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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
Books and Authors
JEFFERsoh's FAvoRlTE BOOKS

George Tioknory notes in his diary in
the Life Letters and Journals that
when he was at Monticello, Thomas JET
ferson's home, Jefferson showed him his
library of about 1000 volumes, of which
single specimen, or, at least, the most
of his hatred of royalty-was a collection
and lettered The Book of Kings consist
ing of the Memories de la Princesse de
Baireuth,' two volumes: Les Memories
de la Countesse de Ia Motte,' two vol
umes The Trial Of the Duke of York. one
volume, and The Book one volume.
These documents of regal scandal seemed
to be favorites with the philosopher, who
pointed them out to me with a satisfac-
tion somewhat inconsistent with the
measured gravity he claims In relation to
such subjects generally" Jefferson was
quite an omniverous reader. Certainly he
was not addicted to philosophical reading
exclusively, and there is no doubt that he
read with deep satisfaction the books re-
ferred to. the quality of which would
hardly have proved Of high moral ad-
vantage to the younger friends of the
sage who might browse in his library.
If Jefferson's hatred Of royalty led him
to make this small, but choice collection
of recorded aristocratic scandals it Is sin
gular that hatred did not extend farther
as he had abundant opportunity in Paris
to collect documents touching the sins of
the titled. Doubtless he only wanted
some impressive variety In his Monticello
library.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
FOR HOME RULE ALONE
Ireland Does Not Regard Land Bill
..-.. as Enough, - .-,

Rev. Father Harrington, as quoted in
The Journal of Tuesday, fears he
might be understood as having conveyed
the impression, in his address to his peo-
pie, that the Irish people consider the
land bill settlement of all their grew
ances. This, he says. is not true. He
adds by way of explanations:
'"The land bill is good thing and the
vast majority Of the Irish tenants will
accept it. The landlords will accept it
because of the inducements offered by
the government. But to think that the
removal Of the agent from Irish soil, (the
landlord scarcely ever lived there) will
be a settlement Of the whole question is
a mistake. For over half a century the
population Of Ireland has been on the de-
crease, due almost entirely to immigra-
ton. There is only one way Of remedying
this and that is by giving the people
means Of earning a livlihood in their own
country. To-day there are no manufac-
lures to speak Of in Ireland and there will
be none until they make their own laws
and have their own parliament. which will
foster industries OF various kinds. For
this the Irish people have been striving
for years and they are as firm to-day as
they ever were in their determination to
secure their independence. When this is
accomplished then, and not till then, will
the Irish people be content"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11

Judge Torrance is talked Of by members
of the grand army for vice president.
T h our n a publishes to-day a tel
egram from Topeka to the Kansas City
Journal, in which Department Commander
Smith of Kansas says that the matter was
thoroly canvassed by the Grand Army
men at San Francisco and that among all
the list of names under consideration. it
was finally concluded that Judge Torrance
was the most available and suitable candi-
date for vice president. Judge Torrance
has become national figure thru his re-
markedly successful administration of. the
office of commander in chief of the Grand
Army Of the Republic. He has probably
made more Of that office than any pre-
vious commander, and while he has not
sought to make himself conspicuous, the
policy which he inaugurated and pursued
has attracted to him very general atten-
ton and has caused him to be held in
very high regard, not alone In the Grand
Army but outside Of it, and not alone IL,
the north but also in the south. 1t goes
without saying that his candidacy would
be regarded with great favor In his own
state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
LITERARY NOTES

Fleming H. Revel Company. Chicago,
announce 1.-THE Crisis Of the Christ by
G. Campbell Morgan, DID,, and 1.-THE Faith
of Robert Louis Stevenson" by John KeI-
man, Jr.
Andrew Long expresses the opinion that
the decadence Of the taste for poetry Is
due to the use which is made Of poetry
for moral and educational purposes.
The Living Age Of August % reprints
from The Quarterly Review most inter-
esting paper on the late Pope Leo XIII.
e. j. Clode, 1856 Fifth avenue, New York,
announces a new novel by Louis Tracy.
entitled 1.-THE Wings Of the Morning."
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., announce THE
Little Chevalier," by Mrs. M. E. NJ Davis,
author Of s.The Queens Garden" etc.
This new story relates to the French
regime in New Orleans during the eigh-
teenth century
Houghton Mifflin & Co., will publish a
volume Of Bradford Torreys fine notes on
birds and woods under the title, "The
Clerk of the Woods"
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School of Journalism.

