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Descent Of MIR. Towne.

While Mr.. Bryan waves the white
flag for the white metal, that SUBJ
limated patriot, the Hon. Charles A.
Towne, has identified himself with
Tammany and political indecency in
New York. Mr.. Murphy, the saloon
keeper. who now bosses Tammany,
took Mr.. Towne under his wing some
time ago, it, will be remembered, and
Mr.. Towne made one of those soul
shaking orations Of his. It took Tam
many by storm, and in proportion as
the Tammanyites said nice things
about the speech Mr.. Towne thought
nice things about Tammany. Now he
is supporting the Tammany municipal
ticket in New York, knowing, as he
must know, that Tammany and munic.
lipal despoliation are synonymous, zone
and inseparable, now and forever
1t is pitiful indeed to see the emo.
ttonal soratorical champion Of politica
idealism fall so far from the high
plane of his speeches Of 1895 ane
1900. IN those days men thrilled with
new-found patriotism as they heard
his silver voice ppealing to. an errint
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THE ADIRONDACK PROBLEM
Hartford Courant,

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Wealthy New Workers. have been buy
ing up the wild lands by the thousands
of acres at a time and then they have
made parks and preserves of these great
areas and have shut out under the pen
atty of the law all who have been in the
habit of hunting and fishing there. We
have no thought Of offering any excuse
for the kickers, but 1t is human for them
to kick, and, among those who have never
had any education nor even been into a
church and who are practically wild men,
the appeal to arms and the determination
to get rid of their enemies is easier ac-
counted for than removed. There Is the
problem. It is intimated that a number
of the rich men who have these splendid
preserves are in mortal fear Of their lives
when they visit their so-called pleasure
resorts and that they have reason to be.
1t remains sto> see what remedy will be
attempted. To our remote and disinter-
ested notion 1t seems as 1t more school
teachers and fewer gamekeepers, greater
interest in ones neighbours welfare and
less zeal to fence him out, might be "a
simple way to do him good and win his
favor. We have our doubts II trying to
kill the natives off and appealing to the
sheriff will settle the difficulty. There
are too many trees up there and too many
guns. It Is sorry picture that the sit
luation presents from any point of view.
President Diaz, when he found the mixed
affairs Of Mexico on his hands, won over
d large and troublesome class of brigands
by enlisting them as rural guards and
tsetting them to maintain order. Possibly,
1 II these rough outlanders Of the Adiron-
dacks were taken and cared for and put
where their insignificant poaching justified
] itself they would come into line like, the
Mexican disturber. Certainly we cannot
have the Adirondacks known as preserve
where rich men shoot game and poor
men shoot the rich. =r
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THE OTHER GIRL

How fair You looked that night in May,
Where you and music held full sway! .
With eager haste clasped your waist
To claim you for a twirl as
And when, the dancing DONE I told
TO willing ears the story old.
Your soft reply was YES" and I
Forgot the other girl.
In lustrous silk and flln1y veil
You stood before the altar rail
bride as sweet as one could meet,
Of womanhood the pearl;
But as we turned to face the aisle,
A shadow crossed your winning smile,
And, in a pew in plainest view,
I saw the other girl.
Dear Rose, you are a charming wife!
For ten glad years you've made my life
A happy lot and / would not
Change places with an earl;
Yet sometimes when you pout and frown.
Or wear an unbecoming gown E
My thoughts fly back along Times track
To greet the other girl.
.3E Brooklyn Life.
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Cleyeland's Good Advice.

