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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05
NEW COOKS.

EARLY VOYAGES uP AND DOWN THE MIS-
s1ssIPFI. BY Cavelief, st, ,Cosme lie Sueur,
Gravier and Guiugass with Introduction. notes
and index by John Gi]hary Shea. Albany, n
Y, Nos, 50 and Al Columbus street. Price s..
This book is an exact facsimile Of the
first edition published ns5last. That edi
ton, numbered only 100 copies and the
book is very scare fRefating to explora-
tons In the Mississippi valley, the work
is of special value az contributory to the
literature bearing upYn the Louisiana pur-
chase of 1908. Cavaliers expedition was
undertaken to discofer. the mouth of the
Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico. He was
q, brother of the famous La Sale. st.
Cosrne went via "Chleagu" down the Illi-
nois into the Mississippi river. LIE Sueur,s
yoya;,e up the Miss,ssippi@tn 1699-1700 is
described by. De La Harpe from LIE Sue
urls Journal F'ather Gravier. went from
Illinois in 1900 to the Mississippi s mouth,
and0 his story is tie most interesting in
the volume These.explorers mention 10
cality after locality, since developed into
modern IMPORTANCE The boook is q val
liable contribution to literature OF the
purchase centenary =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05
The Constitution" and the Presi-
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dent.

= The Atlanta Constitutions comment On
the letter President Roosevelt wrote to
Editor Clark Howell is in the same frank
conciliatory spirit as the letter. 1t adj
mits that possibly the president has been
misunderstood and pleads for a suspension
Of Judgment pending further evidence.
'',rhe SOUTH says the Constitution,
would infinitely prefer to feel that the
president sympathize with its better sem
tinent than to be forced to dwell in the
thought that it's people are living under an
administration hostile to all that to which
the people of this section cling most tena-
ciously in defense of their underlying
civilization and continues: .s. -s
1t is a dreadful, uncanny thing for the
south to be made to feel that it is not lat
home in the house of its fathers" True
it is there, and there to stay. to do its
duty Loyalty, faithfully and uncomplain-
ingly-but how much better for the people
of this section to know that they are close
to the throb of the nations heart, with the
right hand of fellowship extended, with
their sympathies respected and their con.
dltions appreciated, rather than that the
association be one Of open indifference OF
actual antagOniSm. ~
AS for the negro, he is being treated
| more fairly in the south to-day than ii
any other part of the union. The bes
people of both races understand cacl
other. If there is problem it will worl
| itself out in Gods own way and in. hi
| appointed time. The result cannot b,
forced. To attempt to do it is to lose al
the progress that has been made, to hin
der instead of to help the negro--to max
1t harder for those in the south who d.
| understand him and his conditions to he'll
! the race in its effort at practical elevation
I This said.. therefore, let us give tn
president fair showing, and let us judg
| him by the future. II by his future cours
hes shows that he understands and appre
c1ates conditions as they exist In, tn
south, he will go out of office with TIL
same regard as that in which his lamente
| predecessor was held.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05

The far-reaching plans for irrigation of
the arid west through the assistance Of
the powerful national government arc
slowly turning into facts. Yesterday
contract was let for dam across the
Snake river in Idaho that, with two large
main bitches, will reclaim $40, 900 acres of
fertile land. 1t is wellknown that 40
acre irrigated farm is equal in produc-
tivity to 160-acre' Irrigated farm
On that basis the Snake river reclamation
will provide $500 farms, or, probably
homes for about $4,000 people, and the
villages and cities will have from IS, 900
to $4,000 more. And all this will come
from the watering of only 100000
acres! And before. Uncle Som - .ss. ~
With his big job he will turn water onto
100000 900 acres. " 80 " :. *,.>r.-1> -
4' -
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THURSDAY EVENING,

three large and two relatively small bat
tleships. The final compromise, by the
way, omitted to provide fora single ar I
mored cruiser.
But five battleships for one year IS
pretty big start toward an immense
navy. Keep the appropriations up at that
rate for ten years and the United States
will come, pretty near having the second
largest navy in the world. Fifty battle
ships is more than Great Britain has now.
or course, while we are building, the other
nations are building, but the life of a big
warship is not long, and ten years from
now the fighting strength of any fleet will
depend largely on the vessels built during
the intervening period.
It really begins to look as if the republic
were in for a mighty navy.
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Proceeding to Business.

