary to tell 1
at all. .... ..tf.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
Premier Balfour's Pamphlet.

The sensational meeting of the British
cabinet on Monday, the proceedings of
which were kept secret has been followed
by the issue of a pamphlet by Premier
Balfour, intended to define the policy of
abandoning the free trade policy of Eng.
land, which has dominated the country
for about half a century and, by the ma
jority Of Englishmen, is contemplated as
a kind of sacrosanct economics.
The premier, during the recent session
Of parliament. when the colonial secre-
tary. upon the protest against the removal
claration Of his preferential trade new de-
parture, was in a kind of wobbly condi-
ton, but in his pamphlet, ignoring Mr..
Chamberlain's propositions, he comes out
with something like positive utterance in
favor of retaliatory duties to bring pro-
tectionist countries to trading terms ma
terially advantageous to England. He re-
fers to the discouraging outlook for Eng
Iish trade and the great disadvantage Of
having no instrument with which to eff
feet a modification of such disadvantages;
declares himself a free trader, but not
one who would court disaster by hold
ing to the policy unmodified in the face
of a protectionist outside world. ~
| Evidently, the Balfour cabinet is under
a disintegrating process. Chamberlain
policy Of colonial preferential trade is dis
missed, and those free trade doctrinaires,
Chancellor Of the Exchequer Richie and
the Duke Of Devonshire, cannot be very
heartily in accord with the premier, and
1t is possible that the three dissidents at
| least may resign. There has already been
talk Of Lord Miner as Chamberlain's sue
cessor in the colonial office, but the prob
ability Is that the great ex- radical and
most important member Of the cabinet
will not resign under fire, but will remain
until the dissolution of parliament, which
the cabinet is anxious to avoid until mex,
spring, but which may be forced by ad.
verse votes soon after the reassembline
in February.
Il A general election campaign would be
4 waged chiefly on the new issues which
have come up, for the commercial neces.
sites Of the British government canno
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Street Lights Every Nlaht.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
It is the purpose Of this letter to at
tract attention thru the columns Of T h @
Journal to the ANTICIPATED, ineffecient,
disgracefuI street lighting service given
to the quarter of a million of people in
Minneapolis. To my mind there is abso-
lutely no excuse for Minneapolis not being
lighted in a manner to conform with the
needs of a modern city, and believe that
1t is the general feeling among the tax
payers and every class of citizens that
this city is entitled to street lights every
night In the year. Under the present sys-
tenn there are many nights each month
when, the inconsiderate moon declines to
shine, the streets of Minneapolis are In
dense darkness, to the delight Of prowl-
ers, thieves and thugs, and to the dis
gust Of belated pedestrians.
This moonlight schedule" plan is bad
enough for a slow going village; it is a
crying shame that the metropolis Of the
northwest should stand out so conspicu-
ously as the only city of any size In the
United States which is dependent upon
such inadequate services.
S; In marked contrast to the condition
which prevails in Minneapolis is that in
the city Of St. Paul. There the streets
are not only lighted every night in the
year, but are lighted by the improved
incandescent system. It Is but necessary
to compare the lighting of the streets
there with that of the streets in Minneap-
oils to realize how utterly inferior oul
| service Is. sl
The tax levy committee is soon to com.
| n:ence it's services to demand the annua
appropriation for next year. Cannot this
matter be called forcibly to the attention
Of this board SO that sufficient amour,
| Of money can be appropriated to insure
our having If not incandescent service
at least all night lights every night II
the year, moon or no moon? This would
probably mean considerable increase ii
the amount Of the appropriation for light.
4 ing, but am sure that such a move
would meet with the approval Of ever,
citizen Of Minneapolis Your respectfully
C A. Elmendorf,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
Books and Authors
MAY "sTRIkE IT RICH"

= . %
Collectors of rare books and first edi-
tions who are devoting themselves to such
activity on strictly business basis, and
work for future profit, are justified in
their business authorizations, for they or
their heirs may strike it rich" The
library of Peter Force, containing Amer
icana chiefly, was bought by congress
for 100000, and the collection Of Mr..
Rice of Chicago, which was completed in
six years, was sold at auction for $4,000.
A man like James Lenox, with millions
at his command, can, of course, do big
things In the way Of book collecting. He
has spent 100000 trying to get com
plete set Of De Bey's voyages published
in twenty-five parts, and has not accom-
plished his work yet. The parts he wants
are scarce as hens teeth, and other col
1ectors are hunting for them The col
lector of moderate means has the gift OF
patience. He can only trust to his chance
Of picking up an old book, neglected in
a secondhand shop, which may be worth
from $500 to $4,000 in the market.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
The Irrigation Congress.