ME-. Pulitzer, publ. ;her of the New York
World has given s2,,000,o0o to establish
school of Journalism at Columbia univer-
sity. The state uniW ,rsity Of Kansas has
also decided to estabhs h a school of jour
nalism. Mr.. Greeley used to say, when
college man was mentioned In connection
with newspaper work, 'of all horned cat
tie deliver me from the college graduate
in a newspaper offic e" Greeley was OF
the opinion that newspaper men were
more than likely to be successful if they
acquired their education almost entirely
in the print shop, but the fact that Mr..
sGreeley was a success, after having
gained his education in. that way, is no
indication that the learndng of the schools
is not to the advantage of the newspaper
worker; and furthermore, while 1t ls true
that learning to be a newspaper man Is
a good deal like learning to swim-yet I'M
doubtedly good deal Of preparation can
be made outside of the sea Of journalism
for the development Of those muscles and
powers which will be necessary to make
a good swimmer. Internationally courses
of study can be selected which will be of
special advantage to any young man con-
templating a Journalistic career.
The time to pooh-pooh the school OF
journalism seems to, have gdne by-at
least school Of Journalism which does
not assume TO turn out a full fedged
managing editor, but which directs the
study and reading of the youth so that
when he enters upon journalism as pro-
fession he will be better equipped by men,
tai training and accumulated knowledge
than If his education had been of the
desultory sort and without reference to
his future occupation.
Another point to be thought Of in con-
nection with the school of journalism is
the probability that even in Mr.. Pulitzer's
school, founded by man who was one
of the pioneers in yellow journalism, that
kind Of journalism will probably not be
set up as the model; on the contrary, the
tendency Of the training afforded by such
a school would undoubtedly be to unfit
for the practice of the ARTS of yellow jour
j nalism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11

The fusionists, with the exception Of the
Greater New York democracy and the
Kings county dem ocracy, have Endorsed
Seth Low as a candidate for reelection
for the office of mayor of New York. 1t
Is understood that a few of the Greater
New York democracy or the Kings county
democracy will not support Mr.. Low but
much Of the democratic support which
went to Mr.. Low at the previous election
hesitates to give him its support at this
time for fear Of the influence which the
candidacy of Mr.. Low may have upon the;
vote of New York city and state in the.
presidential campaign Of next year. They
think that Mr.. Low is more of a repub-
not accused Of offensive partizanship, the
mere fact of his election would furnish
encouragement and aid to3thes republicans
in their national POLITICAL campaign. If
Mr.. Low should fail to get the support of
Greater New York democracy he may
have as a rival candidate of these demo-
cratic reformers District & Attorney
Jerome or ex-Secretary Carlisle. It is
also true that Mr. Low has not satisfied
some Of the people who supported him in
his first campaign, but itzwould be a are
markable mayor, indeed, who could satisfy
every one. especially where the conditions
| were as hard as those which confronted
Mr.. Low when he assumed office. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
NEW BOOKS