Democratic Journalism is in a jocular
way dsparaging the antitrust leglsla-
ton Of the late congress and declaring
that it is a. piece of egregious shamming,
or, on the other hand, shrieking notes of
warning to the effect that such legislation
is titantic step toward the complete GEN.
tralization of the government, promoted !
by the republican party, placing all the
important business interests of the coun= ,
try at the mercy of congress. The two
demoera tic. views, as above, are somewhat
ansas,J Z - ;ins.:-4
lation is a sham and a, pre,ence ana
body .is>to be inconvenienceG, how can It
embody a. dark oplet 10 siye congress- or
the president autocratic powe:f'os - 1s
As matter of fact, the deasorata have
been calling for anti trust legislation all
through the late session, oof, conkEsss. and.
pratended5to be greatly ineensed heca ass,.'
as they said, the legislation did not ga
far enough for them. The Bran View tias
7 been that trusts should be- tsbt,Hse'sush
thus going beyond the, posiue'ss y ing g *
democrats. The -repuh',-ah party" would
regulate corpora to ~omplna tlous and pre-
vent the abur- widely complained of by
the public And the proceedings: in the
attorney generals office and in the courts
ce-tainly do not suggest shamming.
There is active work against monopoly
bred by secret and preferential rates for
railway transportation; against railway
traffic pooling; against combinatio of in
dependent corpora tons to fix and main
tain eXtortionate prices for meats, and
against the organizatio of the Northern
Securities company with the purpose Of
merging in itself the control of parallel
and competing lines Of railway, The suit
against this merger is for the purpose of
restoring the independence of the trans
continental lines as competitors for traffic.
1t is difficult to see how the public can
complain, since opera lions begun by the
law department of the government
precisely meet the demand for regulation
distinctly voiced by the public. It is
noticeable that the attorney general
means business sand the Interstate com
merce commission, under its strengthened
powers; means business. -: e.
There is a democratic alarum sounding
against the supreme court decision in the
lottery case which, In substance, gives
the government power over interstate
commerce to prohibit the transportation
If 1t deems necessary, not only of lottery
tickets, but other articles Of commerce. u
1t is democratically held that the govern.
merit will proceed to abuse this power In
various and sundry ways and ruin the
country.
There are too many strong and whole
some checks in self-assertiye public opin-
ion to permit any abuse of governmental
power, any wanton enforcement of any
statute which entrusts special power t.
the government. and which is in the inter
est Of the public, judiciousiy exercised
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e z i b
err" which Canadians OF to-day regard
with dislike and propose to counterfeit
through increased immigration from the
British isles.
But annexation. If 1t ever comes about
--and it is now only matter, OF speculation
and surnnise-wili come about through a
process OF gravitation and by mutual con-
sent. Canada does not want It now, nor
do we. AS. for English sentiment In the
matter, Mr.. De Almond is widely out OF
his reckoning, though the following ex-
tract from an article by the eminent pub
,ncist, Spencer Beesley, Is worth noting as
expressive OF the view Of a section Of Brit
ish opinion:
4 The British nag is ont OF place on the Ameri-
Gun continent, whence 1t viii have to TO before
long How long will Canada BE- content 10 stand
aloof from the state system to which It natur.
ally belongs? The connection OF Great
Britain with Canada is an ever present and un.
compensated danger. from which. it we are wise,
we Will lose no time In disentanglinx ourselves.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05