Grover Cleveland discoursed before
the Chicago Commercial Club last
night on that "old, old topic, 'Ameri-
can Good citizenship It is indeed
an old, subject, but so long as our.
people continue to fall as short as at
present of good citizenship, it can
never get too old to be discussed in
public by eminent men.
Good citizenship would come near
to solving all the problems of our
time and disposing Of all it's evils so
far as may be done by man. If our
"best people," our a..leading citizens y
our "solid business men" took some
interest@in public affairs beyond kick
ing on taxes and .'hollering'' for a
lower assessment there would be little
need FOR speeches such as Mr.. Cleve--
land made in Chicago last night. It is
easy to get a big meeting Of business
men to discuss a project to increase
their profits per cent, but it is al
most Impossible to get a handful Of
| them together to discuss the better
! ing of municipal government a hun
bred per cent. @
The Ignorance and Indifference Of
some Of our alleged best people re.
garding public affairs are as ap.
palling as they are disquieting. Wha'
is worse, they are often accompanied
by sort Of contempt for politics. We
have in mind the case Of a business
man who was mentioned for aid.
4 erman as a joke. But it was no joke
to him. He declared with the ut
most earnestnesss that it would hur
his business standing even to be men
toned as an aldermanic possibility.
! We can mend and amend our con
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NEWS OF BOOK WORLD
Something Good for Students Of Dante
New Book by Guy Wetmore Carry.

s Western civilization thru the eyes OF
Chinaman Of evident parts is a view,
given In Letters From Chinese Offlclal,#
addressed originally to, the British, but
to the British apparently as representa-
tives of the west. The oriental who wrote
the letters, it may as we'll be said at the
outset, can see little that Is good in
the west. His sweeping denunciations
show that his residence in western lands
gave him only a superficial knowledge OF
the peoples he attempts to criticize. He
does now and then put his finger on a
sore spot, but even in doing SO he almost
altogether misjudges. A few extracts will
show better than much explanation the
views Of the man:
Our civilization embodies, we think,
a moral order; while in yours we detect
only an economic chaos. - You
profess Christianity, but your civilization
has never been Christian, whereas ours
is Confucian thru and thru! But to say
that it is Confucian is to say that it Is
moral Whereas, with you, ESQ
it seems to us) economic relations come
first and upon these you endeavor after
ward to graft as much morality as they
will admit
Among you no one is contented, no
one has leisure to live, so intent are all
on increasing the means Of living. The
'cash-nexus' is the only relation you rec-
cgnize among men,
"You believe, not only that your re-
| ligion is the only true one, but that it
is your duty to impose 1t on all other
nations, if need be, at the point Of the
sword. Economically, your So
ciety Is SO constituted that it is con-
stantly on the verge of starvation e
''The competition for markets bids fair
| to be a. more fruitful cause Of war than
| was ever in the past the. ambition OF
princes or the bigotry of priests. . + :
| And 1T is precisely those trade relations
which it was thought would knit you in
the bonds of peace, which,. by making
every one of you cut-throat rivals Of the
others, have, brought you within reason
/ able distance of a general war of exter.
/ mfnation." =
/ Despite these views of western civiliza
ton as represented by the British and ii
a measure by the Americans, the Chinese
letter writer has this to say in his intro
ducttor, to the American edition Of hi.
letters, tho it seems hardly consistent
| with his other opinions: - -r~- - /. = -.
Endowed, above all the nations Of thu
world, with intelligence, energy and force
unhampered by the splendid ruins Of
past Which. however great, does but en-
cumber, In the old world, with fears, hes
itations and regrets the difficult n1arcI
i to the promised land OF: the future, com
1 Dining the magnificent enthusiasm @
i youth with the Wariness of maturer wears
and animated by a confidence almost re
4 llglous in their own destiny, the American
people are called upon, it would seem. II
determine In pre-eniinent degree the form
; that is to be assumed by the society 5
I the future,''F"; = 80 f.. Z :
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECIPROCAL
'@-.. TRADE -.