AMERICAN RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION
By Emory r. johnson, Phi D., University Of
Pennsylvania, and member of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, 1S99-1903. New York: D.
Appleton Co. Price, $1.50.
The author devotes this volume to
transportation service performed by
trunk-line railroads and does not go into
the discussion Of engineering and other
technical questions. He gives complete
account Of our American railway system
and its service performed; discusses and
explains the business relations of the rail
roads and the public and considers the
perplexing problems Of government reg.
ulation AS to the latter he does not
think that it is to be accomplished by
government ownership. He believes the
railway commission system which has
been tried in the states for thirty years,
and In the national government for six
teen years, while not fully satisfactory,
has not been failure, and the best course
to pursue, in his opinion, in the immedi-
ate future. is to improve the present
methods and agencies Of regulation now
employed rather than to attempt to buy
two-f1fths Of the railway mileage of the
world to be owned and operated by the
government. The differencies of opinion
as to what powers should be vested In
the interstate commerce commission have
interferred with the most effective legis-
lation. Valuable chapters are those on
railway taxation. which the author does
not think excessive; the courts and rail-
way regulation; the railway corporation
and its charter; railway capital; earnings,
expenses and dividends. The chapter on
freight service is especially interesting,
the author advocating the unifcation OF
freight classifications or one uniform
classification, as enabling producers OF all
comodities in different parts Of the coun-
try to know accurately the cost OF getting
their commodities to the market and the
freight they would have to pay on the
supplies brought to them by the railroads.
Determinations could also be more easily
detected by shippers and the state. There
is much valuable information In the chap
tiers on the passenger, the express and
mall services and railway accounts and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
UNION ABOVE THE CHURCH
Oath of the Typographical 0rganiza-
ton Will Be Changed,
Says Walsh. a3N
Special to The Journal.

Milwaukee, Sept. 11.-Michael Walsh
and other Milwaukee typos Of the Roman
Catholic faith are very much exercised
by the controversy over the oath Of the
union and say that 1t will be changed at
the next meeting Of the International
Typographical Union. Walsh, who is one
of the most prominent members OF the
local, and was formerly its president, said
on the subject:
1.-THE oath would have been changed be-
fore had the matter been called to our at
tention. Until now it has never been
considered as in any way conflicting with
religion. I have administered this oath
many times without ever thinking that Il
placed the union above the church.
Now that the matter has been brought
up know that the next convention Of the
union will change the wording so that it
will not be Objectionable"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
Street Manners.

It is particularly exasperating to peo-
pie in street car to be compelled to
crawl along behind heavily loaded truck
occupying the tracks and refusing to turn
out Of the way. They have on in New
York just now a vigorous campaign
against distractions of that kind. The
experience is not rare in Minneapolis.
Undoubtedly the truck driver has as much
right to the street as anybody else and
the street car has no monopoly of the
space between the tracks. Every pas
senger on the street, whether in a car,
in a carriage, in an "auto," on horse
back or afoot, has a right to the use of
the street undisturbed by others, so long
as he makes use of it without unneces-
sarily interfering with others; but it
would seem that in this day and genera
ton there should be no driver, no occu
pant of the street, Indifferent enough to
the rights Of others, their convenience
and comfort to seek to monopolize the
street out Of pure cussedness and mean
ness. There is no reason why truck
driver should not be a gentleman oblig-
ing and accommodating, as well as any
body else. It is the common courtesies
of life that add most to the pleasure OF
living.
Another thing, the driver OF a team or
Of an automobile has no right to assume
that the street belongs to him and that
it is the business, of the pedestrian to
get out Of his way every time. 1t is as
much the duty Of the driver of any We
hicle to respect the rights Of pedestrians
and take pains to avoid running them
down as it IS to give half Of the road
when he meets another driver. Some
drivers fail to recognize that the pedes-
TRAN has rights that they are bound te
have any regard for. 1t is not expected
that drivers and pedestrians shall be.
come Alphonses and Gastons, but the
street is as good place as any for the
display Of good perhaps better
because it's harder. *r-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
Experts on Macaroni.