Star favors the suggestion, and remarks
that as the trade interests Of the citizens
OF the Lynn Canal towns will favor annex-
alton to Canada, there will be no trouble
in getting the consent of the governed,
and, therefore, the United States would
be morally bound to cede the panhandle.
This Is good as far as it goes, but how
would the Star like to have the same rule
applied to Assiniboia. say. ten years
hence. when its population will be largely
American and quite ready to come under
the stars and stripes?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05

Mighty. forces are, at. work, in Seattle.
and@great deeds are tonhe done between
Lake Washington and Ruset sepn,d:' 81 a5Ths,
sfatttslee Iron and Steel cerepany;;s, sayeua T.
Seattle paper. is getting ready: '"fs' cloud d
the heavens Of Seattle with the smoke
qf many fprn Ssa5. .ad 70 her In
idpstrial nv with the "a ~ 1aas
OF men and the production OF. aI
the leading iron and. steel prodncts'i
While this undertaking is likely to RUN
up against the anti-sn1oke ordinances on
the one hand, it proposes to r overcome com,
physical laws on the other hand, and
brighten the sky. by employing hundreds
OF men there, etc. Real estate is: high in
Seattle, and, besides, there may have
been some new discoveries in deviation
out there.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05
AT THE THEATERS
EoYer Chat.

70,
"Our New Minister will be the at
traction at the Metropolitan opening this
evening. This play by Denman Thompson
and George W. Ryer authors of 1.-THE
Old Homestead has met with great sue
cess the past two years. It tells an in
teresting story of life in New England
village and the characters are said to be
true to life. The original company and
production will be seen here.
For the first half of next week at the
Metropolitan, beginning Sunday evening,
the AL G.. Field Greater Ministries will
be the Offering A new and elabora te
and the olio includes The Musical Mignani
Family. the Faust family of acrobats the
original Clipper quartet, and Al G. Field
in funny stories and sayings.
No classic play presented in recent
years has caught the popular fancy as
has the spectacular production OF "The
Tempest III which Louis James and
Frederick Warde will make their joint
appearance at the Metropolitan the latter
part of next week. The company num-
bers about fifty and includes Norman
Hackett and Miss Teresa Maxwell.
A well balanced company Of clever play
ers is presenting "At the Old Gross
Roads at the Bijou this week. The
Swedish famine sufferers benefit con-
tinues to meet with much success and a
large sum will be added to the fund from
this source,
The Bijou will have for it's attraction
the coming week lyon Yonson," a swe-
dish dialect comedy well worth listening
to. with Nelse Erickson in the part of
a Swede just over.
The Ferris Stock company's production
of Toler's comedy, THE Belle of Rich
mond, at the Lyceum Is proving great
bill The company promises a great pro-
duction Of Dumas play, Monte Cristo,''
for next week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05
Dirty Streets.


L wish to call your attention to the de-
plora,le condition Of the streets and s1de-
walks of the city. A great many of the
walks inside of Tenth street are rivers OF
water and ice, notably Second avenue
and Seventh street. For several days past
a long suffering public has been com
PEELED to take to the middle OF the street
and wade through filthy slush owing 70
the deplorable condition Of the walks \
The crossings are little better and 1t
does seem that something should pc gone
to remedy this disgracefu' state of affairs.
We hear a. great deal about the sanitary
condition Of our city, but II this present
condition of our streets is not enough to
breed i'll health and disease, ! DO not
know what is With men, women and
children wading through water three times
a day to and from business at the RISK
of health and limbs not only affects the
moral but the spiritual condition OF our
CITY,, It would tax an angel to. Keep ms
temper and equilibrium on some CT our:
stETffaih s condtt,pn would not be tolerated
one minute in a small town OF 1900 peo-
pie, say nothing of . city like this.
lady remarked the other day that: this
was the dirtiests city she, ever saw, and
this Ia the reputation we are getting AL
over the country. ! believe T h ur-
n al published a letter from Boston
Etraveling man y few Neeksa ago son this
Same subject Can this city afford to faave
sucA,A sae raitAt ion1 HAndhtsp IA ..rseE sdt
Nsxb tb1 paabite eptsaoM 1tAsr1hs npthinx
that so stirs' UP dry peaaes And asAdrHtea
al theitneNspapArssSF nv dee1et shfs Spar
psrps t4ldetiaeldo iii ki1is
ia,s sst ~ a. ri
are ,ofs less dlaportancea sta ,s7vns5.rese1a
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Not In the Doctor Business