Ogden has been swamped by the crowd
Of delegates in attendance upon the con-
vention Of the National Irrigation asso-
citation. The convention hall is overflow
ing, and still the delegates come.
Since the passage of the national irri-
cation law, an immense amount Of inter-
est has been stirred up in irrigation thru
out the west and the north. The law came
at just the time when free or cheap land
in the humid regions was nearly all gone.
1t made deep impression on the public
mind as means Of continuing for many
years to come that supply Of land for new
homes to which the people have justly
attributed so much of our prosperity and
we'll being. ~ rs
/ People who had hardly known the mean
| ing of theword irrigation became deeply
interested in the thing when they learned
| that the national government had com :
mitted itself to the promotion Of irriga-
ton and had set aside large fund for
| the work. That fund now amounts to
more than SIS, 100000. 1t will continue
to grow for some years, for the public
land revenues in all the arid and semi
arid states are turned over to it. AS it
| is to be a revolving fund, since Uncle
Sam merely finances irrigation projects
which private capital Is too tinid to at
tempt, it will go on turning itself over
and over until all the rainless lands Of
the country accessible to water shall have
it brought to them.
It is noteworthy that yesterday Senator
w. A. Clark of Montana, president of the
association, strongly denounced the desert
land act. To the plains Of the far west
this act is what the stone and timber
claim act Is to the forested public lands
wherever found outside Of reserves. Both
are the instruments of mere Spectators
and neither does much for the bona-fde
settler, tho, of course, there are cases
where he has benefited from both acts.
The national irrigation law and the
desert land act are in conflict. The former
is designed to make comfortable homes for
small farmers; the latter is applied to
secure to great landlords and corporations
vast stretches OF land which are ofttimes
subject to irrigation, thus creating in
many regions a monopoly Of the irrigable
land, and making the actual settler and
user pay heavy tax on his industry.
One of the problems before the govern
ment now Is to find some means Of keep
ing the holders Of desert land claims
from prof1ting unduly from the construc-
ton by the government of irrigation
works that will make it possible to irri-
gate these lands.
Another popular idea brought out yes
terday was that Of Senator Burton OF
Kansas. that the national irrigation pro.
gram should include q systematic effori
to impound the surplus waters of west.
ern rivers in flood time, to be used later
in watering the tributary country that IL
certain to; lack for moisture when it mos
needs it. Such a work promises to &C.
> complish two desirable ends-the proven.
. ton Of floods and the reclamation Of large
areas of arid land.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
The ,Hosnital.

r 4 +
In spite Of prejudice, the Japanese pa
per serviette is making headway, and per-
haps 1t would become even more popular
If 1t were not for it's brilliant decoration.
which rather jars upon the taste Of people
who associate the rednements Of the ta-
BILE with spotless white linen. But the
paper handkerchief has even greater
claims upon our appreciation. A hand
kerchief which Is merely an ornam entail
adjunct to a lady's toilet Is all very well
but there is no innate daintiness about
the mouchoir and its uses The wash
ing of one which has seen the service
for which it was intended Is by no means
a task for the fastidious, and with our
increasing knowledge Of the spread OF
disease, 1t is question if it is not a rea-
sonable sanitary precaution that all should
be destroyed. II that idea once got into
the public mind, the future Of the paper
handkerchief should be assured. :
The paper n1ouchoir, which can be burned
when done with. appeals to us on the
fscore Of economy as well as that OF con-
venience. The convenience Of them for
travelling is obvious.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
An Unidentified Policy.