The Northwestern Miller has taken up
the macaroni wheat problem in a rational
manner. 1t has employed experts to test
macaroni wheat flour In comparison with
spring wheat flour. The results were pub
lished in yesterdays J our Il, and
indicate that macaroni wheat is not, by
considerable margin, so good a bread
making wheat as our present spring
wheat. To sum up the results of the ex-
periments, it may be said that they indi-
cate that in volume OF bread, in weight
in absorption of water, in color, macaroni
wheat flour is inferior to that made from
the highly priced northern spring wheat.
1t does not follow that macaroni wheat
flour does not make a very good bread,
but the point to bear In mind is that it
Is inferior, according to these expert
ments, to the best ordinary spring wheat
-four. A flour that is not so good as spring
wheat flour in color, that has an inferior
quality of gluten, tho having plenty Of it;
that will not make SO many leaves of
bread to the barrel, nor as large loaves,
is plainly not in the same class with
spring wheat flour.
or course, there are experiments and
experiments; but the layman can't go be-
hind the figures Of experts. and with the
data now before it, the public will have
to conclude that macaroni wheat is not
so valuable as spring wheat, and must,
therefore, be content with a lower price
unless the demand for it. for other than
bread making purposes should be SO great
as to offset its inferiority as bread -four.
In the meantime macaroni wheat Is
slowly making niche for itself in the
commercial structure; it is coming into
the markets, it is sold daily at the Min
neapolis Chamber Of Commerce, the state
grain department has given it grades and
the Chamber of Commerce is about t.
establish it as staple product, with g
regular closing price each day. Between
its superior productivity, its adaptabilits
to serni-arid soil, it's utilization in maca.
roni and It's suitability at least for good
tho not the best, bread, it seems to b.
bound to have and hold a respectable plac,
in the cereal world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11

While we are experiencing thrills at
the story Of outrage committed by Turk
ish troops in Macedonia, we ought not to
forget the case Of the poor negro put to
death by Georgia mob for an assault,
Of which it has been proved che was en-
tirely innocent. He was chased around
like a wild beast, caught, tied and shot to
death while protesting his innocence and
asking for time to produce witnesses.
And yet, so far as we have heard, the men
who shot him have not had the decency to
express regret nor has there been any
effort made to bring them to justice for
a cruel murder.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11

used as much as those in st. Paul, a
smaller city. Our lighthouses are not
IN the right place and they are very
inadequate and poor excuses at the best:
1t costs too much to get to them, both in
time and money.
A public bathhouse should be con-
venient of access by the occupants Of the
boarding and rooming- houses and the
people who do not have such conveniences
at home, and 1t should be open summer
and winter. AS moral influence and an
aid toward good social order and public
health such an institution would be a
good investment of public money.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
FKrDAY EVENING,
way would do away with abundant oppor
tupities FOR ra,ld

way would do, away with abundant oppor-
tunities for fraud.
In the seco nd place, the government
could reserve t he land and use 1t to grow
new forests, since land subject to the
stone and limb er act is not supposed to
be suitable for agriculture. Thus the gov
eminent would receive q vast revenue
where It now gets next to nothing. and
some provision 1wculd be made to replace
the cut forests and thus provide future
generations with, some benefit from land
not adapted to agriculture.
The profit Of thu, few under the present
system keeps money out Of the national
treasury, Injuries posterity, tends to con-
vert forests into deserts and holds back
the good work OF turning deserts into
gardens. It's a II aud.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11

Mr. Eugene N. Foss, the well-known
Boston manufacturer and advocate of rec
iprocity with Canada, said in Detroit yes
terday that it only needed some such oc-
currence as the expected reassembling of
the joint high commission to bring the
reciprocity sentiment to the front. The
sentiment in favor Of reciprocity with
Canada is very strong all thru the north
ern states between Minnesota and New
England, but matters have SO long been
in an unchanged status that 1t will re-
quire some positive event, like the re-
assembling Of the commission, to bring
out the full force Of the reciprocity senti-
ment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
A Case in Point.