Eugene G. Hay, in the Review of Reviews.
Such English manufactures as can be
sold in Canada, even with preferential
duty, are such as are sold chiefly in the
maritime provinces, Quebec and Ontario.
These provinces produce but little grain
to be benefited by the English foodstuff
preferential, and Manitoba and the adjoin-
ing grain growing districts would derive
far greater benefit from reciprocity with
the United States than any reciprocity
England could give. The admission of
wheat, the great staple product Of this
great western country, into the United
States free Of duty would be of far more
England could adopt. and this, too, with
out injury to the wheat growers of the
United States. Liverpool, where the sur
plus wheat Of the world is marketed,
will continue to fix the price for Canada
and the United States, whether England
adopts a. discriminating duty or the
United States tariff Is taken off of Cana
dian wheat, or whether both Of these
events transpire. But the facilities for
transporting, handling and manufacturing
+ the grain, which the Canadian farmer
could avail himself of if he had free ac-
cess to the American market, would bE
Of more benefit to him; than the slight
tax England could place upon the grain
coming from other countries. But OF still
| greater value to the Canadian farmer
! would be the reduction Of the duty or
farm machinery, whfchsis. almost certain
to be provided for inssany reciprocity
! treaty that might be negotiated.
He now, to a large extent, buys Amer
| lean machinery because 1t Is Of high quail
! ity and best adapted to his needs, paying
| for it the American price plus from q
! to IS per cent duty. The rapid growtl
and development of the vast new countr,
| in western Canada makes this a matter O
| transcendent Importance, both to tn
/ Canadian farmer and the American manu-
! facturer. Here, then, is an Instance o
! genuine reciprocit--. In exchange for tn
free admission Of Canadian wheat to tn
American market, by which those inter
ested on both sides of the line are to b
benefited, the Canadian duty on farm ma
4 ch1nery will be reduced, to the advantag
4 also OF those interested in both countries
4 If we travel along the border, observin
i the products, that could be interchangec
we cannot help but be impressed wit
many instances similar to that just citee
II Remove the tariff on lumber and ou
western lunbermen will, by reason {
advantageous transportation, contiguou
i territory and other natural causes suppl
the lumber to build the homes for tn
settlers In the new Canadian northWes
. while further east the forests Of Ontarl
will supply the demand for this cornmoo
1 1ty in our older states, from which til
timber has long since been cut. Coal
another item. New England is badly
: need Of Nova Scotian coal and the CO..
, miners of Nova Scotia badly want tt
New England market. Moving furth,
west, the coal Of Pennsylvania is wante
t in central Canada, and can be placed !
the yards and bins of the consumer f
cheaper than coal from any other place.
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What Will the Company Do |?

The. general expectation in Canada
is that when the present long session
of the Canadian parliament adjourns
probably, this week, general elections
will be called for a new parliament.
There Is much conjecture as to what
will be the attitude of the. Canadian
Pacific railway towards the two par.
ties, that company being great polit-
ical power in Canada. The conser-
natives believe that on account Of the
present liberal governments support
of the Grand Trunk Pacific project
for second transcontinental line, and
the counter proposition Of the con-
servatives, the railway company viii
be with them. IS .. - 4 -. +
1t may be remembered that the
conservatives opposed the Grand
Trunk project as submitted on the
ground that there is no use for an
other trunk line north of Lake SUI
perior. They are willing to help the
Grand Trunk tap the west, but they
oppose the building by the govern
ment Of a line from Moncton to Win
;nipeg, as proposed by Sir Wilfrid
Laurier. Instead they propose that
the government purchase the Cana
dian Pacifc's line from Sudbury, to
Fort William, and give the Grand
Trunk as we'll as the Canadian Pa
cif1c running rights over it.
| AS this long stretch Of road, some
| 500 miles, is almost devoid of. local
| traffic and probably always will be,
unless mineral discoveries should
provide it, the Canadian Pacific, it is
said is quite willing to turn it over
to the Dominion government for from
$24,O00,000 to $35,OO0,O00., It would
be that much ahead and would be rid
Of a piece Of road on which 1T loses
money, and yet it would have all the
I. advantages of ownership--for it will
/ be many years before the overland
freight traffic on this section will TAI
its capacity.
! Yet corporations are not lacking ir
the pride that persons take in theil
1 possessions, and it is quite possible
that the Canadian Pacific may de-
4 cidedly object to a program that woult
force 1t to sell a portion Of it's line ii
order to make way for a new competi
tor in the northwest, where there ii
a great traffic. It might choose thi
course as the lesser evil, but, where
q as it would take from five to sever
years to build a new transcontinenta
!, for the Grand Trunk, a. few pei
scratches would realize the conserva
tive program.
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lord BACON AND BEEF TRUST