Not In the doctor Business VIZ
To the Editor Of The Journal.
1t must grfeve the judicious readers Of
your otherwise progresaiycs paper to note;
in it SO strong a desire to uphold and
defend the disease ENGRAVING system,
ought to be no reason for advocating it.
The question ought to be, What. Is it?
TheThe effort to prop it up with
statistics of what it does, will when
this question is answered, vanish like any
other ghost at break of day Statistics
In favor of vaccination are like the iri
refragable proofs that used to be adduced
to show the supernatural powers of
witches. When minds are open to any
superstition proofs in support OF 1t are
never wanting. ~
/ have noted your willingness to make
rejoinder when correspondents have offer
ed you facts on this question. so [ shall
take it as a favor If you will explain how
vaccination can be recoRctled with reason
and the known laws Of hygiene. You will
hardly find fault with the assertion that
1t is the forcible introduction into the
human system of the virus or poison OF a
contagious disease? Wbere is the sense
in cultivating disease? Is a purposely
propogated disease any less unclean than
one which comes from ordinary ignorant
violation of hygiene? May it not, rather.
be worse? It is a" known physiological
fact that any infamed sore attracts the
vitiated humors of the organism. and in
this way the va ccine inflammation of the
beast absorbs all sorts Of humors in the
animal, and 1t is this choice collection Of
disease germs that we: get when we let
the vaccinator scratch our arms. sz..
II you will show your readers, Mr.. Fdi
tor, the reasons for your faith in VAGINA
ton perhaps you will be able to dispel the
suspicion that you have been defending
a belief you have inherited and to which
you have given no serious thought.
! - ~. -. ....: III. S. Merritt.
Chicago, Feb. g. ......-.. r.. r..
Not being learned in medicine we have
never gone. into the purely medical: side
of the vaccination controversy. We may
say, though, that the argument Mr.. ,Mer-
rift here makes applies almost equally vel
against the modern serum treatments OF
disease, which seem to have been usec
with such great success. For legal advice
we go. to lawyers. for, engineering juds.
ment to engineers, and for general con
illusions as to disease and their treatment
we rely on the doctors. When the grea
body of the best medical opinion in thu
world agrees that vaccination is useless, @
worse, we shall. change our views W.
take mo stock, in the notion that tht
doctors are sticking to vaccination asa1ns
their own best Judgment, for reasons 2
vanity or cupidity.-Editcr Journal :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05
The Lesson of Filibustering.

When In a democracy a republic men
forget that the rule Of the majority must
be respected trouble follows - ~
That is why the late congress had so
much trouble. ST. ,.~-'>,..'~ E:
In the house, in the last few days, the
democrats filibustered that Is, tried to
defeat the will of the majority. In the
senate the republicans have been the chief
offenders. So. ''.' ,r-
We have no time for Senator Quay and we
were not In favor of hts omnibus statehood
BILL but we pointed out some time since that
1t was not fair to attempt to make hin,
responsible for delay of legislation when
he had behind him majority of the sem
ate ready to vote for the statehood bill.
Here was a. deliberate attempt on the part
OF the republican leaders in the senate
to defeat the will Of the majority.
This attempt turned out to be the
mother of an evil brood Of filibustering
Fllibustering defeated the statehood bill
but it brought in revenge filibustering that
defeated:
The important Aldrich financial bill -
[ The pure-food bill. -...,.,, az a,aze,
y
The Panama. canal treaty: ..% ~. - -.
The Cuban reciprocity, treaty. IT,.
The Philippine tariff bill.
Filibustering is still filibustering, wheth
er In a good or bad cause, and who i
to be the final judge of what is good O.
bad? Senator Aldrich thought he wa
justified in using the power of minorit.
to defeat what seemed to him to be al
unwise statehood BILL That: being tn
case, why. should he, complain if later an
other minority used it's power to defea
the financial bill which he considered o
prime Importance?
Perhaps the hard lesson the senate ha
Just had that fillbustering is a game tw
can play at, will prove to be a lesso
worth the cost to the country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05