The Minneapolis teachers who haye
taken bunch of stone and timber claims
in Washington have attracted SO much
attention to themselves that the secre-
tary Of the interior scents fraud. He fears
that the teachers have an understanding
regarding the disposition Of their claims
before they have got title to them. This
Is probably not the case, the chances be-
ing that the teachers will have no diff
Guilty in disposing Of their claims in due
time. They are merely taking advantage
of Uncle Sans generosity to turn an
honest penny Who wouldn't? We hope
that the teachers will clean up a good
round sum on their venture, and are sorry
that we haven't a claim along with them.
If Uncle Sam wants to make all his chill
dren presents, the children ought not to
refuse them.
Yet this case Of the teachers, which has
attracted so much attention, should serve
to remind the public Of the extravagant
way in which the government Is disposing
of its remaining timber lands, outside OF
forest reserves, with only thirty-five years
of supply of timber left in the whole coun-
try. The teachers haven't the faintest
intention of going to Washington to live
and they are not required to have. They
just simply go out and pay the govern
ment $3.50 per acre for timber which they
will turn around and sell for much
larger sum without turning finger tt
Improve the land or the country. This /.
fac thing for them, and as long as /
lasts, everybody ought to get into tn,
game, but It's bad thing for the govern
ment and the people as whole.
In the first place, since a timber claim
does nothing Of itself to settle up nev
country. the government had better sci
the timber directly to the lumbermen a
good prices. To do SO would greatI
swell the revenue from the public lands Ii
the arid and semi-arid states, and wou1,
Increase the capital that could be USE
In constructing national irrigation sys
TENS. TO dispose Of the timber in thi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
The tender of a federal office well wort

The tender of a federal office well worth
having to Mr.. William Henry Eustis has
been made in manner which is highly
complimentary to that gentleman. With
out any solicitation on his part or on the
part Of his friends, without even any
knowledge on his part, indeed, that he was
being considered by the administration
for any federal appointment, he was Of
fered, thru Secretary Shaw, the position
of membership on the board Of appraisers,
an office which has to do with the adj
ministration Of the revenue laws, one re-
quiring both legal ability and knowledge
and business experience. Mr.. Eustis is
to be congratulated on this expression OF
confidence in him. His appointment will
be received with favor thruout the state.
Mr.. Eustis deserves well ofathe republican
party. He never asked anything but once
of the republicans OF the state. and while
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11

It is good to find out that organized Ia
Dor in New York is. not exactly proud of
having Sam Parks, who was in Jail and,
'by rights" shouldfbe there yet. lead its
Labor Day parade Yet he ought not have
been there at all, and it is discreditable
that any union man would march behind
Parks, tho there were more who refused
to. Labor stands more in need Of hon
esty in public affairs and an efficient goy-
eminent than does capital. It cannot
afford to tolerate dishonesty and fraud in
Its leaders, if it hopes to be power for
good government
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL

he was unfortunate In the result in that
particular instance, thru the development
of peculiar conditions, he certainly has
the good will Of the republicans Of Min
nesota, who appreciate the efficient and
loyal service which he has rendered his
party thru many years. We are gratihed
to know that this appointment does not
cause permanent removal of Mr.. Eustis
from Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11

Notwithstanding all the efforts to divert
the stream of British emigration to the
colonies, the United States continues to
get the lions share. In August the Brit
ish isles sent 5000 people to Canada and
1900 to the United States. Australia
New Zealand and South Africa got only
5000. Thus the United States got 5000
more British emigrants than all the colo
MES together. We are getting more i'm
migrants from Great Britain alone than
the number of American emigrants we
are sending into Canada.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
NOVEL THEORY OF MARRIAGE
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.


During the hearing Of a divorce case
before Judge Leathers,; in which Lola
De Wire sought to have the existing re-
lations between herself and her husband
Charles, severed, a novel reason for mar
riage was given.
During her testimony she was asked by
Attorney Leach: did you not love your
husband when you married him?'' No,
sir; I didn't was the emphatic reply Of
Mrs. De Wire. Why did you marry him,
them" asked the attorney. well, you
see,'' said the plaintiff "he just kept
comm around every night and botherin'
me so that finally married him to get rid
Of him.
The two could not, for various reasons,
get on well together, SO the court granted
q legal separation.