The beef trust might erect votive
statue to Lord Bacon as the inventor
OF the idea of preserving meat by the
frozen process Bacon brought about
his own premature death by his enthu-
siasm in experime nting with his no.
ton. Driving In Highgate one day, he
left his carriage to collect some snow
with which to stuff a fowl by way OF
noting the effect of cold on the preser-
walton Of it's flesh. In doing this he
brought on an attack of bronchitis
from which he died in few days
Refrigerator cars and cold storage
are the same idea
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-15
Bryan Sees at Last.

William Jennings Bryan is getting
far enough away from practical poll
tics to begin to see things as they are.
scures his view, the personal equation
no longer affects his perspective. He
Is now getting to the point where he
can see some plain facts that have
long been obvious to some Of his
closest sympathizers and friends.
He has confessed to personal
friend that the free coinage of silver
lis as dead as the old barn-door nail;
$50 dead that it will not be mentioned
lat the democratic national convention
of 1904. AS a theory Mr., Bryan is still
loyal to it, but he comedies that the
gold standard is now so firmly lodged
thruout the world that free silver as
"a practical proposition is no longer
animate. Never was Mr.. Bryan wiser
than when he spoke that opinion.
But wisdom has come to Mr.. Bryan
not in driblets but in floods. He wen
on to say to his friend:
No other man in the republican part,
equals Roosevelt in the esteem Of tn,
common people, and especially in tn
west. None equals Roosevelt in his powe
ito command the respect of all nations AM
to WELD an influence on the world a
large.
True, every word Of it. The com
mon people are going to give the pres
3dent another term in office, and il
that term, unhampered by considera
tons Of political expediency, they ex
= Ipect to see him accomplish grea
things for America, T.. 49,, III. -
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

The Journaf would be glad to res
celve by mall, or otherwise, the names OF
all persons who were, readers and sub
scrbers TO this paper when i started,
twenty-five years ago this fall, or who
became subscribers during the first year
OF Its existence, and their present ad-
dresses. ~.. ... $500
Til e J ourn a would also be pleased
to have the names OF men living who
were newsboys In Minneapolis twenty-five
years ago, and their present addresses
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Russian Fnesse.