= Here is this trouble in Barrett &. Zin
merman's stables to remind us that the
race prejudice is always with U.S. White
hostlers refuse to work with negro host
lers. When race prejudice takes the
form OF denying the opportunity to work,
1T takes the worst possible form It may
help us to view charitably the attitude 81
our southern countrymen on the race
question If we will keep in mind that an
inquiry by Atlanta university shows that
race prejudice restricts the field of useful
labor for the negro more in the north than
in the south. >......:.. T. > p ,
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Books and Authors
SOME POETRY

E-g 4 4 3 = 4 i
Richard e. BadgersSSthe Gorhanl Press,
verse Thoughts Adrift,'' by Hattie
Homer southron, (Priee sly and "Tangled
in Stars by EtheiwNn Wetherold ($D.
There are some very pretty conceptions
In the first volume, as this from In
constancy'': -. ~ -
The night unto the new moon .eluns-
q Moon, SO sweet, SO fair,fs0 young! ssa
And Ger Ills face her hair Was Aung
a veil of misty light.
He said: 20 Noon, why haste away?
iris dark, 50 dark without thy ray;
love thee as ean not the Day. :.
So sang the tickle Night ~ s.
In the second volume there are some
pleasing suggestions from nature, as
The Moon upon kisht,s breast lay cold s.
q Moon So pale, SO sadt so old:
lie said: "Why ,tarry, Noon? behold r
How many hours thou st stayed.
These arms another soon shall fold
The Sun, all youth and N warmth and gold.
Then swift came Day, She cen4ueror bold.
So died the Night betrayal! .! -
How dear to hearts by Aurtful noises SCARED
The stiffness of the lnany'leaved trees, ~,
The quiet of green hills, the fnillion-starrcd
Tranquility Of night, the endless seas
Of silence in deep wilds, where nature broods
In large, serene, uninterrupted moods.
T. S. Denison. Chicago. issues 1.-The Old
Schoolhouse and Other Poems" by him
self. The title poem Is reminiscential an6
realistic as to rural school days
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, have
published very Attractive; collection q
rhymes about children by Abbie Farwel
Brown, one of the best Interpreters o.
! child thought and nature int this country
! She knows exactly what will please III,
little ones and in "a Pocketful Of Posies,
+ which is Illustrated Ry Miss Cory, Their
+ are hundred Of as pretty ''posies" a.
| can be found anywhefe in the world. TIL
book Is printed withsnarginal comments
in red ink and has p title page in tw'
colors. Price 81. + f. g.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05
TWO KINDS or A WAC.
Youths Companion

1outaS companion.
In an Iowa law court an attorney was
arguing with great earnestness and eio.
auence. In the midst Of his argument he
paused moment. says the Green Bag.
and said:
Il see your honor shakes his head ct
that statement. desire to reaftirm it,
although your honor dissents.''
Il have not intimated.s replied the
judge, ''how should construe the evil
dence or what my decision will be in tbs
case, and your remark is uncailed for.
You shook your head"
HThat may be true the court replied.
There &as a ny on my ear. and re-
served the right to remove it in any man
ner I saw fit, Preceed with your argus
ment.''