It is an interesting democratic program
of assault upon the administration in con-
gress which Senator German proposes.
Violent detraction and holding up the
personal acts of President Roosevelt such
as his swingings round the circle to the
Pacific coast and here and there; the pro-
motion of General Wood and the like. for
hostile criticism-a campaign Of personal
rfdfcule and vituperation, Is devised by the
democratic leader as the strongest kind Of
warfare which can be made against the
president thru the approaching extra and
regular sessions Of congress.
IF This kind Of campaigning suggests that
the democrats are rather short on cam
paign material nti-imperialism, anti
trust and other ants of the past have be-
come stale and Improbable for campaign
use. Moldy theories and irrelevant plati-
tudes have profited the democrats moth
I Ing, and party decadence is strongly sug-
gested by the latest device of the demo-
cratic leader, to try the effect of cam
paign of personal detraction
It is true. some democratic orators
weary the muscles Of their Threats plead
effective medicine for the ills Of the coun-
try but what does such pleading amount
to, when the majority of Jefferson's party
have departed SO largely from the "Jef-
fersonian principles?" The democratic
party when 1t bore the name republican,
began to slip away from "Jeffersonian
principles" at a comparatively early date.
of
of the nation in 1901 he had determined
to actualize his theory or principle of
government That theory was that govern
ment could be carried on upon an priori
theory based on the perfection of untram-
elled human nature, as against the feder-
alist theory Of government according to
circumstances, with large allowance for
the action Of human passion and error
Jefferson proposed to simplify government
so that the burden of taxation would be
nil and the American people would enjoy
kind of political millennium. He opposed
the construction of navy adequate tc
the defense Of the nation and thought 8
few gunboats would be sufficient ant
wrecked the excellent naval policy Of Johr
Adams Jefferson, in the whisky tax case
denied the right or ability of the fedora
government to enforce constitutional ta1
and Joined in the abuse of the administra
& ton for calling out $4,000 militia to pu
down what was then formidable insur
rection in Pennsylvania which, as Ham
ilton declared, really menaced the yer,
existence Of the government which de
served to SO to pieces if a necessary ia.
could not be laid and collected by it,
Even then, there was talk of the JEFF
fersonian principle of secession, formu
lated by him few years later. This lat
ter Jeffersonian principle" was knocke
cold by the interesting proceedings q
1s61-65.
Before Jefferson left the presidency h
discovered that his theory Of government
was impracticable for a rapidly expandin
nation, and under his administration
some most oppressive laws were passe
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
FOUND THE ORIGINAL
Detroit Free Press.

Edwin A. Abbey, the painter, knows
what it is to travel from one editorial
room to another, vainly endeavoring to
dispose Of carefully prepared sketches.
A1tho chosen to paint the coronation Of
King Edward VII, the day of this honor
was not SO far removed from the time
Of his earlier struggles and poor circum-
stances that he could forget them. In
London he met a lady artist, who, like
himself, had endeavored to impress re-
luctant editors with the merit Of her
drawings. ,@
Often the office boy would say that the
editor was out when. was quite sure that
he was in" said the persevering girl.
"Then I made up my mind to meet the
editor as he left the office by posting my
self at his door"
''Eureka!'' exclaimed Mr.. Abbey, in
great glee, II have found you, the original
poster GIRL,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
LITERARY NOTES

The California Promotion committee of
San Francisco has issued a volume con-
tanning the California addresses Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, with many Illustrations,
showing features Of the presidential
progress, The volume contains all his
utterances and the mechanical execution
Is very effective and tasteful.
A. G. McClurg & Co.. Chicago, an
nounce that Professor w. e. Burghardt
Of Georgia., a leading champion of his
race, is writing novel on the negro
problem, which they will publish in 1904.
The professor is the author Of 1.-THE Souls
OF Black Folk
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
Charities and Corrections.

The department Of charities and corrections
asks for $112,0 900 to maintain the poor depart
ment, city hospital and workhouse, and also
asks $40, 900 for workhouse improvements and
$4,000 for new buildings and ambulance service
at the city hospital. These will require a levy
Of 1.37.
The tax levy for the sinking fund is fixed by
the charter at 1 mill.
The interest fund must be increased so, 800
on account of the sale of $780, 900 of bonds, and
will require levy of 2.9o.
The park board asks for levy of 1 mill. This
is the limit for library purposes. Last year
the levy At mills.
Only $4,000 of city hall bonds must be pro-
yided for in 1904, and also the interest on the
bonds not yet due, including the $3.50, 900 issued
this year, and these can be cared for with levy
of 20.
The street funds will probably not require any
larger levy than was made for this year, 1.43.
The estimate for the school fund is not vet
completed but as near as can now be known
the board will ask the same rate for next year
that it had for this year, $780,. In addition.
the board will probably ask for 800, 900 for new
buildings, which will require levy Of 80.
The total rate required for these estimates
is 29.13. The rate last year, on smaller valu-
alton, was %. 35