It begins to look as If Russian
finesse, by which she has gained mill
lions Of square miles OF territory In
Asia. since her bloody struggle in the
Caucasus with one Of the bravest peo-
pie on the face OF the earth, may yet
yield her the triumph she has long
sought in the farthest east of being
the dominant power there and re-
ducing British influence to secondary
consid eration.
|, The Manchurian question Is now no
longer question of Russia's occupa-
ton of the three provinces.
She is there and declares she
will stay there, since the Manchurian
convention signed by China and herself
on April 8, 1902, has lapsed; China
having refused to accept the new con-
ditions added by Russia, who gives no
sign of evacuating any portion Of Man
churia. sass s.sS,
= The Korean question may be dis
posed of in the same cold-blooded
way by Russia, who gave Japan
abundant cause for hostile action by
extorting from Korea a rsubtly drawn
lease Of a great tract of timber land
at the southern entrance of the Yalu
| river which is the boundary between
southern Manchuria and Korea, Rus
STA has thus secured foothold in
Korea and like the willy camel who
Arabs tent and by degrees worked its
whole body In, to the discontinue Of
the occupants, she. will, unless strenu.
ously opposed, ultimately take posses.
sion of the entire Korean peninsula
Russia has worked her way from the
Ural mountains to the Japan sea an6
the Yellow sea more by her talent FOL
artifice than by actual fighting.
/ Korea in Russia's possession, Japan
| is aware that her own independence
will be directly menaced. 1t may bt
asked where is the Anglo-Japan treaty
which was made to provide agains
just such menaces from Russia as ar
now recognized. The Russian nego
tiations; at Toxic for the alleged pur
pose of settling the Korean questio,
have been prolonged by Russia for tn
purpose Of completing her war prepa
rations, and the recent naval demon
stratiop and the imposing militar,
bluff at Port Arthur by Niceroy Alex
Jeff, are intended to weaken Japan
fighting humor and seem to have sha
that effect. The time for Great Brit
ain to help her ally was when the Rus
sian occupation of Manchuria wa
practically completed. ,To-dayttYice
roy Alexieff regards Manchuria, owe
whose affairs he presides,4 as a prov
ince of Russia as truly SO as. Kharko
in European Russia. j.: Had Great Bril-
ain come out Immediately after max
ing the treaty with Japan with
naval and military suggestion to Ru.
STA whose meaning could not be mi,
taken, Russia,'s progress would hay
been checked, for she would have hes
6 tated to$nght both Japan "a nd =Britai
ESfSE 3sS$ u 81 81, :$s9as ~ 5sesf
r milwaukee, is not to get the Mtnnesot
s Wisconsin football game. Up here 1t 1oo
as If the Wisconsin metropolis were e
: titled to a good game once in awhile.
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stitutions. make and unmake laws,
devise elaborate systems and all that,
but we shall accomplish nothing so
long as the material and intellectual
strength Of the country refuses to
concern itself with politics.
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RAILROADS FIRST NEGRO FIREMAN
Cincinnati CommerciaI- Tribune.

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
For the first time in the history OF the
Cleveland and Indianapolis divisions Of
the Big Four railroad a colored man has
been employed as a locomotive fireman.
This man is Andrew Foster Of J3ellefon-
tame, o.
During the past year all but seventy Of
the 300 firemen hired have resigned, and
It is probable ina. eolored men n,s may be
in the future.
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The sample canvass Of the residence portion
OF Minneapolis 1.-TWO bio cks Of which The Journal
published daily for the past year, shows 7,078
residences canyassed-
Journal subscribers ..%......... 5,642
Tribune (evening) subscribers. 1914
Tribune (morning) subscribers. 8S2
The canvass of ninety three apartment and nat
buildings showed: --.
journal subscribers :. .c...... 1922
Tribune (evening) subscribers. T FOG
Tribune (morning) subscribers 1873
The canvass OF nineteen leading office build
Iings showed regular subscribers to the daily
papers receiving their paper either at the office
or their home
Journals ............... 2,153
iTribunes (evenfng) .......x.s... 39S
iTribunes (morning) ......... $50
! The canvass of the two afternoon trains tc
Lake Minnetonka on the Minneapolis & St
Louis and Great Northern railroads showed:
Journals 451
Tribunes (evening) .......... 46
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The charter commission Is actually
getting brave enough to talk of taking
steps to secure an efficient municipal civil
service. Bravo! -, 5''a' -".,-
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this distinguished member Of the group
OF the worlds supreme poets.

In his Hill Towns Of italy, Egerton
Williams details his sojourn and obserya-
tons in central Italy, that most interest"
Ing portion Of the historic land, which In.
cludes. not only Rome and Florence, but
the picturesque mountainous region be-.
tween the two cities, extending from the
Adriatic to the west coast. On these
mountains hourished the old Etruscala
civilization before Rome was. A trip for
careful observation OF the old monasteries
castles and towns in central Italy is well
worth the trouble. according to Mr.. Will
llams testimony. He drank some Of
the famous Est Est, Est wine Of Mon
tefiasione, the mount Of the flask which
retains It's fine flavor only on the noun
ta1ns and becomes insipid If transplanted
lew miles. The book is profusely illus
trated, and the reader feels that he is
travelling with Mr.. Williams thru this in
terest1ng land and viewing with him the
old churches and art-treasures and fine
scenery.
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It has commenced already. The punster
has declared that in the Korean affair
Russia has decided that there isn't going
to be any Kore(a).